Miss Russia

National beauty pageant competition in Russia

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Miss Russia Organization
Мисс РоссияFormation| 1989; 34 years ago (1989)

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Type| Beauty pageant
Headquarters| Moscow
Location|

* Russia

Membership

* Miss Universe
* Miss World

Official language

| Russian

President

| Larisa Tikhonova
Website| Miss Russia Official site (in Russian)

Miss Russia (Russian: Мисс Россия, romanized: Miss Rossiya) is a national beauty pageant in Russia. It selects the Russian representatives to compete in two of the major beauty pageants: Miss World and Miss Universe.

## History[edit]

The Miss Russia crown

The pageant began in 1992; however, there was no Miss Russia 1994, or 2000[1] or 2008.[citation needed]

Since 2007, the winner of Miss Russia represents her country at Miss World and Miss Universe. If the winner is unable to participate, a runner-up is sent instead.[citation needed]

Russia has won three major international titles: Miss World 1992, Miss Universe 2002, although later dethroned, and Miss World 2008.[citation needed]

It is estimated that Miss Russia has over 80,000-100,000 applicants annually.[citation needed]

### International Winners[edit]

Russian representatives under Miss Russia Organization who won International titles.

* Miss Universe
* 2002 — Oxana Fedorova
* Miss World
* 2008 — Ksenia Sukhinova
* 1992 — Julia Kourotchkina
* Miss Europe
* 2002 — Svetlana Koroleva
* 1999 — Yelena Rogozhina

## Titleholders[edit]

Year | Miss Russia | Russian name | Represented | Notes

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1993  | Anna Baitchik  | Анна Витальевна Байчик  | Saint Petersburg |
1995  | Elmira Touyusheva  | Эльми́ра Альбе́ртовна Тую́шева  | Kaluga Oblast |
1996  | Alexandra Petrova | Александра Валерьевна Петрова  | Cheboksary |
1997  | Yelena Rogozhina  | Елена Рогожина  | Samara Oblast | Miss Europe 1999
1998  | Anna Malova | Анна Малова  | Yaroslavl Oblast |
1999  | Anna Kruglova[1] | Анна Круглова  | Tatarstan |
2001  | Oxana Fedorova[α] | Оксана Геннадьевна Фёдорова  | Saint Petersburg | Miss Universe 2002
2002  | Svetlana Koroleva | Светлана Юрьевна Королёва  | Karelia | Miss Europe 2002
2003  | Victoria Lopyreva | Виктория Петровна Лопырёва  | Rostov Oblast |
2004  | Diana Zaripova  | Диана Зарипова  | Tatarstan |
2005  | Alexandra Ivanovskaya | Александра Ивановская  | Khabarovsk Krai |
2006  | Tatiana Kotova | Татьяна Николаевна Котова  | Rostov Oblast |
2007 | Ksenia Sukhinova | Ксе́ния Влади́мировна Сухи́нова  | Tyumen Oblast | Miss World 2008
2009 | Sofia Rudieva | София Андреевна Рудьева  | Saint Petersburg |
2010 | Irina Antonenko | Ири́на И́горевна Анто́ненко  | Sverdlovsk Oblast |
2011 | Natalia Gantimurova | Наталья Серге́евна Гантимурова  | Moscow Oblast |
2012 | Elizaveta Golovanova | Елизаве́та И́горевна Голова́нова  | Smolensk Oblast |
2013 | Elmira Abdrazakova | Эльмира Рафаи́ловна Абдразакова  | Mezhdurechensk |
2014 | Yulia Alipova  | Юлия Сергеевна Алипова  | Balakovo |
2015 | Sofia Nikitchuk | София Викторовна Никитчук  | Yekaterinburg |
2016 | Yana Dobrovolskaya | Яна Денисовна Добровольская  | Tyumen Oblast |
2017 | Polina Popova | Полина Алексеевна Попова  | Sverdlovsk Oblast |
2018 | Yulia Polyachikhina | Юлия Сергеевна Полячихина  | Chuvashia |
2019 | Alina Sanko | Алина Станиславовна Санько  | Azov |
2022 | Anna Linnikova[2] | Анна Владиславовна Линникова  | Orenburg |
2023 | Margarita Golubeva[3] | Маргарита Александровна Голубева  | Saint Petersburg |
2024 | TBA  | TBA  | TBA  |

Note:

* ^α She reigned for 119 days until becoming the first Miss Universe to be dethroned (the reasons for which are not entirely clear)

### Wins by region[edit]

Federal subject | Title | Year

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Saint Petersburg | 4  |

* 1993
* 2001
* 2009
* 2023

Rostov Oblast | 3  |

* 2003
* 2006
* 2019

Sverdlovsk Oblast |

* 2010
* 2015
* 2017

Chuvashia | 2  |

* 1996
* 2018

Tyumen Oblast |

* 2007
* 2016

Tatarstan |

* 2000
* 2004

Orenburg Oblast | 1  |

* 2022

Saratov Oblast |

* 2014

Kemerovo Oblast |

* 2013

Smolensk Oblast |

* 2012

Moscow Oblast |

* 2011

Khabarovsk Krai |

* 2005

Karelia |

* 2002

Yaroslavl Oblast |

* 1998

Samara Oblast |

* 1997

Kaluga Oblast |

* 1995

### Winners' gallery[edit]

* Alina Sanko, Miss Russia 2019

* Polina Popova, Miss Russia 2017

* Elmira Abdrazakova, Miss Russia 2013

* Elizaveta Golovanova, Miss Russia 2012

* Irina Antonenko, Miss Russia 2010

* Sofia Rudieva, Miss Russia 2009

* Ksenia Sukhinova, Miss Russia 2007

* Tatiana Kotova, Miss Russia 2006

* Victoria Lopyreva, Miss Russia 2003

* Svetlana Koroleva, Miss Russia 2002

* Oxana Fedorova, Miss Russia 2001

## International representatives[edit]

The following women have represented Russia under Miss Russia Organization in the Miss Universe and Miss World pageants. The Miss Russia Organization received the license for Miss Universe in 1994, and for Miss World in 2007. Occasionally, a runner-up or former titleholder is sent to represent Russia instead of the incumbent Miss Russia titleholder.

### Miss Universe Russia[edit]

Year  | Federal subject  | Miss Universe Russia  | Placement at Miss Universe  | Special awards

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2024 | TBA
2023 | Saint Petersburg | Margarita Golubeva | Unplaced  |
2022 | Orenburg Oblast | Anna Linnikova | Unplaced  |
2021 | Tatarstan | Ralina Arabova  | Unplaced  |
2020 | Rostov Oblast | Alina Sanko | Unplaced  |
2019 | Did not compete
2018 | Chuvashia | Yulia Polyachikhina | Unplaced  |
2017 | Moscow | Kseniya Alexandrova | Unplaced  |
2016 | Orenburg Oblast | Yuliana Korolkova | Unplaced  |
2015 | Chita Oblast | Vladislava Evtushenko | Unplaced  |
2014 | Saratov Oblast | Yulia Alipova  | Unplaced  |
2013 | Kemerovo Oblast | Elmira Abdrazakova | Unplaced  |

* Best National Costume (2nd Runner-up)

2012 | Smolensk Oblast | Elizaveta Golovanova | Top 10  |
2011 | Moscow Oblast | Natalia Gantimurova | Unplaced  |
2010 | Sverdlovsk Oblast | Irina Antonenko | Top 15  |
2009 | Saint Petersburg | Sofia Rudieva | Unplaced  |
2008 | Moscow | Vera Krasova | 3rd Runner-up  |
2007 | Rostov Oblast | Tatiana Kotova | Unplaced  |
Miss Universe Russia
2006 | Kemerovo Oblast | Anna Litvinova | Top 20  |

* Best National Costume (Top 20)

2005 | Rostov Oblast | Nataliya Nikolayeva  | Unplaced  |
2004 | Novosibirsk Oblast | Kseniya Kustova  | Unplaced  |
Miss Russia
2003 | Khabarovsk | Olesya Bondarenko  | Unplaced  |
2002 | Saint Petersburg | Oxana Fedorova | Miss Universe 2002 |

* Best Swimsuit

2001 | Khanty-Mansi | Oksana Kalandyrets  | Top 10  |
2000 | Moscow | Svetlana Goreva  | Unplaced  |
1999 | Chuvashia | Alexandra Petrova | Unplaced  |
1998 | Yaroslavl Oblast | Anna Malova | Top 10  |
1997 | Saint Petersburg | Anna Baitchik  | Unplaced  |
1996  | Saratov Oblast | Ilmira Shamsutdinova  | Top 6  |

* Best National Costume

1995 | Moscow | Yuliya Alekseyeva  | Unplaced  |
1994 | Moscow | Inna Zobova | Unplaced  |

### Miss World Russia[edit]

Year  | Federal subject  | Miss World Russia  | Placement at Miss World  | Special Awards

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Did not compete (2020—present)
2019 | Rostov Oblast | Alina Sanko | Top 12  |

* Miss World Top Model (Top 40)

2018 | Yakutia | Natalya Stroeva | Top 30  |

* Beauty with a Purpose (Top 25)
* Miss World Top Model (Top 32)

2017 | Sverdlovsk Oblast | Polina Popova | Top 10  |

* Beauty with a Purpose (Top 20)
* Miss World Top Model (Top 30)

2016 | Tyumen Oblast | Yana Dobrovolskaya | Unplaced  |

* Miss World Talent (Top 21)

2015 | Sverdlovsk Oblast | Sofia Nikitchuk | 1st Runner-Up  |
2014 | Rostov Oblast | Anastasiya Kostenko  | Top 25  |
2013 | Kemerovo Oblast | Elmira Abdrazakova | Unplaced  |
2012 | Smolensk Oblast | Elizaveta Golovanova | Unplaced  |
2011 | Moscow Oblast | Natalia Gantimurova | Top 30  |
2010 | Tatarstan | Irina Sharipova  | Top 25  |
2009 | Ivanovo Oblast | Kseniya Shipilova  | Unplaced  |
2008 | Tyumen Oblast | Ksenia Sukhinova | Miss World 2008 |

* Miss World Top Model
* Continental Queen of Europe

2007 | Rostov Oblast | Tatiana Kotova | Unplaced  |

## See also[edit]

* Miss USSR
* Miss International Russia
* Krasa Rossii (Miss Earth Russia)

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b "Pretty maidens in a row vie for Russian beauty title". New Straits Times. Agence France-Presse. 15 January 2000. Retrieved 12 October 2010.
2. ^ "Анна Линникова из Оренбурга стала мисс Россия — 2022". news.ru (in Russian). 25 July 2022.
3. ^ "«Мисс Россия — 2023» стала Маргарита Голубева из Санкт-Петербурга". woman.ru (in Russian). 8 October 2023.

## External links[edit]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Miss Russia.

* Miss Russia Official site (in Russian)

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* ~~2021~~
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024

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Miss Russia titleholders

1990s|

* Anna Baitchik (1993)
* No contest (1994)
* Elmira Touyusheva  (1995)
* Alexandra Petrova (1996)
* Yelena Rogozhina (1997)
* Anna Malova (1998)
* Anna Kruglova (1999)

2000s|

* No contest (2000)
* Oxana Fedorova (2001)
* Svetlana Koroleva (2002)
* Victoria Lopyreva (2003)
* Diana Zaripova (2004)
* Alexandra Ivanovskaya (2005)
* Tatiana Kotova (2006)
* Ksenia Sukhinova (2007)
* No contest (2008)
* Sofia Rudieva (2009)

2010s|

* Irina Antonenko (2010)
* Natalia Gantimurova (2011)
* Elizaveta Golovanova (2012)
* Elmira Abdrazakova (2013)
* Yulia Alipova (2014)
* Sofia Nikitchuk (2015)
* Yana Dobrovolskaya (2016)
* Polina Popova (2017)
* Yulia Polyachikhina (2018)
* Alina Sanko (2019)

2020s|

* No contest (2020)
* No contest (2021)
* Anna Linnikova (2022)
* Margarita Golubeva (2023)

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* t
* e

Miss World participant countries and territories

Active
(1951–present)

| Africa|

* Angola
* Botswana
* Cameroon
* Cote d'Ivoire
* Equatorial Guinea
* Ethiopia
* Ghana
* Guinea
* Guinea-Bissau
* Kenya
* Lesotho
* Liberia
* Madagascar
* Mauritius
* Morocco
* Namibia
* Nigeria
* Rwanda
* Senegal
* Somalia
* South Africa
* South Sudan
* Tanzania
* Tunisia
* Uganda
* Zambia

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Americas|

* Argentina
* Bahamas
* Barbados
* Belize
* Bolivia
* Brazil
* British Virgin Islands
* Canada
* Cayman Islands
* Chile
* Colombia
* Costa Rica
* Curaçao
* Dominican Republic
* Ecuador
* El Salvador
* Guadeloupe
* Guyana
* Haiti
* Honduras
* Jamaica
* Mexico
* Nicaragua
* Panama
* Paraguay
* Peru
* Puerto Rico
* Saint Lucia
* Sint Maarten
* Trinidad and Tobago
* United States
* Uruguay
* Venezuela

Asia|

* Bangladesh
* Cambodia
* China
* India
* Indonesia
* Iraq
* Japan
* Korea
* Lebanon
* Macau China
* Malaysia
* Mongolia
* Nepal
* Philippines
* Singapore
* Sri Lanka
* Thailand
* Vietnam

Europe|

* Albania
* Armenia
* Belgium
* Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Bulgaria
* Croatia
* Czech Republic
* Denmark
* England
* Estonia
* Finland
* France
* Gibraltar
* Greece
* Hungary
* Iceland
* Ireland
* Italy
* Kazakhstan
* Luxembourg
* Malta
* Moldova
* Netherlands
* Northern Ireland
* Norway
* Poland
* Portugal
* Scotland
* Serbia
* Slovakia
* Slovenia
* Spain
* Sweden
* Turkey
* Ukraine
* Wales

Oceania|

* Australia
* New Zealand

Inactive since 2021 (first edition in the COVID-19 pandemic)

| Africa|

* Algeria (2002)
* Cape Verde (2017)
* Chad (2014)
* Democratic Republic of the Congo (2016)
* Egypt (2018)
* Eswatini (2009)
* Gabon (2015)
* Gambia (1986)
* Malawi (2012)
* São Tomé and Príncipe (2014)
* Seychelles (2017)
* Sierra Leone (2019)
* Zimbabwe (2018)

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Americas|

* Antigua and Barbuda (2019)
* Aruba (2019)
* Bermuda (2015)
* Bonaire (2012)
* Cuba (1975)
* Dominica (2013)
* Grenada (2007)
* Guatemala (2019)
* Martinique (2018)
* Montserrat (1964)
* Saint Barthelemy (2011)
* Saint Kitts and Nevis (2015)
* Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (1994)
* Suriname (2012)
* Turks and Caicos (2004)
* US Virgin Islands (2019)

Asia|

* Chinese Taipei (2013)
* Hong Kong China (2019)
* Israel (2017)
* Jordan (1981)
* Kyrgyzstan (2019)
* Laos (2019)
* Myanmar (2019)
* Syria (1966)
* Uzbekistan (2013)

Europe|

* Andorra (2003)
* Austria (2018)
* Belarus (2019)
* Cyprus (2018)
* Georgia (2019)
* Germany (2018)
* Greenland (1992)
* Kosovo (2014)
* Latvia (2018)
* Lithuania (2014)
* Monaco (1955)
* North Macedonia (2015)
* Montenegro (2019)
* Romania (2017)
* Russia (2019)
* Switzerland (2014)

Oceania|

* Cook Islands (2019)
* Fiji (2017)
* French Polynesia (2010)
* Guam (2018)
* Northern Marianas (2003)
* Papua New Guinea (1990)
* Samoa (2015)
* Tonga (1986)

Inactive non-existing countries and former territories and others

* Africa South (Miss South Africa for Blacks) (1976)
* Czechoslovakia (1992)
* Hawaii (2001)
* Guernsey (1975)
* Isle of Man (1988)
* Jersey (1981)
* Rhodesia and Nyasaland (1965)
* Serbia and Montenegro (2005)
* Tanganyika (1960)
* United Kingdom (1999) (competed as England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales)
* USSR (1990)
* Yugoslavia (2002)

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* t
* e

Miss Universe participant countries and territories

Active
(1952–present)

| Africa|

* Angola
* Cameroon
* Egypt
* Equatorial Guinea
* Ghana
* Mauritius
* Namibia
* Nigeria
* Seychelles
* South Africa
* Zimbabwe

|

Americas|

* Argentina
* Aruba
* Bahamas
* Belize
* Bolivia
* Brazil
* British Virgin Islands
* Canada
* Cayman Islands
* Chile
* Colombia
* Costa Rica
* Curaçao
* Dominican Republic
* Ecuador
* El Salvador
* Guatemala
* Guyana
* Haiti
* Honduras
* Jamaica
* Mexico
* Nicaragua
* Panama
* Paraguay
* Peru
* Puerto Rico
* Saint Lucia
* Trinidad and Tobago
* United States
* Uruguay
* Venezuela

Asia|

* Bahrain
* Bhutan
* Cambodia
* China
* India
* Indonesia
* Japan
* Kyrgyzstan
* Laos
* Lebanon
* Malaysia
* Mongolia
* Myanmar
* Nepal
* Pakistan
* Philippines
* Singapore
* South Korea
* Thailand
* Vietnam

Europe|

* Albania
* Armenia
* Belgium
* Bulgaria
* Croatia
* Czech Republic
* Denmark
* Finland
* France
* Germany
* Great Britain
* Greece
* Hungary
* Iceland
* Ireland
* Italy
* Kazakhstan
* Kosovo
* Latvia
* Malta
* Netherlands
* Norway
* Poland
* Portugal
* Russia
* Slovakia
* Spain
* Switzerland
* Turkey
* Ukraine

Oceania|

* Australia
* New Zealand

Inactive since 2022 (under JKN Metaverse Inc.)

| Africa|

* Benin (1962)
* Botswana (2013)
* Cote d'Ivoire (1986)
* Democratic Republic of the Congo (1986)
* Ethiopia (2017)
* Eswatini (1994)
* Gabon (2015)
* Kenya (2021)
* Lesotho (1978)
* Liberia (1977)
* Madagascar (1961)
* Morocco (2021)
* Senegal (1987)
* Sierra Leone (2019)
* Tanzania (2019)
* The Gambia (1986)
* Tunisia (1971)
* Zambia (2018)

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Americas|

* Antigua and Barbuda (2008)
* Barbados (2020)
* Bermuda (1997)
* Cuba (1967)
* Dominica (1985)
* Grenada (1964)
* Saint Kitts and Nevis (1981)
* Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (2006)
* Sint Maarten (2006)
* Suriname (1999)
* Turks and Caicos (2014)
* US Virgin Islands (2019)

Asia|

* Bangladesh (2019)
* Chinese Taipei (2004)
* Iraq (2017)
* Israel (2021)
* Jordan (1960)
* Sri Lanka (2018)

Europe|

* Austria (2017)
* Azerbaijan (2013)
* Cyprus (2013)
* Estonia (2013)
* Georgia (2019)
* Lithuania (2019)
* Luxembourg (1994)
* Montenegro (2015)
* Romania (2021)
* Serbia (2015)
* Slovenia (2017)
* Sweden (2021)

Oceania|

* American Samoa (1978)
* Cook Islands (1999)
* Fiji (1981)
* Guam (2019)
* Northern Marianas (2006)
* Papua New Guinea (1986)
* Samoa (1986)
* Vanuatu (1978)

Inactive territories and dependencies
(1952–2006)

| Disputed Parts and SAR's of China|

* Taiwan (1961–1964)
* Hong Kong (1952–2000)

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Constituent country of Denmark|

* Greenland (1987–1990)

Overseas regions and collectivities of France|

* French Guiana (1977–1984)
* Guadeloupe (1977–1984)
* Martinique (1957–1984)
* New Caledonia (1982)
* Réunion (1977–1986)
* Tahiti (1962–1985)

Constituent countries of Great Britain|

* England (1955–1990)
* Scotland (1961–1990)
* Wales (1961–1990)

British Overseas City of Great Britain|

* Gibraltar (1981–1990)

Prefecture of Japan|

* Okinawa (1963–1968)

Region of the Netherlands|

* Bonaire (1967–1999)

Bantustans of South Africa|

* Bophuthatswana (1979)
* Transkei (1979–1983)

States of the United States|

* Alaska (1952–1958)
* Hawaii (1952–1959)

Former entities (1952–2006)|

* Commonwealth of Independent States (1992)
* Czechoslovakia (1970–1992)
* Micronesia (1975)
* Southern Rhodesia (1961)
* Serbia and Montenegro (2003–2006)
* Soviet Union (1990–1991)
* West Indies (1954–1958)
* Yugoslavia (1968–2002)

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