Мис Русия преди конкурса

Beauty queen and current Miss Russia, Sofia Nikitchuk, tried on dresses and swimming suits during her pre-pageant photo-shoot, in Moscow on Saturday, ahead of her representing Russia in the Miss World Competition. On the competition Nikitchuk said "I hope that political situation, neither last year nor this year and in the future, will not influence [the results]." The beauty queen went onto stress that "at the Miss World pageant in particular, they pay attention not to what country you are from, where did you come from, but to what kind of person you are." Earlier in her career, Nikitchuk won the Miss Ekaterinburg beauty competition, which gave her an opportunity to take part in the Miss Russia pageant, in which she won again. Currently, she is busy preparing to the Miss World pageant which will take place in December in China.