Crowned Species (2013)
Overview
A journalistic investigation, built not on rumors and assumptions, but on direct evidence, revealing the true mechanisms of podium coronations. Hidden camera footage of negotiations with the owners of the largest national beauty contests and an attempt to answer the question of why these people are not yet in prison. Famous people on the jury are not a guarantee of fair judging. Irrefutable evidence of the corruption of the so-called “stars” who elect the next Miss and Mrs. The collection and subsequent theft of funds for charity is a side business of the owners of fraudulent shows. What actually awaits the titled Misses after purchasing the prize? And what do children's beauty pageants turn out to be like for young participants?
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
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| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | ru |
| Popularity | 0.0865 |
Directed By
Boris Sobolev
Crew
Boris Sobolev
Liliya Ziborova
Yulia Belotserkovskaya
Nikita Glebov
Sergei Yaldin
Vitaly Kaydanovich
Farit Khannanov
Aleksei Kudrin
Olga Makarova
Andrei Trusov
Kseniya Svetlitskaya
Tatyana Batarina
TOP CAST
Boris Sobolev
Himself / Narrator
Inna Zhirkova
Herself
Sergey Zverev
Himself
Andrey Malakhov
Himself
Pyotr Listerman
Himself
Aleksandr Inshakov
Himself
Lyudmila Chursina
Herself
Mikhail Veller
Himself
Nikas Safronov
Himself
Elena Khanga
Herself
Dmitriy Nagiev
Himself
Mikhail Tsivin
Himself
Maria Kalinina
Herself
Oksana Fandera
Herself (archive)
Larissa Litichevskaya
Herself (archive)
Leonid Yakubovich
Himself
Mark Rudinshtein
Himself
Aleksandr Valov
Himself
Elena Bond
Herself
Svetlana Razina
Herself
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