Anna Loginova

Anna Loginova (Russian: Анна Логинова, 3 September 1978 – 27 January 2008) was a Russian fashion model and later a trained bodyguard. She ran an agency, staffed with female bodyguards, some trained by the ex-KGB, to give discreet protection to Moscow's billionaires and their wives and mistresses. She was killed in a carjacking incident in Moscow. Loginova was described as Russia's most famous female bodyguard.[1]

Anna Loginova
Born(1978-09-03)September 3, 1978
Vladimir, Russian SFSR
DiedJanuary 27, 2008(2008-01-27) (aged 29)
Moscow, Russia
Cause of deathHead injuries sustained from carjacking
OccupationFashion model, bodyguard

Modeling and business career

Loginova was previously a model, working in advertising campaigns for Chanel and BMW.[2] She also appeared almost naked[3] in the December issue of the Russian version of Maxim.[4]

She learned martial arts techniques and started a security firm, Stilet[5] (literally dagger), specializing in female bodyguards in 2005. The use of female bodyguards includes escorting the protected person to a restaurant where male bodyguards would be more noticeable and are generally required to wait outside.[6][7]

Death

Loginova died from head injuries sustained while clinging to the door handle of her Porsche Cayenne while being dragged along the street at high speed as a carjacker drove the car away. She reportedly was pushed out of the vehicle and, for a moment, held on to the door handle before receiving her fatal head injuries.[8] Police reported she died at the scene. She was 29 years old. The stolen vehicle was later abandoned in southwest Moscow. The carjacker has not been found.[9] She left one child behind.[10] She was buried in the Ulybyshevo cemetery in Vladimir.

References
  1. "Russia's most famous — and glamorous — female bodyguard killed as her Porsche is carjacked in Moscow", Daily Mail.
  2. Model Killed in Battle With Carjacker, The Moscow Times.
  3. "Russia's Sexiest Bodyguard Slain". Gossip. NY Daily News. 2008-01-30.
  4. Anna Loginova Photo Gallery
  5. "Business". ABC News.
  6. Halpin, Tony (1 February 2008). "Europe". World News. London: Times. Retrieved 25 April 2010.
  7. "Killing of glamour model-bodyguard stuns Moscow". Europe. CNN. 2008-02-01.
  8. "Защищая свой Porsche Cayenne от угонщиков, погибла модель Анна Логинова" (in Russian). Звезды ру. Archived from the original on 1 April 2012. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
  9. Model Bodyguard Dies in Moscow Carjacking Archived February 8, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  10. "Anna Loginova (Анна Логинова) биография, интервью,фото" (in Russian). Звезды ру. Archived from the original on 27 October 2011. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
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