Miss Russia 2018

Miss Russia 2018 the 26th edition of the Miss Russia pageant, held in concert hall Barvikha Luxury Village in Moscow on 14 April 2018.^[1][2] Fifty contestants from around Russia competed for the crown.^[3] Polina Popova of Sverdlovsk Oblast crowned her successor Yulia Polyachikhina of Chuvashia at the end of the event.^[4][5] The competition was hosted by Maxim Privalov and Vera Krasova.^[6]

Miss Russia 2018
Finalists of the competition "Miss Russia" 2018
Date	14 April 2018
Presenters	Maxim Privalov Vera Krasova
Venue	Barvikha Luxury Village, Moscow
Broadcaster	STS
Entrants	50
Placements	20
Withdrawals	Anapa Bakhchysarai Belebey Berezovsky Chelyabinsk Chita Crimea Kalmykia Kazan Khabarovsk Moscow Oblast Mozhaysk Novocheboksarsk Novokuznetsk Novorossiysk Orsk Primorsky Krai Ryazan Sakhalin Oblast Samara Saratov Sergiev Posad Syktyvkar Tver Tver Oblast Udmurtia Velikiy Novgorod Vladivostok Volgodonsk Vologda Zhukovsky
Returns	Alexandrov Altai Krai Barnaul Belogorsk Cherkessk Domodedovo Kabardino-Balkaria Kaliningrad Karelia Khakassia Kostroma Kotlas Krasnodar Krasnodar Krai Krasnogorsk Krasnoyarsk Kursk Magadan Magnitogorsk Nizhny Novgorod Nizhny Novgorod Oblast Novosibirsk Oblast Rostov-on-Don Samara Oblast Sevastopol Tambov Oblast Tuva Vladimir Vladimir Oblast Volgograd Yelets
Winner	Yulia Polyachikhina  Chuvashia
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Yulia Polyachikhina represented Russia at Miss Universe 2018 in Bangkok, Thailand. The second runner up, Natalya Stroeva entered Miss World 2018 in Sanya, China.

Results

Placements

Placement	Contestant
Miss Russia 2018	Chuvashia – Yulia Polyachikhina
1st Runner-Up	Belgorod – Violetta Tyurkina §
2nd Runner-Up	Yakutia – Natalya Stroeva §
Top 10	Kabardino-Balkaria – Diana Nagoyeva §  Krasnodar Krai – Angelina Likhopud  Krasnoyarsk – Vladislava Bezdenezhnaya  Sverdlovsk Oblast – Polina Kostyuk  Tuva – Norgyanma Mongush §  Vladimir Oblast – Alexandra Kosogorova  Yelets – Olga Lomakina §
Top 20	Barnaul – Anastasiya Ilinykh  Bashkortostan – Zemfira Baydavletova § Cherkessk – Viktoria Artemenko §  Kaliningrad – Violetta Maurer §  Kaluga – Tatiana Fitsukova §  Karelia – Anastasiya Mikhailenko  Kostroma – Svetlana Khokhlova  Lyubertsy – Veronika Arsich  Saint Petersburg – Darina Abramova §  Tambov – Ulyana Lyakhova

§ – Voted into the Top 20 by viewers

Special awards

Award	Contestant
People's Choice	Tuva – Norgyanma Mongush

Contestants

No.	Representing[7]	Name	Age	Height
1	Chuvashia	Yulia Polyachikhina	18	1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
2	Ekaterinburg	Anastasiya Kaunova	19	1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
3	Irkutsk	Ekaterina Mokretsova	22	1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
4	Kotlas	Anna Kvasnikova	22	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
5	Yelets	Olga Lomakina	23	1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
6	Nizhny Novgorod Oblast	Anastasiya Shikanova	18	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
7	Alexandrov	Olesya Grimaylo	21	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
8	Tambov	Ulyana Lyakhova	21	1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
9	Krasnoyarsk	Vladislava Bezdenezhnaya	22	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
10	Krasnodar	Natalya Kirichek	19	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
11	Magnitogorsk	Viktoria Kushik	19	1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)
12	Tuva	Norgyanma Mongush	20	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
13	Vladimir Oblast	Alexandra Kosogorova	19	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
14	Novosibirsk	Maria Stupina	20	1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
15	Kabardino-Balkaria	Diana Nagoyeva	19	1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
16	Krasnoyarsk Krai	Maria Emelyanenko	20	1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
17	Karelia	Anastasiya Mikhailenko	18	1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
18	Kostroma	Svetlana Khokhlova	22	1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
19	Tatarstan	Kamilla Khusainova	19	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
20	Kursk	Arina Denisova	18	1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
21	Vladimir	Edita Lushnikova	22	1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
22	Volgograd	Irina Chekunova	18	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
23	Lyubertsy	Veronika Arsich	20	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
24	Saint Petersburg	Darina Abramova	19	1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
25	Barnaul	Anastasiya Ilinykh	19	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
26	Domodedovo	Ekaterina Romanova	21	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
27	Krasnodar Krai	Angelina Likhopud	18	1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
28	Novosibirsk Oblast	Yulia Grishmanova	19	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
29	Tambov Oblast	Svetlana Savelyeva	23	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
30	Buryatia	Yulia Olzoyeva	20	1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
31	Khakassia	Viktoria Simakova	19	1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
32	Krasnogorsk	Anna Kozlova	21	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
33	Rostov-on-Don	Arina Gladkova	18	1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
34	Moscow	Yulia Ilina	22	1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
35	Samara Oblast	Svetlana Grigoruk	21	1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
36	Kaliningrad	Violetta Maurer	20	1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
37	Bashkortostan	Zemfira Baydavletova	19	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
38	Cheboksary	Anna Shvetsova	21	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
39	Cherkessk	Viktoria Artemenko	22	1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
40	Simferopol	Maria Barbakhovska	20	1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
41	Altai Krai	Miroslava Krashina	22	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
42	Tyumen	Alina Kolomoytseva	19	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
43	Sverdlovsk Oblast	Polina Kostyuk	20	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
44	Yakutia	Natalya Stroeva	19	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
45	Kaluga	Tatiana Fitsukova	23	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
46	Sevastopol	Irina Shulyap	19	1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
47	Belgorod	Violetta Tyurkina	19	1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)
48	Magadan	Anastasiya Baktimirova	23	1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
49	Nizhny Novgorod	Maria Martyshko	20	1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
50	Belogorsk	Anastasiya Bochkova	20	1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)

Judges

• Igor Chapurin – fashion designer^[6]
• Dmitry Malikov – actor, singer, and composer^[6]
• Vladimir Matetsky – composer, producer, and radio host^[6]
• Denis Rodkin – ballet dancer at the Bolshoi Theatre^[6]
• Ksenia Sukhinova – Miss Russia 2007 and Miss World 2008^[6]