# Anna Malova > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Anna_Malova > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Anna_Malova.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Malova > Source revision: 1348065898 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) For the volleyball player, see [Anna Malova (volleyball)](/source/Anna_Malova_(volleyball)). **Anna Malova** ([Russian:](/source/Russian_language) Анна Малова) is a Russian model and beauty pageant titleholder who was appointed as [Miss Russia 1998](/source/Miss_Russia) and competed at [Miss Universe 1998](/source/Miss_Universe_1998) and placed Top 10. ## Biography As a child, Anna was engaged in artistic gymnastics. She finished school in [Yaroslavl](/source/Yaroslavl). After high school, Anna was admitted to the Yaroslavl Medical Institute at the Medical Faculty in [psychotherapy](/source/Psychotherapy).[1] She trained as a doctor in Russia but has not licensed to practice in the United States.[2] The first major step for Malova as a model was the "[Ford Supermodel of Russia 1993](/source/Ford_Models_Supermodel_of_the_World)"[3] contest which was held in Moscow in late November 1992. In 1993, she took part in the regional competition Miss Volga 1993 where she became 1st runner-up and was invited to the [Miss Russia](/source/Miss_Russia) 1993 pageant - where she came in second.[4] Then she won the title of [Miss Baltic Sea](/source/Miss_Baltic_Sea) 1994 in Finland and competed in the [Miss World 1994](/source/Miss_World_1994) pageant in [Sun City](/source/Sun_City_(South_Africa)) where she didn't place. In 1995, she left Moscow, spent six weeks learning English in Florida, where she met [Donald Trump](/source/Donald_Trump), who at the time was still married to his second wife, [Marla Maples](/source/Marla_Maples).[4] In 1996, Malova moved to [New York City](/source/New_York_City) into a condominium in [Trump Tower](/source/Trump_Tower) on [Fifth Avenue](/source/Fifth_Avenue). That October, Trump acquired three beauty pageants from [ITT Corp.](/source/ITT_Corp.): [Miss Universe](/source/Miss_Universe), [Miss USA](/source/Miss_USA), and [Miss Teen USA](/source/Miss_Teen_USA).[5][4] In 1998, she was appointed as "Miss Russia"[6] to compete in the Miss Universe pageant and made it to the Top 10 of the [Miss Universe 1998](/source/Miss_Universe_1998) pageant in [Honolulu](/source/Honolulu). But the very fact she had even entered the pageant was - as New York magazine noticed - an anomaly.[7] After the pageant she became a popular socialite girl in New York, and was the face of some commercials and advertising such as [Chopard](/source/Chopard) and [Home Shopping Network](/source/Home_Shopping_Network). Malova signed up with Karin Models, which had been founded by [Jeffrey Epstein](/source/Jeffrey_Epstein)'s friend [Jean-Luc Brunel](/source/Jean-Luc_Brunel). Malova was once romantically linked to hedge-fund billionaire [George Soros](/source/George_Soros), as well as comedian [Garry Shandling](/source/Garry_Shandling).[4] In 2010, Malova was accused of stealing prescription pads from doctors, and writing herself prescriptions for anti-[anxiety](/source/Anxiety) drugs.[8][9] She was subsequently jailed for failing to attend a drug-treatment programme.[10][11] In 2019, a federal judge in New York released flight logs that showed she flew on board [Epstein's private Boeing 727](/source/Lolita_Express) with Epstein's close friend [Ghislaine Maxwell](/source/Ghislaine_Maxwell) and [Prince Andrew, Duke of York](/source/Prince_Andrew,_Duke_of_York) from Epstein's [Little St. James](/source/Little_St._James) private island in the [Virgin Islands](/source/Virgin_Islands) back to Florida in February 1999.[4] ## References 1. ["Anna Malova, Former Miss Russia, Arrested For Drugs in NY, Says Paper"](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/anna-malova-former-miss-russia-arrested-for-drugs-in-ny-says-paper). *[CBS News](/source/CBS_News)*. 19 May 2010. Retrieved 29 December 2017. 1. Allen, Jonathan (13 April 2011). ["Former Miss Russia accused of stealing drugs"](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-beautyqueen-russia/former-miss-russia-accused-of-stealing-drugs-idUSTRE73C4R520110413?edition-redirect=uk). *Reuters* 1. ["Сюжеты Конкурс "Супермодель мира-93". (1993)"](http://www.net-film.ru/film-20793/). *www.net-film.ru*. Retrieved 29 December 2017. 1. [Craig Unger](/source/Craig_Unger) (January 21, 2021). [""He's a Lot of Fun to Be With": Inside Jeffrey Epstein and Donald Trump's Epic Bromance"](https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2021/01/jeffrey-epstein-and-donald-trump-epic-bromance). *Vanity Fair*. Retrieved January 23, 2021. 1. Prestigious Beauty Pageant (November 18, 2013). ["Four Big Ships Dominate International Beauty Pageants"](https://web.archive.org/web/20131217131258/http://www.prestigiousbeautypageants.org/four-big-ships-dominate-international-beauty-pageants/). *Prestigious Beauty Pageants*. Archived from [the original](http://www.prestigiousbeautypageants.org/four-big-ships-dominate-international-beauty-pageants/) on December 17, 2013. Retrieved June 15, 2014. 1. ["Honolulu Star-Bulletin Local News"](http://archives.starbulletin.com/98/05/13/news/story2.html) 1. [https://nymag.com/nymetro/news/people/columns/intelligencer/2745/](https://nymag.com/nymetro/news/people/columns/intelligencer/2745/) Intelligencer, June 15, 1998 1. ["Ex-Miss Russia arrested in New York"](https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2010/05/19/Ex-Miss-Russia-arrested-in-New-York/43941274302010) 1. [https://www.rferl.org/a/russia_beauty_queen_not_guilty_plea_us_drug_charges/3555616.html](https://www.rferl.org/a/russia_beauty_queen_not_guilty_plea_us_drug_charges/3555616.html) Former Miss Russia Pleads Not Guilty To New York Drug Charges, 13 April 2011 1. ["Prince Andrew flew on Jeffrey Epstein's 'Lolita express' private jet with a Russian model who was friends with Trump"](https://www.businessinsider.com/prince-andrew-jeffrey-epstein-lolita-express-private-jet-russian-model-2019-8?r=DE&IR=T). *[Business Insider](/source/Business_Insider)* 1. ["Redemption of a fallen beauty queen"](https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/celebrity-life/former-miss-russia-anna-malova-redemption-of-a-fallen-beauty-queen/news-story/19e2efab819afa1203f1a29e4d837558). *NewsComAu*. October 2013. --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Anna Malova](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Malova) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Malova?action=history)). 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