Alfina Nasyrova is a Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan

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i beauty queen

Beauty contest

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 who won the national pageant Miss Kazakhstan

Miss Kazakhstan

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 in 2007 held at the Abai State Kazakh National Opera & Ballet Theatre in Almaty

Almaty

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. She then went on to represent Kazakhstan in Miss Universe 2008

Miss Universe 2008

Miss Universe 2008, the 57th Miss Universe pageant, was held at the Crown Convention Center in the Diamond Bay Resort, Nha Trang, Vietnam on July 14, 2008...

 in Nha Trang

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, Vietnam

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 on 14 July 2008, and Miss World 2008

Miss World 2008

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 in Johannesburg

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, South Africa

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 on 13 December 2008. She did not place in Miss Universe

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, but she did get a place among the Top 15 in Miss World

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She has studied Textile and Manufacturing at the Almaty Technological University.