Yana Dobrovolskaya wins Miss Russia 2016

18 year old Yana Dobrovolskaya was crowned Miss Russia 2016 during the annual event held at the Barvikha Luxury Village outside Moscow on April 16.

Yana was born in Tyumen and is currently pursuing a degree in teaching and choreography at the Tyumen State College of Art. She performed at the Winter Olympics in Sochi in 2014. She is expected to represent Russia and compete in the both 2016 editions of Miss World and Miss Universe pageants.

Yuliana Korolkova was named the 1st run-up and Yulia Khoroshavina was the 2nd run-up.

Miss Nepal 2016 Winner is Asmee Shrestha

Asmee Shrestha was crowned the 21st Miss Nepal in a gala grand finale of the national beauty pageant organised by Hidden Treasure at Hotel Annapurna in Kathmandu where 19 beautiful candidates competed.

Shrestha was crowned by the outgoing Miss Nepal 2015 Evana Manandhar. She will represent her country in the Miss World 2016 contest later this year.

Roshani Khatri was the first runner-up and will compete in Miss Earth 2016 contest, while Barsha Lekhi was announced the second runner-up and crowned and will enter the Miss International 2016 competition in Japan.

Priyadarshini Chatterjee wins Femina Miss India 2016

18 year old Priyadarshini Chatterjee from Guwahati was crowned the winner of the Femina Miss India 2016 during a competition held at the Yash Raj Films Studios on April 9.

Chatterjee, a student at Delhi University, will represent India in the upcoming Miss World 2016 pageant to be held in October in a venue to be announced soon.

The 1st runner-up was Sushruti Krishna and the 2nd runner-up was Pankhuri Gidwani. They are expected to represent India in the Miss Supranational and Miss Grand International pageants; however the FMI organization will eventually announce to which competition they will travel to.

The Reigning Miss World 2015, Spain’s Mireia Lalaguna was a special guest during the ceremony and also acted as one of the judges where 21 finalists competed in the annual event.

Andrea Bezdekova Crowned Ceska Miss 2016

21-year old Andrea Bezdekova, a student of Sports Management at Charles University, was crowned Ceska Miss 2016 during the ceremony held at hte Prague’s Municipal House on April 2nd, and televised live by Prima TV.

Standing 1.74m tall, Bezdekova will represent the Czech Republic on Miss Universe 2016 contest later this year.

Second place went to 22-year old Natalie Kotkova from Usti nad Labem, who received the title Ceska Miss World and will compete in the Miss World 2016 contest to be held around September. Kotkova is an avid presenter and blogger who owns her own YouTube channel, and has worked as a in-house reporter for Fashion TV. Also an avid sportwoman, Natalia loves hiking, snowboarding, snorkeling, diving, surfing and yoga.

Kristina Kubickova was the 2nd runner-up, receiving the title Ceska Miss Earth. 10 women competed in the 12th edition of the pageant, which was born in 2005.