Born in 1985 as Ксения Симонова, Kseniya Simonova is a sand animator from Ukraine. She started drawing with sand after her business collapsed due to the early 21st century credit crunch. Kseniya and had been drawing for less than a year when she entered Ukraine's Got Talent and became the 2009 Winner. She constructed an animation that portrayed life during the USSR's Great Patriotic War against the Third Reich in World War II.
Simonova won 1,000,000 Ukraninan Hryvnia (about $125,000) for her first place win. This YouTube video of the performance has received more than 7 million hits.
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