Miss Atom

Miss Atom (Cyrillic: Мисс Атом) was a beauty contest open to women in Russia's and former USSR countries nuclear industry and students in nuclear-related subjects between 18 and 35 years old; with about 400 participants in 2009{{cite web |title=Miss Atom 2009 – Heißer als ein Kernreaktor |url=http://www.stern.de/politik/ausland/miss-atom-2009-heisser-als-ein-kernreaktor-655420.html |publisher=Stern |date=2009-02-20 |accessdate=2012-03-09 |language=de}} and sponsored by Atomenergoprom.{{cite web |title= Miss Atom 2009: "Ein Fest für die Frauen"|url=http://www.spiegel.de/panorama/gesellschaft/miss-atom-2009-ein-fest-fuer-die-frauen-a-608467.html |publisher=Spiegel Online |date=2009-02-18 |accessdate=2014-10-04 |language=de}}

The competition was run annually from 2004 until 2011. The winners were announced on the eve of International Women's Day, an important Russian holiday.{{cite web|title=Nuclear Beauties Wanted for Russian Competition |url=http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Story?id=6889182&page=1 |publisher=ABC News |date=2009-02-17 |accessdate=2014-10-04 |url-status=unfit |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100609142538/http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Story?id=6889182&page=1 |archivedate=June 9, 2010 }} The prizes was goods prizes and not in cash because "cash is such a crude form of reward".

Winners

  • Miss Atom 2011 was won by Marina Kiriy – the runner up was Viktoriya Guseva, and in third place was Tatyana Ladyka.
  • Miss Atom 2010 was won by Olga Trefilova – the runner up was Kristina Pogosyan, and in third place was Yekaterina Ivanova.
  • Miss Atom 2009 was won by Jekaterina Bulhakowa (95-69-97){{cite web |title=Miss Atom-Wahl – Strahlende Schönheiten |url=http://www.sueddeutsche.de/panorama/miss-atom-wahl-strahlende-schoenheiten-1.487599 |publisher=Süddeutsche Zeitung |date=2010-05-17 |accessdate=2014-03-27 |language=de }} – the runner up was Olga Golicyna (83– 65–98), and in third place was Aliona Kirsanowa (87-60-87).{{cite web |title=Miss Atom Tones It Down (Slightly) |url=https://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2009/02/miss-atom-tones/ |publisher=Wired |date=2009-02-18 |accessdate=2014-03-27 }}
  • Miss Atom 2008 was won by Julia Nagayeva (88-63-90) – the runner up was Asel Utibayeva (89-61-91), and in third place was Tatiana Vinovna (90-60-90).
  • Miss Atom 2007 was won by Elena Kamenskaya (88-62-85) – the runner up was Anastasia Pletneva (94-63-95), and in third place was Tatiana Rodnyk (84-59-88).
  • Miss Atom 2006 was won tied by Elena Aksyonova (85-62-92) and Yuliya Veselova (92-63-90) – the runner up in third place was Oksana Oskolkova (90-61-91).
  • Miss Atom 2005 was won by Mariya Burkova (89-60-89) – in second place was Yuliya Nagayeva (88-61-90), and third was Mariya Ganina (90-67-93).
  • Miss Atom 2004 was won by Tamara Serova (87-62-90) – in second place was Olga Smirnova (93-60-92), and third was Mariya Ptitsina (88-62-94).

See also

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