Kateryna Osadcha

Kateryna Osadcha (Ukrainian: Катерина Осадча; born 12 September 1983) is a Ukrainian journalist, host of the programs "Social Life", "The Voice of Ukraine" (1–3, 6–8 seasons) and "The Voice Kids" on the TV channel "1+1". From the age of 13 to 18 she worked in the modeling business in Western Europe, after which she returned to Ukraine. Biography She was born on September 12, 1983, in Kyiv. Her father — Oleksandr Osadchyi, was a Director of Kyivprylad factory, while her mother is a housewife. She also has a younger brother. In addition to school, Katya was engaged in music and dance (she was a member of the choreographic ensemble "Little Falcons"). At the age of thirteen, she began her professional modeling career and graduated from the Bagira Agency's modeling school. At the age of 14, after finishing ninth grade, she went to film in Tokyo for three months. Later there were shootings in Germany, England and France. Kateryna passed her final exams at school externally due to a busy filming schedule. At the age of 18, Kateryna finished her modeling career and returned to live in Ukraine. She married Oleh Polishchuk, a Member of Parliament from the Green Party, and in 2002 gave birth to a son, Ilya. Due to poor knowledge of the Ukrainian language, four months after the birth of a child she began to work with a teacher to practice the skills of speech and diction. She graduated in absentia from the Faculty of History of the University of Kyiv.