Margarita Golubeva

Golubeva was born on 3 May 2001 in Saint Petersburg to a mother who worked as a doctor and a father who worked as an engineer, and was raised in an ordinary family with three younger brothers and sisters.^[1][2] She began taking lessons in singing and dancing at age five.^[2][3] At age 15, Golubeva decided to pursue a career as an actress and signed up to audition for a dumpling commercial. After accidentally walking into the wrong office, she arrived at a casting for a modeling agency and ultimately was signed to the agency, beginning her modeling career.^[4][5] While in school, Golubeva was bullied for her tall height and appearance, and she did not become confident in her appearance until realizing it was considered an asset in the modeling world.^[1]

Prior to winning Miss Russia, Golubeva was a fifth-year student at the Russian Customs Academy of the Federal Customs Service of Russia in Moscow and a second-year student at the Moscow State Art and Cultural University in Khimki, studying pop-jazz singing at the latter institution.^[6][3] In 2021, she was a contestant on season ten of the Russian version of the singing competition television series The Voice, although she did not advance past the first round.^[1] Her experience on The Voice inspired her to enroll in the Moscow State Art and Cultural University as a music student.^[3][5]