Julia Yurevich is a
beauty pageant
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contestant who is represented
Bulgaria
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in
Miss World 2008
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in
South Africa
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.
She studied Communications and Technology in Sofia.
Nationality
She was born in
Kozloduy
Kozloduy ( ) is a town in northwest Bulgaria, located in Vratsa Province, on the Danube River. The city was liberated from Ottoman rule on 23 November 1877 by the Romanian Army under the command of the Imperial Russian Army. Kozloduy is best know ...
,
Bulgaria
Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Mac ...
, but her parents are Russian (some websites claim that her parents are Ukrainian). Her father comes from Ukraine.
References
1989 births
Living people
Miss World 2008 delegates
Bulgarian beauty pageant winners
Bulgarian people of Russian descent
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