Karyna Zhosan

Zhosan was born in Ovidiopol[2] and raised in Odessa. She is a graduate from Odessa National Academy of Food Technology and specializes in Hotel Restaurant and Tourism Business. She has built a successful modeling and acting career in China. She has recently opened a charity foundation in Kenya for orphans. She can speak 4 languages fluently. Through participating in this pageant, she wants to raise awareness about different global issues that need to be addressed.

On 14 August 2018, Zhosan began her pageantry career representing Odessa in the Miss Ukraine Universe 2018 competition. She won the pageant which was held at the Fairmont Grand Hotel in Kiev. As Miss Ukraine Universe, she had right to represent her country in Miss Universe 2018 where she failed to place more than 4 years in a row. She succeeded outgoing Miss Ukraine Universe 2017 Yana Krasnikova. Her court included Natalia Bolykh (first runner-up), Valeria Ryabchenko (second runner-up), Anna Duritskaya (third runner-up) and Kateryna Semenyachenko (fourth runner-up).[3][4]