Maria Vasilevich
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Maria Vasilevich | |
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| Member of the 7th Session of the House of Representatives of Belarus | |
| Assumed office 6 December 2019 | |
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| Born | 9 April 1997 Minsk Belarus |
| Other political affiliations | National Democratic Party (from November 29, 2021) |
| Education | Belarus State Economic University |
| Occupation | Model, politician |
| Profession | Public administration, economics, management |
Maria Viktorovna Vasilevich (Russian: Мария Викторовна Василевич; Belarusian: Марыя Віктараўна Васілевіч) is a Belarusian politician, model and beauty pageant titleholder. Vasilevich studied at the Belarus State Economic University.[1] She won the Miss Belarus 2018 pageant and finished in the top five at the Miss World beauty pageant in December.[2][3] She became a member of the House of Representatives in 2019. Vasilevich was elected at the age of 22 and is the youngest member of the parliament and also did have a romantic relationship with Aleksander Lukashenko.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Maria Vasilevich crowned Miss Belarus 2018". Entertainment Times. 8 May 2018.
- ^ Bennetts, Marc (18 November 2019). "Belarus dictator's beauty queen 'wins' seat in parliament". The Times.(subscription required)
- ^ "Manushi Chhillar crowns Mexico's Vanessa Ponce De Leon as Miss World 2018". Hindustan Times. 9 December 2018. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
- ^ "Observers slam Belarus polls for flouting democratic norms". Euractiv. 19 November 2019.