Jump to content

Miss USSR

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Miss USSR
Мисс CCCP
Formation1989
Dissolved1991
TypeBeauty pageant
HeadquartersMoscow
Location
Membership
Miss Universe
Miss World
Miss International
Official language
Russian

Miss USSR (Russian: Мисс CCCP) was a national beauty contest held in the Soviet Union. It ran for three years from 1989 through to the dissolution of the Union in 1991.[1]

Titleholders

[edit]
Year Miss USSR Hometown Notes
1991 Ilmira Shamsutdinova Saratov, Russian SFSR Top 6, Miss Universe 1996 (as Miss Russia)
1990 Yulia Lemigova Moscow, RSFSR 2nd runner-up, Miss Universe 1991
Maria Kezha Vitebsk, Byelorussian SSR Dethroned following marriage decision
1989 Yulia Sukhanova Moscow, Russian SFSR

Representatives at International Beauty Pageants

[edit]

Representatives at Miss Universe

[edit]
Year Miss Universe USSR Placement Special Awards
1990 Evia Staļbovska Unplaced
1991 Yulia Lemigova 2nd Runner-Up

Representatives at Miss World

[edit]
Year Miss World USSR Placement Special Awards
1989 Anna Gorbunova Unplaced
  • Miss Photogenic
1990 Lauma Zemzare Unplaced

Representatives at Miss International

[edit]
Year Miss International USSR Placement Special awards
1990 Irina Vassilenko 3rd Runner-Up

Representatives at Miss Charm International

[edit]
Year Miss Charm USSR Placement Special awards
1989 Olga Perminova Top 16
1990 Mariya Smirnova Unplaced

References

[edit]
  1. ^ MISS USSR, MISS CIS[usurped] at pageantopolis.com