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Eliya Cioccolato (born May 28, 1988) is an American businesswoman and fashion designer.

Early life
Born Elvira Anvarova in Perm, Russian Federation. Her family has Russian, Asian and Italian roots. She later adopted her grandparents' surname (Cioccolato) as her professional name. Eliya studied economy at Academy of the National Economy and got Master degree in Business at the Shanghai University.

Career
Eliya then moved to Moscow where she accepted a position as a fashion director of popular Italian brand C&C Milano. She took part in Russian Fashion Week several times. Eliya Cioccolato currently lives and works in Miami and Los Angeles where the clothes manufacturies she cooperates with are based. She launched Cioccolato Fashion company LLC and her own line of womenswear Cioccolato Collection in 2015 and added a swimwear next year. Eliya debuted her ‘Make Love not War’ collection at Miami Swim Week and Los Angeles Fashion Week. Designer regularly performs fashion shows at clubs and hotels W Hotel Miami, River Yacht Club, The Deck. Designer collaborates with Miami TV, American Housewife and celebrities Khloe Kardashian, Kylie Jenner, Nicki Minaj, Fat Joe, hip-hop artist Future. In 2017 Anastasia Kvitko becomes the face of the Golden Girl Eliya Cioccolato cruise collection .Together with Anastasia Eliya then launches a beauty line Body Curves. The second collaboration with Anastasia is a swimwear collection AC-305 which means a code of Miami. In 2017 Elia debutes on New York Fashion Week with two collections, AC-305 and Goddess of the Jungle where Plus-size models are mixed with traditional-size models on a runway.