Ramina Eshakzai
- Full name – Ramina Abdullovna Eshakzai
- Date of birth – March 1, 1992
- City – Kyiv (Ukraine)
- Language – Ukrainian
- Activity – journalist, video blogger, model
Path of professional development
Ramina Eshakzai is a Ukrainian journalist, photo and TV model, blogger, interviewer. Author and host of the RAMINA YouTube channel. On her father's side, she has Afghan roots. The star of the modern media space was born and raised in Kyiv in a family of entrepreneurs. During her school years, she showed a great interest in creativity and music. She was engaged in choreography, attended music school and sang in the choir.
After graduating from school, she decided not to limit herself to one specialty and received higher education at two universities at once. At the Institute of Journalism of the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, she chose the specialty "Advertising and Public Relations", and also studied at the University of Culture, where she received the specialty of announcer and host of TV and radio programs. The knowledge gained became a solid foundation for future successful implementation. Ramina did her internship on the radio, which gave her first invaluable experience working with the audience.
Career in the media industry
While still a student, Ramina began to actively try herself in various areas of the media. At first, she was engaged in organizing events, and later began modeling. She participated in photo shoots and starred in video clips for songs by famous Ukrainian artists and bands, including Antitila and singer Vitaliy Kozlovsky. Working in the fashion industry became a real ticket to the world of show business for Ramina and helped her learn to feel confident in front of the camera. Over time, this experience grew into a solid foundation for her career as a journalist and blogger.
A landmark episode was Eshakzai's participation in the fifth season of the romantic reality show "The Bachelor" on the STB channel in 2015. Ramina reached the finals of the project, competing for the heart of Sergey Melnyk, and gained immense popularity. The project participant admitted that she went to "The Bachelor" not only to find love. She also considered the show as an opportunity to increase her popularity. In parallel, she continued to actively work as a model, participating in photo shoots for glossy magazines and commercial campaigns.
Style and professional development
After participating in the show “The Bachelor”, interest in Ramina from Ukrainian TV channels only grew. She appeared in several popular entertainment formats with an army of thousands of fans. Among them is the show “From a Peasant to a Lady” on the TET TV channel, where participants from different social backgrounds swapped places. And also the stylish reality show “Goddess of Shopping”, where Ramina took part in the “extreme” season, creating fashionable looks in difficult conditions. Eshakzai also revealed her vocal abilities in the program “Karaoke on the Maidan” on the Inter TV channel.
However, over time, the greatest recognition of the model and presenter was brought by her own business - the creation of a YouTube channel, where Ramina acts as the author and host of candid interviews. Straightforwardness and courage became the interviewer’s signature style. This led to an increase in the audience. Among the guests of Ramina's channel are opinion leaders, artists, public figures: Minister Dmytro Kuleba, fighters of the Azov regiment, TV presenter Olga Freimut, journalist Oleksiy Sukhanov and other famous figures.
Social activity
With the beginning of the full-scale invasion, Ramina Eshakzai proved herself as a devoted patriot and public figure. She openly demonstrates her pro-Ukrainian position and directs all efforts to support the country. The author's YouTube channel has undergone dramatic changes. Instead of an entertainment format, it has become a platform for important and painful topics: war, stories of military personnel, volunteers and people who have suffered from Russian aggression.
Ramina began to travel to frontline areas and de-occupied territories, combining journalistic work with volunteer activities. She not only collects and tells true stories, but also helps out herself – she organizes fundraising for the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and publicly reports on each contribution.
Interesting facts:
- in September 2017, Ramina appeared on the cover of the Ukrainian version of the men's magazine Playboy;
- in 2019, Eshakzai's documentary film "Chernobyl" was released;
- the first name of the RAMINA channel was "Rumors". The blogger launched the project in 2018 with funds from the sale of a car. The channel was renamed to RAMINA in 2023.
