I'm Beautiful was a Kazakh

Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan , officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Ranked as the ninth largest country in the world, it is also the world's largest landlocked country; its territory of is greater than Western Europe...

 reality television

Reality television

Reality television is a genre of television programming that presents purportedly unscripted dramatic or humorous situations, documents actual events, and usually features ordinary people instead of professional actors, sometimes in a contest or other situation where a prize is awarded...

 show competition of non-professional aspiring models broadcast on Hit TV for a contract with the international model agency. Its first cycle premiered and finished in 2005.
18 girls competed with only 17 of them moving into the model house. After several weeks Saule Zhunusova made a voluntary exit of the show because she felt homesick and bullied by the other contestants. In a live show final the top four battled it out for the win with Altyn Bekanova triumphing over Zhanna Saryeva in the super final.
Many of the show's alumni went on to represent Kazakhstan in several beauty peagants afterwards.
For now there are no further plans to continue the show.

Cycle Summary

Cycle	Premiere date	Winner	Runner-up	Other contestants in order of elimination	Number of contestants	International destination
1	2005	Altyn Baekenova	Zhanna Saryeva	Asel Zhautikbaeva, Yana Svirina, Aliya Ukubaeva, Zarina Magazumova (quit), Julianna Sarbasova, Aliya Turekulova, Eugenia Suksina, Oksana Shirokova, Valencia, Saule Zhunusova (quit), Irina Pinova, Svetlana Gabdulkhakova, Marina Pinova, Dinara Mendybaeva, Christina Ivanova, Anna Panina	18	Moscow Moscow Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...