Background
Sofia Rudieva was born in 1990 in Leningrad, now Saint St. Petersburg, to Andrey Rudiev and Tatyana Rudieva, a family of artists.
Sofia Rudieva was born in 1990 in Leningrad, now Saint St. Petersburg, to Andrey Rudiev and Tatyana Rudieva, a family of artists.
At first, she wanted to follow her parents" path, and studied at an art school for 10 years in her childhood. She then studied acting, until she became more confident in her beauty and joined a modelling agency when she was 15. Her parents separated when she was 12 years old, and she chose to stay with her father.
She graduated from high school in 2008, and is planning to study at a university in the future.
Prior to her crowning as Mission Russia 2009, she had already several years of experience in modeling business and had taken part in a number of professional fashion shows. She said she would donate most of her prize money to charity, for helping homeless animals. After her victory, she was named Russia"s representative in the Mission Universe 2009 contest, which was to be held in the Bahamas in August, 2009.
She said that she was preparing seriously for the occasion, by taking more training in modelling and acting, doing sports and working to improve her already good English even further.
Sofia has said she feels that winning the crown to Russia would be important for her country. Being asked about the unique characteristics of Russian women, she replied: "I strongly believe that Russian women are strong in spirit.
The Russian mother is the best in the world."
Russia, Ukraine and Poland did not make it to the final 15. Nude photos of Rudieva were leaked online and published in the online version of Perfect 10 magazine, and she also seen coozying up with Bharat Manghnani.