Miss Russia () is a national

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representatives to compete in two of the major beauty pageants:

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History

The pageant has been running since 1992; however, there was no Miss Russia 1994, 2000 or 2008. Since 2007, the winner of Miss Russia represents her country in both

and

. However, if she is unable to participate, a runner-up is sent instead. Russia has won three major international titles:

Miss World 1992 Miss World 1992, the 42nd edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 12 December 1992 at the Sun City Entertainment Center in Sun City, South Africa. The winner was Julia Kourotchkina from Russia.Miss Universe 2002 Miss Universe 2002, the 51st Miss Universe pageant, was held on May 29, 2002, at the Coliseo Roberto Clemente in San Juan, Puerto Rico. 75 delegates competed in this year. Oxana Fedorova of Russia was crowned by Denise Quiñones of Puerto Rico ...

, although later dethroned, and

Miss World 2008 Miss World 2008, the 58th edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 13 December 2008 at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa. Originally, the pageant was going to take place in Kyiv, Ukraine, but because of the ong ...

. It is estimated that every Miss Russia auditions, over 80,000-100,000 applicants are being processed annually.

International Winners

::Russian representatives under Miss Russia Organization who won International titles. *

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** 2008 —

Ksenia Sukhinova Ksenia Vladimirovna Sukhinova (russian: Ксе́ния Влади́мировна Сухи́нова; born 26 August 1987) is a Russian model, television host and beauty queen who was crowned Miss World 2008. She was the second Russian woman to ...

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— Svetlana Koroleva ** 1999 — Yelena Rogozhina

Titleholders

Wins by regions

Winners' gallery

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Alina Sanko Alina Stanislavovna Sanko (russian: link=no, Алина Станиславовна Санько; born 31 December 1998) is a Russian model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Russia 2019. She represented Russia at Miss World 2019, ...

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Elmira Abdrazakova Elmira Rafailovna Abdrazakova (russian: Эльмира Абдразакова; born 7 October 1994 in Zhelezin District) is a Kazakh-Russian model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Russia 2013 and represented Russia at the M ...

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Elizaveta Golovanova Elizaveta Igorevna Golovanova (russian: Елизаве́та И́горевна Голова́нова, born 2 April 1993) is a Russian model and beauty pageant titleholder. She was crowned Miss Russia 2012 and represented her country at Miss Wor ...

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Irina Antonenko Irina Anto (Antonenko) (russian: Ири́на И́горевна Анто́ненко; born 1 September 1991) is an actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder who holds the title of Miss Russia 2010. She also placed in the Top 15 at the Miss ...

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Tatiana Kotova Tatiana Nikolaevna Kotova (russian: Татьяна Николаевна Котова; born 3 September 1985) is a Russian singer, actress, and television personality. She is the winner of the title Miss Russia 2006 and former soloist of Ukraini ...

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Titleholders under Miss Russia org.

The following women have represented

under Miss Russia Organization in the following international beauty pageants:

and

. Traditionally, winning Miss Russia gives titleholders the right to represent Russia at both Miss Universe, and continuing the winner could be competing at Miss Universe and Miss World. However, in 2015, the winner of Miss Russia has been sent to Miss World, while the first runner-up has been sent to Miss Universe due to the dates of the two pageants often conflicting with each other.

Miss Universe Russia

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began in 1952, and Russia debuted in the competition in 1994. Since their debut, they have placed eight times, securing one winner, one runner-up, and six semi-finalists. In fact from the past the main of Miss Russia has a right to represent her country at

. Between 2004 and 2006 a Miss Universe Russia contest selected the winner to Miss Universe. On occasion, when the winner does not qualify (due to age) for either contest, a runner-up is sent.'' Oxana Fedorova1

Miss World Russia

::''

began in 1951, and Russia debuted in the competition in 1992. Since their debut, they have placed ten times, securing two winners, one runner-up, and seven semi-finalists. The Miss Russia franchised Miss World since 2007. Since that year winner and runner-up at Miss Russia have a right to compete at

. — Here Russian representatives at Miss World since Miss Russia franchised the license of Miss World.'' Miss Russia 07 Tatiana Kotova

References

External links

Miss Russia Official site
{{Miss Universe countries and territories

Recurring events established in 1993 Beauty pageants in Russia Russian awards