The Russian beauty queen who became the real thing after marrying the King of Malaysia, has been whisked away to a German fertility clinic as the couple prepare to have children, it was revealed today.
Oksana Voevodina married Sultan Muhammad V of Kelantan, 49, in a lavish royal wedding ceremony in Moscow last week, after reportedly converting to Islam earlier this year.
The 25-year-old doctor’s daughter, who won Miss Moscow in 2015, is 24 years younger than the sultan, whose full name is Tengku Muhammad Faris Petra ibni Tengku Ismail Petra.
Sultan Muhammad V is ‘very much concerned’ about starting a family, as his first marriage which ended in divorce produced no children, sources say.
Royal wedding: Oksana Voevodina, 25, married Malaysia’s Muhammad V of Kelantan, 49, in a lavish royal wedding ceremony in the Russian capital last week
The couple reportedly met 18 months ago, while Ms Voevodina worked as a model promoting luxury watches in Europe
New image: Ms Voevodina, pictured with her new husband, converted to Islam this year
The ceremony took place on November 22 in a concert hall in the upscale Moscow suburb of Barvikha, reported Islam News.
Beauty contest director Tatiana Andreeva said the pair met ‘in Europe’ when Ms Voevodina was promoting elite watches.
‘Oksana is a model. She worked a lot abroad, so an encounter of such a level is quite predictable,’ she said.
‘She met Muhammad 18 months ago in Europe.
‘Oksana worked at a watch display and she was standing by a poster and advertising the goods.’
She added: ‘Oksana’s parents were present at the wedding, they support their daughter in everything.’
The wedding was alcohol free and all food was halal. The king was dressed in Malaysian national clothes, and the bride wore a white wedding dress
The ceremony took place on November 22 in a concert hall in the upscale Moscow suburb of Barvikha, reported Islam News
Voevodina (right) is 24 years younger than the king (left), who is known as Yang di-Pertuan Agong and referred to as ‘Your Majesty’. They are pictured on their wedding day
The Malaysian ruler – an elected monarch who has been on the throne since 2016 succeeding his father – has not disclosed how he and the model (pictured) met
The wedding was alcohol free and all food was halal. The king was dressed in Malaysian national clothes, and the bride wore a white wedding dress.
She took the Muslim name Rihana and a picture of her in a hijab was posted on Twitter.
One message read: ‘The people are grateful and proud to receive Queen Agong. Long live the king!’
Malaysian news portal rakyatku.com said that the former beauty queen converted to Islam on April 16, 2018.
Little is known about Voevodina apart from her victory in the Miss Moscow contest three years ago when her vital statistics were given as 33-23-35.
She is believed to be a graduate from the Faculty of Business at the elite Plekhanov Russian University of Economics.
It is unclear if she has been married before since she has used the surname Voevodina during her glamour career – but is now evidently reverting to her father’s surname Gorbatenko.
Russian beauty queen Oksana Voevodina (pictured) has become the first lady of Malaysia after marrying the country’s king
Malaysian news portal rakyatku.com said that the former beauty queen converted to Islam on April 16, 2018
Little is known about Voevodina apart from her victory in the Miss Moscow contest three years ago when her vital statistics were given as 33-23-35
Reports in Kuala Lumpar say she will be known in future as Rihana Oxana Gorbatenko
It is unclear if she has been married before since she has used the surname Voevodina during her glamour career – but is now evidently reverting to her father’s surname Gorbatenko
Her mother was a beauty contestant in a local contest in Penza in the early 1990s soon after the collapse of the USSR
Voevodina said in earlier interviews that she had ambitions to be a fashion designer
Reports in Kuala Lumpar say she will be known in future as Rihana Oxana Gorbatenko.
Andrey Gorbatenko is an orthopaedic surgeon from Rostov-on-Don believed to be in his late 50s.
After winning her Miss Moscow title she said: ‘My hobby is the design of female clothes and swim suits. I sew women’s clothes by order, too.’
Her mother was a beauty contestant in a local contest in Penza in the early 1990s soon after the collapse of the USSR.
Voevodina said in earlier interviews that she had ambitions to be a fashion designer.
She made a collection of swim wear – some of which was worn by beauty pageant contestants.
The Malaysian head of state was educated at Oakham School in Rutland, England and St Cross College, Oxford University. Later he attended the European Business School in London.
His heir is currently his younger brother Tengku Muhammad Faiz Petra.