The 2016 Miss Moscow Beauty pageant was held in late February in the capital’s Korston Club Hotel.
© Photo : Moscow Agency/Sergey KiselevElena Petukhova won the beauty queen’s crown, while Tatiana Makarova (on the right) and Svetlana Dronova (on the left) came second and third respectively.
Elena Petukhova won the beauty queen’s crown, while Tatiana Makarova (on the right) and Svetlana Dronova (on the left) came second and third respectively.
© Photo : Moscow Agency/Sergey KiselevParticipants of the 2016 Miss Moscow Beauty pageant.
Participants of the 2016 Miss Moscow Beauty pageant.
© Photo : Moscow Agency/Sergey KiselevParticipants of the 2016 Miss Moscow Beauty pageant.
Participants of the 2016 Miss Moscow Beauty pageant.
© Photo : Moscow Agency/Sergey KiselevThe show did not have very strict rules and even permitted tattoos.
The show did not have very strict rules and even permitted tattoos.
© Photo : Moscow Agency/Sergey KiselevElena Petukhova, the beauty queen.
Elena Petukhova, the beauty queen.
© Photo : Moscow Agency/Sergey KiselevParticipants’ age ranged from 19 to 30 years old.
Participants’ age ranged from 19 to 30 years old.
© Photo : Moscow Agency/Sergey KiselevGirls had to be single and smart to take part in the show.
Girls had to be single and smart to take part in the show.
© Photo : Moscow Agency/Sergey KiselevTatiana Makarova took the second place.
Tatiana Makarova took the second place.
© Photo : Moscow Agency/Sergey KiselevOrganizers had a difficult choice picking out 18 girls from 120 challengers.
Organizers had a difficult choice picking out 18 girls from 120 challengers.
© Photo : Moscow Agency/Sergey KiselevElena Petukhova, the beauty queen.
Elena Petukhova, the beauty queen.
© Photo : Moscow Agency/Sergey KiselevParticipants of the 2016 Miss Moscow Beauty pageant.
Participants of the 2016 Miss Moscow Beauty pageant.
© Photo : Moscow Agency/Sergey KiselevThe girls admitted that walking on the catwalk on high heels was the most demanding part of the show.
The girls admitted that walking on the catwalk on high heels was the most demanding part of the show.