Miss Atom Explained

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^[1] and sponsored by Atomenergoprom.^[2]

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.^[3] 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)^[4] – the runner up was Olga Golicyna (83– 65–98), and in third place was Aliona Kirsanowa (87-60-87).^[5]
• 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

• Miss Atomic (pageants)

External links

• Miss Atom 2011 (Archive) – English version (Archive)
• Miss Atom 2010 (Archive) – English version (Archive)
• Miss Atom 2009 (Archive)
• Miss Atom 2008 (Archive)
• Miss Atom 2007 (Archive)
• Miss Atom 2006 (Archive)
• Miss Atom 2005 (Archive)
• Miss Atom 2004 (Archive)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Miss Atom 2009 – Heißer als ein Kernreaktor . . 2009-02-20 . 2012-03-09 . de.
2. Web site: Miss Atom 2009: "Ein Fest für die Frauen". . 2009-02-18 . 2014-10-04 . de.
3. Web site: Nuclear Beauties Wanted for Russian Competition . . 2009-02-17 . 2014-10-04 . unfit . https://web.archive.org/web/20100609142538/http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Story?id=6889182&page=1 . June 9, 2010 .
4. Web site: Miss Atom-Wahl – Strahlende Schönheiten . . 2010-05-17 . 2014-03-27 . de .
5. Web site: Miss Atom Tones It Down (Slightly) . . 2009-02-18 . 2014-03-27 .