Miss Russia

Miss Russia is a national beauty pageant for unmarried women in Russia, says the domestic Miss Rossiya ( Мисс Россия ). He has already been carried out in the 1920s and 1930s to identify a candidate for the Miss Europe contest. The first Russian Miss- elections were held in 1928 in Paris.

At that time, however, participated emigrants who lived in France or Switzerland in exile since the October Revolution with their parents. Participation criterion was the Russian origin. So Nina de Pohl and Marianne Gorbatowsky came from St. Petersburg.

For the Soviet Union it was until shortly before her case apart any beauty contests. The first took place in 1989.

Since 1992, annual competitions are held. Finalists will participate in the international contest Miss World, Miss Universe, Miss Europe and Miss Baltic Sea.

Of 1995 an additional competition for the most beautiful of Russia ( Krasa Rossii, Краса России ) was introduced, which is currently a candidate for Miss World.

Since 2004 there is a competition for the Miss Universe Russia ( Мисс Вселенная, Россия ), representing her country at the Miss Universe.

Winners before the Second World War

Note: In the German name column, the different names are in square brackets notation on contemporary cigarette cards images.

Miss USSR ( CCCP Мисс )

Miss Rossiya ( Мисс Россия )

Krasa Rossii ( Краса России )

Miss Universe Russia ( Мисс Вселенная, Россия )

Note the spelling of the name: The Russian is the original form. All the others were transferred from the Russian form, but not in scientific transliteration or transcription, but in a kind used in international competitions manner that is generally aligned with the English. However, this is not uniform. Thus, for example Miss Rossiya 2001 Оксана Федорова that the title of Miss Universe obtained in the following year, Oxana Fedorova circumscribed with Oksana Fyodorova, the second spelling of the pronunciation is equalized. - The names of the winners before the war were mostly first before written in Latin script. There are some considerable differences between them and the Russian form. Therefore, multiple spellings were taken into account sometimes.

Sources and notes

• History of the competition on www.newsru.com (Russian)