A resident of Udmurtia, 34-year-old Elena Maksimova became "Mrs. Universe 2022", the competition is held among married girls. For the first time in the history of the competition, a Russian woman received this title. The competition was held from January 30 to February 5 in Sofia. Participants from China, Thailand, Japan, India, Belarus and Ukraine also reached the final. Since 2007, the competition has been run by the Bulgarian company Mrs. universe ltd.
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Maksimova was born in the village of Giya in the Udmurt Republic, now lives in Izhevsk. A little over a year ago, she became "Second Vice-Mrs. Russia-Universe."
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“The competition at the competition was very tough – a record number of participants, and all of them deserve to win. It is a great honor for me to represent the country at such a serious competition. It is especially pleasant to be the first participant who brought victory to Russia, ”TASS quotes Maksimova.