Girls from the Urals region attracted great attention at the Miss Russia 2010 beauty pageant held on Sunday, March 7 in the Barvikha Luxury Village concert hall.
Irina Antonenko, a 18-year-old student from the Urals city of Yekaterinburg, was crowned Miss Russia 2010. Along with the title and the crown, Antonenko received a cash prize of $100,000 and an opportunity to represent Russia at the forthcoming Miss World pageant in Nha Trang, Vietnam

Girls from the Urals region attracted great attention at the Miss Russia 2010 beauty pageant held on Sunday, March 7 in the Barvikha Luxury Village concert hall.
Irina Antonenko, a 18-year-old student from the Urals city of Yekaterinburg, was crowned Miss Russia 2010. Along with the title and the crown, Antonenko received a cash prize of $100,000 and an opportunity to represent Russia at the forthcoming Miss World pageant in Nha Trang, Vietnam
Irina Antonenko, a 18-year-old student from the Urals city of Yekaterinburg, was crowned Miss Russia 2010. Along with the title and the crown, Antonenko received a cash prize of $100,000 and an opportunity to represent Russia at the forthcoming Miss World pageant in Nha Trang, Vietnam

The most beautiful girl of 2010 is a finance-student and a model. Irina says cooking is one of her biggest hobbies

According to http://ural.kp.ru, Irina Antonenko enjoys eating as well. But despite such a figure-risky hobby, she keeps fit

Russia’s most beautiful girl Irina Antonenko, 178-cm-tall, has 80-61-91 measurements

The first runner-up to the Miss Russia 2010 title went to Irina Sharipova (on the right), representing Russia's Volga Republic of Tatarstan. Olga Kononenko (on the left) of another Urals city, Chelyabinsk, was named the second runner-up. Along with the titles, the girls received an opportunity to choose any university in the world and study there for free

Irina Antonenko (in the center) pays much attention to her figure. Her beauty secret is a special diet comprising of healthy and light food. In the photo (on the right): the first runner-up, Irina Sharipova from Tatarstan.

This year, the winner got a new crown. With the estimated value of over $1 million, the crown is the world's most expensive.

Irina will be wearing the unique crown, made of white gold and adorned with 2,358 cut diamonds, weighting a total of 62 carats, and 14 unique pearls, the largest of which is 19 mm in diameter.

The jury was fascinated with Irina’s charisma, a judge, De Grisogono’s CEO and founder, Fawaz Gruosi said in an interview to NTV channel. "This girl is the best, she is smart, quick-witted. She grabs your attention at once. Her eyes, her walk… I am an incurable fan of Russian women’s beauty", http://www.ntv.ru quoted Fawaz Gruosi as saying. In the photo: the second runner-up Olga Kononenko, Miss Russia 2010 Irina Antonenko and the first runner-up Irina Sharipova

Miss World 2008 Kseniya Sukhinova attended the pageant as an honorary guest.
