Anna Zhukova is not only the wife of the famous rocker and permanent leader of the Mumiy Troll group and the mother of two daughters, but also a professional gymnast, a well-known model in Europe, and in the past also a journalist. From this article you can learn about the life and work of Anna.
Biography
The future Madame Lagutenko, Anna Zhukova was born on July 5, 1979 in Chita. The father left the family before her birth, Anya and her older sister Nina were raised only by their mother - Valentina Vladimirovna Zhukova, once a well-known rhythmic gymnastics trainer in the USSR. Therefore, both Zhukov sisters from early childhood engaged in this sport. But if Nina was only superficially interested in gymnastics, striving to the podium from adolescence, then Anna completely devoted herself to sports.
Sport and creativity
Under the supervision of a talented mother, Anya graduated from the gymnasium with a sports bias, took part in various competitions at the local and state levels, having achieved some success. But after graduating from the P.F. Lesgaft, the girl decided to leave her sports career. Anna Zhukova in the photo below.
At this point, Sister Nina had already successfully worked as a model and moved to a permanent residence in Paris, so Anna also wanted to try herself in this field. She settled in with her sister, and soon the girls began to work together - they had several contracts with such fashionable brands as Dior, Cavalli and Cartier. A year has not passed, and an unknown gymnast at home has already turned into a well-known and highly paid model, famous in Europe.
However, having a restless character from childhood, Anna, having reached heights in this field, immediately began to search for herself a new occupation. In addition, the girl is just tired. “If you want to stay on top in the modeling business, you need to remember every face and name, ” said Anna in an interview. “Once I didn’t recognize Agent Chanel and as a result I lost the contract with this fashion house.”
The choice of a new profession fell on journalism. Zhukova returned to Russia and for some time wrote articles and reviews for the magazine "Big Sport" - this was not a difficult job for a girl with a higher sports education, so Anna achieved certain success as a journalist.
Anna Zhukova and Ilya Lagutenko
Anna met her future husband on the set for the St. Petersburg magazine Sobaka.Ru advertising the Day and Night designer store. The deceased Alexander Fadeev, a good friend of Ilya Lagutenko, owned this store. He called the musician to these shootings, and the model Anna Zhukova, for his part, was invited by the magazine itself. “I consider this photo shoot to be the worst in my career, ” Lagutenko admitted in an interview, “but with Ana we immediately had an understanding. In these shootings, I suddenly realized what kind of woman I had dreamed of seeing next to me all my life.”
In 2007, Anna and Ilya got married, the wedding ceremony took place in Cape Town, South Africa, on the seashore. The couple still warmly recall the shooting in which they fell in love at first sight, and Aleksandra Fadeeva and Natalya Romanova (she was the producer of the photo shoot and it was she who came up with the idea to invite Anna as a model) who call them "cupids."
