Miss Atom
Miss Atom (Cyrillic: Мисс Атом) was a beauty contest open to women in Russia's and former USSR countries nuclear industry and students in nuclear-related subjects between 18 and 35 years old; with about 400 participants in 2009[1] and sponsored by Atomenergoprom.[2]
The competition was run annually from 2004 until 2011. The winners were announced on the eve of International Women's Day, an important Russian holiday.[3] The prizes was goods prizes and not in cash because "cash is such a crude form of reward".[2]
Winners
- Miss Atom 2011 was won by Marina Kiriy – the runner up was Viktoriya Guseva, and in third place was Tatyana Ladyka.
- Miss Atom 2010 was won by Olga Trefilova – the runner up was Kristina Pogosyan, and in third place was Yekaterina Ivanova.
- Miss Atom 2009 was won by Jekaterina Bulhakowa (95-69-97)[4] – the runner up was Olga Golicyna (83– 65–98), and in third place was Aliona Kirsanowa (87-60-87).[1][5]
- Miss Atom 2008 was won by Julia Nagayeva (88-63-90) – the runner up was Asel Utibayeva (89-61-91), and in third place was Tatiana Vinovna (90-60-90).
- Miss Atom 2007 was won by Elena Kamenskaya (88-62-85) – the runner up was Anastasia Pletneva (94-63-95), and in third place was Tatiana Rodnyk (84-59-88).
- Miss Atom 2006 was won tied by Елена Аксёнова (85-62-92) and Юлия Веселова (92-63-90) – the runner up in third place was Оксана Осколкова (90-61-91).
- Miss Atom 2005 was won by Мария Буркова (89-60-89) – in second place was Юлия Нагаева (88-61-90), and third was Марина Ганина (90-67-93).
- Miss Atom 2004 was won by Тамара Серова (87-62-90) – in second place was Ольга Смирнова (93-60-92), and third was Мария Птицина (88-62-94).
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Miss Atom 2009 – Heißer als ein Kernreaktor" (in German). Stern (magazine). 2009-02-20. Retrieved 2012-03-09.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Miss Atom 2009: "Ein Fest für die Frauen"" (in German). Spiegel Online. 2009-02-18. Retrieved 2014-10-04.
- ↑ "Nuclear Beauties Wanted for Russian Competition". ABC News. 2009-02-17. Retrieved 2014-10-04.
- ↑ "Miss Atom-Wahl – Strahlende Schönheiten" (in German). Süddeutsche Zeitung. 2010-05-17. Retrieved 2014-03-27.
- ↑ "Miss Atom Tones It Down (Slightly)". Wired (magazine). 2009-02-18. Retrieved 2014-03-27.
External links
- Miss Atom 2011 (Archive) – English version (Archive)
- Miss Atom 2010 (Archive) – English version (Archive)
- Miss Atom 2009 (Archive)
- Miss Atom 2008 (Archive)
- Miss Atom 2007 (Archive)
- Miss Atom 2006 (Archive)
- Miss Atom 2005 (Archive)
- Miss Atom 2004 (Archive)