Katja Shchekina (Russian: Катя Щекина), born May 18, 1986 in Perm, Russia) is a Russian and Somali supermodel.
She is of Somali and Russian heritage. Shchekina possesses a unique kind of beauty that transcends tradtional looks, making her internationally appealing in the world of fashion advertising. Shchekina sometimes is mistaken as being from a new wave of Brazilian models.