Things You'll Only See In Russia

Miss Russia Beauty Pageants

The Miss Russia beauty pageant is the perfect place to find the next supermodel. The pageant has been a Russian past time since 1992. The winner of this show will head to the Miss World and Miss Universe pageants. Past winners include a power engineer, ballroom dancers, a global economics student, a cybernetic systems student, and even a police officer. 

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