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Miss USSR
Мисс CCCP
Formation	1989
Dissolved	1991
Type	Beauty pageant
Headquarters	Moscow
Location	Soviet Union;
Members	Miss Universe; Miss World; Miss International
Official language	Russian

Miss USSR (Russian: Мисс CCCP) was a national beauty contest held in the Soviet Union. The first winner was crowned in May 1989.^[1] It ran for three years through to the dissolution of the Union in 1991.

Titleholders

Year	Miss USSR	Hometown	Notes	Ref.
1991	Ilmira Shamsutdinova	Saratov, Russian SFSR	Top 6, Miss Universe 1996 (as Miss Russia)
1990	Yulia Lemigova	Moscow, RSFSR	2nd runner-up, Miss Universe 1991
1990	Maria Kezha	Vitebsk, Byelorussian SSR	Dethroned following marriage decision
1989	Yulia Sukhanova	Moscow, Russian SFSR		^[1]

Year	Miss Universe USSR	Placement	Special Awards
1990	Evia Staļbovska	Unplaced
1991	Yulia Lemigova	2nd Runner-Up

Year	Miss World USSR	Placement	Special Awards
1989	Anna Gorbunova	Unplaced	Miss Photogenic
1990	Lauma Zemzare	Unplaced

Year	Miss International USSR	Placement	Special awards
1990	Irina Vassilenko	3rd Runner-Up

Year	Miss Charm USSR	Placement	Special awards
1989	Olga Perminova	Top 16
1990	Mariya Smirnova	Unplaced

1 2 Waters, Elizabeth (1993). "Soviet Beauty Contests". Sex and Russian Society. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. pp. 116–134. ISBN 0253332001.

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