Anastasia Kostenko: biography
Anastasia Kostenko is a young Russian model who in 2014 won the title of second vice-Miss Russia and participated in the Miss World international beauty contest in London.
The biography of Anastasia Kostenko dates back to March 29, 1994. One of the most beautiful girls in the country was born in the Rostov region, in the small town of Salsk.
Model Anastasia Kostenko
The girl’s father, Yaroslav Kostenko, had his own business, and her mother Victoria Shcherbakova worked as a psychologist in a secondary school. However, when Nastya was about five years old, her parents decided to live separately, and in the future Kostenko lived with her mother. Later, Victoria Shcherbakova remarried and gave her eldest daughter two sisters - Anna and Olga - and a brother Artem.
Nastya’s own father never forgot about the heiress. The man regularly saw and communicated with the girl. Kostenko is grateful to her parents that they did not pit their daughter against each other. Despite the separation of her parents, the future model grew up in love.
Anastasia Kostenko in childhood with her mother
Anastasia Kostenko’s childhood biography includes a music school, where she studied piano, a dance studio, where the girl mastered the Latin program, and modern ballroom dancing. And it was in choreography that Nastya saw her future, so after 9th grade she entered the Stavropol Regional College of Arts, where she studied to be a ballerina and choreographer.
Later, the girl went to Moscow to get a higher education. She won a grant for free education at any university, but chose the Faculty of Philology of the Peoples' Friendship University of Russia, where she studied journalism. In the future, Kostenko would like to try herself as a TV presenter of her own talk show.
Model business
While still studying at Stavropol College, Kostenko participated in various local beauty contests. In 2012 alone, she received the titles “Miss Spring”, “Miss Charm” and “Don Beauty”. One of the modeling agencies drew attention to the spectacular girl, and Anastasia went to work in China under a contract. In Beijing, she advertised handmade dresses from the Lan Yu brand.
Anastasia Kostenko - Second Vice-Miss Russia 2014
A year later, the Russian woman, by special invitation, participated in the Miss All Nation 2013 beauty contest, which that year took place in Mongolia, and without much difficulty took first place, becoming Miss Nations 2013. Upon returning home, Nastya decides that it is time to take part in the main beauty contest in her native country. The girl submits an application and receives an invitation, so without Anastasia Kostenko the Miss Russia competition did not take place in 2014. Based on the results of an independent vote, the girl receives the title “Second Vice-Miss Russia”, and at the same time the above-mentioned grant to study at any university in the world.
Anastasia Kostenko
In 2014, representatives of the Russian Federation decided to send different contestants to the Miss Universe and Miss World competitions. Therefore, it was not the winner of the Russian competition who had to go to London for Miss World. After a long meeting, the jury chose second runner-up Anastasia Kostenko. Many bookmakers highly assessed Nastya's chances of winning, but in the end the Russian woman only took 20th place.
Model career
2013 turned out to be a fruitful year for the girl.
- Became the face of the LAN YU brand.
- 1st place at “Miss All Nation 2013” in Mongolia.
- She worked at the Image-Elite agency. Model for the shows of Ekaterina Smolina and Maria Tsigal at Russian Fashion Week.
Anastasia always wanted to live in Moscow. In 2014, the Rostov beauty goes to the capital to participate in the annual Miss Russia competition. Having fought with dozens of beauties, Anastasia takes 2nd place.
Contestant from Russia at Miss World 2014 in London, where she took 20th place.
In 2020, she graduated from RUDN University with a degree in Journalism.
Personal life
The personal life of Anastasia Kostenko remained a secret for a long time. The girl claimed that she was focused on her studies and her own career, and she did not have time for romance. But in 2020, one of the main topics of discussion in the vastness of Russia was the relationship between Anastasia Kostenko and Dmitry Tarasov, the famous football player of Lokomotiv Moscow.
The reason for such conversations was the fact that fans of Olga Buzova noticed this couple sitting at the same table in a cafe in the capital. Dmitry Tarasov and Anastasia Kostenko did not comment on their relationship in any way; there was not a single joint photo on the Internet.
Dmitry Tarasov and Anastasia Kostenko
However, the vice-miss in one of her social networks changed her status to “in love”, however, this did not prove at all that Anastasia Kostenko and Tarasov were together.
Later, Dmitry lifted the veil of secrecy around his relationship with Nastya. The young man shared that he met the beauty in December 2016, when the football player’s marriage to the popular presenter was already falling apart at the seams. The first date took place in January 2020, after Tarasov’s divorce from Buzova
.
Dmitry spent a long time wooing Anastasia: he courted her, gave her flowers, and took her to restaurants. The girl’s heart trembled when Kostenko saw the athlete’s reverent attitude towards children.
Dmitry Tarasov and Anastasia Kostenko
In March 2020, the couple began to live together. At the same time, I met my parents. The lovers celebrated a housewarming in the house that Dmitry originally built for Olga Buzova.
However, there is information on the Internet that differs from Tarasov’s statements. According to some reports, Dmitry and Anastasia met in October 2016. At that time, the football player was married to Olga, and the model was not free. The girl was going to marry a guy with whom she already lived.
The wedding of Anastasia Kostenko and Dmitry Tarasov
The TV presenter's friends knew about the cheater's affair. However, Buzova was the last to find out about this. By the time of the divorce, Dmitry had been dating Anastasia for three months. And they started living together at the end of 2016.
In December 2020, Dmitry Tarasov officially proposed to Anastasia to become his wife
.
This happened in the Maldives. On January 9, 2020, Kostenko married
a football player, which the athlete personally announced on Instagram.
The newlyweds held a wedding with the presence of friends and relatives on January 29. In addition to the fact that the young people officially legitimized their relationship, the lovers underwent the sacrament of wedding
.
Wedding of Anastasia Kostenko and Dmitry Tarasov
Two weeks after the celebration, the Internet was full of headlines about treason
Dmitry already Anastasia Kostenko. Allegedly, at the club, the football player flirted with Kristina Belokopytova and even presented the ex-participant of the show “Boys” with a gorgeous bouquet, which the girl showed on Instagram. Later the profile picture disappeared. The model did not particularly react to the created commotion, she only noticed that, judging by the photos and videos, no one in the club had time for Belokopytova.
It soon became known that Tarasov’s young wife was pregnant
. This is the first child for the model and the second for Dmitry. From his first marriage, the football player already has a daughter, Angelina, who was born in 2009.
Anastasia Kostenko with her husband
After the marriage was registered on the Internet, bets were made more than once on how long the Kostenko-Tarasov union would last. Some users even posted pros and cons.
The couple continues to demonstrate tender feelings on social networks. Dmitry and Anastasia post pictures from joint photo shoots and confess their love to each other. In one interview, the girl stated that her priority is family, not career.
Pregnant Anastasia Kostenko
On her officially verified Instagram profile, the model is followed by thousands of fans. By the way, Nastya’s last name is Tarasova in her personal account. It is worth noting that Anastasia’s figure is enviable. Even in this position, the girl remains in great shape. Before pregnancy, Nastya’s weight was about 55 kg with a height of 175 cm.
On July 10, 2020, Anastasia Kostenko gave birth to a daughter
. The girl's weight is 2.94 kg and her height is 50 cm.
Pregnant Anastasia Kostenko posed with her daughter in a nude bodysuit
Anastasia Kostenko
For the next shoot, 25-year-old Anastasia dressed in a flesh-colored bodysuit, throwing a white jacket on top. The star chose a snow-white outfit for her daughter. Kostenko often turns to photographers to capture more bright moments from the heiress’ childhood.
However, now the only thing Kostenko can think about is preparing for the New Year. Dmitry Tarasov’s chosen one has been choosing gifts for family and friends for several days now, and is also trying to do everything possible to turn the upcoming celebration into a fairy tale for the family.
“My head is spinning, there’s so much to do! I’m constantly deciding organizational issues for upcoming events, but I still can’t find beautiful dresses for such a ball like me. I have so many ideas, I wish I could implement them somehow,” Kostenko complained.
Now the daughters of Anastasia and Dmitry are one year and four months old. According to fans, every day the baby becomes more and more like her dad. “He and Dima are just one person! A real little princess is growing up"; “You and the baby look great together, and pregnancy suits you very well”; “This bodysuit looks really good on you. So beautiful and elegant,” fans shared their opinions.
Let us remember that Anastasia’s interesting situation became known in early September. The model hid the joyful event for several months because she wanted to enjoy the first months of pregnancy. So far the couple has not announced the gender of the unborn baby, but fans assume that they will have a boy.
Dmitry and Anastasia really wanted their children to have a small age difference
Kostenko always dreamed of a big family, so immediately after Milana’s appearance she began planning a second pregnancy. In her opinion, children are the main happiness in the life of any person. “Our girl is the most positive and smiling. Thank you, baby, for being exactly who you are. I enjoy every minute of my motherhood. It’s even hard to imagine that soon another baby will appear in our family,” the model previously shared her emotions.
“Not a day without advertising”: how Anastasia Kostenko makes a living with Dmitry Tarasov
Of course, there is still a lot of criticism directed at Anastasia. She has been called a homewrecker and is also accused of posting a lot of promotional posts on social media. The model herself is sure that she did not deserve such negativity addressed to her. Kostenko just wants to be happy next to her beloved man, and for the sake of a family idyll she is ready to put up with negativity.
Photo: Instagram
Anastasia Kostenko now
In April 2020, a former participant in the Dom-2 project, Rustam Solntsev, openly accused Anastasia Kostenko of the collapse of the Buzov-Tarasov family. The man was indignant that after the incident the girl was “posing” as a saint. Model reaction
didn't keep me waiting. "Who is this? Why suddenly such conclusions that I have somewhere designated myself as a saint?” answered the footballer’s wife.
That same month, Kostenko was placed in storage. Due to the hospitalization of his wife, Tarasov missed the premiere of the film “Offside,” to which the full Lokomotiv team arrived.
Model Anastasia Kostenko
On May 8, 2020, blogger Elena Miro criticized Anastasia Kostenko for outfits that are inappropriate for a girl to wear during pregnancy. Lena said that wearing tight clothes makes the model look stupid. However, shortly before this, Nastya wrote on the microblog that she couldn’t stand maternity outfits. A girl wears what she is comfortable in and feels great at the same time.
Two days later, information appeared on the Internet about the football player’s new betrayal of his wife. An anonymous source claimed that Dmitry more than once invited his fan to have fun, to which she agreed. Neither Tarasov nor Kostenko commented on such a statement.
