Irina Antonenko from the Urals city of Yekaterinburg...
to be accompanied by her mother and fiance to make sure they did not object, and wear casual clothes.* In the first round of the competition, all participants were invited to the stage. Then the jury had a brief interview with each contender and, following a discussion, every girl got three marks - for the beauty of her face and body, and for general impression.
* In various years, the jury included most famous Russian immigrants, such as artists Alexandre Benois, Ivan Bilibin and Konstantin Korovin, writers Alexander Kuprin and Ivan Bunin, and theatre director Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko.
* Miss Russia 1929, Valentina Osterman, a native of Rostov, was disqualified for her German passport. The title went to first vice-miss, Irina Levitskaya.
* In 1931, Maria Chaliapin, the daughter of a famous Russian opera singer, Feodor Chaliapin, was crowned Miss Russia.
* Just like a number of other pageants, Miss Russia was halted after the WWII
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