Miss Russian Army is a beauty contest held by the Russian army in which female soldiers compete for a title of the same name. It is admittedly staged for the purposes of increasing interest in and recruitment for the army among young men. In June 2005, nineteen female soldiers and sailors participated in the competition, which was broadcast on live television. The event, held at Moscow's Russian Army Theatre, included the soldiers walking down the catwalk in uniform and singing songs while accompanied by guitarists. A children's choir sang a song called "Our Army Is the Strongest". Other events, shown on film, saw the contestants competing in drills, crawling in combat uniform, entering tanks, and running with automatic weapons. Other film clips showed women in the ranks of the earlier Red Army and their role in Soviet-era wars. The jury ultimately gave the title to Lieutenant Ksenya Agarkova, an engineer with Russia's Northern Fleet. Her image will be reproduced on a poster. Wikipedia [ - ]

Miss Russian Army is a beauty contest held by the Russian army in which female soldiers compete... [ + ]