Polina Popova

Polina Alexeyevna Popova (Russian: Полина Алексеевна Попова; born 1 June 1995) is a Russian model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Russia 2017. She represented Russia at the Miss World 2017 competition, where she placed in the Top 10.

In this Eastern Slavic name, the patronymic is Alexeyevna and the family name is Popova.
Polina Popova
Popova after being crowned Miss Russia 2017
Born
Polina Alexeyevna Popova

(1995-06-01) 1 June 1995
Yekaterinburg, Russia
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
TitleMiss Russia 2017
Beauty pageant titleholder
Hair colorBlonde
Eye colorBlue
Major
competition(s)		Miss Russia 2017
(Winner)
Miss World 2017
(Top 10)

Early life

Popova was born in Yekaterinburg. She works as a model, and in addition to Russian, she can speak fluent English and Chinese. She is currently studying at Moscow State University, with plans on becoming a journalist.[1][2]

Pageantry

Miss Russia 2017

Popova represented Sverdlovsk Oblast in the Miss Russia 2017 pageant; it was her first ever pageant. She went on to win the competition, winning ₽3,000,000, a Hyundai Solaris, and the opportunity to study at any university in the world. Her runners-up were Ksenia Alexandrova of Moscow and Albina Akhtyamova of Bashkortostan.[3][4] Popova represented Russia in the Miss World 2017 competition, where she placed in the Top 10.[5][6][7]

References
  1. Khozhateleva, Yulia (15 April 2017). "Корону "Мисс Россия-2017" получила Полина Попова из Свердловской области". kp.ru (in Russian). Komsomolskaya Pravda.
  2. Saltykova, Yekaterina; Porubova, Kira (15 April 2017). ""Мисс Россия-2017" Полина Попова варит фирменные супы, говорит на китайском и мечтает стать журналисткой". kp.ru (in Russian). Komsomolskaya Pravda.
  3. Frolova, Maria (15 April 2017). "В конкурсе "Мисс Россия 2017" победила Полина Попова из Свердловской области". bloknot.ru. Bloknot.
  4. "Мисс Россия-2017 стала блондинка из Свердловской области". wday.ru (in Russian). Woman's Day. 15 April 2017.
  5. "Полина Попова из Свердловской области завоевала титул "Мисс Россия – 2017"". tass.ru (in Russian). TASS. 15 April 2017.
  6. Vasilyeva, Natalya. "Титул "Мисс Россия-2017" получила Полина Попова". Izvestia (in Russian). Izvestiya.
  7. "Блондинка в законе: "Мисс Россия – 2017" стала Полина Попова из Свердловской области" (in Russian). Tricolor TV Magazine. 15 April 2017.
Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Yana Dobrovolskaya		 Miss Russia
2017		 Succeeded by
Yulia Polyachikhina
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