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Irina Antonenko

Irina Antonenko
Beauty pageant titleholder
Miss Russia 2010 Winner.jpg
Actress, Model, Miss Russia 2010
Native name Ири́на Анто́ненко
Born Irina Igorevna Antonenko
(1991-09-01) 1 September 1991 (age 25)
Sverdlovsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Yekaterinburg, Russia)
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Hair color Brown
Eye color Blue
Title(s) Miss Russia 2010
Major
competition(s)
Miss Russia 2010
(Winner)
Miss Universe 2010
(Top 15)

Irina Igorevna Antonenko (Russian: Ири́на И́горевна Анто́ненко; born 1 September 1991) is a Russian actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder who holds the title of Miss Russia 2010. She also placed in the Top 15 at the Miss Universe 2010 pageant held on August 23, 2010 in Las Vegas.

Irina Antonenko was born on 1 September 1991 in Sverdlovsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union. Her parents, Natalia and Igor Antonenko, were both employees of the police. She completed her high school education in school No. 156. According to the school director, Irina was "a very modest and polite girl." Whilst studying at the school, Antonenko entered her first beauty pageant, in which she failed to make the top three. After finishing high school, she began to study finance at the Ural Finance and Jurisprudence Institute, around the same time, she also started her modelling career.

He is a student of Russian University of Theatre Arts, making the first steps in film and on stage.

The "modeling agency Ilya Vinogradov" in Yekaterinburg Antonenko worked for two years, becoming a very popular model. She took part in the popular beauty-project «New Hollywood Look», and also won the contest "Miss Car Audio."

In 2009, having won the title "Miss Yekaterinburg", Irina decided to go to Moscow to the national beauty contest. In mid-February 2010 it sent to the capital to take part in the preparations for the finals of "Miss Russia".

On 6 March 2010, Antonenko was crowned Miss Russia 2010 in a contest held in Moscow. The crown was handed over to her by outgoing titleholder Sofia Rudieva. In addition to the crown, she received a cash prize of $100,000, which she plans to spend mostly on charity, to help children who are ill. The jury concluded that there is more to Russia's new beauty than meets the eye, and that she has the brains to match the looks.


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