A Russian woman became “the most beautiful European” at a competition in Egypt

The representative of Thailand took the Grand Prix

“A Russian woman became a finalist in the Miss Europe 2023 contest in Sharm el-Sheikh,” this is what the Egyptian press reported about the beauty contest that took place recently. Russians are surprised why the crown of the most beautiful girl in Europe was suddenly awarded in Egypt, and the grand prix was taken by a beauty from Thailand?!

For clarification, we turn to our tourists in Sharm, who saw the action with their own eyes.

– The girl is really sexy, she came out impressively all in gold and a wheat wreath! – says Igor, a tourist from the Krasnodar region. – But this is not the “Miss Europe” competition that everyone was thinking about! Our Dasha received the title of the most beautiful girl FROM Europe at the intercontinental competition, that’s what it’s called.

We check with the sources: yes, such a competition has existed for more than half a century, the first one was held in 1971 on the Dutch island of Aruba in order to attract tourists to it. After that, it became an annual event and is held in various parts of the world, but usually at resorts. It became so popular, and the prizes paid for by hoteliers of the places where it takes place, are so great that in 1998 they launched a men’s version. Representatives from any country in the world can compete in the competition; finalists have one grand prix and titles of the best on their continent. In 1993, the best in Europe, for example, was the unknown German Verona Feldbush. But after her victory she quickly became a TV star and the wife of Dieter Bohlen from the then super fashionable duet “Modern Talking”.

“That’s right, this is a very old and promising competition, with rich prizes,” agrees Mia from Thailand, who flew to Sharm to cheer for the representative of her country, who eventually took the grand prix and $50,000, “But after the pandemic, the rights to it went to Russia, so Europeans and Americans almost never come to it.

Let’s check: they really haven’t come since 2022, when the competition celebrated its half-century anniversary, and the rights to host it were transferred to a Russian woman. This fall, the European stage of the competition was held for the first time in Yalta. 65 countries were entered in the Egyptian final, we ask eyewitnesses whether there were really so many girls?

“There were definitely Czechs, Poles, Finns…,” lists a family of tourists from Nizhny. – But there is more Asia. The center of attention was ours – a Krasnodar girl and a girl from Crimea. Sponsors are Egyptian hoteliers and Russian fashion designers.

The Egyptian press emphasizes that a Russian woman climbed to the podium of this competition for the first time in its history. And in general, Russians entered the top 5 of this event for the first time (Crimean Liza Savelicheva got there).

And “the best in Europe” Dasha Reshta tells about herself that at the age of 11 she began her “path into modeling”, at 15 she went to Turkey to work under a contract, but then returned to her hometown, she is finishing her studies as a marketer at a local university without interruption from working as a personal assistant to the general director of a helicopter company. Now she is 19. She plans to conduct programs for “stressed, unconfident girls” – the new “Miss Europe” saw such people even at a beauty contest.

According to the audience, Daria really succeeded in her public performance at the competition, especially the judges, mostly Egyptians, liked her kokoshnik.

– In Yalta, the finalists were given cool fur coats, and the winner was given a crown with stones forever! – Ira from Feodosia, who did not make it to the qualifying stage in Yalta, is sad.

– What were the requirements?

– Citizenship of the Russian Federation, from 16 to 24, without a husband, without children, height from 168 to 183 cm.

– Well, why didn’t you please the selection jury?

– There is nothing said about weight, since it is now incorrect to mention this in the international format. They didn’t write it, but they weighed it. And I, with my 58 kg, are in the span, I need to reach 55, and then with the lower height limit!