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Miss Ukraine Slams ‘Terribly Painful’ Miss Universe Contest

‘COLOR OF BLOOD’

“When I saw the Russian participant wearing a costume called the ‘Crown of the Russian Empire,’ I thought: ‘How absurd,’” 29-year-old Viktoria Apanasenko told The Daily Beast.

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