Russian Stars: №1 - Ekaterina Guseva

Everything isn't as smooth as I had hoped with this blog, but it lives and will live further - so, keep visiting it!

Well, to the point now. Russian women are known for their beauty, among other things. So, I've decided to make a series of 10 pages about the 10 most beautiful Russian stars not widely known outside the country.

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I'll start the series with Ekaterina Guseva, who definitely is one of the Russia's most beautiful women.

Ekaterina Guseva - Images, Wallpapers, Video, Screensaver:

The complete gallery with images, wallpapers, ice show video and a screensaver is in the Ekaterina Guseva Gallery Page.

Some facts:

• She was born in Moscow on July 9, 1976.
• Studied at the Schukin Theater School (quite famous in Russia and the former Soviet Union).
• Ekaterina Guseva was the first actress invited to the Big musical Gala festival in Norway. She is presently performing in the troupe of the Mossovet theater ("The Dance Teacher" play).
• She is a professional singer and acrobat (she performs the "Disturbed Heart" act at a 15 meter height without safety wires).
• Chroicled into the Russian book of records for singing on the street during a 40-degree-below-celsius frost (happened during an expedition to the North Pole :) ).
• Nominated to the "Best woman's role" for the Nord-Ost musicle on the "Golden Mask" theater awards ceremony.

Ekaterina Guseva Ice Show Video:

China's Next Top Model, Cycle 2

China's Next Top Model (CNTM, in China and ChiNTM in fansites) is a Chinese reality TV series, based on the international version and spin-off to the original, America's Next Top Model.

The show was produced by Chinese television subscription channel Sichuan Satellite TV (zh:四川衛視)

and it is filmed in Shanghai, the casting was held in selected cities of China Shanghai, Beijing, Chengdu, and Guangzhou. It began airing in January 9 and airs at 10:50 PM, presented by Chinese Supermodel Li Ai.

In the end, Meng Yao, 21, from Harbin, China's Next Top Model, Cycle 2 won the competition.

Sundai Love 18 Phoenix Arizona Lulu Braithwaite Brooklyn New York Kara Vincent 20 Los Angeles California 5th Brittany Markert 21 New York, New York Nicole Fox 18 Orlando Florida Rae Weiz 21 Minneapolis, Minnesota Erin Wagner 18 Chicago Illinois

Miss Universe Kosovo

Miss Universe Kosova (English: Miss Universe Kosovo) is a national beauty pageant that sends representatives from Kosovo to the Miss Universe pageant since 2008.

On April 4, 2008, Fadil Berisha, the Miss Universe Kosovo photographer of Miss Universe’s official photos, hosted the inaugural "Miss Universe Kosova" pageant where Zana Krasniqi was crowned and thus represented Kosovo in the Miss Universe pageant.

This was the first appearance in a Miss Universe Miss Universe Kosovo pageant for Miss Kosovo following the country's declaration of independence on February 17, 2008.

Krasniqi eventually placed as a Top 10 finalist at the Miss Universe Kosovo 2008 Miss Universe pageant. She is the first ever Kosovar woman to enter and place in the contest, ending up in 6th place among the top ten, just two tenths of a point from the Final 5.

The following year turned out to be another success for the Miss Universe Kosovo pageant: Marigona Dragusha, known as "Gona Dragusha", placed second runner-up to Miss Universe 2009 in the Bahamas.

Kosovo is the subject of a territorial dispute between the Republic of Serbia and the self-proclaimed Republic of Kosovo. Kosovo declared independence on 17 February 2008, while Serbia claims it as part of its own sovereign territory. Kosovo is recognised by 72 of the 192 UN member states.