In the finals, the beauty pageant jury, which included representatives of some renowned foreign model agencies, chose Irina from 42 girls. Natalya Grel, director of the Novosibirsk model school Elite Stars and one of the pageant organizers, told RIA Novosti that her school had been selecting candidates from among 2,000 young girls for the past two years. The Miss Siberia beauty pageant took place in Novosibirsk for the 5th time.