Wednesday, October 24, 2012

It is With Deep Sorrow that We Announce the End of Russia's "Miss Atom" Beauty Contest

As part of our focus on the energy biz we have been reporting on a less familiar aspect of the Russian nuclear program, links below.

From the Miss Atom website:
Miss Atom-2011 beauty contest marked the end
On June 10, 2011 at 17H00M MSK the 8th International Internet-based Beauty Contest Miss Atom-2011 marked the end. The contest organized by Nuclear.Ru engaged 263 girls from Russia, Ukraine and Belarus. After a check-up of gained points the Contest Scoring Commission approved results as follows:

1-st place: Marina Kiriy (Bilibino NPP, Bilibino). Prize – tour to Brazil;
2-nd place: Victoriya Guseva (Balakovo NPP, Balakovo). Prize – tour to Vietnam;
3-rd place: Yelena Alieva (Kola NPP, Polyarniye Zori), Tatiana Ladyka (Chernobyl NPP, Slavutich). Prize – tour to Turkey.

In addition, companies who supported the contest as well as companies and organizations of Russia’s nuclear industry provided special prizes to Miss Atom-2011 pageants. Prize by Nuclear.Ru (“The Best Debut”) – a tablet computer – will go to Anna Trapeznikova (Instrumentation Plant, Trekhgorny).

The traditional prize by Atompromresursy Group of Companies (“The Most Striking Picture” – a digital camera – will be given to Ksenia Greshnyakova (M.V. Protsenko PA Start, Zarechny), Anna Kirsanova (NIKIRET – Branch of M.V. Protsenko PA Start, Zarechny), and Daria Gavrilova (Atommashexport, Volgodonsk).

The prize by the Russian Union of Nuclear Power and Industry Workers – a digital camera – will be given to Elvira Kuznetsova (RFNC VNIIEF, Sarov). Lastly, the special prize by the Contest Scoring Commission – a tablet computer – will go to Polina Sannikova (FRNC-VNIITF, Snezhinsk)....MORE
Over the years some have tried to denigrate the contest, saying it was a farce or didn't uphold the highest scientific standards:

Russian girls at the contest 5
Russian girls at the contest 2
Russian girls at the contest
 

Previously:

Russia Looking For Miss Nuclear Reactor 2009
Miss Atom 2009: We Have a Winner
By Nathan HodgeMarch 09, 2009 | 2:20:00 AMCategories: Crazy Ivans, Nukes
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The results are in: Yekaterina Bulgakova, a sporty 25-year-old, snared first place in Miss Atom 2009, the annual beauty contest for the Russian nuclear industry. She wins a weeklong holiday in the socialist paradise of Cuba. 

We mentioned the 2007 contest in "Russia: What a Scam We Have in Carbon":

...On the other hand Russia's nuclear program intrigues me: