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General

Birthdate:February 24
Astrological sign:Pisces
Height:5ft. 6in.
Eye colour:Dark brown
Hair colour:Dirty blonde
Heritage:Ukrainian Canadian

Fun Facts

Nickname:Killer Kush... due to my competitive nature! That's from my coach!
Favourite colour:Purple (my birthstone)
Favourite pet:I love cats (Cookie), but also love Golden Retrievers (Malibu)
Career:Doctor of Chiropractic (Chiropractor), currently practicing at a small private clinic. Worked at Swiss Chalet for the past 11 years! I also worked in the summer for the City of Toronto in the Works and Emergency Services Dept, performing water quality testing (for E.coli) for swimming safety on Toronto's beaches. 2005 was my 7th and final summer there.
Favourite foods:Italian cuisine, but I love chocolate too
Favourite sport to do:Anything water related -- I love going to the beach
Favourite sport to watch:Champ Car World Series auto racing. I wouldn't be truly Canadian unless I included hockey! Go Toronto Maple Leafs go!

Modeling Accomplishments

  • Won Miss CHIN 2000, which is beauty pageant within Toronto, and have made multiple appaearances on CHIN TV. Also participated in various charity events through CHIN such as the Sicks Kids Hospital Telethon.
  • Won Miss Molson Indy Toronto 2003 at the Toronto Molson Indy
  • Featured in the Toronto Sun newspaper with a full page spread as Miss Molson Indy Toronto
  • Won Miss Molson Indy Canada 2003 at the Vancouver Molson Indy
  • Featured in the Scarborough Mirror newspaper two times, complete with article and photos
  • Guest on Breakfast Television on CITY TV in Toronto as Miss Molson Indy Canada
  • Appeared on TSN's show "Off The Record" (OTR) with Michael Landsberg five times, with other guests such as Daniel Baldwin
  • Featured on the OTR/TSN website as their website reporter, performing interviews at modeling contests, etc. -- such as at the Maxim model search 2004
  • Featured model in the Toronto Sun newspaper's Winter Swimsuit Edition 2004 (Feb 27/04) that was shot in St. Vincent. Available online at the Toronto Sun.
  • Joined Sportbunny.com team, writing racing commentaries for their website as a trial project. Sportbunny has halted production as of August 2004. Articles can still be found at sportbunny.com.
  • Appeared in numerous interviews for MoJo radio in both Toronto and Vancouver
  • Featured in the 2004 Miss Molson Indy Calendar in the Toronto Sun
  • Hosted the 2004 Miss Molson Indy Canada video, directed by Shawn Lam. Clips can be found at www.shawnlam.ca.
  • Added a video resume to my website, which is a demo video for future broadcasting
  • Featured as Miss August in the 2005 SUNshine Girl Calendar
  • Featured as Miss March in the 2005 Miss Indy Australia Calendar
  • Placed 1st runner up at Miss Swimsuit Canada 2004
  • Appeared as a SUNshine Girl in the Toronto SUN a total of five times in 2004. Consistently appeared in the SUN at least once or twice a year since 1997.
  • Featured in the Toronto and Edmonton SUN newspapers, in the "Ski the Big 3" ad promotion
  • Won the "Girls of Golf" contest at the Toronto Playboy Golf Scramble in August 2004, to become one of two contestants to represent Toronto at the Playboy Golf Finals in Los Angeles, California
  • Won Playboy's "Girls of Golf" finals in March 2005 against 80 other girls from all over North America
  • Appeared on an episode of "Sex, Toys and Chocolate" on the Life Network, airdate September 2005
  • Wrote variety of articles for PubClub

Education

In 1997, I graduated from Birchmount Park Collegiate in Scarborough as Student Council President. I attended the University of Toronto Scarborough Campus from 1997 to 2001. I completed my Honours Bachelors of Science Degree majoring in Neuroscience and graduated from UofT as the class of 2001. I was accepted into the Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College (CMCC) immediately upon my university graduation. I recently graduated a four year Doctor of Chiropractic program in the class of 2005 and I have begun practicing in a private clinic.

Sports

I am a baton twirler! Baton twirling is very much like rhythmic gymnastics, where gymnastics, dance, and twirling skills are combined to result in the sport of baton. Currently I am the 2002 & 2003 Canadian National Senior Women's Freestyle Champion. My team "Starlight Destiny Sports Performance Club" (formerly known as "King's National") is the Canadian Gold Medalists in five team divisions. My team was granted the right to become the Canadian contingent that would represent Canada at the 2003 World Baton Twirling Championship (NBTA) in Marseille, France. There we accomplished Canada's best placing results ever, coming home with a silver and a bronze medal. Individually, my freestyle routine captured 10th place in the world, choreographed to John Lennon's "Imagine".

I have been involved in twirling and gymnastics for over 19 years. I have been on the national circuit since 1989 when I won my first national title in Richmond, British Columbia. I have attended various international and world championship events such as the 1993 World Baton Twirling Championships (WBTF) in The Netherlands where I won the bronze medal in the Junior Pairs event. Presently I am contemplating retirement, but actively pursuing coaching and judging in the CNBTA.

More on Modeling

I was Miss Molson Indy Canada 2003 and Miss Molson Indy Toronto 2003. I won each of these titles at the Vancouver and Toronto Molson Indy events during the summer of 2003. The Miss Molson Indy model search is a sports model competition that is comprised of an interview section, photographic judging, swimwear judging, and a sport routine talent (I did baton twirling). This was the first year for the Miss Molson Indy Toronto competition, but that ultimately granted me the right to compete in Vancouver for the national Miss Indy title. When I won in Vancouver, part of my prize was to become an ambassador for Canada at the Surfer's Paradise Lexmark Indy in Australia in October 2003. In Australia, I participated in numerous CART events and promotional activities as well as shooting the Miss Indy 2005 Calendar. I've worked in conjunction with Molson to help promote and be a part of the 2004 Toronto and Vancouver Molson Indy events.

www.molsonindy.com
www.faceofchampcar.com

Modeling is something that I participate in but do not rely solely on. Winning the Miss Molson Indy Canada 2003 title is the highlight of my modeling career to date, but I had never even attempted modeling until the 2000 CHIN Picnic here in Toronto, where I competed in the Miss CHIN International Bikini competition. CHIN is a multicultural radio/TV station that features over 32 languages on their broadcasts. They throw the world's largest free picnic every Canada Day long weekend in July at Exhibition Place. It was my first pageant of any kind, and I won the honour of becoming Miss CHIN 2000. I represented CHIN for the year of 2000-2001, and had the honour of getting to know Johnny Lombardi (the founder of CHIN and a Toronto legend) and his wonderful family that presently run CHIN following Johnny's death in 2002.

Currently I am always looking for new modeling opportunities while still balancing my new career as a chiropractor -- I enjoy a little fun and excitement in the modeling world and am constantly up for new challenges.

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