MOSCOW, December 17, 2008 – The winner and newly crowned this year's Miss World – Russia’s Ksenia Sukhinova - has arrived in Moscow. Crowds gathered at the capital's Domodedovo airport to welcome back the Siberian beauty. The 21-year-old student won the crown last week at the beauty-contest extravaganza in Johannesburg.
Having flown from the sunny African savannah into the cold hands of the motherland, the newly crowned Miss World 2008 received a warm welcome.
“I dedicate my victory to my grandmother and to Russia. I want to thank everybody who supported me. My victory is a New Year present to all Russians,” the beauty said, glowing with happiness.
Born in 1987 in Nizhnevartovsk, Ksenia later moved to the Siberian city of Tyumen, a centre of Russia's oil and gas industry located 2,000 kilometres from Moscow. Now she is a student of cybernetic systems at Tyumen’s Oil and Gas University.
“I desperately want to see my parents, friends and relatives. And I’m looking forward to seeing the snow in my homeland – Siberia,” the Miss World said.
The coming year will be very busy for Ksenia. She has to travel on charity missions around the globe, take part in various events and TV shows, and she has also signed several contracts.
Kseniya's relatives worry that these activities will not allow her to graduate from university. She may take a year off, but they believe that she has to receive a diploma anyway.
Answering a question on her private life, Sukhinova confessed that her heart was "still free."
Before being crowned Miss World, Ksenia had also won the titles of Miss Tyumen, Miss Image and Miss Russia 2007. The Siberian beauty took over her current title from Zhang Zilin of China, last year's winner.
(Thank you and credits to http://www.globalbeauties.com, Photos AFP and all sources for the information and pictures)
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