Anna Malova

Anna Malova (Russian: Анна Малова) (born c. 1974in Yaroslavl)[1] is a Russian beauty queen, model and physician who was crowned Miss Russia 1998.[2]

As a child, Anna was engaged in artistic gymnastics. She finished school in Yaroslavl. After high school, Anna was admitted to the Yaroslavl Medical Institute at the Medical Faculty in the "psychotherapy" specialty. At the same time she was fascinated by shaping, which opened the way to the beauties of competition in those years. The first major step for Anna was the "Ford Supermodel of Russia 1993"[3] contest which was held in Moscow in late November 1992.

In 1993, she took part in the regional competition Miss Volga 1993 where she became 1st runner-up and was invited to the Miss Russia 1993 pageant where she became 1st runner-up again. Then she won the title of Miss Baltic Sea 1994 in Finland and competed in the Miss World 1994 pageant in Sun City, South Africa where she didn't place. In 1996, she moved to New York city to start a career as a professional model. In 1998, she was appointed as Miss Russia 1998 and later made it to the Top 10 of the Miss Universe 1998 pageant in Honolulu, Hawaii. After the pageant she became a popular socialite girl in New York, and was the face of some commercials and advertising such as Chopard and Home Shopping Network.

On 18 May 2010, she was arrested for drugs in New York City: she had stolen a drug prescription pad from her doctor (she is a physician herself in Russia but not licensed to work as a doctor in the USA) to write herself painkiller narcotics.[4][5]

She was arrested again in April 2011 for illegal drugs[6] and released again in October 2013 after rehabilitation.[7]