Overview

• The Russian model sustained fatal head and brain injuries when an elk smashed through the windshield of the car in Tver Oblast on July 5.
• She was first treated in Rzhev, then transferred to Moscow’s Sklifosovsky Institute, spending weeks in intensive care before developing sepsis and dying on August 12.
• Her modeling agency, Modus Vivendis, confirmed her death, and the Miss Universe Organization issued a public tribute.
• Her husband said the impact happened in a split second, noted that passing drivers stopped to help, and reported emergency services arrived in about 15 minutes.
• Alexandrova was Miss Russia 2017 first runner-up, represented Russia at Miss Universe that year, worked as a psychologist, and had married four months before the crash.