Miss World 2008, Ksenia Sukhinova, features in Dima Bilan’s music video for his new single Derzhi (Hold). Ksenia drives a car all over Lisbon, following Dima. Both Ksenia and Dima have great rhythm, when they dance to Bilan’s catchy tune, in sections of the video. The weather is glorious. However Leonid Kolosovsky, the director, says:
“Natural tricks awaited us. The weather near the ocean is very changeable and unpredictable…The wind, then the heat, then the cold, then the fog… But with the right company and a cheerful atmosphere nothing is scary!”
The video covers extensive areas of Lisbon. It was shot over three days and Dima walked over 100 km! It markets Lisbon well, as a holiday destination. Dima made sure to provide a few words about the city in a statement published in his website: “My special respect to Lisbon. 10 years ago I was here as a nominee for the MTV Europe Music Awards and I was happy to come back. It’s cosy here, the history is embracing and somehow very special.”
Lisbon is the host city for the Eurovision Song Contest 2018. Ksenia Sukhinova modelled in the advertisement for the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 that was held in Moscow, in her native country, Russia. On the Eurovision posters, Ksenia ‘becomes’ the Eurovision Nations. Konstantin Ernst, the General Director of Channel One Russia said:
“We’d like guests, coming to the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest, to see the image of their country personified by a beautiful Russian girl. Life itself has given us a unique chance. The title of the Miss World 2008 was awarded to a Russian girl, Ksenia Sukhinova, which means that she is officially recognized as the most beautiful girl on the Earth. Due to the efforts of the stylists and makeup artists the girl looks like the native beauties of various European countries.”
Ksenia ‘becomes’ the Eurovision Nations, for its 2009 advertisement
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