Katrín Lea Elenudóttir (born Ekaterina Skorobogatova, ; 22 February 1999) is an Icelandic model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Universe Iceland 2018. She represented

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pageant in

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Early life

Katrín was born on 22 February 1999 in

Omsk Omsk (; , ) is the administrative center and largest types of inhabited localities in Russia, city of Omsk Oblast, Russia. It is situated in southwestern Siberia and has a population of over one million. Omsk is the third List of cities and tow ...

, Russia to a Russian mother Elena Skorobogatova. She is of mixed

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, Ukrainian,

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, and

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descent. When she was nine years old, Katrín emigrated from Russia to Iceland after her mother married an Icelandic man, settling in

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. After arriving in Iceland, she received Icelandic citizenship and learned to speak Icelandic; she is additionally fluent in English and

. Katrín attended

Menntaskólinn í Reykjavík Menntaskólinn í Reykjavík (MR; official name in English: Reykjavik College) is collegein Iceland. It is located in Reykjavík. The school traces its origin to 1056, when a school was established in Skálholt, and it remains one of the oldest ...

, the most prestigious high school in Iceland.

Pageantry

Katrín began her pageantry career at Miss Universe Iceland 2018, competing as Miss Midnight Sun. She went on to win the competition, held in

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, being crowned by outgoing titleholder Arna Ýr Jónsdóttir. As Miss Universe Iceland 2018, Katrín represented Iceland at

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