{{Short description|Beauty pageant}}{{More citations needed|date=December 2025}}{{Infobox organization |name = Miss USSR |native_name = Мисс CCCP |native_name_lang = ru |formation = 1989 |dissolved = 1991 |type = [[Beauty pageant]] |headquarters = [[Moscow]] |location = [[Soviet Union]] |membership = [[Miss Universe]]<br>[[Miss World]]<br>[[Miss International]] |language = [[Russian language|Russian]] }} '''Miss USSR''' ({{langx|ru|Мисс CCCP}}) was a [[national beauty contest]] held in the [[Soviet Union]]. The first winner was crowned in May 1989.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Waters |first=Elizabeth |title=Sex and Russian Society |date=1993 |publisher=Indiana University Press |isbn=0253332001 |location=Bloomington |pages=116–134 |chapter=Soviet Beauty Contests |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/sexrussiansociet0000unse/page/126/mode/2up?q=%22Miss+USSR%22}}</ref> It ran for three years through to the [[Dissolution of the Soviet Union|dissolution of the Union]] in 1991.
==Titleholders== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;" |- colspan=10 align="center" !width="30"|Year!!width="140"|Miss USSR!!width="100"|Hometown!!width="260"|Notes !Ref. |- | 1991 | [[Ilmira Shamsutdinova]] | [[Saratov]], [[Russian SFSR]] | Top 6, [[Miss Universe 1996]] (as [[Miss Russia]]) | |- | rowspan=2 |1990 |[[Julia Lemigova|Yulia Lemigova]] | Moscow, [[Russian SFSR|RSFSR]] | 2nd runner-up, [[Miss Universe 1991]] | |- | [[Maria Kezha]] |[[Vitebsk]], [[Byelorussian SSR]] | ''Dethroned following marriage decision'' | |- | 1989 | [[Yulia Sukhanova]] | [[Moscow]], [[Russian SFSR]] | |<ref name=":0" /> |}
==Representatives at International Beauty Pageants== ===Representatives at [[Miss Universe]]=== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%; text-align:center" |- colspan=10 align="center" !width="60"|Year !width="250"|Miss Universe USSR !width="250"|Placement !width="250"|Special Awards |- | [[Miss Universe 1990|1990]] | Evia Staļbovska | Unplaced | |-style="background-color:#FFFF66; font-weight: bold" | [[Miss Universe 1991|1991]] | [[Julia Lemigova|Yulia Lemigova]] | 2nd Runner-Up | |- |}
===Representatives at [[Miss World]]=== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%; text-align:center" |- colspan=10 align="center" !width="60"|Year !width="250"|Miss World USSR !width="250"|Placement !width="250"|Special Awards |-style="background-color:#FADADD" | [[Miss World 1989|1989]] | Anna Gorbunova | Unplaced | *'''Miss Photogenic''' |- | [[Miss World 1990|1990]] | Lauma Zemzare | Unplaced | |- |}
===Representatives at [[Miss International]]=== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; text-align:center" |- colspan=10 align="center" !width="60"|Year !width="250"|Miss International USSR !width="250"|Placement !width="250"|Special awards |-style="background-color:#FFFF66; font-weight: bold" | [[Miss International 1990|1990]] | Irina Vassilenko | 3rd Runner-Up | |- |}
===Representatives at Miss Charm International=== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%; text-align:center" |- colspan=10 align="center" !width="60"|Year !width="250"|Miss Charm USSR !width="250"|Placement !width="250"|Special awards |-style="background-color:#FFFF99; font-weight: bold" |1989 |Olga Perminova |Top 16 | |- |1990 |Mariya Smirnova |Unplaced | |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{Miss Universe countries and territories}} {{Miss World countries and territories}} {{Miss International countries and territories}}
[[Category:Beauty pageants in Russia]] [[Category:Competitions in the Soviet Union]] [[Category:Recurring events established in 1989]] [[Category:Recurring events disestablished in 1991]] [[Category:1989 establishments in the Soviet Union]] [[Category:1991 disestablishments in the Soviet Union]] [[Category:Soviet awards]] [[Category:Culture of the Soviet Union]]
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