Beauty is different for women of different nationalities. Rating of the most beautiful representatives of different nations of Russia. Science point of view

Every nation of the world is beautiful in its own way, and if at first glance it seems to us that representatives of a certain race are ugly, it is only because our perception refuses to evaluate the appearance of another nation objectively. We are accustomed to the fact that white-faced people with wide eyes usually walk around us, many of whom we can call attractive. But besides the Slavs, Russia is home to many other nationalities distinguished by their stunning appearance and beauty. In continuation of the article, you will find photographs of the most beautiful representatives of the various peoples of Russia.

As reported, the place of birth was not taken into account when determining belonging to Russia; only citizenship/permanent residence was taken into account.

The 35th place in terms of population in Russia is occupied by the Kyrgyz (103.4 thousand)

The most beautiful Kyrgyz woman in Russia, according to voting results on the website top-anthropos.com, is a model from Moscow Begimai (Maya) Abibova. Height 175 cm, weight 51 kg, body measurements 86-61-88.

34th place – Nogais (103.6 thousand)

The most beautiful Nogay in Russia - Dinara Elgaitarova (born March 25, 1985, Aktau, Kazakhstan) - model, participant in the 3rd season of the reality show “Top Model in Russian”.

33rd place – Balkars (112.9 thousand)

The most beautiful Balkar woman is singer Liliya Shaulukhova

32nd place – Adygeis (124.8 thousand)

The most beautiful Adyghe woman is singer Fatima Dzibova (born September 18, 1991, Adygeisk, Adygea)

31st place – Tabasarans (146.3 thousand)

The most beautiful Tabasaran woman is track and field athlete Elena Isinbaeva (born June 3, 1982, Volgograd). Elena’s father is Tabasaran by nationality, and her mother is Russian

30th place – Koreans (153.1 thousand)

The most beautiful Korean woman in Russia is TV presenter Marina Kim. Her father is Korean, her mother is Russian

29th place – Moldovans (156.4 thousand)

The most beautiful Moldovan woman in Russia is Russian actress Lyanka Gryu (born November 22, 1987, Moscow).

28th place – Jews (156.8 thousand)

The most beautiful Jewish woman in Russia is Soviet and Russian actress, People's Artist of the USSR Elina Bystritskaya.

27th place – Georgians (157.8 thousand)

The most beautiful Georgian in Russia is Russian journalist and TV presenter Tina (Tinatin) Kandelaki (born November 10, 1975, Tbilisi).

26th place – Kalmyks (183.3 thousand)

The most beautiful Kalmyk woman - Irina Tumanova - is a representative of Kalmykia at the Miss Russia 2013 competition, where she became Second Vice-Miss and won in the People's Choice nomination.

25th place – Tajiks (200.3 thousand)

The most beautiful Tajik woman is Russian actress Sayora Safari (born March 21, 1991, Dushanbe, Tajikistan). Her real name is Safarova.

24th place – Roma (204.9 thousand)

The most beautiful gypsy in Russia - Lyalya (Olga) Zhemchuzhnaya (born May 31, 1969) - Russian actress and singer, Honored Artist of Russia

23rd place – Karachais (218.4 thousand)

The most beautiful Karachay woman is singer Alika Bogatyreva (born December 18, 1989, Cherkessk, Karachay-Cherkessia)

22nd place - Crimean Tatars (about 250 thousand)

The most beautiful Crimean Tatar of Russia – Elzara Zakiryaeva (born June 21, 1995) – finalist of the “Crimean Beauty 2013” ​​competition

21st place – Tuvans (263.9 thousand)

The most beautiful Tuvan - Aldynai Oorzhak - representative of Tyva at the Miss Asia Moscow 2013 competition (took third place).

20th place – Uzbeks (289.8 thousand)

The most beautiful Uzbek woman in Russia, according to the results of voting on the website top-anthropos.com, is Irina Sharipova (born February 7, 1992) - Miss Tatarstan 2010, First Vice-Miss Russia 2010, representative of Russia at the international beauty contest "Miss World 2010".

19th place – Germans (394.1 thousand)

The most beautiful German women in Russia are Russian actresses Tatyana and Olga Arntgolts (born March 18, 1982). They are twin sisters and German on their father's side.

18th place – Ingush (444.8 thousand)

The most beautiful Ingush woman is actress and singer Tamara Yandieva (born July 23, 1955, Karaganda, Kazakhstan). People's Artist of Ingushetia

17th place – Buryats (461.3 thousand)

The most beautiful Buryat woman is model Maria Shantanova. After graduating from school in Ulan-Ude, she went to study in China, where she became the face of Nesсafe Gold in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Macau.

16th place – Lezgins (473.7 thousand)

The most beautiful Lezgin woman in Russia is model Svetlana Saidova.

15th place – Yakuts (478 thousand)

The most beautiful Yakut woman - Polina Protodyakonova - Miss Virtual Yakutia 2006, the most successful Yakut model, in demand in Russia and abroad. Height 178 cm, parameters 89-58-90

14th place – Kumyks (503 thousand)

The most beautiful Kumyk woman - Zoya Gasanova - is the author and host of the “Wedding Season” program on Dagestan TV.

13th place – Kabardians (516.8 thousand)

The most beautiful Kabardian woman in Russia is the singer Sati (Sataney) Casanova (born October 2, 1982, Verkhniy Kurkuzhin, Kabardino-Balkaria).

12th place – Belarusians (521.4 thousand)

The most beautiful Belarusian woman in Russia is Russian actress Alesa Kacher (born May 9, 1987, Minsk).

11th place – Ossetians (528.5 thousand)

The most beautiful Ossetian – model Anna Gurieva

10th place – Azerbaijanis (603 thousand)

The most beautiful Azerbaijani woman in Russia - Leyla Aliyeva (born July 3, 1986, Moscow) - editor-in-chief of the Moscow magazine "Baku", eldest daughter of Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev

9th place – Kazakhs (647.7 thousand)

The most beautiful Kazakh woman in Russia, according to voting results on the website top-anthropos.com, is Russian actress Bibigul Suyunshalina (born July 4, 1991)

8th place – Mordovians (744.2 thousand).

The most beautiful Mordvin-Erzyan woman in Russia - Olga Kaniskina (born January 19, 1985, Saransk) - track and field athlete, 2008 Olympic champion

Have you ever wondered how many nationalities exist on our planet? You will not get a 100% accurate answer - this number changes every year. About 180 people live in Russia alone - and even this figure cannot be called the only correct one. Russian photojournalist Natalya Ivanova decided to do the almost impossible - to embody all ethnic diversity in photography through female beauty. A woman is a symbol of peace, home, homeland and, of course, true beauty. Natalia's main goal is to demonstrate each unique ethnic group, no matter how small it may be and no matter what political status it may have. The website of the project “National Origins of Beauty” (Les origines de la beauté) already includes more than 57 different ethnic groups. Any girl can become the face of her ethnic group, subject to certain conditions. Firstly, she must be a representative of any nationality for at least three generations. The second condition is age from 18 to 30 years, visual attractiveness and photogenicity. Despite the fact that the point regarding appearance is quite subjective, Natalya successfully selects truly beautiful girls to participate in the filming. See for yourself.
Bengalis are one of the largest peoples in the world. Major population of Bangladesh and West Bengal state in India.

The Shugnans are one of the Pamir peoples in Tajikistan and northern Afghanistan (the left bank of the Pyanj River). The largest in number.
The Jews are an ancient people of Semitic origin who can be traced back to the populations of the ancient kingdoms of Israel and Judah. Representatives of the people live in many countries of the world (since 1948 there has also been a Jewish state of Israel).

Kumyks are a Turkic-speaking people, one of the indigenous peoples of Dagestan, the second largest Turkic-speaking people in the Caucasus after the Azerbaijanis. At the same time, they are the largest Turkic people in the North Caucasus and the third largest people in Dagestan.




Serbs are a South Slavic people whose representatives live in Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Germany, Austria and other countries.
The Lorraine people are a Germanic people (almost completely assimilated by the French) living in northeastern France on the border with Belgium and Germany, the main population of the French region of Lorraine. They speak the German dialect Platt (Saarländischer Dialekt). Today their language has been almost completely replaced by French.

The Wolof are a people in West Africa. They live mainly in the area between Senegal and Gambia, as well as in Mali, Côte d’Ivoire, Mauritania, Guinea-Bissau and France.


The Shloh, or Shilkh, are one of the Berber peoples living in the western part of the High Atlas and Anti-Atlas mountain ranges in Morocco, in the valleys of the Tensift, Sousse and other rivers. They live mixed with the Arab population. Shloch are divided into separate groups: Agbar and Fruga, Glaoua and Xima, Menaba and Mtuga, etc. The Shloch language belongs to the Berber language group, some also speak Arabic. Religion, like that of other tribes, is Islam.

Have you ever wondered how many nationalities exist on our planet? You will not get a 100% accurate answer - this number changes every year. About 180 people live in Russia alone - and even this figure cannot be called the only correct one.

Russian photojournalist Natalya Ivanova decided to do the almost impossible - to embody all ethnic diversity in photography through female beauty. A woman is a symbol of peace, home, homeland and, of course, true beauty. Natalia's main goal is to demonstrate each unique ethnic group, no matter how small it may be and no matter what political status it may have.

The website of the project “National Origins of Beauty” (Les origines de la beauté) already includes more than 57 different ethnic groups. Any girl can become the face of her ethnic group, subject to certain conditions. Firstly, she must be a representative of any nationality for at least three generations. The second condition is age from 18 to 30 years, visual attractiveness and photogenicity. Despite the fact that the point regarding appearance is quite subjective, Natalya successfully selects truly beautiful girls to participate in the filming. See for yourself.


Bengalis are one of the largest peoples in the world. Major population of Bangladesh and West Bengal state in India.




The Shugnans are one of the Pamir peoples in Tajikistan and northern Afghanistan (the left bank of the Pyanj River). The largest in number.


The Jews are an ancient people of Semitic origin who can be traced back to the populations of the ancient kingdoms of Israel and Judah. Representatives of the people live in many countries of the world (since 1948 there has also been a Jewish state of Israel).




Kumyks are a Turkic-speaking people, one of the indigenous peoples of Dagestan, the second largest Turkic-speaking people in the Caucasus after the Azerbaijanis. At the same time, they are the largest Turkic people in the North Caucasus and the third largest people in Dagestan.










Serbs are a South Slavic people whose representatives live in Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Germany, Austria and other countries.


The Lorraine people are a Germanic people (almost completely assimilated by the French) living in northeastern France on the border with Belgium and Germany, the main population of the French region of Lorraine. They speak the German dialect Platt (Saarländischer Dialekt). Today their language has been almost completely replaced by French.

The Wolof are a people in West Africa. They live mainly in the area between Senegal and Gambia, as well as in Mali, Côte d’Ivoire, Mauritania, Guinea-Bissau and France.

The Shloh, or Shilkh, are one of the Berber peoples living in the western part of the High Atlas and Anti-Atlas mountain ranges in Morocco, in the valleys of the Tensift, Sousse and other rivers. They live mixed with the Arab population. Shloch are divided into separate groups: Agbar and Fruga, Glaoua and Xima, Menaba and Mtuga, etc. The Shloch language belongs to the Berber language group, some also speak Arabic. Religion, like that of other tribes, is Islam.

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Project "National origins of beauty"(The ethnic origins of beauty) is a non-profit artistic, documentary and research project about the ethnic diversity of humanity. In order to reach the hearts of the widest international and multinational audience, the language of female beauty and charm was chosen.

The project started in 2012, but it is only in the initial stage of its implementation; there are not many nationalities in the project’s collection yet. To date, about 90 photo and video portraits of representatives of more than 50 ethnic groups from 15 countries on 4 continents have been captured. Each nationality (ethnic group) will be represented in the project by three girls (three photographic portraits and three video interviews) with an accompanying information note about the represented people.

The author of the project is Natalya Ivanova, a Russian photographer and photojournalist. Lives and works in Paris, is a special photojournalist for the ITAR-TASS agency in France. She considers it important to bring to life and convey to people the idea of ​​interethnic equality and tolerance, no matter how much time and effort it takes.

Editorial website I was convinced that beauty has no nationality and humanity is beautiful! Make sure you too.

Wolof- ethnic groups mainly living in Senegal and Gambia. The total number is about 6 million people.

Martinicans- the main population of the island of Martinique. Number of people: 500 thousand people. They also live in France (150 thousand people), on the island of Guadeloupe and on the Virgin Islands (USA).

Congo- a people in Central Africa numbering 10 million people. They inhabit the lower reaches of the Congo River, the border areas of Angola and the People's Republic of Congo, and live in Uganda, Gabon, Sao Tome and Principe. The Kongo maintain a matrilineal account of kinship.

Ewe inhabit the southeastern regions of Ghana, southern regions of Togo and Benin. Number of people: about 4 million people.

Fulbe, or Fula, the Fulani are a people living over a vast area in West Africa: from Mauritania, Gambia, Senegal and Guinea in the west to Cameroon and even Sudan in the east. Number - 23–25 million people.

Haitians- people in the West Indies, the main population of the Republic of Haiti. A total of 7.2 million people.

“National Origins of Beauty” is a project about the beauty of the world’s ethnic diversity.
The main goal is to show all the diversity of existing peoples, which we do not see, focusing only on the political map of the world. There are over 2000 ethnic groups in the world, while there are just over 200 countries, we do not see 90% of the ethnocultural diversity that surrounds us, sometimes even within our own country.

Anyi- West African people present in Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana. The number of Anya is about 1.25 million people. They were the first to make contact with Europeans in the 17th century.

Caboverdinians, Greens, Kriolu - the main population of Cape Verde, descendants of slaves who mixed with Portuguese settlers. Number of people: 310 thousand people.

Guadalupeans- people, the main population of Guadeloupe, number - 300 thousand people. They also live in France (100 thousand people).

Reunioners- the population of Reunion Island in the Indian Ocean (“overseas department” of France). Number of people: 250 thousand people. About a quarter of Reunion residents are white - descendants of the first French settlers.

Bengalis- one of the most numerous peoples in the world. Major population of Bangladesh and West Bengal state in India. Number - over 250 million people. They also live in Bhutan, Nepal, Singapore, and Great Britain.

Indo-Mauritians- the main population of Mauritius. Descendants of immigrants from India. Number of people: 800 thousand people.

Unlike many projects that seek to negate all sorts of differences between people, the National Origins of Beauty project, on the contrary, tries to draw attention to the beauty of the fact that there are so many different “colors” and “shades” of cultures in our world. Yes, we are all so different, and that's wonderful.

Shlech, or Shilkh - Berber people living in the western part of the High Atlas mountain range and the Anti-Atlas mountain range in Morocco, in the valleys of the Tensift and Sousse rivers. Number - about 8 million.

Tunisians- one of the Arab peoples, the main population of the Tunisian Republic. Number - 10 million.

Reefs- Berber people living in northern Morocco, on the northwestern strip of the mainland. Number of people: about 3 million people.

Kabyles- people of the Berber group in northern Algeria. A significant part of the Kabyles live in exile, mainly in France. Total number - 6.5 million.

Armenians are the state-forming people of Armenia. Number of people: 8 million people.

Georgians(kartvelebi). Most of the Georgian nation is concentrated within the borders of Georgia. There are also many Georgians living in the eastern provinces of Turkey and in the interior of Iran. Number - about 6 million.

We introduce people to the peoples of the world through photo and video portraits of young, bright, interesting girls - representatives of these peoples. An important factor is the unmixed ethnic background of these girls for at least three generations, as well as awareness of one's ethnicity.

A woman is the main bearer and custodian of the culture of her people, their language, traditions, since it is she who is involved in the upbringing and primary education of children. A woman is the face of a nation, literally and figuratively.

Kalmyks- Western Mongolian people living mainly in the Republic of Kalmykia. The number in the world is about 200 thousand people.

Han ranks first in number among the peoples of the Earth (19% of the population), is the largest nationality in China, Hong Kong and Macau, as well as in the Republic of China and Singapore. Number - 1.3 billion people.

Buryats- indigenous population of Buryatia, Ust-Orda Buryat Autonomous Okrug, Aginsky Buryat Autonomous Okrug. Outside Russia - in Northern Mongolia and northeast China. The total number is 520 thousand people.

Uyghurs- the indigenous people of East Turkestan, now the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China. Number of people: 11 million people.

Altaians, Oirots are the people of the Altai Republic. Number of people: 71 thousand people.

Uzbeks- the main and indigenous population of Uzbekistan. Quite a large number of Uzbeks live in Afghanistan, Tajikistan, southern Kazakhstan, southern Kyrgyzstan, northern and eastern Turkmenistan. Number is about 29 million people.

How successfully we solve the task is for the public to judge. We are not trying to show a “template” of an ideal representative. We need living, real stories.

Ossetians They mainly live in the Caucasus, Russia and Georgia. The total population is about 700 thousand people.

Bashkirs- Turkic-speaking people living on the territory of the Republic of Bashkortostan and the historical region of the same name. Indigenous people of the Southern Urals and the Urals. The number in the world is about 2 million people.

Kumyks- Turkic-speaking people, one of the indigenous peoples of Dagestan. Number of people: 505 thousand people. They live in the Republic of Dagestan, North Ossetia, Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug and Chechnya.

Kazakhs- Turkic people, the main population of Kazakhstan. Kazakhs have long lived in the regions of China, Russia, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan adjacent to Kazakhstan, as well as in western Mongolia. A total of 14.5 million people.

Chechens- North Caucasian people, the main population of Chechnya. Historically, they also live in the regions of Dagestan, Ingushetia, and the Akhmeta region of Georgia. The total number of Chechens around the world is 1.55 million people.

Circassians- the indigenous population of Kabardino-Balkaria, Adygea, Karachay-Cherkessia and the Krasnodar Territory. Number - about 3 million.

The project is in the process of implementation. Applications for participation are being accepted. We are looking for representatives of all nations of the world and we want to show all peoples (ethnicities) without exception.

Candidates for participation in the project are young women from 18 to 30 years old with regular facial features, natural beauty and belonging to the same nationality at least three generations. The selection of girls takes place first in absentia based on received application letters, then in person - based on the results of filming.

Abazins- one of the most ancient indigenous peoples of the Caucasus. Number - about 45 thousand. They live in the Russian Federation, most compactly in Karachay-Cherkessia. The Abaza diaspora exists in Turkey, Egypt, Jordan, and Syria.

Ingush- Vainakh people in the North Caucasus. They speak the Ingush language, written on the basis of the Cyrillic alphabet. The total number worldwide is 700 thousand people.

Shugnans- one of the Pamir peoples in Tajikistan and northern Afghanistan. The largest in number of the Pamir peoples.

Germans. A huge number of Germans live outside of Germany. For example, in the United States, people of German descent outnumber people from England. The number in the world is about 140 million people.

French are descendants of Celtic peoples and are now a mixture of several ethnic groups. The number of French people is about 63 million people.

Lezgins(Lezgiar, Lekier) - one of the indigenous peoples of the Caucasus, historically living in the southern regions of modern Dagestan and northern Azerbaijan. Lezgins also live in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Turkey. Number of people: 800 thousand people.

The project “National Origins of Beauty” received recognition from UNESCO and was first presented at an exhibition dedicated to International Women’s Day at UNESCO headquarters in Paris in March 2014.

The goal of the project is to contribute to harmonization, strengthening tolerance in interethnic relations through the search for beauty in every nation, through equal attention to each ethnicity, respect for each other’s characteristics, stimulation of intercultural dialogue.
Do contribution to the heritage of humanity by creating a universal multimedia and interactive collection
ethnic diversity of humanity at the beginning of the 21st century.

Portuguese- people in the west of the Iberian Peninsula, indigenous to Portugal. Number - 31.2 million.

Lorraine- Germanic people (almost completely assimilated with the French), living in northeastern France on the border with Belgium and Germany, the main population of the French region of Lorraine. Number of people: about 1 million people.

Tatars- the main people of Tatarstan. They live in Russia, Bashkiria, Udmurtia, Mordovia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Azerbaijan, Ukraine, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia. The total population is 7 million people.

Belarusians- East Slavic ethnic group. The total number is about 9.4 million people. They live mainly on the territory of the Republic of Belarus. They also inhabit the territories of Russia, Poland, Ukraine, Latvia and Lithuania adjacent to Belarus.

Russians are one of the largest ethnic groups in the world. The vast majority of Russians live in Russia and about 18 million live in neighboring countries. 3 million live in America and Europe. The total number is 137 million people.

Finns- Finno-Ugric people, the main population of Finland. Finns also live in the USA, Canada, Russia, and Australia. There are about 6.5 million people in the world.