Ksenia Vladimirovna Sukhinova (born August 26, 1987) is a Russian beauty queen who won the Miss Russia 2007 and Miss World 2008 pageants. Ksenia's measurements are 1.78m (5”10’), she has blonde hair and blue eyes. Her first name is often romanized Ksenya or Kseniya. On December 13, Ksenia was crowned the new Miss World at the finals in Johannesburg, South Africa after beating 108 contenstants. The first runner up was India's Parvathy Omanakuttan and second runner up was Gabrielle Walcott of Trinidad and Tobago. She is the second Russian contestant to win Miss World, the first was Julia Kourotchkina in 1992. The finale was watched by 1 billion viewers from 187 countries.