Oxana Voevodina
Born
Oxana Andreevna Voevodina

(1992-07-10) 10 July 1992
Taganrog, Russia
Other names
  • Rihana Oxana Petra
  • Rihana Oxana Gorbatenko
  • Nikol (screen name)
EducationPlekhanov Russian University of Economics
OccupationModel
Height179 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Spouse
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(m. 2018; div. 2019)​
Children1
Beauty pageant titleholder
TitleMiss Moscow 2015
Hair colorBrown
Eye colorBrown
Major
competition(s)		Miss Moscow 2015 (Winner)
WebsiteOksana Voevodina on Instagram

Oxana Andreevna Voevodina (Russian: Оксана Андре́евна Воеводина, romanized: Oxana Andreevna Voevodina; born 10 July 1992 in Taganrog[1]), also known as Rihana Petra, is a Russian model who is the former wife of Sultan Muhammad V of Kelantan. They married during his reign as the 15th Yang di-Pertuan Agong (King of Malaysia) and divorced soon after his abdication as King.[2] She is also a beauty pageant winner and was crowned Miss Moscow 2015.[3]

Biography

Voevodina Oxana was raised and educated in Taganrog, a city in the Rostov Oblast, Russia.[4] Her father, Andrei Ivanovich Gorbatenko, is an orthopedic surgeon from Rostov-on-Don, with clinics in Rostov-on-Don and Taganrog.[5] Her mother Lyudmila Voevodina, a concert pianist, who worked at the Bolshoi. Oxana had learned English by attending an Oxford summer school. She later pursued an undergraduate degree in economics at Plekhanov Russian University of Economics (PRUE) in Moscow and eventually obtained a master's degree in management.[4] As a beauty pageant contestant, Voevodina won the Miss Moscow title in 2015.[6]

Personal life

On 22 November 2018, Voevodina secretly married Sultan Muhammad V of Kelantan and the 15th Yang di-Pertuan Agong or King of Malaysia as his second wife, in Moscow, Russia without the knowledge of her husband's first wife. Her husband first wife is Sultanah Nur Diana Petra. They also already had a traditional Malay wedding in Malaysia on 7 June 2018 prior to the Russian wedding celebration. She had converted to Islam that same year, in April 2018 and changed her name to Rihana Oxana Petra adopting the family name of Muhammad V.[7] While the purported wedding was widely covered and discussed on social media, as of January 2019 no official statement has been released to confirm or deny that matter.[8][9] With effect from 6 January 2019, Sultan Muhammad abdicated as Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia, almost three years before his term of office was due to end; commentators suggested this was prompted by opposition to his marriage to Voevodina.[10]

The media reported the birth of their son Tengku Ismail Leon Petra bin Tengku Muhammad V Faris Petra on 21 May 2019 in Moscow.[11][12] On 22 June 2019, a month after the birth of their mutual son, Muhammad V divorced Voevodina in Singapore by a "talak tiga" (third talaq) or talaq baayin, the irrevocable divorce executed by simply announcing to his wife that he dissolves the marriage, which is considered to be the most offensive and disapproved type of divorce in Islam.[13]

During the TV interview with Russian presenter and top female opposition politician Ksenia Sobchak, Voevodina had revealed the Czech wife of Muhammad V, Diana Petra or Jana Jakubková reached out to her and her father insulting and threatening her son in June 2019.[14] This incident was widely discussed in the British and Russian media.[15][16][17][18]

After Voevodina had posted photos of their life together on her Instagram account, the Kelantan palace finally issued official statement on 6 September 2019 rebuking the matter as untrue by condemning postings of the monarch's private life on social media as inappropriate and defamatory. The sultan somehow expressed 'regret' regarding his personal choices of his private life that has caused the peoples' confusion, albeit without mentioning any names; apparently had acknowledged the marriage did occur.[19]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Oksana Voevodina Discloses 10 Personal Facts About Her Background". hype. 12 July 2019. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
  2. ↑ Julia Low (28 June 2019). "5 things we found on former Miss Moscow Rihana Oksana Petra's Instagram: what you didn't know about the wife of Malaysia's sultan". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
  3. ↑ Jeevan Sheety, "Oksana Voevodina Wiki, Age, Height, Husband, Net Worth, Family, Bio", Walikali, retrieved 13 June 2021
  4. 1 2 Megang Hills (13 June 2021). "Who is Oksana Voevodina? The ex-Miss Moscow divorced by Sultan Muhammad V just weeks after their first child's birth". Evening Standard. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
  5. ↑ Ng Huiwen (7 January 2019). "Malaysian King abdicates: 5 things about the Russian ex-beauty queen he reportedly wed". The Straits Times. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
  6. ↑ "Oksana Voevodina is crowned Miss Moscow in 2015". Daily Express. 28 November 2018. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  7. ↑ "8 Things To Know About Russian Beauty Queen Oksana Voevodina". Says.com. 30 November 2018.
  8. ↑ "Has former Miss Moscow Oksana Voevodina married Malaysia's king Sultan Muhammad V?", Business Insider, December 3, 2018 – via South China Morning Post
  9. ↑ "Mahathir says can't confirm if Malaysian King has married, as widely reported on social media". The Straits Times. 30 November 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
  10. ↑ Malaysian Sultan Muhammad V has divorced his Russian wife Oksana Voevodina, Singapore lawyer confirms, South China Morning Post, 20 July 2019
  11. ↑ "Sultan Muhammad V, ruler of Malaysia's Kelantan state, has baby boy with Russian wife Oksana Voevodina". South China Morning Post. June 5, 2019.
  12. ↑ Chia, Rachel Genevieve (6 June 2019). "Sultan Muhammad V's Russian wife gave birth to a baby boy – and she called the pregnancy 'the most difficult time of my life'". Business Insider. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
  13. ↑ Ariff, Syed Umar; Harun, Hana Naz (17 July 2019). "Kelantan Sultan divorces Russian wife". New Straits Times. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
  14. ↑ "Oksana Voevodina Claims That Sultan Muhammad V's Former Wife Once Shouted At Her". Hype. 19 February 2020. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  15. ↑ Irina Lebedeva (2 December 2019). "Воеводина заявила в полицию об угрозах от Мухаммада V" [Voevodina reported threats from Muhammad V to the police] (in Russian). Rambler. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  16. ↑ "Бывшая жена экс-короля Малайзии Оксана Воеводина обратилась в полицию из-за угроз" [The ex-wife of the ex-king of Malaysia Oksana Voevodina went to the police because of the threats] (in Russian). Business-gazeta.ru - БИЗНЕС Online. 1 December 2019. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  17. ↑ Алена Захарова (Alena Zakharova) (2 December 2019). "«Сын в опасности»: Оксана Воеводина обратилась в полицию из-за шантажистов" ["Son in danger": Oksana Voevodina went to the police because of blackmailers] (in Russian). Cosmopolitan. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  18. ↑ ""Мисс Москва" заявила в полицию об угрозах её сыну" ["Miss Moscow" reported to the police about threats to her son] (in Russian). Life. 2 December 2019. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  19. ↑ Amy Chew (6 September 2019). "Malaysian palace slams posting of sultan's private photos on social media". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
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