Customs officer, singer and now - the most beautiful woman in Russia.

This stunning woman from St.Petersburg was announced Miss Russia on October 8th, 2023, beating 49 other contestants from across the country!

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Margarita is 22 years old and is enrolled at two universities simultaneously - she is graduating from the Russian Customs Academy next year, and is a 2nd year student at the Moscow State Art and Cultural University's department of Musical Arts.

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Being a gifted natural singer, her second choice of university was a logical choice. The starting point to the Musical Arts department was her participation in the Russian version of 'The Voice' ("Golos") - the popular singing show.

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Miss Russia wasn't Margarita's first beauty pageant. She was also granted the title of Miss Student of Russia 2021 and participated in Miss Europe 2023, finishing as first runner-up. She has dreamt of participating in Miss Russia since she was 16.

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Besides her studies, Margarita works as a model - an accidental choice that resulted out of a funny mistake. She signed up to audition for a pelmeni ad, but having arrived at the place, she confused the doors. In the room she entered by mistake, a casting session for a model agency was underway. None the wiser, Margarita started to read the scripted monologue about pelmeni. She must have been very convincing, as the casting director ended up offering her a place at the agency!

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Margarita was born into a large family - she's one of four children. Her mother is a doctor, and her father is an engineer.

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Next, Margarita is scheduled to represent Russia at the Miss World and Miss Universe beauty pageants. Let's wish her all the luck!

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