Вiра Брєжнєва / Vira Brezneva

Vira is one of people who inspire me. I like her look, appearance, features of character and the way of life. She is a great person and ideal woman.

So, to introduce her- biography (from wikipedia) to be precise.

Vira Viktorivna Halushka (Ukrainian: Віра Вікторівна Галушка, Russian: Вера Викторовна Галушка, born 3 February 1982), better known by her stage name Vera Brezhneva (Russian: Вера Брежнева, Ukrainian: Віра Брежнєва), is a Ukrainian pop-singer and television presenter.

Family

Vera was born on February 3, 1982 in Dniprodzerzhynsk, in the Ukrainian SSR of the Soviet Union. She was raised in an ordinary family. Her mother, Tamara, is Russian, and her father, Viktor is mixed of Ukrainian and Russian descent. Her father worked in a chemical factory located by the Dnieper River. Her mother, who had graduated from medical school, worked in the same place. Vera has three sisters - one older (Halyna) and two younger (Nastya and Vika, twins). She bought a flat for her parents in Boryspil, nearby Kiev. The father of Vera's daughter (Sonia) is Vitaliy Voychenko, to whom Vira was married for a few years (after a civil wedding). She graduated from the Rail Engineering Institute of Dnipropetrovsk as an economist.

Nu Virgos

It all began in 2002. She was invited to a casting organized in order to find a girl to replace Alena Vinnitskaya and she won. In January 2003 Nu Virgos started performing in the new configuration (Nadezhda, Anna and Vera) that, due to its amazing popularity, gained the name of "the golden line up".

During her career in Nu Virgos Vera experienced a lot, ranging from the love of fans, blockbusters and numerous awards to marrying a businessman Michail Kiperman. In July 2007 the blonde decided to have a break from the band, which ended in December 2007 with the official information of her leaving [1] Nu Virgos forever. Out of all Nu Virgos singers Vera stayed in the group for the longest period of time (4 years). Vera was replaced in the group by Tatiana Kotova.

A Ray of Light

The purpose of her charitable foundation is selfless help for children, i.e. research, fund-raisers and realization of worthy social initiatives aimed at the harmonious growth of kids.

Power of Ten

Vera is the hostess of the Russian version of "Power of Ten" (In Russian: Магия 10-ти, Magic of 10) premiered on January, 7th on Channel One Russia.

Return to music

In May 2008, Vera premiered her first single called Ya Ne Igrayu (Я Не Играю;I Don't Play). The song was written by her former producer Konstantin Meladze. The second single Nirvana came out on 27 October. Third single Ljubov v bolshom gorode (Love in the big city) was released in 2009. Then she appeared in the video Leto vsegda (Summer forever) of the group Diskoteka Avariya with actresses Anastasia Zadorozhnaya & Svetlana Khodchenkova. The fourth single was released in the middle of April - Ljubov spaset mir (Love will save the world) and reached #1 in Russian Airplay Weekly. Next single - Pronto, duet with Potap was released in September. Sixth single duet with Dan Balan "Lepestkami slez" (Лепестками слез; Petals tears).

Любовь в большом городе (Love in the big city)

Vera has also played Katja in the movie "Любовь в большом городе 1 & 2. "