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	FORMER MISS UKRAINE IN MISS UNIVERSE CONTEST Odesa girl, Oleksandra Nikolayenko, off to conquer the world
	What's On Magazine, Kyiv, Ukraine, May 28-June 3, 2004 Susana Rivadeneira, Miss Ecuador, left, and Oleksandra Nikolayenko, Miss Ukraine pose at a hotel in Quito, Ecuador, Monday, May 17, 2004. The contestants will be participating in the Miss Universe beauty pageant. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa) KYIV - Odesa native Oleksandra Nikolyenko has set off to represent Ukraine at the 1 June [Tuesday] Miss Universe finals in central America [Quito, Ecuador.] The twenty-two year old Black Sea beauty has gone prepared, taking with her a top quality naitonal costume created especially for her by local designer Diana Dorozhkinak, while she hopes to take along Vitaly and Volodymyr Klitschko [famous Ukrainian boxers] along in her entourage for moral support (and security presumably). Twenty-two year old Nikolayenko is a weathergirl on Inter TV channel, and won Miss Ukraine in 2001, going on to land a top ten finish in the Miss World finals. (Wire reports) What's On magazine, Link: www.whatson-kiev.com Oleksandra Nikolayenko, Miss Ukraine 2004, participates in her Tadashi dress in a pre-taping of her introduction for the 2004 Miss Universe competition at Plaza Grande in Quito, Ecuador, May 20, 2004. She will compete for the title of Miss Universe 2004 during the 53rd annual Miss Universe competition in Quito on June 1, 2004. [REUTERS/Miss Universe L.P., LLLP/Darren Decker-Handout] From left, Ksenia Kustova, Miss Russia; Jessica Rodriguez, Miss Panama; Oleksandra Nikolayenko, Miss Ukraine, pose for photographers at a hotel in Quito, Saturday, May 15, 2004. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa) FOR PERSONAL AND ACADEMIC USE ONLY

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