# Miss Russia 2018

Miss Russia 2018 the 26th edition of the Miss Russia pageant, held in concert hall Barvikha Luxury Village in Moscow on 14 April 2018. Fifty contestants from around Russia competed for the crown. Polina Popova of Sverdlovsk Oblast crowned her successor Yulia Polyachikhina of Chuvashia at the end of the event. The competition was hosted by Maxim Privalov and Vera Krasova.
Yulia Polyachikhina represented Russia at Miss Universe 2018 in Bangkok, Thailand. The second runner up, Natalya Stroeva entered Miss World 2018 in Sanya, China.

## Results
### Placements

| Placement | Contestant |
| Miss Russia 2018 | Chuvashia – Yulia Polyachikhina |
| 1st Runner-Up | Belgorod – Violetta Tyurkina § |
| 2nd Runner-Up | Yakutia – Natalya Stroeva § |
| Top 10 | Kabardino-Balkaria – Diana Nagoyeva §  Krasnodar Krai – Angelina Likhopud  Krasnoyarsk – Vladislava Bezdenezhnaya  Sverdlovsk Oblast – Polina Kostyuk  Tuva – Norgyanma Mongush §  Vladimir Oblast – Alexandra Kosogorova  Yelets – Olga Lomakina § |
| Top 20 | Barnaul – Anastasiya Ilinykh  Bashkortostan – Zemfira Baydavletova § Cherkessk – Viktoria Artemenko §  Kaliningrad – Violetta Maurer §  Kaluga – Tatiana Fitsukova §  Karelia – Anastasiya Mikhailenko  Kostroma – Svetlana Khokhlova  Lyubertsy – Veronika Arsich  Saint Petersburg – Darina Abramova §  Tambov – Ulyana Lyakhova |
§ – Voted into the Top 20 by viewers

### Special awards

| Award | Contestant |
| People's Choice | Tuva – Norgyanma Mongush |

## Contestants

| No. | Representing | Name | Age | Height |
| 1 | Chuvashia | Yulia Polyachikhina | 18 | 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) |
| 2 | Ekaterinburg | Anastasiya Kaunova | 19 | 1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) |
| 3 | Irkutsk | Ekaterina Mokretsova | 22 | 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) |
| 4 | Kotlas | Anna Kvasnikova | 22 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| 5 | Yelets | Olga Lomakina | 23 | 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) |
| 6 | Nizhny Novgorod Oblast | Anastasiya Shikanova | 18 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| 7 | Alexandrov | Olesya Grimaylo | 21 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| 8 | Tambov | Ulyana Lyakhova | 21 | 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) |
| 9 | Krasnoyarsk | Vladislava Bezdenezhnaya | 22 | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
| 10 | Krasnodar | Natalya Kirichek | 19 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| 11 | Magnitogorsk | Viktoria Kushik | 19 | 1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in) |
| 12 | Tuva | Norgyanma Mongush | 20 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| 13 | Vladimir Oblast | Alexandra Kosogorova | 19 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| 14 | Novosibirsk | Maria Stupina | 20 | 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) |
| 15 | Kabardino-Balkaria | Diana Nagoyeva | 19 | 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) |
| 16 | Krasnoyarsk Krai | Maria Emelyanenko | 20 | 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) |
| 17 | Karelia | Anastasiya Mikhailenko | 18 | 1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) |
| 18 | Kostroma | Svetlana Khokhlova | 22 | 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) |
| 19 | Tatarstan | Kamilla Khusainova | 19 | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) |
| 20 | Kursk | Arina Denisova | 18 | 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) |
| 21 | Vladimir | Edita Lushnikova | 22 | 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) |
| 22 | Volgograd | Irina Chekunova | 18 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| 23 | Lyubertsy | Veronika Arsich | 20 | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
| 24 | Saint Petersburg | Darina Abramova | 19 | 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) |
| 25 | Barnaul | Anastasiya Ilinykh | 19 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| 26 | Domodedovo | Ekaterina Romanova | 21 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| 27 | Krasnodar Krai | Angelina Likhopud | 18 | 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) |
| 28 | Novosibirsk Oblast | Yulia Grishmanova | 19 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| 29 | Tambov Oblast | Svetlana Savelyeva | 23 | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) |
| 30 | Buryatia | Yulia Olzoyeva | 20 | 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) |
| 31 | Khakassia | Viktoria Simakova | 19 | 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) |
| 32 | Krasnogorsk | Anna Kozlova | 21 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| 33 | Rostov-on-Don | Arina Gladkova | 18 | 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) |
| 34 | Moscow | Yulia Ilina | 22 | 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) |
| 35 | Samara Oblast | Svetlana Grigoruk | 21 | 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) |
| 36 | Kaliningrad | Violetta Maurer | 20 | 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) |
| 37 | Bashkortostan | Zemfira Baydavletova | 19 | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) |
| 38 | Cheboksary | Anna Shvetsova | 21 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| 39 | Cherkessk | Viktoria Artemenko | 22 | 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) |
| 40 | Simferopol | Maria Barbakhovska | 20 | 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) |
| 41 | Altai Krai | Miroslava Krashina | 22 | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) |
| 42 | Tyumen | Alina Kolomoytseva | 19 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| 43 | Sverdlovsk Oblast | Polina Kostyuk | 20 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| 44 | Yakutia | Natalya Stroeva | 19 | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) |
| 45 | Kaluga | Tatiana Fitsukova | 23 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| 46 | Sevastopol | Irina Shulyap | 19 | 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) |
| 47 | Belgorod | Violetta Tyurkina | 19 | 1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in) |
| 48 | Magadan | Anastasiya Baktimirova | 23 | 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) |
| 49 | Nizhny Novgorod | Maria Martyshko | 20 | 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) |
| 50 | Belogorsk | Anastasiya Bochkova | 20 | 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) |

## Judges

* Igor Chapurin – fashion designer
* Dmitry Malikov – actor, singer, and composer
* Vladimir Matetsky – composer, producer, and radio host
* Denis Rodkin – ballet dancer at the Bolshoi Theatre
* Ksenia Sukhinova – Miss Russia 2007 and Miss World 2008