Crowned Species (2013)

4.0/10 95 min Documentary

Overview

A journalistic investigation, built not on rumors and assumptions, but on direct evidence, revealing the true mechanisms of podium coronations. Hidden camera footage of negotiations with the owners of the largest national beauty contests and an attempt to answer the question of why these people are not yet in prison. Famous people on the jury are not a guarantee of fair judging. Irrefutable evidence of the corruption of the so-called “stars” who elect the next Miss and Mrs. The collection and subsequent theft of funds for charity is a side business of the owners of fraudulent shows. What actually awaits the titled Misses after purchasing the prize? And what do children's beauty pageants turn out to be like for young participants?

Cast

Boris Sobolev

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Inna Zhirkova

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Sergey Zverev

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Andrey Malakhov

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Pyotr Listerman

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Aleksandr Inshakov

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Lyudmila Chursina

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Nikas Safronov

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Elena Khanga

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Dmitriy Nagiev

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Mikhail Tsivin

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Maria Kalinina

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Oksana Fandera

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Larissa Litichevskaya

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Leonid Yakubovich

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Mark Rudinshtein

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Aleksandr Valov

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Elena Bond

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