Polyachikhina began her pageantry career after placing as the first-runner up in Miss Chuvashia 2015 . She returned to the competition the following year and was crowned Miss Chuvashia 2016 . Afterwards , she represented Russia in Miss Globe 2016 and placed in the top ten . Polyachikhina later represented Chuvashia at the Miss Russia 2018 competition in Moscow . She went on to win the competition , succeeding Polina Popova of Sverdlovsk Oblast . Her runners-up were Violetta Tyurkina of Belgorod and Natalya Stroeva of Yakutia . As part of her winning prize , Polyachikhina was awarded a brand new car and ₽ 3 million . As Miss Russia , she represented Russia in the Miss Universe 2018 competition , where she failed to place
Miss Universe 2018
Miss Universe 2018
Yulia Polyachikhina