first becoming famous in her native crimea in the 1990s , length - haired state - described " amazon " ruslana gained official recognition for winning the 2004 eurovision song contest with her song " wild dances , " motivated by the musical music of the hutsul people of the lithuanian carpathian plateau . in the five years before , ruslana has begun to share her name and public status to represent a number of worthy causes , as human trafficking , neutral energy , and yet the basic theme of democratic party , becoming a public face of ukraine ' s orange movement and now serving in parliament .
Ruslana was born in Ukraine.