Santa Dimopoulos is a Ukrainian model, world champion in fitness, Miss Ukraine Universe 2006, singer, participant in the Ukrainian project “Star Factory-3”, ex-soloist of the group.
Santa Yanisovna Dimopoulos was born in May 1987 in Kyiv. Ukrainian, Greek and Assyrian blood were mixed in her veins. Hence the exotic name and striking appearance. Father Yanis Dimopoulos and mother Lyudmila Ivanova divorced early, but dad continued to participate in raising the girl. In 2004, Santa experienced a personal loss - Yanis Dimopoulos died of cancer.
girl with early years She showed amazing flexibility and danced beautifully. In this regard, Santa began attending a choreographic school and managed to achieve the title of “Master of Sports” in this field.
Santa's ideal parameters and bright model appearance did not escape the attention of modeling agencies. Dimopoulos signed a contract with the capital's Karin agency. In 2006, a 19-year-old girl participated in the Miss Ukraine Universe project, where she took 3rd place.
In 2011, when Santa Dimopoulos turned 24, the girl managed to win the championship title in fitness and bodybuilding. This event took place in Bangkok, where the World Cup was held. The girl was awarded 1st place in the “Female Model Physique” category.
Photo sessions of Santa Dimopoulos were posted with pleasure glossy magazines. In 2014, having already become popular by that time, the artist received an invitation from the publication MAXIM, for which she starred in candid photo shoot and gave a detailed interview.
At the same time, Santa did not abandon education. In 2011, at the insistence of her mother, she received a diploma from Kyiv University and became a lawyer.
Music
In addition to excellent plasticity, the girl also had good vocal abilities. The first stage of Dimopoulos’s singing biography began with participation in the little-known Ukrainian group, which was called “Seventh Heaven”. With the participants musical group Santa appeared in the videos for the hits “About Love” and “Stranger”. But soon Dimopoulos left the team.
The second step up was the popular TV project “Star Factory”. Kiev resident got into season 3 Ukrainian show in 2009. Here, the bright performer was noticed by the acting producer of the project. The seriousness of the project was given by the presence of influential people on the jury - producer of Russian Radio in Ukraine Sergei Kuzin, choreographer Dmitry Kolyadenko, television producer Valentin Koval, producer of the New Channel.
Dimopoulos did not last long on the TV show and left long before the finale. Konstantin Meladze had to remember Santa in December 2011, when from “ VIA Gra" left. The Kiev resident replaced the soloist who left the band. Along with Santa, another member appeared in the team “ Star factories-3", finalist of the competition and . As part of the trio, the girl went on tours and participated in photo shoots.
But already in October of the following year, Dimopoulos left VIA Gra. In its composition, she managed to sing only one hit called “Hello, Mom!” The director shot a video for this composition that will be remembered by many.
Another song that appeared in the singer’s repertoire during this period is the duet “I Don’t Know Why,” performed together with Vasily Bondarchuk. In 2012, Santa released a video for the hit “In Joy and Sorrow,” where footage appeared in which the singer appeared together with Vladimir Samsonenko.
Santa Dimopoulos announced plans to start solo career. And indeed, in the spring of 2013, the artist presented debut song, called "When We Move". Record next musical composition It didn’t take long for me to wait - soon the hit “I’m Running Away” appeared. To date, the singer has recorded 4 singles.
It soon became known that the former member of VIA Gra was seriously thinking about acting career. In addition to participating in the filming of commercials for UkrSibbank and the EnerGo drink of the Biola brand, the girl decided to get a specialized acting education. In 2014, Santa announced her successful completion of the New York Film Academy.
Santa Dimopoulos, while remaining a singer, actress, and model, manages to build a business career. In 2013, the girl tried herself as an organizer of the Gold Vintage brand boutique, which she opened together with her colleague Yulia Kovaleva.
In November 2016, the artist undertook a reboot of her singing career. Together with the ex-soloists of VIA Gra, the girl also became a member of the new music group, organized by producer Sergei Kovalev.
The team received the loud name “Queens”. Soon the girls’ first single, “Why”, was released, which immediately hit the concert program awards ceremony of the year “Golden Gramophone” and in rotation of leading radio channels of Ukraine and Russia. The group did not last long in this composition; already in April 2017, the girls were replaced by successors.
Personal life
It is not the career, but the personal life of Santa Dimopoulos that attracts much more attention. The beauty regularly “throws brushwood” into this unquenchable fire. The first husband of the dark-skinned singer was Ukrainian showman and TV presenter Andrei Dzhedzhula. This couple was considered one of the most beautiful in the country's show business. The couple had a son, Daniel, in October 2008. As the singer noted, she dreamed of a son with that name since childhood. But soon the marriage cracked. Santa and Andrey were at odds with scandals and mutual accusations, in which fans took one side or the other.
In the fall of 2012, it became known that Dimopoulos had arranged a personal life with Kyiv businessman Vladimir Samsonenko. There was a rumor that the wedding ceremony took place in a luxurious ancient castle in Italy. Photos from the wedding were looked at and commented on by everyone for a long time. But the very next year, Santa Dimopoulos surprised with a statement that the wedding with Samsonenko was not real.
The fall of 2015 again brought fresh news about Santa. As it turned out, the girl married a wealthy Kyiv businessman Igor Kucherenko, owner of the network sports clubs and co-owner of a large construction company. Kucherenko is also spoken of as a gold miner.
Santa Dimopoulos now
The singer supports physical fitness at the same level. With a height of 173 cm, Santa's weight does not exceed 52 kg, and his figure parameters (89-60-90) are as close as possible to ideal. But the desire to look better did not escape the beauty. Over time, Santa became interested in lip surgery, as can be seen from the photo from “ Instagram» singers. Now the girl regularly receives hyaluronic acid injections.
At the end of January 2018, Santa Dimopoulos was in Miami in the company of his children, as reported from her own Instagram page. The artists had already communicated before - in 2009, Philip Kirkorov, Santa Dimopoulos and Tatyana Vorzheva performed the hit “Just Give” at the Star Factory concert.
Discography
- “Hello, mom!”
- "Touch"
- "I Don't Know Why"
- "When we move"
- "In joy and in sorrow"
- "I'm running away"
- "Everything is OK"
- "For what"
Childhood and youth
Santa Dimopoulos was born into a Ukrainian and Greek family, so from childhood she absorbed the culture of both nations equally well. Besides secondary school the girl attended musical ( pop vocals) and dance (she practiced professionally, received the title of Master of Sports) clubs. At school she actively participated in all events and loved the stage. 
A special passion for science and exact knowledge I had never experienced this, but at the guidance of my parents I entered the Faculty of Law of the Kyiv National University and in 2011 received a diploma of higher education. But the work of a lawyer seemed incredibly boring to Santa, so soon after graduating from university she firmly decided to connect her life with the stage.
By the way, in student years the girl made her debut on the catwalk; Moreover, in 2006 she took third place in the Miss Universe Ukraine beauty contest. And in 2011, she won a competition in Thailand and became the absolute world champion in bodybuilding and fitness.
Music career
The singer’s first group was the famous pop group “Seventh Heaven” - over several years of performances, Santa managed to give great amount concerts and show yourself with the best side. The singer herself has admitted more than once that these years are still very dear to her and she remembers them with some trepidation and sadness, despite all the disagreements that arose in the team. WITH former participants The girl still maintains warm relations with the team. Santa left the group at will and doesn’t hold grudges against anyone: “Just at one moment, I realized that I was capable of more.”Video of the group “Seventh Heaven” (2007)
Indeed, the singer’s potential turned out to be much higher, and she was able to prove it. In 2009, she took part in the project “Star Factory-3” (Ukrainian version) under the mentorship of Konstantin Meladze. Santa was a finalist on the show; largely thanks to a memorable demonstration of talent, in December 2011 she became one of the three members of the VIA Gra trio, taking the place of the “brunette of the group” Nadezhda Granovskaya.
With each day of working in the team together with Eva Bushmina and Albina Dzhanabaeva, with each concert, the girl felt more and more confident and less than a year later, at the beginning of October 2012, she left the group to devote herself entirely to a solo career. The singer's first single was the song "When We Move".
Santa Dimopoulos – When We Move (2013)
After leaving VIA Gra, the singer tried herself as an actress, starring in a number of commercials, for example in an advertisement for Ukrsibbank (2010) and the EnerGo drink (2011).
In 2014, together with her childhood friend Yulia Kovaleva, the girl took up entrepreneurial activity. The ladies opened a prestigious boutique “Gold Vintage” in Kyiv. For relatively short term The store gained great popularity among the Ukrainian elite. As the star herself noted: “The stage is, of course, very good, but I constantly want something new, bigger and unknown.”
Personal life of Santa Dimopoulos
The beauty of the rising star captivated many men. On October 29, 2008, Dimopoulos made the favorite of the Ukrainian public Andrei Dzhedzhulu a happy father, giving him a son, Daniel. 
On September 18, 2012, Santa became the legal wife of successful entrepreneur Vladimir Samsonenko. The wedding ceremony took place in Italy, in a castle with the romantic name Orsini-Odescalchi. According to eyewitnesses, everything was like a fairy tale. Alas, in 2013 the marriage also broke up. No one ever found out the reasons for this - some sources indicated that the husband turned out to be unfaithful and was caught by his wife in the hot seat, and with her best friend.
Be soloist of VIA“Gra” already means being a sexy, graceful, liberated and self-confident beauty with excellent vocal and dancing abilities. A girl who does not possess this bouquet of qualities has no place in the famous ensemble. This is what a star is like Ukrainian stage Santa Dimopoulos.
Beginning of the biography
Famous Russian model and dancer Santa Dimopoulos (real name Chrysanthia) was born in May 1987 in the capital of Ukraine, Kyiv. Her family is of Ukrainian-Greek-Assyrian origin. That is, on her father’s side she has Greek and Assyrian roots, and on her mother’s side she has Ukrainian roots. For Santa's mother, Lyudmila Ivanovna, marriage to Yanis Dimopoulos was the second. From the first she already had a daughter - Santa's half-older sister. However, this marriage did not last long, and when the girl was only a few years old, her father left the family. He continued to raise his beloved daughter. Unfortunately, he died of cancer in 2004, and from the age of 17 she grew up without her father's support.
Childhood and youth
Since childhood, little Santa has been professionally involved in ballroom and sports dancing and even several times became the owner of the champion title at various city, republican and international competitions. Later she received the title of Master of Sports. After the death of her father, Santa gave up dancing and decided to get a serious profession: she entered the law faculty of the Kyiv National University.
Love tandem Santa Dimopoulos - Dzhedzhula
While studying at the university, the girl meets the famous showman and TV presenter Andrei Dzhedzhula. Tender feelings arise between them, and the couple in love begins to live together. After some time, Santa finds out that she is pregnant, and in October 2008, Andrei and Santa’s son, Daniel, is born. But the young mother needs to continue her studies, so Lyudmila Ivanovna takes care of the baby.
Path to glory
In addition to her ability to dance, Santa also had excellent vocal abilities. For some time she was the lead singer of the group “Seventh Heaven”. At the same time she worked as a model at the Karin modeling agency. Two years before the birth of her son, in 2006, Dimopoulos Santa Yanisovna took part in the Miss Ukraine competition and took one of the prize places. The jury was simply fascinated by the brunette beauty. Thanks to her passion for fitness and bodybuilding, Santa Dimopoulos, whose height, weight and other body parameters are simply ideal (173 cm/52 kg; 89/60/90), in 2011 in Thailand won the title of world champion in bodybuilding and fitness among girls taller 165 cm.
Santa and VIA Gra
In 2009, it started on Ukrainian television vocal competition“Star Factory - 3”. Santa Dimopoulos took part in it. And the music producer of the show was Konstantin Meladze. The sexy and talented girl stood out among the participants in the “Factory” show, therefore, when Nadezhda Granovskaya left the “VIA Gra” group, Konstantin Meladze, without hesitation for a long time, invited Santa to take Nadya’s place in the legendary ensemble. The young singer gladly accepted this tempting offer. Soon, all of Ukraine, and Russia too, were talking about the new charming soloist of the most popular vocal and instrumental group. Throughout the year, her photographs graced the covers of many media outlets; she gave interviews and shared with the reader the secrets of her beauty and irresistibility. However, Santa did not last long in the team. A year later, she left VIA Gra, starting a solo career. Also in 2011, Santa graduated from the National University of Ukraine and received a law degree.
Wedding
In the fall of 2012, in the beautiful Italian castle of Orsini-Odescalchi, beautiful wedding 2012, where the groom was businessman and billionaire Vladimir Samsonenko, and his charming bride was the inimitable Santa Dimopoulos. The singer's husband decided to celebrate the wedding in an unusually romantic atmosphere ancient castle and make your beloved’s long-standing dream come true. The bride looked like a real medieval beauty princess, as if by magic she had found herself in the 21st century. However, the idyll of the newlyweds did not last long, and a year later the couple went home. A long time was avoided because the young people were not registered in the registry office. By the way, there were rumors in the press that it was not a real wedding, but a “show-off” wedding, a kind of publicity stunt, part of a PR campaign by the singer and businessman.
What is Santa Dimopoulos doing today?
This year, the son of Andrei and Santa Daniel turned 6 years old, he is already a completely grown-up boy and is going to school. Despite the fact that from birth his grandmother, Larisa Ivanovna, was the only one raising him, Andrei always tried to be there for his son, and at the beginning of this year he managed to persuade Santa to give him the child. Of course, this decision was not easy for her, but for the sake of her son, she took this step. The boy should grow up next to his father, and his mother will visit him often. Santa spends a lot of time in the gym to maintain the beauty of his body. They say she is getting married again. This is evidenced by her photo on social networks with a ring on her ring finger. right hand. However, no one knows anything about the singer’s future fiancé; she keeps it in the strictest confidence. Journalists, in turn, share their guesses. Some say that Santa's new lover is Sergei Lazarev, while others suggest that this is Anya Sedokova's ex-husband - Maxim Chernyavsky.
Videos and songs of Santa Dimopoulos
The singer’s most popular videos are “Hello, Mom!”, “In Sorrow and Joy,” “I Don’t Know Why,” etc. She recently presented the songs “I’m Running Away” and “When we move.”
More recently, Santa Dimopoulos appeared on the covers of all popular media as new soloist pop group VIA Gra, which was presented to the public as the 2011 world champion in bodybuilding and fitness. The girl certainly looks very impressive, but the biographies of modern stars are often made up, so it was decided to check this “legend”. Read on to find out more about her search for professional performances.
Santa Dimopoulos - famous Ukrainian singer born on May 21, 1987 in the capital of Ukraine (then still the Ukrainian USSR) - Kyiv. Since childhood, the girl began to get involved in sports and eventually became a master of sports in ballroom dancing.
In addition to dancing, the new soloist of VIAGRA was also fond of singing and even performed as part of the Ukrainian group “Seventh Heaven”. In 2009, she became a participant in the Ukrainian Star Factory, which was then produced by Konstantin Meladze (also a producer of VIA Gra). But Santa didn’t last long there and was one of the first to leave.
Possessing excellent external data, Santa Dimopoulos even starred for men's magazines. Regular workouts at the fitness club help her look great - another Santa hobby that made her a world champion. In October 2011, at the Asian World Championships in Bodybuilding and Fitness, held in Bangkok, Santa Dimopulos (Khrysanti Dimopulos) received first place in the category of female model physique over 165 centimeters.
Thus, we can safely say that her biography is not fictitious and the girl has really been involved in sports for a very long time. These are the kind of pop stars our country can truly be proud of, and the more winners of fitness championships appear on screens, the more more girls and the guys will watch their figure and go to the gym.
At the end of the article, I suggest you watch a couple of videos with Santa. In the first eight minutes she talks a little about her biography, and also acts in Ukrainian factory stars In the second video you will see a news story about Santa Dimopoulos.
Participant's name: Dimopoulos Santa Yanisovna
Age (birthday): 21.05.1987
City: Kyiv (Ukraine)
Family: married, has a son
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Santa grew up in a wealthy, wealthy family of a purebred Greek and Ukrainian. Since childhood, parents have considered their daughter’s passion for the art of impersonation and vocals. Therefore, they did not wait for her to grow up; they enrolled her in music, acting, and choreography schools, which she attended with pleasure. Despite all the talents, getting higher education Dimopoulos went to the capital's university.
While studying in the first year of law school, Santa decided to try herself as a model. So she became one of the contenders for the title “Miss Ukraine Universe”.
All the girls who participated in the competition were very beautiful, strong, and worthy of victory. As a result, Dimopoulos took an honorable third place.
In 2011, the girl received a diploma from the Kyiv National University. That same year, Santa took part in sports competition world-class – “Bikini Fitness and Bodybuilding”, where she became the owner of a gold medal and the title of world-class fit girl.
The beginning of a musical career
While studying at the institute, Santa managed to take part not only in sports, but also in creative competitions. So in 2007 she joined the popular group “Seventh Heaven”. The girl worked in the group for about two years, during which time the girl managed to become popular singer, gain fans. Leaving the project was very difficult for Dimopoulos, despite the fact that it was her personal decision.
In 2009, Santa was selected for the Ukrainian version of “Star Factory”, which was led by the famous producer Konstantin Meladze. Staying on the project was quite difficult, because the girl’s loved one turned out to be very jealous. He constantly monitored her and pestered her with accusing phone calls. Dimopoulos managed to reach the finals, but she did not become the winner.
In 2011, Santa already shone in the most popular, famous pop group"Viagra". She quickly found mutual language s, and met Dimopoulos during her “factory” life. Literally a year later, the singer left the project and went on a solo voyage. In the same year, the girl starred in two commercials: Ukrsibbank and the energy drink EnerGo.
In 2016, Santa, in the company of two ex-members of the legendary group “Via-Gra”, created their own group under the loud name “Queens”. Dimopoulos also successfully develops own business– a fashion boutique in the center of Kyiv.
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Santa's first husband was the famous Ukrainian presenter Andrey Dzhedzhula. Their relationship was followed by many media outlets, as emotional young people loved to attract attention to themselves. In 2008, their first son, Daniel, was born. Soon after his birth, Dimopoulos and Dzhedzhula broke up.
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In 2012, Santa again wore Wedding Dress, and went down the aisle with capital businessman Vladimir Samsonenko. The wedding ceremony took place in a luxurious, ancient Spanish castle. However, in 2013, Dimopoulos stunned everyone with her frank admission that her marriage to Vladimir was fictitious, so the divorce became only a formality for her.
After 3 years, Santa got married again, Her chosen one was a fairly wealthy man, the owner of a network of gyms in Kyiv - Igor Kucherenko. The couple is still together, according to the singer, she is now 100% happy.
Photo of Santa
The girl has more than 450 thousand subscribers on Instagram; you can often see photos from vacations or events. Santa also posts pictures with his son and friends.
