Alina Stanislavovna Sanko (russian: link=no, Алина Станиславовна Санько; born 31 December 1998) is a Russian model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned

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. She represented Russia at

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, where she placed in the top twelve, and also represented Russia at

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, where she was unplaced.

Early life and education

Sanko was born on 31 December 1998 in Azov. Prior to winning Miss Russia 2019, Sanko resided in Moscow and studied architecture at the

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. She had previously worked as a model for an online catalogue.

Pageantry

In 2019, Sanko was selected to represent Azov at

. She went on to win the competition, succeeding Yulia Polyachikhina of

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. Her runners-up were Arina Verina of

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and Ralina Arabova of Tatarstan. As part of her winning prize, Sanko was awarded a brand new car and

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3 million. As Miss Russia, Sanko was given the opportunity to represent Russia in both Miss World 2019 and Miss Universe 2019, however, due to conflicting dates she only competed in Miss World; Russia ultimately withdrew from Miss Universe following delays in announcing the date and venue of the competition, which would have made it difficult to find a replacement for Sanko to compete and secure that entrant an

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. In March 2021, it was confirmed that Sanko would represent Russia at Miss Universe 2020.

References

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