Maria Chudakova (

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: Мария Чудакова) is a

beauty pageant A beauty pageant is a competition in which the contestants are judged and ranked based on various physical and mental attributes. Per its name, beauty pageants traditionally focus on judging the contestants' physical attractiveness, sometimes sol ...

titleholder who was crowned as Miss Earth Russia 2015 and

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's representative in

Miss Earth 2015 Miss Earth 2015 was the 15th edition of the Miss Earth pageant, held at the Marx Halle in Vienna, Austria, on December 5, 2015. Jamie Herrell of the Philippines crowned her compatriot Angelia Ong as her successor at the end of the event. It w ...

. Chudakova is the first Russian beauty to be crowned as Miss Earth Russia and not the main winner. Traditionally, the winner of Krasa Rossii competes at

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, but for 2015 a Miss Earth Russia was elected so that the Krasa Rossii winner will be present at the 20th anniversary of the pageant on November which is also the Miss Earth pageant season.

Biography

Early life and family

Maria was born to a father who is a bartender and a housewife mother. Maria came from a very modest family and according to her mother, they did not spoil her that much.

Education

Maria is studying at

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under the Faculty of

Pedagogy Pedagogy (), most commonly understood as the approach to teaching, is the theory and practice of learning, and how this process influences, and is influenced by, the social, political, and psychological development of learners. Pedagogy, taken ...

and

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Pageantry

Krasa Rossii 2014

Maria joined the pageant and was crowned as Miss Earth Russia for 2015. After that announcement, the question came to rise as why Maria Chudakova got the title and not the main winner who is Tatiana Baitova from Barrow. The organization explained that they have changed the structure of Krasa Rossii. They organizers added, "Was established nomination "Miss Earth Russia." And it is the owner of her, and not just the winner of the contest is Russia at the world level. Played a role, and English proficiency. On the "Miss Earth" participants should be given an interview, a lot of public speaking. Therefore, if the winner does not speak to them freely, it is necessary to look for a replacement." (via Google Translate)

Miss Earth 2015

Being Miss Earth Russia 2015, Maria was

's representative at

and tried to succeed

Jamie Herrell Jamie Herrell (; born July 12, 1994) is a Filipina news anchor and beauty pageant titleholder. She won Miss Philippines Earth 2014 and Miss Earth 2014. Herrell was a recipient of the Outstanding Individual Award during the 80th Cebu City Chart ...

as the next Miss Earth. But she failed to enter at the Top 16.

References

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