Valeriia Nykyforets is a Ukrainian public figure, philanthropist, author, and documentary maker based in Mayfair, London. Her life spans continents, platforms, and disciplines — from the stages of Miss Ukraine to the streets of Kyiv during wartime, from the Everest Base Camp to the palaces of European culture.
Born into a family where service was a way of living — her father, a Greek Catholic priest, her mother, her lifelong companion in every endeavour — Valeriia embodies what it means to carry values forward across generations.
Today she works at the intersection of civil society, culture, and international philanthropy — building bridges between Ukraine and the world, one programme, one book, one conversation at a time.
Together UA was founded in 2005 — long before Ukraine became a global story. Its roots are in a family culture of service: Valeriia's father has served his parish his entire life; her mother has been beside her at every event since the beginning.
The Fund operates safe houses, educational programmes, and psychological support for children in conflict-affected regions of Ukraine. Its university preparation programme has opened paths to higher education for young people who had no way there. Published by Marie Claire Brasil. Partnered with Oxford University.
Named among the Top 50 Women of the Lviv Region — recognition built on twenty years of work that predates any international profile.
Valeriia Nykyforets represented Ukraine on the international Miss Ukraine and Miss International platform — a stage that demands precision, composure, and the ability to communicate who you are across cultures and languages simultaneously.
The discipline of that world became part of her permanent vocabulary. It informs how she speaks at a philanthropy dinner in London. How she walks into a room in Geneva. How she holds herself when the cameras arrive at a Together UA programme in Kyiv.
Beauty, for her, is not a category. It is a form of clarity — of knowing precisely what you stand for, and allowing that to be visible without apology.
Valeriia writes as she lives — directly, without performance, with a precision born from having been in the rooms, the conflict zones, the ceremony halls, and the school programmes that most people only read about.
Her writing has reached international audiences: Marie Claire Brasil published her account of witnessing the war in Ukraine and building psychological support for those who survived it. Her books explore the deepest themes of her life — service, identity, and the inheritance of values.
Valeriia was born into a family that did not talk about values — it simply practised them. Her father has served his Greek Catholic parish his entire life. Her mother has been present at every significant moment, from the earliest Together UA events to the international stages of Miss Ukraine.
This is not background detail. It is the architecture of everything she does. The charity, the books, the documentaries, the work in London — all of it is a continuation of something that was already in motion before she arrived.
Family, for Valeriia, is not sentiment. It is the deepest form of accountability — to the people who came before, and to the children whose futures she helps build.
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