Angelina Usanova

Biography

Angelina Usanova (Ukrainian: Ангеліна Усанова; born 7 August 1997) is a Ukrainian beauty queen who was crowned Miss Ukraine Universe 2023 and represented her country at Miss Universe 2023 in El Salvador. She later won Miss Eco International 2024 in Egypt, becoming the first woman from Ukraine to hold the title. Usanova is the founder of the Angelina Usanova Foundation and the children's charity music festival HumanKind Fest. She is also the author of children's books My Home (2023) and Intergalactic Friendship (2024).

== Early life and education == Usanova was born in 1997 in Kyiv into a family of educators. She attended Peace School No. 211 in Kyiv, a school affiliated with UNESCO educational initiatives. In 2012, she led the Ukrainian team in the European Schools for a Living Planet project organized by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and Erste Foundation, which involved students from ten European countries implementing environmental conservation projects. The Ukrainian team won first place. Alongside general education, she studied piano and composition from the age of seven and graduated from music school with a Gold Medal.

== Pageantry ==

=== Miss Ukraine Universe 2023 === Usanova was officially crowned Miss Universe Ukraine 2023 and was succeeded by Viktoria Apanasenko. She represented Ukraine at the 72nd Miss Universe competition and competed against 84 other candidates at the José Adolfo Pineda Arena in San Salvador, El Salvador, but she was unplaced.

=== Miss Eco International 2024 === On April 28, 2024, Usanova also represented Ukraine at Miss Eco International 2024 and competed against 42 other candidates at the Triumph Luxury Hotel in Cairo, Egypt. At the end of the event, she was crowned as the winner and was succeeded by Nguyễn Thanh Hà of Vietnam.

== Philanthropy ==

=== Angelina Usanova Foundation === In 2024, Usanova founded the Angelina Usanova Foundation, a humanitarian and eco-educational organization. The foundation has organized charity galas abroad to raise funds for Ukrainian humanitarian causes.

=== HumanKind Fest === The foundation organizes HumanKind Fest, a children's charity music festival held in Kyiv. The first edition took place on 2 December 2024 at the Caribbean Club concert hall, featuring ten young finalists aged 10 to 14 from across Ukraine performing on a professional stage. Three editions of the festival were held between 2024 and 2025.