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Incredibly sad twists and turns in the lives of the girls who won the title of the most beautiful women. Next, we want to tell you moments from the life of 12 beauty queens who left this world too soon.
Alexandra Petrova (1980-2000).
Russian model, winner of Miss Russia 1996 and other beauty contests.
In 1997, she took part in numerous TV shows, show programs, presentations, and seriously worked as a fashion model. During the year, Alexandra visited many countries of the world, took part in three international competitions.
She also received a gold medal at the World Championships in the Arts in the nomination "model" and a job offer in Hollywood. In July 1997, Alexandra was recognized as the best at the international modeling competition "Miss Model International", in which representatives of 53 countries took part.
The girl did not accept any of the invitations and lived in her native Chuvashia.
On September 16, 2000, Alexandra was killed in Cheboksary with one shot to the head, two days before her 20th birthday and before she could accept a prestigious offer from the international modeling agency Ford Model.
According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Chechen Republic, the girl became a victim of a showdown between local criminal authorities, one of whom was her boyfriend, for spheres of influence. The girl was wounded by a ricochet, but she died on the way to the hospital.
Monica Speer (1984-2014).
The girl was crowned as the most beautiful woman in Venezuela in 2004, and the following year she represented the country at the Miss Universe beauty pageant.
By that time, the model was divorced, but maintained a close relationship with Thomas Berry, a 39-year-old Briton, the father of her 5-year-old daughter. The couple moved to the United States but made regular trips to Venezuela for holidays and vacations.
There they went to new year holidays in 2014. Immediately two tires of their car burst, the family called the police and waited for help.
An expensive car on the side of the road attracted the attention of local robbers, who got to the scene faster than the police and shot Monica and Thomas.
Their daughter miraculously survived. The police arrested the killers, but that was little consolation. The President of Venezuela then called this tragedy "the loss of a decade" and personally supervised the progress of the investigation.
Agnieszka Kotlarska (1972-1996).
In 1990, the girl was recognized as the most beautiful girl Poland, and it was then that a secret admirer and pursuer named Jerzy appeared in her life.
He sent threat models interspersed with declarations of love, but he never made direct contact, so the girl did not pay attention to the stalker.
Agnieszka won the title "Miss International - 1991" and got married. Later in court, Jerzy said that by doing so "she broke his life" and he had to take revenge.
In 1996, Agnieszka and her husband, leaving the house, went to their car, Jerzy jumped out of the ambush with a huge knife and rushed at Agnieszka's husband, Yaroslav.
He wounded the man in the leg, Agnieszka rushed to help her husband, but the murderer, enraged by the failure, unleashed all his anger on her and stabbed her in the chest four times. The police arrested the 36-year-old programmer on the same day, for the murder he was sentenced to 14 years.
Maria José Alvarado (1995-2014).
19-year-old "Miss Honduras - 2014" celebrated the birthday of her sister Sofia's boyfriend, after which neither of them returned home
The missing person was reported by Plutarco Ruiz, whose birthday they were celebrating. Increased interest young man during the search alerted the police and Ruiz was arrested on suspicion of kidnapping.
Suddenly, the young man confessed to the double murder. The bodies of the girls were found buried on the banks of the river. Ruiz got into an argument with Sophia because she flirted with his friend and, out of his temper, shot her.
Maria witnessed a terrible crime, tried to escape, but the killer caught up with her and shot her on the spot.
At a time when the offender was burying the bodies of the victims, Maria had to fly to London to participate in the Miss World contest. Honduras refused to replace Maria and missed the competition out of respect for the memory of the girl.
Svetlana Kotova (1977-1997).
The fashion model and beauty queen "Miss World" -96 was the girlfriend of Alexander Solonik, a criminal who had the fame of "killer No. 1" in Russia.
On New Year's holidays, the girl received an offer from her roommate to visit his villa in Greece. The day before her death, she called her mother and said that she was in real paradise.
The next day, armed men broke into the villa. On February 2, 1997, the body of a strangled bandit was discovered. The body of the model killer was dismembered. The suitcase with the remains of Sveta was found only three months later in the forest.
Later it will become known that the Orekhovskaya criminal group settled scores with Solonik.
Eva Ekwall (1983-2011).
Eva was crowned Miss Venezuela in 2000 and competed in the Miss Universe pageant the following year. Later she worked as a TV presenter, wrote books.
In February 2010, Eva was diagnosed with an advanced stage of breast cancer and underwent an 8-month course of treatment.
Ekwall courageously fought the disease and encouraged other women to take care of their health.
The treatment did not help Eva and after a year and 10 months of fighting the disease, on December 17, 2011, the 28-year-old model died in Houston (Texas, USA).
Laina Keza (1983-2013).
The 29-year-old Miss Africa winner was stabbed to death in August 2013.
The culprit of the tragedy was the 38-year-old club promoter David Kikawa, the father of the 3-year-old daughter of the model and her partner.
A few days before the murder, Laina, who was fed up with scandals motivated by jealousy, finally broke up with David. Then the couple's neighbors confirmed that David was constantly making scenes, insults and screams were heard from the house.
In the early morning, it was the neighbors who called the police, saying that something terrible had happened in the house, because the loud screams suddenly stopped and they suspect something terrible.
The arriving outfit found David with a knife in his hand at the threshold of the bathroom. Laina's body lay in the bath.
Melody Gershbach (1985-2010)
A year after receiving the title of "Miss International - 2009" Filipino model tragically died in an accident.
On August 21, 2010, a passenger bus crashed into the girl's minivan at full speed.
The bus driver turned himself in to local police, claiming that vehicle got out of control due to a technical problem.
Genesis Carmona (1991-2014). "Miss Tourism - 2013" from Venezuela was the victim of a murder.
Genesis, who was outraged by the current situation in the country, took part in a street rally for the resignation of Nicolás Maduro and his government.
A sudden shot hit her in the head.
The girl was quickly taken to the hospital, the city was engulfed in riots, the victims of which were several more people.
Charming Monica was crowned as the most beautiful woman in Venezuela in 2004, and in 2005 she represented the country in the Miss Universe beauty pageant. By that time, the beauty was divorced, but maintained a close relationship with Thomas Berry, a 39-year-old Briton who was the father of her 5-year-old daughter. The couple moved to the United States but made regular trips to Venezuela for holidays and vacations. This happened on New Year's holidays in 2014. Their car ran into something sharp, two tires burst at once. The incident itself did not lead to injuries, the family called the police and waited for help. Unfortunately, local robbers got to the scene earlier. An expensive car on the side of the road caught their attention and they shot Monica and Thomas. Their daughter miraculously survived. Arriving just a few minutes later, the police arrested the killers, but this was little consolation. Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro called the tragedy "the loss of a decade" and personally oversaw the investigation.
2. Maria José Alvarado, Miss Honduras 2014
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19-year-old Maria Jose Alvarado celebrated the birthday of her sister Sofia's boyfriend, after which neither of them returned home. The birthday boy, Plutarco Ruiz, reported the missing person, who did his best to assist the investigation and supported the heartbroken parents when they filled out the papers about the disappearance of their daughters at the police station. However, the interest of the young man during the search alerted the police, Ruiz was arrested on suspicion of kidnapping, but he suddenly gave evidence in which he confessed to a double murder. The bodies of the girls were found buried on the banks of the river. Ruiz said that at the celebration he had a serious argument with Sofia, because at the party she, in his opinion, flirted with his friend, showed him signs of attention and too often agreed to dance with him. Enraged, Ruiz shot Sofia and suddenly saw that Maria was a witness to the murder. Maria tried to run away, but the killer caught up with her and shot her on the spot. A tragic coincidence: at the moment when Ruiz was burying the bodies of the victims, Maria was just supposed to fly to London to participate in the Miss World contest. In deference to the family of the victims, Honduras refused to replace Maria and skipped the competition.
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3. Agnieszka Kotlarska, Miss International 1991
Back in 1990, when Agnieszka was recognized as the most beautiful girl in Poland, a certain Jerzy appeared in her life, a secret admirer and pursuer who bombarded the model with threats and declarations of love at the same time. Since he never made direct contact, the girl did not pay attention to the stalker, not suspecting that in six years he would take her life. The turning point was the marriage of Agnieszka. In court, Jerzy said that by doing so "she broke his life" and he had to take revenge. He spent hours wandering around the house where Agnieszka's family lived, studying their schedule and habits. In 1996, when the family was heading to their car, Jerzy jumped out of the ambush with a huge knife and rushed at Agnieszka's husband, Yaroslav. He wounded the man in the leg, Agnieszka rushed to help her husband, but the murderer, enraged by the failure, unleashed all his anger on her and stabbed her in the chest four times. The police arrested the 36-year-old programmer on the same day, for the murder he was sentenced to 14 years.
4. Alexandra Petrova, Miss Russia 1996
Alexandra's life ended in 2000. The girl was accidentally shot dead in a gang showdown between two criminal gangs. Since the mid-90s, Alexandra has been in a relationship with crime boss Konstantin Chuvilin, who was the deputy director of the market. As a result of the redistribution of spheres of influence, a conflict arose between him and a rival criminal group, and Chuvilin, as they say, was “ordered”. The killer decided to fulfill the order at the moment when Alexandra and her friend were together. The girl was wounded by a ricochet, but she died on the way to the hospital.
5. Svetlana Kotova, Miss Russia 1996
No, this is not a mistake. Both winners of the national beauty pageant were killed. But in the case of Svetlana, everything looks much more sinister. After participating in the competition, Svetlana connected her fate with the legendary killer Alexander Solonik. For the New Year holidays, he invited her to his villa in Greece. Svetlana was fascinated: a huge garden with sculptures and fountains, the highest level of service. The day before her death, she called her mother and said that she was in real paradise. These words turned out to be prophetic: the next day, armed people broke into the villa (later it turned out that the Orekhovskaya criminal group settled scores with Solonik). On February 2, 1997, the body of the strangled bandit was discovered. The investigation found the suitcase with the remains of 22-year-old Sveta only three months later: the killers dismembered the body of the victim and took it to the forest.
6. Laina Keza, Miss Africa 2010
The 29-year-old black model who won the Miss Africa title was stabbed to death in August 2013. The culprit of the tragedy was the 38-year-old club promoter David Kikawa, the father of the 3-year-old daughter of the model and her partner. A few days before the murder, Laina finally broke up with David, saying that he had worn her out with jealousy and scandals. The couple's neighbors confirmed that David constantly made scenes, insults and screams were heard from the house. In the early morning, it was the neighbors who called the police, saying that something terrible was happening in the house, the loud screams suddenly stopped and they suspect something terrible. Suspicions were justified: the arrived outfit found David with a knife in his hand at the threshold of the bathroom. Laina's body lay in the bath.
7. Melody Gershbach, Miss International 2009
Just a year after receiving the crown, Filipino beauty Melody tragically died in a car accident. On August 21, 2010, a passenger bus crashed into the girl's minivan at full speed. The driver immediately surrendered to the local police, according to him, the vehicle got out of control due to a technical malfunction. Melody was only 24 years old.
8. Genesis Carmona, Miss Tourism 2013, Venezuela
Literally a month after the shocking murder of Monica Speer, another Venezuelan beauty became a victim. Genesis Carmona took part in a street rally for the resignation of Nicolás Maduro and his government. Carmona was outraged by the high crime rate, the low standard of living, and she joined the protesting students on the streets of Valencia. Suddenly, a shot rang out, and the girl fell: the bullet hit her in the head. She was quickly taken to the hospital, the city was engulfed in riots, the victims of which were several more people. However, it is still unknown who shot the beauty queen: the authorities insist that the shot was fired by the opposition, and the latter blame the police.
9. Michaela McAreavey, Ireland's Beauty Queen
In January 2011, Michaela married John McAreavey and traveled with him to honeymoon trip to Mauritius. The couple had a great time, photographed for memory, went on excursions and enjoyed life. On the fateful day, the newlyweds dined at the restaurant of the Legend Hotel (after it was renamed), where they lived, and in the middle of the meal, Michaela needed something in the room. Rising, she found in the room two employees of the hotel, who allegedly entered the room with the aim of robbery. Frightened, they dragged Mikaela into the bathroom and strangled her, as the investigation suggests. However, it was not possible to collect enough evidence, and the jury acquitted both hotel employees.
10. Leslie Mazzara, Miss South Carolina
In 2004, three friends - Leslie Mazzara, Adriana Insonia and Lauren Mianza - celebrated Halloween. Together with the local children, they went around the houses, begging for sweets, singing songs and inventing practical jokes. All three went to bed quite late and fell asleep soundly. Lauren woke up to strange sounds: she realized that there was a robber in the house, and slipped out the back door, taking her phone. Calling the police, the girl did not dare to return to the house, which saved her life. The arriving patrol found Leslie and Adriana dead. The investigation stalled as DNA samples taken from 218 suspects did not lead to the identification of the perpetrator, and even a $100,000 reward did not lead to any results. Surprisingly, the criminal was figured out by... Lauren. Once again reviewing the photos from the crime scene, she drew attention to a detail that experienced detectives missed: a cigarette butt from a rather rare cigarette brand. It was these cigarettes that Adriana's friend's fiancé smoked. Eric Kopple was arrested, DNA examination confirmed the match of the samples, but despite the obviousness of the evidence, he continued to insist that he was so drunk that night that he did not remember anything at all. He was sentenced to life imprisonment, but the motive for which he killed two girls remained unsolved.
"Miss USA" is the most prestigious beauty pageant in the United States, the winner of which represents the country in the international competition "Miss Universe", which, in turn, belongs to the owners of the Miss USA pageant. This easily explains that American women take first place in terms of the number of victories at Miss Universe, they won the contest 7 times (the first place in terms of the number of victories is shared with American women).
The idea for the Miss USA pageant came about by accident. Since the 1920s, the main contest in the United States has been the Miss America / Miss America pageant. Yolande Fox, Miss America 1951, raised in a monastery school, refused to pose in a swimsuit after winning the pageant, which caused outrage from the sponsor of the pageant, the Catalina swimsuit company, which withdrew from the sponsors of the Miss America pageant and, together with other companies, created the new national Miss USA pageant and the international Miss Universe pageant, where the winner of Miss USA went (this is the difference between Miss USA and Miss America, the winners of which did not take part in international beauty pageants). Miss USA and Miss Universe were first held in 1952. The site already has a selection where they are presented, and now we will talk about the winners of the Miss USA contest of the 20th century.
Miss USA 1956 and Miss Universe 1956 - carolMorris. Height 170 cm, parameters 92-64-92.
Miss USA 1957 was originally won by Mary Leona Gage. She represented the country at Miss Universe, but during the competition it turned out that she hid her true age, indicating 21 instead of 18, besides, she was married a second time and was the mother of two children. Unmarried girls with no children were eligible to take part in the Miss USA contest, so Mary Leona Gage was stripped of her title and disqualified for Miss Universe, where she had already made it to the top 15 by that time.
The title "Miss USA 1957" was transferred to another girl - Charlotte Sheffield. Because it was too late for her to enter the Miss Universe pageant, she took part in Miss World 1957, which is very unusual for the winner of the Miss USA pageant, which is closely associated with Miss Universe.
Miss USA 1958 - Eurlyne Howell
Miss USA 1959 - Terry Lynn Huntingdon
Miss USA 1960 and Miss Universe 1960 - Linda Bement
Miss USA 1961 - Sharon Brown Height 170 cm, parameters 92-58-92.
Miss USA 1962 - Macel Wilson She represented the state of Hawaii and became the first Asian American to win the Miss USA pageant.
Miss USA 1963 - Marite Ozers. She is originally from Latvia and was the first non-US born winner of the contest.
Miss USA 1964 - Barbara "Bobbi" Johnson
Miss USA 1965 - Sue Ann Downey
Miss USA 1967 and Miss Universe 1967 - Sylvia Hitchcock
Beginning in 1967, if an American won Miss Universe, the title of Miss USA was given to the runner-up at Miss USA. However, runner-up Susan Ellen Bradley relinquished the title and it was passed to Miss USA runner-up Cheryl Patton.
Miss USA 1968 - Dorothy Anstett
Miss USA 1969 - Wendy Dascomb
Miss USA 1970 - Deborah "Debbie" Shelton
Miss USA 1971 - Michele McDonald
Miss USA 1972 - Tanya Wilson
Miss USA 1973 - Amanda Jones
Miss USA 1974 - Karen Morrison
Miss USA 1975 - Summer Bartholomew
Miss USA 1976 - Barbara Peterson Height 173 cm, parameters 89-61-89.
Miss USA 1977 - Kimberly Tomes
Miss USA 1978 - Judi Andersen
Miss USA 1980 and Miss Universe 1980 - Shawn Weatherly. Height 173 cm, parameters 89-64-89.
After Shawn Weatherly won the Miss Universe, the Miss USA 1980 title was passed to Jineane Ford.
Miss USA 1981 - Kim Seelbrede
Miss USA 1982 - Terri Utley
Miss USA 1984 - Mai Shanley
Miss USA 1985 - Laura Martinez-Herring. A native of Mexico with Austrian roots, she became the first Hispanic woman to win the Miss USA pageant. Later, she changed her last name to Harring, which is more understandable for Americans, and began acting in films (best known for the 2001 film directed by David Lynch "Mulholland Drive").
Miss USA 1986 - Christiane "Christy" Fichtner
Miss USA 1987 - Michelle Royer
Miss USA 1988 - Courtney Gibbs
Miss USA 1989 - Gretchen Polhemus
Miss USA 1990 - Carole Gist. First African American to be Miss USA.
Miss USA 1991 - Kelli McCarty
Miss USA 1992 - Shannon Marketic
Miss USA 1993 - Kenya Moore
Miss USA 1994 - Lu Parker
Miss USA 1995 and Miss Universe 1995 - Chelsi Smith.
After Chelsi Smith won the Miss Universe, the title of Miss USA 1995 went to Shanna Moakler.
Miss USA 1996 - Ali Landry
Miss USA 1997 and Miss Universe 1997 - Brook Lee.
After Brook Lee won the Miss Universe, the title of Miss USA 1997 went to Brandi Sherwood, who has become the only winner of the adult and junior versions of the Miss USA contest so far, because. 1989 Brandi Sherwood won the Miss Teen USA competition.
Miss USA 1998 - Shawnae Jebbia
Miss USA 1999 - Kimberly Pressler
Incredibly sad twists and turns in the lives of the girls who won the title of the most beautiful women. Next, we want to tell you moments from the life of 12 beauty queens who left this world too soon.
Alexandra Petrova (1980-2000). Russian model, winner of Miss Russia 1996 and other beauty contests.
In 1997, she took part in numerous TV shows, show programs, presentations, and seriously worked as a fashion model. During the year Alexandra visited many countries of the world, took part in three international competitions.
She also received a gold medal at the World Championships in the Arts in the nomination "model" and a job offer in Hollywood. In July 1997, Alexandra was recognized as the best at the international modeling competition "Miss Model International", in which representatives of 53 countries took part.
The girl did not accept any of the invitations and lived in her native Chuvashia.
On September 16, 2000, Alexandra was killed in Cheboksary with one shot to the head, two days before her 20th birthday and before she could accept a prestigious offer from the international modeling agency Ford Model.
According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Chechen Republic, the girl became a victim of a showdown between local criminal authorities, one of whom was her boyfriend, for spheres of influence. The girl was wounded by a ricochet, but she died on the way to the hospital.
Monica Speer (1984-2014). The girl was crowned as the most beautiful woman in Venezuela in 2004, and the following year she represented the country at the Miss Universe beauty pageant.
By that time, the model was divorced, but maintained a close relationship with Thomas Berry, a 39-year-old Briton, the father of her 5-year-old daughter. The couple moved to the United States but made regular trips to Venezuela for holidays and vacations.
They went there for the New Year holidays in 2014. Immediately two tires of their car burst, the family called the police and waited for help.
An expensive car on the side of the road attracted the attention of local robbers, who got to the scene faster than the police and shot Monica and Thomas.
Their daughter miraculously survived. The police arrested the killers, but that was little consolation. The President of Venezuela then called this tragedy "the loss of a decade" and personally supervised the progress of the investigation.
Agnieszka Kotlarska (1972-1996). In 1990, the girl was recognized as the most beautiful girl in Poland, and it was then that a secret admirer and pursuer named Jerzy appeared in her life.
He sent threat models interspersed with declarations of love, but he never made direct contact, so the girl did not pay attention to the stalker.
Agnieszka won the title "Miss International - 1991" and got married. Later in court, Jerzy said that by doing so "she broke his life" and he had to take revenge.
In 1996, Agnieszka and her husband, leaving the house, went to their car, Jerzy jumped out of the ambush with a huge knife and rushed at Agnieszka's husband, Yaroslav.
He wounded the man in the leg, Agnieszka rushed to help her husband, but the murderer, enraged by the failure, unleashed all his anger on her and stabbed her in the chest four times. The police arrested the 36-year-old programmer on the same day, for the murder he was sentenced to 14 years.
Maria José Alvarado (1995-2014). 19-year-old "Miss Honduras - 2014" celebrated the birthday of her sister's boyfriend Sophia, after which neither of them returned home.
The missing person was reported by Plutarco Ruiz, whose birthday they were celebrating. The increased interest of the young man during the search alerted the police and Ruiz was arrested on suspicion of kidnapping.
Suddenly, the young man confessed to the double murder. The bodies of the girls were found buried on the banks of the river. Ruiz got into an argument with Sophia because she flirted with his friend and, out of his temper, shot her.
Maria witnessed a terrible crime, tried to escape, but the killer caught up with her and shot her on the spot.
At a time when the offender was burying the bodies of the victims, Maria had to fly to London to participate in the Miss World contest. Honduras refused to replace Maria and missed the competition out of respect for the memory of the girl.
Svetlana Kotova (1977-1997). The fashion model and beauty queen "Miss World" -96 was the girlfriend of Alexander Solonik, a criminal who had the fame of "killer No. 1" in Russia.
On New Year's holidays, the girl received an offer from her roommate to visit his villa in Greece. The day before her death, she called her mother and said that she was in real paradise.
The next day, armed men broke into the villa. On February 2, 1997, the body of a strangled bandit was discovered. The body of the model killer was dismembered. The suitcase with the remains of Sveta was found only three months later in the forest.
Later it will become known that the Orekhovskaya criminal group settled scores with Solonik.
Eva Ekwall (1983-2011). Eva was crowned Miss Venezuela in 2000 and competed in the Miss Universe pageant the following year. Later she worked as a TV presenter, wrote books.
In February 2010, Eva was diagnosed with an advanced stage of breast cancer and underwent an 8-month course of treatment.
Ekwall courageously fought the disease and encouraged other women to take care of their health.
The treatment did not help Eva and after a year and 10 months of fighting the disease, on December 17, 2011, the 28-year-old model died in Houston (Texas, USA).
Laina Keza (1983-2013). The 29-year-old Miss Africa winner was stabbed to death in August 2013.
The culprit of the tragedy was the 38-year-old club promoter David Kikawa, the father of the 3-year-old daughter of the model and her partner.
A few days before the murder, Laina, who was fed up with scandals motivated by jealousy, finally broke up with David. Then the couple's neighbors confirmed that David was constantly making scenes, insults and screams were heard from the house.
In the early morning, it was the neighbors who called the police, saying that something terrible had happened in the house, because the loud screams suddenly stopped and they suspect something terrible.
The arriving outfit found David with a knife in his hand at the threshold of the bathroom. Laina's body lay in the bath.
Melody Gershbach (1985-2010). A year after receiving the title of "Miss International - 2009" Filipino model tragically died in an accident.
The bus driver turned himself in to local police, claiming the vehicle was out of control due to a technical problem.
Genesis Carmona (1991-2014). "Miss Tourism - 2013" from Venezuela was the victim of a murder.
Genesis, who was outraged by the current situation in the country, took part in a street rally for the resignation of Nicolás Maduro and his government.
A sudden shot hit her in the head.
The girl was quickly taken to the hospital, the city was engulfed in riots, the victims of which were several more people.
It is still not known for certain who exactly shot the beauty queen: the authorities insist that the shot was fired by the opposition, and the latter blame the police.
Mikaela MacArivee (1983-2011). In January 2011, Ireland's beauty queen married John McAreavey and went with him on their honeymoon to Mauritius.
The couple enjoyed their honeymoon. On the fateful day, the newlyweds dined at the restaurant of the Legend Hotel, where they lived, when in the middle of the evening Michaela needed something in the room.
Rising, she found in the room two employees of the hotel, who allegedly entered the room with the aim of robbery.
Frightened, they dragged Mikaela into the bathroom and strangled her, as the investigation suggests. However, it was not possible to collect enough evidence, and the jury acquitted both suspects.
Leslie Mazzara (1978-2004). In 2004, "Miss South Carolina" with her friends Adriana and Lauren celebrated Halloween, went to bed quite late and fell asleep soundly.
Lauren, waking up, realized that there was a burglar in the house, slipped out the back door and called the police. The arriving patrol found Leslie and Adriana, who remained in the house, dead.
The investigation stalled as DNA samples taken from 218 suspects did not lead to the identification of the perpetrator, and even a $100,000 reward did not lead to any results.
Once again reviewing the photos from the crime scene, Lauren drew attention to a cigarette butt from a rather rare cigarette brand. It was these cigarettes that Adriana's friend's fiancé smoked.
Eric Kopple was arrested, DNA examination confirmed the match of the samples, but despite the obviousness of the evidence, he continued to insist that he was so drunk that night that he did not remember anything at all. He was sentenced to life imprisonment, but why he killed two girls remained unknown.
AT Russian Federation the nineties are considered the period when society plunged into the abyss of wild capitalism after the collapse Soviet Union. Like mushrooms, various ones were born. To be a crime boss, according to many young people, was then considered prestigious. This article is dedicated to businessman and crime boss Konstantin Chuvilin and his famous cohabitant Alexandra Petrova, who were killed in 2000.
Biography of Chuvilin
Konstantin was born in the city of Cheboksary, Russian Federation) in 1967. The biography of the crime boss Konstantin Chuvilin is rather controversial, as is his personality. There is very little information about him.
It is known that Chuvilin was a legalized criminal figure, he had a business in the field of trade in the markets of the city. He had been brought to the police for hooliganism and fights, but he had no previous convictions or prison terms. In addition to doing big business in the Cheboksary market, according to some reports, Konstantin owned the city's gas stations. He was a member of the Chapaev gang, the strongest in the city. Chuvilin became famous when in the early 2000s he was killed along with Alexandra Petrova ("Miss Russia"), he had met with her since the end of 1998.
Criminal business
After the collapse of the Soviet Union, which happened in December 1991, already in democratic Russia, criminal groups began to form, which were engaged in racketeering and other serious crimes. Konstantin Chuvilin was one of the representatives of the criminal world. He kept the Cheboksary criminal business.
The criminals who ran all big business and commerce in the 1990s were sometimes associated with state power and police structures.
Some believe that such organized formations of bandits were created spontaneously and chaotically. In reality, during the formation of the new capitalist order in the Russian Federation, criminals played a certain role. At that time, the privatization of state property was being carried out with might and main, and illegal representatives in the form of bandit groups were needed in a big redistribution to fight for the legacy of Soviet industry.
The nineties were created and financed because they were needed by people close to power. After the market was divided and everything stabilized, gradually "authoritative businessmen" either began to go into legal business, or they were arrested and imprisoned, and some were liquidated as useless.
Roman Chuvilin
Before meeting with Chuvilin, it was not possible to build a long-term relationship. The financial well-being of her fans did not play a primary role for her. In the capital, for a year and a half of her life, Alexandra did not manage to meet true love. The capital's men seemed to her hypocritical and too prudent, at least she came across only such.
In Cheboksary, Petrova tried to fight off annoying suitors, once she even had to go to the police. Alexander found stability in relations only with the appearance in her fate of 35-year-old Konstantin Chuvilin, whom no one dared to cross the road.
Petrova's signs of attention were earlier from this influential authority, a year later she agreed to meet and live with him, in the year 2000 the couple was already planning a wedding and the birth of children. Cheboksary ordinary citizens were surprised at the incomprehensible choice of the first beauty of the city Petrova. Chuvilin was not a model of external male attractiveness, but he was a wealthy businessman who had a trail of notoriety. Friends and relatives who knew Alexandra well said that she would not meet with a rude and uncultured man. An influential businessman from Cheboksary, Konstantin Chuvilin, was not only a tough entrepreneur, but also a man in love. He treated his beloved with care and kindness, and also assisted her mother and sister in material and domestic matters.
Model business and criminality
Usually the lovers of crime bosses, and just gangsters of the nineties, were various kinds of "miss" something. Simply put, long-legged beauties who craved money. We will not confirm, maybe true love there was a place. For the most part, their lives ended as quickly and tragically as those of the criminal business themselves. Sometimes and at the same time with their second halves. The Cheboksary beauty is an example of this. Her love relationship with Konstantin Chuvilin, a crime boss and a wealthy businessman, led to a tragic denouement.
By the way, she is not the only victim of contract killings of crime bosses and their girlfriends. In 1999, along with the most famous killer in Russia, his girlfriend, Moscow model Svetlana Kotova, who, together with Petrova, participated in the Miss Russia contest, was killed.
Queen of beauty
The list of the most beautiful and famous women of the 90s throughout the country was replenished by the beautiful Alexandra Petrova - Miss Russia 1996. She died at the age of 20 from a hit by a hitman. Even if her tragic fate had not attracted the attention of Moscow journalists, would not have become the plot of a large number of documentaries and programs, all the same, many people would remember this beautiful woman. Petrova's beauty was completely natural.
Petrova's career
In 1996, the national contest "Miss Russia" was broadcast on TV channels in live December 13th. The first time the competition was held in Veliky Novgorod. Of the forty participants - winners of regional competitions, 16-year-old Alexandra Petrova from Chuvashia was recognized as the best.
In 1997, she was a participant in a large number of TV shows, various talk shows, presentations, and worked professionally as a fashion model. For two years, Petrova visited many countries, took part in three international beauty contests. To the title of "Miss Russia" she added a medal of the World Championship in the Arts in the category "model", received an offer for professional activity in Hollywood, but she turned down these wonderful opportunities because she was not even eighteen at the time.
In July 1997, Alexandra Petrova was recognized as the most attractive at the international competition of models "Miss Model International", in which women from fifty-three countries took part. At the end of 1997, in Chuvashia, in the homeland of Petrova, the competition "Person of the Year" was held. The Chuvash beauty won here too.
In 1999, Petrova represented Russia at the main world beauty contest "Miss Universe". The Cheboksary beauty received a lucrative offer from the well-known Russian modeling agency Ford Model, but on the condition that she lose a little extra weight, she will English language and get a short haircut.
Murder of Chuvilin and Petrova
Saturday evening, around seven o'clock, Deputy CEO Radik Akhmetov, the authority Konstantin Chuvilin and Alexandra Petrova drove up in a VAZ car to one of the houses on Kirov Street in the Chapaevsky settlement (Cheboksary). Having parked at the entrance, they went inside, went up to the third floor, where they saw a man in a mask with a Makarov pistol in his hands. First, the criminal killed Chuvilin. As the examination later established, three bullets were found in his body. Chuvilin died on the spot. Akhmetov and Alexandra ran downstairs to save themselves, but on the first floor the killer caught up with them and shot them in cold blood. The killer hit Radik three times in the head. It is possible that, most likely, he was the main target of the killer. Alexandra became an unwanted witness, she was seriously injured. The offender, without hurrying, went out into the street and disappeared.
Consequence
Fifteen minutes later, police officers called by the residents of the house arrived at the crime scene. However, the killer was never caught. For seventeen years this crime has been unsolved. According to eyewitnesses, the criminal left in a red car, one of the witnesses said that it was a jeep, and someone claimed that it was an ordinary Lada. The children playing in the yard told the investigators that a suspicious car appeared at the house as early as one in the afternoon, and this may indicate that the murder was carefully prepared and planned in advance.
The mortally wounded girl Chuvilin was immediately hospitalized in the city hospital, however, despite all the actions of the doctors, Alexandra Petrova died from a large loss of blood. The killer hired by her fiancé's competitors came to "crack down" on the crime boss and his friend, and Petrova turned out to be an unwanted witness. The brutal murder of the former Russian queen of the catwalk became the topic of the news of the central TV channels, including the Vremya program.
Possible version of the murder
As a result of the dispute, a conflict arose in the division of spheres of influence. Presumably, a rival criminal group ordered either Chuvilin or Akhmetov. Most likely, business in the city market of Cheboksary was the main subject of the conflict. According to the investigation team, one of Chuvilin and Akhmetov's business competitors could have been involved in the contract killing.
The killer decided to carry out the murder at the moment when Alexandra and her were together. The young model, in fact, was accidentally killed in a criminal showdown between two criminal gangs. The representative of the Chapaev group, according to the police, was Chuvilin's deceased friend, Radik Akhmetov, the owner of the main city bazaar. The investigating authorities believe that this custom-made cruel triple murder is connected precisely with commercial activity.
The tragic death of Petrova before her twentieth birthday
Alexandra's life ended in 2000. The girl was hit by a ricochet bullet, but she died on the way to the hospital. This day fell on her twentieth birthday, which she wanted to celebrate at home in a narrow circle of friends and relatives. By a tragic coincidence, on September 16, her life was cut short by a shot on the landing next to her lover's apartment.
The worst thing is that Alexandra's mother predicted the tragic death of her daughter and was very afraid for her. She later said in an interview that she knew this would happen. Mother guessed by the hand, was considered a palmist. On Sasha's palm, the line of fate intersected with the line of intelligence by the age of twenty, and at the intersection - a point. Hit in the head at 20. In fact, she didn't say anything to her. This is a huge tragedy for everyone. Thus ended the life of the first beauty of Chuvashia.
Farewell to Alexandra and Konstantin
Almost the entire city of Cheboksary came to the funeral, which took place at the end of September 2000. They remembered Alexandra Petrova with a kind word, because the girl died very young, before she had time to live. Who could have predicted that beauty in Russia could be deadly dangerous?
