Tatiana Nikolaevna Kotova ' onMouseout='HidePop("12124")' href="/topics/Rostov-on-Don">Rostov-on-Don

Rostov-on-Don

-History:The mouth of the Don River has been of great commercial and cultural importance since the ancient times. It was the site of the Greek colony Tanais, of the Genoese fort Tana, and of the Turkish fortress Azak...

) is a Russian beauty pageant titleholder who won the Miss Russia

Miss Russia

Miss Russia is the annual national beauty pageant of Russia, responsible for selecting representatives to Miss Universe and Miss World.-History:The pageant has been running since 1992, however there was no Miss Russia 1994, 2000 or 2008....

 2006 title and the opportunity to represent Russia in the Miss World 2007

Miss World 2007

Miss World 2007, the 57th Miss World pageant was held at the Crown of Beauty Theatre, Sanya, People's Republic of China on December 1, 2007. It was hosted by Fernando Allende and Angela Chow. Zhang Zilin of the People's Republic of China won the crown and succeeded Miss World 2006, Taťána Kuchařová...

 and Miss Universe 2007

Miss Universe 2007

Miss Universe 2007, the 56th Miss Universe pageant, took place on May 28, 2007 at the National Auditorium in Mexico City, Mexico. 77 delegates competed for the title. Riyo Mori of Japan was crowned the winner of the title by Zuleyka Rivera of Puerto Rico....

. In Miss Universe 2007, she did not make it to the semifinals. Kotova represented her country on December 1 in Miss World 2007

Miss World 2007

Miss World 2007, the 57th Miss World pageant was held at the Crown of Beauty Theatre, Sanya, People's Republic of China on December 1, 2007. It was hosted by Fernando Allende and Angela Chow. Zhang Zilin of the People's Republic of China won the crown and succeeded Miss World 2006, Taťána Kuchařová...

 in China. Kotova is the third woman from Russia to participate in both Miss Universe

Miss Universe

Miss Universe is an annual international beauty contest that is run by the Miss Universe Organization. The pageant is the most publicized beauty contest in the world with 600 million viewers....

 and Miss World

Miss World

The Miss World pageant is the oldest surviving major international beauty pageant. It was created in the United Kingdom by Eric Morley in 1951...

 after Anna Malova

Anna Malova

Anna Malova is a beauty queen and physician who was crowned Miss Russia 1998.In 1993 she was Miss Russia 1st runner-up. Then she won the title of Miss Baltic Sea 1994 and competed in Miss World 1994 pageant where she didn't place...

 and Svetlana Goreva.

In March 2008, she joined the Russian/Ukrainian pop group Nu Virgos

Nu Virgos

Nu Virgos is the name used to promote the group VIA Gra outside of Russia, Ukraine and other nearby countries. The name VIA Gra is both a reference to the drug Viagra and a play on words, since the first three letters stand for "vocal-instrumental ensemble" in Ukrainian, and "gra" means "game" in...

, after Vera Brezhneva

Vera Brezhneva

Vira Viktorivna Halushka , better known by her stage name Vera Brezhneva , is a Ukrainian pop-singer and television presenter.- Family :...

 left.

In March 2010, she left Nu Virgos and was replaced by Eva Bushmina.

In Autumn Tatiana Kotova started solo career. Her debut single "On" (Он; He) was presented in October, video was released in December.