Biography
Who is Alexandra Kutas?
Early life in Ukraine
Alexandra Kutas was born in Dnipro, Ukraine, on November 5, 1993. Due to a medical error at birth, she experienced a spinal cord injury and has used a wheelchair from an early age.
While in secondary school, Alexandra worked as a journalist and entered a television and press studio. She interviewed creative people and covered festivals. Her studio won a UNICEF contest in 2009, and she was invited to New York for an award.
After graduation, Alexandra entered the psychological faculty of Dnipropetrovsk National University. She studied there for four years and graduated with honors. Later, she volunteered in a military hospital in Dnipro for three months during the conflict in the east of the country.
Modelling career highlights
Alexandra first became interested in the fashion world in 2011, inspired by British designer Alexander McQueen. In the summer of 2015, she took part in Ukrainian Fashion Week and presented a photo exhibition entitled Break Your Chains in Kyiv with photographer Andrei Sarymsakov.
In March 2016, she began working with American manager Blake Wind. In the Fall of 2016, Italian fashion executive Maurizio Aschero connected Alexandra to Ukrainian designer Fedor Vozianov, who gave her a central role in his show.
On February 3, 2017, Alexandra performed the main role in the Viy show, where male models carried her on the catwalk on a throne. She also worked on the world's first fashion video featuring a model with a disability and signed a modeling contract with Strawberrifox in Delhi in August 2017.
Awards and entrepreneurship
On December 5, 2017, Alexandra was presented with the Kyiv Post Ukraine's Top 30 Under 30 award. On September 20, 2018, in Taipei, she became one of 17 winners of the 21st Fervent Global Love of Lives Award, selected from over 2,600 candidates.
In 2019, Alexandra was invited to the British Fashion Awards for her work. This included co-founding the adaptive clothing company Puffins Fashion. She also served as an adviser to the mayor of Dnipro on the accessibility of urban infrastructure.
Personal life
In 2019, Alexandra got married. In September 2020, she gave birth to her first child, Sofia, in Ukraine.
Birthday and age
Alexandra Kutas was born on November 5, 1993, which makes Alexandra 33 years old today. That birthday falls under the Scorpio sign. Alexandra shares the date with 54 other famous people.
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