Iryna Zhuravska, 18, won the "Miss Ukraine" beauty contest in Kyiv April 23, 2008.

She is a relative of a deputy Kyiv Mayor.

The winner got a US$ 500 thousand crown.

On the whole, twenty-six girls from all over Ukraine took part in the contest, which was held in Ukraine Palace in Kyiv on Wednesday, April 23.

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The jury included Olena Franchuk, daughter of ex-president of Ukraine Leonid Kuchma, famous Russian singer Natalia Korolyova, and Miss World-2007 Zhang Zilin (China).

Miss Ukraine-2008 was born in 1990, she has a title of Miss Internet and Vice-Miss Donbass Open-2007.

Iryna works as a model in KARIN MMG agency, belonging to famous Ukrainian model Vlada Lytovchenko, Miss Ukraine-1995.