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Moscow's prettiest strut their stuff

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Published 13 December, 2008, 18:01

This year's Miss Moscow pageant featured 32 beauties from the Russian capital. RT sent a camera crew, and they came away with some mouth-watering pictures.

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In a competition that featured students, doctors and policewomen, 21-year-old TV anchor Victoria Shchukina triumphed.

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