Yana Dobrovolskaya, Miss Russia 2016

Yana Dobrovolskaya was crowned Miss Russia 2016 in the Concert Hall Barvikha Luxury Village in Moscow on 16 April 2016. She will represent Russia in Miss Universe 2016 and Miss World 2016.

This year 50 ladies competed with each other to win the coveted crown. Oksana Fedorova, who was crowned as Miss Universe 2002, but was later dethroned, served as the jury member in the grand finale of Miss Russia 2016.

Yana succeeds Sofia Nikitchuk. As Miss Russia, Nikitchuk represented Russia at Miss World 2015, were she placed first runner-up on 19 December. Sofia’s first runner-up Vladislava Evtushenko competed at Miss Universe 2015 in Las Vegas but she failed to place.