Polina Alexeyevna Popova (russian: Полина Алексеевна Попова; born 1 June 1995) is a Russian model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned
Miss Russia 2017. She represented Russia at the
Miss World 2017
Miss World 2017, the 67th edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 18 November 2017 at the Sanya City Arena in China. 118 contestants from all over the world competed for the crown. Stephanie Del Valle of Puerto Rico crowned her success ...
competition, where she placed in the Top 10.
Early life
Popova was born in
Yekaterinburg
Yekaterinburg ( ; rus, Екатеринбург, p=jɪkətʲɪrʲɪnˈburk), alternatively romanized as Ekaterinburg and formerly known as Sverdlovsk ( rus, Свердло́вск, , svʲɪrˈdlofsk, 1924–1991), is a city and the administra ...
. She works as a model, and in addition to Russian, she can speak fluent English and Chinese. Prior to Miss Russia, Popova was studying at
Moscow State University
M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU; russian: Московский государственный университет имени М. В. Ломоносова) is a public research university in Moscow, Russia and the most prestigious ...
, with plans to become a journalist.
Personal life
She has a boyfriend however she did not want to talk about her personal life because she is a really private person. They married on February 11, 2020. On May 25, 2020, she gave birth to her child named Alexander.
Pageantry
Miss Russia 2017
Popova represented
Sverdlovsk Oblast
Sverdlovsk Oblast ( rus, Свердловская область, Sverdlovskaya oblast) is a federal subject (an oblast) of Russia located in the Ural Federal District. Its administrative center is the city of Yekaterinburg, formerly known as S ...
in the
Miss Russia 2017 pageant; it was her first ever pageant. She went on to win the competition, winning
₽
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3,000,000, a
Hyundai Solaris
The Hyundai Accent ( ko, 현대 엑센트), or Hyundai Verna (현대 베르나) is a subcompact car produced by Hyundai. In Australia, the first generation models carried over the Hyundai Excel name used by the Accent's predecessor. The Accent ...
, and the opportunity to study at any university in the world. Her runners-up were
Ksenia Alexandrova of Moscow and Albina Akhtyamova of
Bashkortostan
The Republic of Bashkortostan or Bashkortostan ( ba, Башҡортостан Республикаһы, Bashqortostan Respublikahy; russian: Республика Башкортостан, Respublika Bashkortostan),; russian: Респу́блик ...
.
Miss World 2017
Popova represented Russia in the
Miss World 2017
Miss World 2017, the 67th edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 18 November 2017 at the Sanya City Arena in China. 118 contestants from all over the world competed for the crown. Stephanie Del Valle of Puerto Rico crowned her success ...
competition, where she placed in the Top 10.
References
External links
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1995 births
Living people
People from Yekaterinburg
Russian beauty pageant winners
Russian female models
Miss Russia winners
Miss World 2017 delegates