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Didusenko started her modelling career at the age of 18. She admitted that she “got into modelling by chance.” Her neighbour was a scout from Faces, one of the best model agencies in Ukraine.
During the first five years of modelling career Didusenko spent a lot of time in [[Paris]], [[Milan]], and [[London]] working with the global brands such as [[Maison Margiela]], [[Escada]], Pat McGrath, John Galliano and others.<ref>https://www.5.ua/suspilstvo/stalo-vidomo-khto-zdobuv-tytul-mis-ukraina2018-177943.html</ref><ref>https://liza.ua/stars/news/miss-ukraina-2018-veronika-didusenko-kratkaya-biografiya-i-foto/</ref> She is represented by Women Management Paris and has worked at [[Paris Fashion Week]]. Her portfolio also includes working with Women Management Milano for the [[Escada]] fashion show. Veronika Didusenko is the celebrity face of Zarina, one of the biggest jewelry companies in Ukraine.<ref>https://zarina.ua</ref><ref>
=== Miss Ukraine 2018 ===
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In September 2018 Veronika Didusenko became the winner<ref>https://www.unian.net/society/10269111-stalo-izvestno-kto-pobedil-na-konkurse-miss-ukraina-2018-foto-video.html</ref> of the [[Miss Ukraine]] 2018 pageant, the preliminary stage competition to [[Miss World]], [[Miss Earth]] and [[Miss International]]. The winner of [[Miss Ukraine]] goes on to represent her country at the [[Miss World]]. It is believed that apart from her appearance and personality, the jury members were impressed by her charity project Young Einsteins Ukraine.<ref>https://liza.ua/stars/news/miss-ukraina-2018-veronika-didusenko-kratkaya-biografiya-i-foto/</ref>
However, only hours after receiving the title, Veronika Didusenko was disqualified by the Organising Committee,<ref>https://missukraine.ua/en/novosti/oficialnoe-zayavlenie-orgkomiteta-nacionalnogo-konkursa-krasoty-miss-ukraina-o-diskvalifikacii-i-lisheniya-titula-miss-ukraina-2018-veroniki-didusenko/</ref> for the alleged reason of being a mother to a 4-year-old son and a divorcee. Didusenko was not the first mother to win the title Miss Ukraine,<ref>https://www.obozrevatel.com/show/people/didusenko-ne-pervaya-kak-esche-odna-krasotka-s-rebenkom-stala-miss-ukraina.htm</ref><ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_le6x0hPno
After disqualification, Didusenko gave a press conference where she claimed the rules of the [[Big Four international beauty pageants]] were discriminatory.<ref>https://24tv.ua/lifestyle/veronika_didusenko_vpershe_prokomentuvala_skandalnu_diskvalifikatsiyu_na_mis_ukrayina_2018_n1038236</ref> The news of Didusenko’s disqualification was widely covered by the international media. The story was featured in The Daily Mail, Fox News,<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/newly-crowned-miss-ukraine-yanked-of-title-after-pageant-officials-discover-she-is-a-divorced-mom</ref> Cosmopolitan,<ref>https://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/tv/a23476467/miss-ukraine-2018-disqualified-divorced-mother/</ref> New York Post,<ref>https://nypost.com/2018/09/26/miss-ukraine-loses-title-after-pageant-officials-find-out-shes-a-divorced-mom/</ref> BBC<ref>https://www.bbc.com/news/av/newsbeat-45803562/miss-ukraine-disqualified-for-being-a-mum</ref><ref>https://www.facebook.com/bbcnewsbeat/videos/270515690261046</ref> and Reuters.<ref>https://mobile.reuters.com/video/2018/10/11/miss-ukraine-disqualified-for-being-a-mo?videoId=472112780&videoChannel=117760</ref> This gained Didusenko thousands of followers around the world and turned her into a media celebrity.<ref>https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/11/29/miss-world-model-launches-legal-challenge-barred-sexist-pageant/</ref>
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== Personal life ==
Veronika Didusenko has a son, Alexander, from her first marriage. Didusenko found out that she was pregnant with a baby boy when she was 18.<ref>https://liza.ua/stars/news/miss-ukraina-2018-veronika-didusenko-kratkaya-biografiya-i-foto/</ref>
She is engaged to Gennadiy Kurochka, [[Ukraine|Ukrainian]] businessman and one of the co-founders of [[Ukraine Crisis Media Center]]. The couple announced their engagement during their vacation in Thailand in December 2018.<ref>https://viva.ua/news/6618-skandalnaya-miss-ukraina-2018-vyhodit-zamuzh-za-biznesmena</ref>
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==External links==
* [https://www.facebook.com/veronika.didusenko.official?fref=ts Veronika Didusenko] on [[Facebook]]
* {{Instagram|veronika_didusenko}}
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