Miss Almaty 2012 Farida Malik wins Miss Bikini CIS title

Miss Almaty 2012 Farida Malik has won the Miss Bikini CIS title in August at Lake Issyk Kul, Tengrinews.kz reports. Beside the crown and prizes from sponsors, Farida received a chance to take part in the Miss FashionTV World 2013 contest in autumn in Greece. "I am incredibly happy. I still can't believe I will go to Greece. Only three girls were left in the finals of the contest. And I really thought that a girl from Kyrgyzstan would win, but when I realized that I did, I cried for joy," Farida shared. Darya Lebedeva from Kyrgyzstan got the first runner-up title, her compatriot Tattybubu Samidinkyzy took the second runner-up title. Kazakhstan's Darya Mironova was awarded with the Miss Pearl of Issyk Kul and Sabina Adilkulova from Almaty won the Miss Asia 2013 title. Russian Kseniya Yasakova won the Royal's Choice nomination. The final show of the pageant was held in four stages. Besides catwalking in swimming suits, the participants catwalk in national dresses, evening gowns and easy style clothes. 14 girls from CIS countries competed for the main prize and title. By Aizhan Tugelbayeva