MOSCOW, September 14. The organizers of the Miss Ukraine 2023 beauty contest excluded three participants due to the discovery of connections with the Russian Federation, according to the event’s official page on the social network.
““The commission is forced to exclude three participants from the competition. It is important that we made this decision only after carefully checking the facts,” the publication says.
Which of the girls was not allowed to further stages of the competition is not specified.
But earlier, a scandal erupted on the Internet due to the fact that Ukrainians found connections with Russia among some contenders for the crown.
According to some reports, haters were outraged by the participation of such contestants as Ksenia Magera, Irina Pilaeva, Ekaterina Chuvashova, as well as Elizaveta Gonchar, Ekaterina Demyanova and Valentina Burbelo.