Kseniya Simonova.
Ukraine's Got Talent 2009 Winner
Video Description: Kseniya Simonova is a 24 years old Ukrainian artist. She uses a giant light box, dramatic music, imagination and "sand painting" skills to interpret the occupation of Ukraine during WWII. She won Ukraine's Got Talent 2009, watched by over 13 million people. Source: Kseniya Simonova.com.
Kseniya Simonova (born 1985) is a sand animator from Ukraine. She started drawing with sand after her business collapsed due to the early 21st century credit crunch and had been drawing for less than a year when she entered Ukraine's Got Talent. She became the 2009 Winner of Ukraine's Got Talent, constructing an animation that portrayed life during USSR's Great Patriotic War against the Third Reich in World War II.
Simonova won 1,000,000 Ukraninan Hryvnia (approx. USD125,000) for her first place in the show. Source: Wikipedia: Kseniya Simonova.
