Miss USSR

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Miss USSR
Мисс CCCP
Formation1989
Dissolved1991
TypeBeauty pageant
HeadquartersMoscow
Location
Membership
Miss Universe
Miss World
Miss International
Official language
Russian

Miss USSR (Russian: Мисс CCCP) was a national beauty contest held in the Soviet Union. It ran for three years from 1989 through to the dissolution of the Union in 1991.[1]

Titleholders[edit]

Year Miss USSR Hometown Notes
1991 Ilmira Shamsutdinova Saratov, Russian SFSR Top 6, Miss Universe 1996 (as Miss Russia)
1990 Yulia Lemigova Moscow, RSFSR 2nd runner-up, Miss Universe 1991
Maria Kezha Vitebsk, Byelorussian SSR Dethroned following marriage decision
1989 Yulia Sukhanova Moscow, Russian SFSR

Representatives at International Beauty Pageants[edit]

Representatives at Miss Universe[edit]

Year Miss Universe USSR Placement Special Awards
1990 Evia Staļbovska Unplaced
1991 Yulia Lemigova 2nd Runner-Up

Representatives at Miss World[edit]

Year Miss World USSR Placement Special Awards
1989 Anna Gorbunova Unplaced
  • Miss Photogenic
1990 Lauma Zemzare Unplaced

Representatives at Miss International[edit]

Year Miss International USSR Placement Special awards
1990 Irina Vassilenko 3rd Runner-Up

Representatives at Miss Charm International[edit]

Year Miss Charm USSR Placement Special awards
1989 Olga Perminova Top 16
1990 Mariya Smirnova Unplaced

References[edit]

  1. ^ MISS USSR, MISS CIS[usurped] at pageantopolis.com