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Miss Russia 2017 First Runner-Up Kseniya Alexandrova Dies at 30

Her modeling agency said she never recovered from a traumatic brain injury after an elk struck her husband’s car in July.

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Overview

  • Modus Vivendis confirmed Alexandrova’s death on August 12 after nearly a month in intensive care at Moscow’s Sklifosovsky Institute for Emergency Medicine.
  • In July, the 30-year-old was a passenger when an elk ran onto the road in Tver Oblast and collided with the car, inflicting the fatal head injury.
  • Alexandrova’s husband, Ilya, who was driving at the time, escaped the crash uninjured, according to media reports.
  • She first rose to prominence as the first runner-up at Miss Russia 2017 and went on to represent Russia at Miss Universe 2017.
  • Tributes from her agency and the Miss Universe Organization celebrated her roles as a model, influencer and psychodrama therapist with degrees in finance and psychology.