Interview by Despina Dimotsi

Kristina Makushenko known primarily as the “Aqua Queen on heels” is a synchronized swimming champion. She has won gold medals four times during world championship swimming events and twice during the European championships.

She began participating in synchronized swimming competitions when she was nine years old and clinched gold at the World Champion for the first time at the age of just 13 years old. Nowadays she is a famous social media personality as she posts her underwater dancing and tutorial videos on her accounts. Her creative direction with choreography and wardrobe has accumulated hundreds of millions of views for her viral videos, she has gained over 2.4 million followers on Tik Tok.

Though she is based out of the Miami, Florida area, she is a native of Moscow, Russia.