Miss Russia 2016 pageant was held on April 16’ 2016. The scintillating finale of Miss Russia 2016 concluded with the crowning of Yana Dobrovolskaya as Miss Russia 2016. Sofia Nikitchuk, Miss Russia 2015, crowned Yana Dobrovolskaya as her successor at the finals. Yana will now represent Russia at the Miss Universe 2016 pageant and may also compete at Miss World 2016 pageant. At the same pageant, Yuliana Korolkova was adjudged as the first runner up, while Yulia khoroshavina finished as the second runner up.
Miss Russia is the annual national beauty pageant of Russia that selects representatives of Russia to Miss Universe, Miss World, Miss International, Miss Supranational and Miss Grand International pageant. The pageant was established in the year 1992. Ever since commencement, the pageant has been held annually except in the years 1994, 2000 and 2008, when no pageant was held.
A total of 50 contestants competed for the coveted crown of Miss Russia 2016 this year. The 50 stunning finalists were –
Alexandra Pavlova
Ekaterina Khachirova
Polina Tensina
Anna Dmitrenko
Talia Aybedullina
Daria Kurdyukova
Albina Ildarova
Anastasia Voynova
Maria Antonets
Nazima Goova
Valeria Shakhovtseva
Gulnur Zinnatova
Ekaterina Dorozhko
Evgeniya Nikolayevskaya
Inna Bychkova
Anastasia Samkova
Elena Belkova
Yulia Khoroshavina
Yana Dobrovolskaya
Anastasia Kalinina
Elizaveta Goryunova
Vladislava Kruzhkova
Violetta Petrovskaya
Galina Solovyeva
Anna Serebrennikova
Anastasia Lyakhova
Valeria Kashintseva
Daria Pershina
Ekaterina Luganskaya
Sofia Mustafina
Valeria Deryagina
Ekaterina Tsybrina
Anna Sarycheva
Anastasia Polkhova
Tatyana Kizimova
Anastasia Khizhnyak
Alina Goncharova
Dilyara Yalaltynova
Yulia Belyakova
Angelina Samokhina
Irina Zhdanova
Elizaveta Glod Sokolova
Marina Solodova
Maria Kolesnik
Alina Toroschina
Yuliana Korolkova
Anastasia Simbirtseva
Kristiana Koroleva
Valentina Bardina
Regina Skoroletova
Till date, Russia has won three major international titles - Miss World 1992, Miss Universe 2002 (the winner however was later dethroned and Panama's Justine Pasek, the first runner-up, was crowned instead) and Miss World 2008.
