Lada Akimova is representing Russia in Miss Earth 2017. She is 18 years old and stands tall at 171 cm. Lada hails from Yekaterinburg and she is an International Management student. Fond of sports and music, she actively participated in both from an early age. Her reason to participate in Miss Earth pageant is that she strongly feels for the environmental hazards happening all around the world and through this platform she wants to educate people the importance of environmental safety.