Mrs. Russia beauty pageant winner mocked online over unflattering image
A 34-year-old mom who won the Mrs. Russia beauty pageant was promptly hit with ugly commentary about her looks in unflattering images that organizers blamed on the camera angle.
Natalya Oskar became the object of widespread derision – much from Ukraine – after she won the contest on Tuesday, the UK’s Telegraph reported.
The newly-minted beauty queen is seen beaming while wearing her silver crown in an image that has been shared online and mocked.
Many made fun of her large red lips, greasy forehead, and heavy makeup — and suggested that she had undergone too much plastic surgery.
“Seems that Russian Botox not really works successful on that creature. Looks more like a sort of monster,” one user said in a brutal Twitter takedown.
“Wow is that the best they could come up with, lmao!” another said.
“I don’t want to see other contenders,” a third quipped.
An account called Lew Anno Support #Ukraine noted that Oskar beat 82 participants from different regions of Laptestan in the final.”
“What a country, such a Mrs.,” it says.
A self-described cybersecurity expert wrote: “How did the Mrs. Russia winner, Natalia Oskar manage to get the beauty queen crown you ask?
“Well, it turns out that Natalia is married to a billionaire by the name Roman Bezmaternykh, who is in the construction materials business. Worse yet, it turns out that one of her husband’s firms was a major sponsor of the contest,” the user said.
Another user replied: “Eeekers! If I was a billionaire, I would be pickier than that. However, if I was the husband and having affairs, I guess I’d want to pacify my wife by letting her fulfill her beauty pageant dreams.”
The Mrs. Russia competition, where contestants have to be married and have kids, became more inclusive this year by accepting shorter women and plus-size models, according to the Telegraph.
Before the new rules, only women taller than 5-foot-7 and with clothes sized small and extra-small were allowed to compete.
“We’ve decided to ditch those requirements this year and accept the women in the shape they are,” said pageant organizer Irina Kirsanova, the outlet said. “This is not a modeling competition after all but a competition of married women and mothers.”
She told the Podyem news outlet that Oskar “looks really beautiful in our official photos.”
“I was quite taken aback by the public reaction. It was a bad photo, taken from a bad, low angle. She’s very different. Everyone in the jury saw her and loved her,” she said.
Oskar’s images on Instagram appear to have been digitally altered, according to the Telegraph.
She told the Star Hit tabloid she did not care about the online vitriol and denied that she had gone under the knife.
“I know that I worked hard for the competition,” she reportedly said. “You spend the whole day in heels, snatch a few hours of sleep and then spend morning till night in rehearsals.”
Oskar, who teaches English, and lives in Russia’s Far East with her hubby, daughter, and a dog, the outlet reported.
