9-year-old Mini Miss Russia Diana Bondarenko won the national beauty pageant on April 3, 2013. The beautiful girl lives in a Siberian city of Novokuznetsk, Kuzbass region. Kuzbass governor Aman Tuleyev awarded the girl a medal “Hope of Kuzbass”. Diana’s parents – mother Alyona Bondarenko and father Alexandr Bondarenko were also awarded medals and received a cash prize. Diana was prepared for the All-Russian beauty competition by the mentor of a modeling agency “Triumph” Antonina Tregubova.

Little Miss represented Russia at the International Beauty contest for children “Little King & Queen World 2013″ in July in the Bulgarian city of Burgas. Diana Bondarenko – a student of class 2 lyceum № 34, Novokuznetsk. She has about 6 years of experience in gymnastics, and recently started to learn acting.

At first her parents hesitated if their daughter should participate in the beauty pageant, but they were convinced that Diana was worth of such grand show, for her it would be a big step forward. Diana didn’t succeed in the international contest, but the girl is so young and promising that bright future is still waiting for her.