Alina Sanko was appointed as Miss Universe Russia 2020 through an made via Miss Russia Organization’s social media page. Russia did not send a representative at Miss Universe but Alina’s appointment has received with a lot of appreciation and applauses as she seems like an ideal candidate to represent the country at Miss Universe.
Hailing from Moscow, Alina is 22-years-old and stands 174 cm tall. She attends the Moscow State University of Land Management, where she is studying architecture. Alina is fond of arts as drawing is her passion. She expresses her thoughts, emotions, feelings, and mood through her work.
Not new to the pageantry, Alina represented Azov at Miss Russia 2019. Alina was given the opportunity to represent Russia in both Miss World 2019 and Miss Universe 2019, however, due to conflicting dates she only competed in Miss World. At Miss World 2019, Alina competed with absolute grace and finished in Top 12.