Stefanía Fernández

Stefanía Fernández

Birth Name: Stefanía Fernández Krupij

Place of Birth: Mérida, Mérida, Venezuela

Date of Birth: September 4, 1990

Ethnicity:
*father – Galician Spanish
*mother – Russian, Ukrainian, Polish

Stefanía Fernández is a Venezuelan journalist, television host, model, and beauty queen. She was Miss Venezuela 2008 and Miss Universe 2009.

Stefanía is the daughter of Nadia Vira Krupij Holojad and José Luis Fernández Acuña. Her father is of Galician Spanish descent. Her paternal grandparents moved from Nigrán, Galicia, to Venezuela, to escape the Francisco Franco dictatorship. Her mother has Russian, Ukrainian, and Polish ancestry. A picture of Stefanía’s maternal grandparents can be seen here. Stefanía has two children with her partner, professional baseball player Ender Inciarte.

Stefanía’s paternal grandfather was named Emilio Fernández.

Stefanía’s paternal grandmother was named Celia Acuña Costas.

Stefanía’s maternal grandfather was named Yevhen Krupij (or Eugenio Krupij Dictiac in Spanish). Yevhen was Ukrainian, and fled the Soviet Union, to escape the Communist rule.

Stefanía’s maternal grandmother was named Zenowia Holojad. Zenowia is Polish.

Source: http://www.abc.es

Obituary of Stefanía’s paternal grandmother, Celia Acuña Costas – http://esquelas.de-galicia.com

Baptismal record of Stefanía’s mother – https://www.familysearch.org