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Sofia Rudyeva becomes new Russia beauty Queen · 2009-03-11 15:33
Sofia Rudyeva, 18-year-old model from Saint-Petersburg, was crowned Miss Russia 2009. In addition to the title and the crown, the beauty received a 100,000-dollar prize, a romantic trip to Stockholm (Sweden) and the opportunity to participate in a catalogue photo shoot for one famous cosmetic company.
A well-known jewelry company also presented her some precious things.
Sofia, who had long dark hair and near-perfect vital statistics of 88-60-89, was elected from 50 most beautiful young women of the country.
The winner also impressed the jury by the ability to improvise music. In a so-called intellectual contest Rudyeva named Rimsky-Korsakov as favorite composer and hummed "The Flight of the Bumblebee," an interlude from the composer's "The Tale of Tsar Sultan" opera.
Svetlana Stepankovskaya from the Krasnodar region took the second place, whereas Ksenia Shepilova from the town of Kokhma, the Inanovo region, came third.
Miss Russia 2008, Ksenia Sukhinova, won the Miss World contest held in December 2008 in South Africa.
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