Jakub Kucner
{{Short description|Polish male fashion model, actor, TV presenter, trainer and activist}}
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| birth_place = Poznań, Poland
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Jakub Kucner (born 28 March 1988, Poznań) is a Polish male fashion model, actor, television presenter, personal trainer, social activist and Mister Poland 2017.
Life and career
He was born on 28 March 1988 in Poznań. He graduated in cultural studies from the Collegium Da Vinci in Poznań.{{cite news |url=https://dobremedia.com/jakub-kucner/ |title=Jakub Kucner |access-date=26 April 2020 |archive-date=25 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200225150533/http://dobremedia.com/jakub-kucner/ |url-status=dead }} He also completed an acting course. Before pursuing a career in media and modelling he had worked at a sales department of a fitness club. He subsequently became a personal trainer.{{cite news|url=https://pytanienasniadanie.tvp.pl/34320221/dzien-z-misterem-polski-2017 |title=DZIEŃ Z MISTEREM POLSKI 2017 |access-date=26 April 2020}} He appeared in such TV series as Barwy szczęścia (2013), Na sygnale (2016), Lekarze na start (2017), Zawsze warto (2019) and M jak miłość (2019).{{cite news |url=https://www.filmpolski.pl/fp/index.php?osoba=11127904 |title=Jakub Kucner |access-date=26 April 2020 |archive-date=1 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180801220911/http://www.filmpolski.pl/fp/index.php?osoba=11127904 |url-status=dead }} In 2017, he won the title of Mister Poland.{{cite news|url=https://pytanienasniadanie.tvp.pl/33851463/kulisy-wyborow-mister-polski-2017-zwyciezca-jakub-kucner |title=Kulisy wyborów Mister Polski 2017 - zwycięzca Jakub Kucner |access-date=26 April 2020}} In 2018, he represented Poland at the Mister Global in Thailand. He reached the final and received the title of II Vice-Mister Global 2018.{{cite news|url=https://www.wprost.pl/light/10142368/polak-wicemisterem-w-globalnym-konkursie-pieknosci-ujawnil-kulisy-rywalizacji.html |title=Polak wicemisterem w globalnym konkursie piękności. Ujawnił kulisy rywalizacji |access-date=26 April 2020}}{{cite news|url=https://plejada.pl/newsy/mister-global-2018-polak-jakub-kucner-ii-wicemisterem-zdjecia/9vxkqk1 |title=MISTER GLOBAL 2018: JAKUB KUCNER NA PODIUM. "NIE WIERZĘ, ŻE TO SIĘ DZIEJE NAPRAWDĘ" |access-date=26 April 2020}}
In 2019, he took part in an entertainment show broadcast on Polsat Channel Dancing with the Stars: Taniec z gwiazdami.{{cite news|url=https://www.polsat.pl/news/2019-03-01/zaczelo-sie-wielkie-emocje-w-tancu-z-gwiazdami/ |title=Zaczęło się! Wielkie emocje w "Tańcu z Gwiazdami" |access-date=26 April 2020}}
Personal life
He has a younger sister, Judyta.{{cite news|url=https://jastrzabpost.pl/tag/jakub-kucner |title=Jakub Kucner - informacje, newsy |access-date=26 April 2020}} He practiced rowing and played football at high school.{{cite news |url=https://blog.ozonee.pl/ozonee-exclusive-wywiad-misterem-polski-2017-kuba-kucnerem/ |title=OZONEE EXCLUSIVE: 21 PYTAŃ DO MISTERA POLSKI 2017, KUBY KUCNERA |access-date=26 April 2020 |archive-date=5 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200105182745/http://blog.ozonee.pl/ozonee-exclusive-wywiad-misterem-polski-2017-kuba-kucnerem/ |url-status=dead }} He was in a relationship with model Karolina Zagozdon, whom he met during auditions for the Mister Poland beauty pageant.{{cite news|url=https://pytanienasniadanie.tvp.pl/37711428/po-raz-pierwszy-razem-mister-polski-z-ukochana |title=PO RAZ PIERWSZY RAZEM – MISTER POLSKI Z UKOCHANĄ |access-date=26 April 2020}} He is known for his involvement in charity campaigns. He has collaborated with the Mali Bracia Ubodzy Association and has taken part in humanitarian missions in Gambia.{{cite news|url=https://pytanienasniadanie.tvp.pl/34896805/mister-polski-jakub-kucner-tuz-po-misji-w-gambii |title=Mister Polski Jakub Kucner tuż po misji w Gambii! |access-date=26 April 2020}} In 2018, he and Karolina Zagozdon set up the "Power Changers" foundation which helps fight poverty in African countries.{{cite news|url=https://plejada.pl/newsy/jakub-kucner-i-jego-dziewczyna-zalozyli-fundacje/qctpjvx |title=JAKUB KUCNER I JEGO DZIEWCZYNA WRESZCIE TO ZROBILI. "MAMY OGROMNĄ MOC" |access-date=26 April 2020}}
See also
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Category:Polish philanthropists