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The artist stunned Ukrainians with her inner transformations
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Dasha Astafieva – a popular Ukrainian singer and model who was the lead singer of Nikita and a Playboy model. Ukrainians were used to seeing the artist as a sex symbol, and her stage image fully matched this status. However, since the start of the full-scale war in Ukraine in 2022 year, everything changed, and Dasha surprised everyone with her transformations.
That day, 4 August, the singer turns 41 years old. "Telegraf" tells how Dasha Astafieva changed during the war and how she surprised everyone at the beginning of the war.
Dasha Astafieva — Nikita, Playboy, sex symbol
Dasha Astafieva dreamed of a stage and modeling career since childhood. At 13 years she saw Playboy magazine and began to dream of getting onto its pages. She studied hard and worked to realize her dream of becoming popular, and she succeeded. In 2007 year Dasha became the sexy lead singer of Nikita, where she showcased her body in revealing outfits.
In April 2006 year Astafieva became the "Playmate of the Month" of the Ukrainian edition of Playboy, and already the next 2007 year she won the title of "Girl of the Year." And in 2008 year the Ukrainian was invited to shoot in the USA, where she also ended up at the villa of Playboy founder Hugh Hefner and became his favorite.
In Ukrainian show business Astafieva has always played the glamor girl and sex symbol. She participated in entertainment shows, until 2017 year sang with Nikita, roused social networks with revealing photo sessions, and also toured in Russia. But in 2022 year everything changed sharply.
Dasha Astafieva during the war in Ukraine
When in February 2022 year the full-scale invasion of Russia into Ukraine began and many stars began to leave Kyiv, Dasha Astafieva decided to stay. Moreover, she surprised everyone when she began coming to volunteer kitchens and helping feed the troops. Footage of the singer in modest home attire cleaning potatoes with volunteers circulated all news feeds and social networks.
Later Astafieva gave interviews in which she not only expressed a firm pro‑Ukrainian stance but also confessed that she had regretted performing in Russia after 2014 year. The singer admitted that only after the start of the large war did she rethink everything and began to identify herself clearly as Ukrainian.
In August 2023 year Dasha Astafieva, with her team, launched an unusual project UnderBooks. This is an audiobook app for smartphones, which collects books about the history and culture of Ukraine, iconic works of Ukrainian artists, and other books voiced by Ukrainian artists. The singer and volunteer became the main ambassador of this project and personally did the voice acting for some works.
Astafieva also takes part and continues to participate in various charitable projects aimed at supporting the Armed Forces of Ukraine. In addition, users may have noticed that Dasha began presenting herself more modestly on social media in Instagram. Although from time to time she lifts the mood of Ukrainians with hot photo sessions.
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