All Miss Russia Winners (1929-1939). Photo Gallery

Russia Illustrated, the main magazine of Russian emigration, organized and launched the first Miss Russia beauty pageant in 1929. Girls of Russian origin living in all European states were invited to take part. The first Miss Russia, Valentina Osterman, was crowned in 1929 in Paris. She was disqualified for her German passport. First runner-up Irina Levitskaya succeeded her.

Valentina Osterman - Miss Russia 1929:

Irina Levitskaya - Miss Russia 1929:

Irina Ventzel - Miss Russia 1930:

Miss Russia 1930 сontestants:

Marina Chaliapina (the daughter of a Russian opera singer Feodor Chaliapin) - Miss Russia 1931:

Nina Pohl - Miss Russia 1932:

Tatiana Maslova - Miss Russia 1933 and Miss Europe 1933:

Ekaterina Antonova - Miss Russia 1934:

Marianna Gorbatovskaya was crowned Miss Russia in 1935.

Miss Russia 1935 сontestants:

Ariadna Gedeonova - Miss Russia 1936:

Irina Ilina - Miss Russia 1937:

Evgenia Dashkevich - Miss Russia 1938:

Irina Borodulina - Miss Russia 1939:

Just like a number of other pageants, Miss Russia was halted after the WWII broke out in 1939.

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