Miss Russia

Miss Russia Pageant is a Russian beauty pageant for young women. The pageants have been running since the year 1993, however it did not take place in 1994 and 2000. Since 2007 Miss Russia finalists represent Russia in both Miss Universe and Miss World pageants. Russia has a total of 3 major interenational pageants winners: Miss World 1992, Miss Universe 2002 and Miss World 2008. Miss Russia 2007 Ksenia Sukhinova was declared Miss World 2008 at the grand finale in Johannesburg on 13th December, 2008.

Winners

Year Name Russian name International pageants
1993 Anna Baitchik Анна Байчик Miss Universe 1997
1994 no pageant
1995 Elmira Touyusheva Эльмира Туюшева none
1996 Alexandra Petrova Александра Петрова Miss Europe 1997 (Top-10), Miss Universe 1999
1997 Yelena Rogozhina Елена Рогожина Miss Europe 1999 (winner)
1998 Anna Malova Анна Малова Miss World 1994, Miss Universe 1998 (Top-10)
1999 Anna Kruglova Анна Круглова none
2000 no pageant
2001 Oxana Fedorova Оксана Федорова Miss Universe 2002 (winner)
2002 Svetlana Koroleva Светлана Королева Miss Europe 2002 (winner)
2003 Victoria Lopyreva Виктория Лопырева none
2004 Diana Zaripova Диана Зарипова Miss Europe 2005
2005 Alexandra Ivanovskaya Александра Ивановская none
2006 Tatiana Kotova Татьяна Котова Miss Universe 2007, Miss World 2007
2007 Ksenia Sukhinova Ксения Сухинова Miss World 2008 (winner)
2008 no pageant
2009 Sofia Rudieva София Рудьева TBA


Representatives to Miss Universe
Year Representative Placement
1994 Inna Zobova
1995 Yulia Alekseeva
1996 Ilmira Shamsutdinova Semi-finalist (Top 6)
1997 Anna Baychik
1998 Anna Malova Semi-finalist (Top 10)
1999 Alexandra Petrova
2000 Svetlana Goreva
2001 Oxana Kalandyrets Semi-finalist (Top 10)
2002 Oxana Fedorova Miss Universe 2002 (Dethroned)
2003 Olesya Bondarenko
2004 Ksenia Kustova
2005 Natalia Nikolayeva
2006 Anna Litvinova Semi-finalist (Top 20)
2007 Tatiana Kotova
2008 Vera Krasova Third Runner-up (Top 5)
2009 Svetlana Stepankovskaya TBA


Representatives to Miss World
Year Representative Placement
1992 Julia Kourotchkina Miss World 1992
1993 Olga Sysoeva
1994 Anna Malova
1995 Elena Bazina
1996 Victoria Tsapitsina
1997 Liudmila Popova
1998 Tatiana Mokroushina
1999 Elena Efimova
2000 Anna Bodareva
2001 Irina Kovalenko Semi-finalist (Top 10)
2002 Anna Tatarintseva Semi-finalist (Top 20)
2003 Svetlana Goreva
2004 Tatiana Sidorchuk Semi-finalist (Top 15)
2005 Yulia Ivanova Semi-finalist (Top 15)
2006 Alexandra Mazur
2007 Tatiana Kotova
2008 Ksenia Sukhinova Miss World 2008
2009 Svetlana Stepankovskaya TBA