News & Events in Belarus

MINSK, 30 August (BelTA) – Canada’s Ashley Burnham was crowned Mrs Universe 2015. The contest was held in Minsk, Belarus, BelTA learned from the organizing committee of the beauty pageant.

Belarus’ Svetlana Statkevich was awarded the Mrs Social Activity title for her charity work. Svetlana holds various titles of national and international contests for married women. She runs a business and has two children, a boy and a girl.

Minsk hosted the annual international beauty pageant Mrs Universe for the first time. Over 60 successful married women from different countries were competing for the crown from 24 through 30 August.

The contest is intended to draw attention to the problem of violence against women. Its previous editions were held in Bulgaria, Latvia, Russia, Malaysia, and many other countries.