50 Official Contestants of Miss Russia 2009 (Batch 1)

Miss Russia 2009 Beauty Pageant will be held March 7, 2009 where 50 stunning women will compete for the title. The winner will be crowned by the reigning Miss Russia 2008, Ksenia Sukhinova (also the reigning Miss World 2008).

The winners of the contest will be sent to compete internationally at the Miss Universe 2009 to be held at the islands of the Bahamas and to Miss World 2009 Pageant.

Meet this year's 50 Official Candidates vying for the crown (Batch 1):

Ekaterina Taraeva, 19	Oksana Troshina, 18	Tatiana Grigorash, 18
Natalia Zherege, 17	Anastasia Bogushevskaya, 18	Yulia Petrova, 18
Daria Mikhailova, 20	Yulia Stefankina, 19	Yulia Stepanova, 16
Karina Tarantaeva, 21	Yana Tarabaeva, 16	Svetlana Stepankovskaya, 23
Anna Simonova, 24	Venera Sibgatullina, 23	Anna Kupaeva, 20
Varvara Tarakanova, 22	Olga Kilemnik, 19	Kristina Slavnikova, 18
Ekaterina Popkova, 19	Ainura Askerova, 22	Natalia Pereverzeva, 20
Lidia Hachetlova, 20	Galina Stepanova, 22	Marina Plekhanova, 19
Natalia Koroleva, 19

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