Oksana is believed to be a business graduate from the elite Plekhanov Russian University of Economics, the Daily Mail added.

She previously worked as a model in China and Thailand, but had once dreamt of becoming a fashion designer.

British newspaper The Sun reported that Oksana was among 11 contestants on a Russian reality television show inspired by MTV’s Temptation Island.

Oksana, who is from the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don, described her young self as a “bandit” who liked skates and bikes, and boys who took part in these competitions, reported British tabloid Daily Mail.

Malaysia lifestyle news site Says.com reported that Oksana’s mother was a beauty contestant in the early 1990s, soon after the collapse of the Soviet Union.

She had also spoken about having her father by her side during the finals of the 2015 Miss Moscow contest.

According to the Daily Mail, who spoke to a beauty contest director, Oksana is said to have met Sultan Muhammad 18 months ago in Europe when she was modelling luxury watches.

Malaysian newspaper The Star reported that their wedding ceremony supposedly took place at a concert hall in the Moscow suburb of Barvikha on Nov 22.

Guests at the wedding ostensibly tucked into halal food, and the event was alcohol-free, reported Russian news outlet Islam News.

One of the viral photos shows the beaming couple clad in Malay traditional outfits.

Oksana , who had reportedly converted to Islam in April last year, also donned a headscarf. She has since taken on the name Rihana Oxana Gorbatenko.

She had told friends then that “I think that the man must be the head of the family and, of course, shall not earn less than a woman”, according to British newspaper The Telegraph, which quoted Russian media reports.

Days before their wedding, the couple had purportedly visited a fertility clinic in Germany, reported Russia’s English-language television channel RT, which spoke to insiders.

Oksana ‘s press secretary Maria Shakhova confirmed the Germany trip with RT, adding that it was for “treatment”.

The report also said that Sultan Muhammad was anxious to start a family after he did not have children from his first marriage.

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Text: Ng Huiwen, The Straits Times
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