No bikini ban here as Russian contests reject the cover-up in the rest of the world.
Plus-size Irina Cheremnykh seeks to smash stereotypes with XXL beauty contest victory.
Rising numbers of catwalk models and cover stars come from ‘world’s emerging beauty capital’.
You've probably heard of Siberian beauties? Well, here are the beauties doing the booty.
Antidote to gloomy news in the world as 1,525 wear swimsuits for annual Siberian snow festival.
Anastasia Strashevskaya, 18, from Novosibirsk vows to keep studying as she qualifies for casting for the Miss Russia pageant.
Women want to serve their country, says deputy defence minister Nikolai Pankov.
Her unique style reflects her love affair with her Yakutian motherland.