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Ex–Miss Russia Runner-Up Kseniya Alexandrova Dies After a Month in ICU

The Sklifosovsky Institute in Moscow cared for her after an elk smashed through her windshield during a July drive in Tver Oblast.

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Kseniya Alexandrova Dies in a freak accident | Image: Instagram

Overview

  • Alexandrova succumbed to her injuries on August 12 after more than a month of treatment in the intensive care unit.
  • Her husband was driving home from Rzhev when their car struck the elk, propelling it into the passenger compartment.
  • Ilya told Rossiyskaya Gazeta that she suffered an open cranial-brain injury with fractured frontal skull bones and was rendered unconscious.
  • Alexandrova rose to fame as first runner-up at Miss Russia 2017 and competed in Miss Universe before building a career in modeling and mental-health therapy.
  • Modus Vivendis and the Miss Universe Organization issued tributes praising her talent, warmth and advocacy for mental-health awareness.