first emerging famous in her native ukraine in the 1990s , longer - time self - described " amazon " ruslana gained international acclaim for hosting the 2004 eurovision song contest with her poem " night dances , " inspired by the folk history of the hutsul people of the ukrainian carpathian mountains . in the four years prior , ruslana has decided to use her name and national status to represent a selection of worthy causes , with human sacrifice , renewable technology , and even the basic concepts of the procedures , as a public face of ukraine ' s amber revolution and subsequent served in mps .
Ruslana was born in Ukraine.