Mariya Efrosinina

Mariia Oleksandrivna Yefrosinina (Ukrainian: Марія Олександрівна Єфросініна; born 25 May 1979), professionally known as Masha Efrosinina (Ukrainian: Маша Єфросініна), is a Ukrainian television host and media personality. Along with Pavlo Shylko, she hosted the 50th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest.In 2018, Masha became the United Nations Population Fund Goodwill Ambassador. Graduating from high school with a gold medal (an honour roll), Efrosinina enrolled in the Department of Foreign Languages in the Kyiv University, graduating as an interpreter of the English and Spanish languages.

At 19 she debuted on the First National channel in the program Happy Bell. In 2002 she received the Teletriumph prize in the nomination the Best TV show.

She co-presented the 50th Eurovision Song Contest alongside Pavlo Shylko, in 2005 from Kyiv's Sports Palace, to a pan-European TV-audience of an estimated 150 million people.

She has also co-presented the UEFA Euro 2012 draw held at the Palace of Culture and Science in Warsaw, on 7 February 2010.

She presented Fabryka Zirok, the Ukrainian version of Star Academy, with co-host Andriy Domanskyi, on Novyi Kanal.On 18 November 2010 Efrosinina placed the 77th place among the most influential females in Ukraine according to the Ukrainian magazine Focus.