Anna Kasterova is a Russian Journalist and TV presenter who rose from being unknown to becoming an important media personality in Moscow. She has come to be more popular as the wife of Russian professional ice hockey player, Evgeni Malkin since 2016.
Since her marriage, Anna’s career has almost given way for her family as she now lives with her family in the United States where her husband plays in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Pittsburgh Penguins.
Who is Anna Kasterova?
The Russian media personality was born Anna Romanovna Kasterova on 21 September 1984 in Zelengnograd, Moscow Russia where she was also raised. Kasterova’s birth was at a time when her parents were still young, and her mother had to return to finish her education after she was born. Hence, Anna was mostly raised by her grandparents who instilled in her traditional family values as well as the Christian values.
Anna was educated at the Pedagogical University where she graduated with a diploma and a profession ‘Teacher of psychology’. She would go on to start her career as a TV personality at the age of 22 when she appeared on TNT’s Moscow: Instructions for Use.
After she worked in tandem with Tishko for about a year, she realized her passion and wanted to become a TV presenter herself.
Interesting Facts About Anna Kasterova
1. She was bullied as a child
When she was much younger, Anna was a little overweight. Although her family tried to make her feel beautiful and comfortable with her body, they couldn’t shield her from the cruelty of some mean children who made her a victim of their bullying. On one occasion while she was riding a carousel, a boy called her a cow and told her to get off the ride. This made Anna conscious of her weight from that day and she made extra effort to keep her weight under control.
2. Anna has a younger brother
As a child growing up, Anna had always wished to have a younger sibling, a sister. That did not come true until he was 15 when her younger brother was born. Even though she would have loved it more if it were a sister, she did not love her brother any less; she loved him so dearly and spoiled her baby brother as much as she could.
3. How she met Evgeni Malkin
Anna hs been married to US-based hockey player Evgeni Malkin since 2016. The two started out as acquaintances for a long time and then later became romantically involved. Initially, Evgeni contacted her through the phone after he got her number from someone he refused to tell her.
Before long, she fell for him because he was down to earth and simple despite the fact that he was popular and he also tried his best to help people in need any way he could. At the time, he was in the U.S while she was in Russia, but distance was no barrier to their relationship as she would travel to be with him in the States from time to time before going back to work.
4. The previous relationships of Anna Kasterova
The love life of Anna Kasterova mostly revolved around the man she came to marry, Evgeni Malkin. However, he was not the only man she dated. While she was working on television Anna dated her colleague, Timur Solovyov but the relationship did not last long before the two parted ways.
5. Anna Kasterova prefers the smart list over the beauty list
A good looking woman with a lot of things working for her, Anna Kasterova was on the list of the most beautiful TV hosts in Russia. One would think that would make her happy, but she mentioned she would be happier if it were the list of smart women and not just because of her beauty.
6. A Shopaholic who loves charity and sweets
Anna is a shopaholic, she loves to buy stuff and clothes she ends up never wearing and ends up giving them away to her friends. Like her husband, Ann Kasterova is also into acts of charity. She visits orphanages and distributes clothing and many other commodities to them.
More so, the mother of one admits she has a weakness for sweets. she states that she loves all kinds of sweets like doughnuts, cakes, and chocolates. Sometimes she cannot fall asleep unless she takes a ‘dose’ of ‘Mishka in the North’ sweets. Notwithstanding, she makes sure she works it out in the gym where she has at least three training with intense loads of’ body pump’, ‘body combat’, and boxing.
7. She puts her family above every other thing
Family is most important to Anna, that’s one of the reasons she left her country and job as a well-known TV presenter to move to the U.S to get married to her husband and have her child. Her husband and child are one of the most important people in her life.
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