PHOTO: Miss Almaty 2012 selected

The most beautiful girl has been selected in Almaty, Tengrinews.kz reports citing Sovet Seitov, executive director of Miss Kazakhstan beauty pageant. 18-y.o. Farida Malik, student of Turan University have been awarded with Miss Almaty-2012 title. “She is an interesting girl with outstanding appearance. Her father is Hindu and her mother is Kazakh. She likes dancing and moves very gracefully. A majority of jury liked her,” Seitov said. Farida Malik Farida Malik with her mother Farida Malik and Valeriya Pavlova, Miss Almaty-2012 hostess 22-y.o. Aigerim Uzembayeva, KIMEP (Kazakhstan Institute of Management, Economics and Strategic Research) student has become the First Vice-Miss of Almaty. “We’ve got two Second Vice-Misses this year. One of them is Kseniya Kazakova, a UIB (University of International Business) student. She is 21. The other one is Karina Zhetessova. She is a model and she is 21 as well,” the beauty pageant representative said. First Vice-Miss of Almaty Aigerim Uzenbayeva Second Vice-Miss of Almaty Karina Zhetessova Second Vice-Miss of Almaty Kseniya Kazakova “The first contest was the sports contest. We developed it on our own. This show was dedicated to successful performance of our national team at the Olympics. Each girl had to choose a sport event and presented this event to All Davay band’s song Alga, Kazakhstan (Go Ahead, Kazakhstan),” Seitov said. Then the girls demonstrated their individual acts wearing dresses from the new collection of Kazakhstan designer Mikhail Kravets. The girls cat-walked in Jado Fashion House’s national dresses in front of the audience and the jury during the third stage of the pageant. Bikini contest One more new contest (bikini contest) was introduced this year. It was the first time when our girls cat-walked in two-piece swimsuit without pareos (beach wraps). I was quiet brave act on our part. However, it is one of the stages at Miss Kazakhstan, Miss World and Miss Universe beauty contests,” Seitov said. According to him, the jury chose a new leader after the bikini contest. The pageant finished with evening gowns contest where the girls had a chance to choose the evening gown they liked. Akerke Zadauly won the Audience Award at the contest. “She got 30% of the votes. She is beautiful and smart. She was taking exams for a Master's course at a French university on the same days she participating in the pageant,” Miss Kazakhstan executive director said. Valeriya Pavlova and Margarita Kravtsova 22 girls aged 17-25 took part in the final show of Miss Almaty beauty pageant. “Miss Almaty contest is not a contest of models. This is more of a social event. That’s why we have been choosing the girls of different bodily constitutions and height. But all of them were beautiful of course,” Seitov said. The final show of the pageant was held in Almaty in Kok-Tobe recreational area (a mountain on the south-eastern outskirts of Almaty). About 1700 guests visited the event, the entrance was free. All the photos of the girls are courtesy of Miss Almaty-2012 beauty pageant’s organizers.