Angelina Usanova biography: 13 things about Miss Eco International 2024

Angelina Usanova (Ангеліна Усанова) is a Ukrainian humanitarian, singer, pianist, composer, yoga master, sound healer and beauty queen born in Kyiv, Ukraine. She works with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Caritas and Krashche Maybutnye (Краще Майбутнє) and serves a peace ambassador of the Center for the Study of Extraterrestrial Intelligence.

View this post on Instagram

A post shared by CONAN Daily (@conan.daily)

Angelina Usanova’s profile

As a musician, Usanova writes and performs songs about peace, ecology and love. She was once in a long-term relationship with a man who ended up leaving her for her best friend.

After Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, Usanova started holding charity concerts to raise funds for humanitarian aid and organizing housing for Ukrainian refugees in Europe. She was studying at a yoga center in Austria at the time.

After completing studies at ashrams in Austria and India, Usanova received the title of yoga master. Aside from Austria and India, she has visited other countries including Iceland, Italy and the United States.

Usanova is a vegan and she is 5’8″ tall. Here are 13 more things about her:

1. She was featured in the February 2017 issue of the Megapolis Kyiv magazine.
2. In 2019, she started spending her time in a spiritual search for her purpose and her role in society and understanding the depths of her life. She realized that she really loves music, which enables her to convey her love to people. 
3. After Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, 2022, she and a friend from Moldova organized assistance for more than 70 families from Ukraine.
4. In December 2022, she performed in a charity concert in Zug, Switzerland to raise funds for Ukraine.
5. On July 24, 2023, she took to Instagram to share her thoughts about her four-year absence from the social media platform. She wrote in part, “Disconnecting from social media has given me much needed freedom, the opportunity to disconnect from unnecessary noise and to analyze my life journey from the side.” 
6. On August 9, 2023, she announced that she was about to publish her first children’s book. On August 16, 2023, while she was in the U.S., it was announced that she won Miss Universe Ukraine 2023.
7. On September 6, 2023, she returned to Ukraine. On September 7, 2023, she was officially crowned Miss Universe Ukraine 2023 by Viktoria Apanasenko in the Hryshko National Botanical Garden near the Fountain of Peace in Kyiv. In October 2023, she told Insider that as a maximalist, she always demands the best results from herself.
8. On November 18, 2023, she represented Ukraine at Miss Universe 2023 and competed against 83 other candidates at the José Adolfo Pineda Arena in San Salvador, El Salvador. She was unplaced.
9. On January 29, 2024, she visited children at Ohmatdyt, a children’s hospital in Kyiv.
10. On February 28, 2024, she attended a charity event in Paris, France.
11. On March 13, 2024, she was officially appointed Miss Eco Ukraine 2024.
12. On April 28, 2024, she represented Ukraine at Miss Eco International 2024 and compete against 41 other candidates at the Triumph Luxury Hotel in Cairo, Egypt. She won the title.
13. On August 7, 2024, she will turn 27.