She was walking in a spotlight in a faraway Johannesburg, while the people of Tyumen, Russia and the whole world took pride in her. She became Miss of the World on the evening of December 15, 2008. Billion viewers had their eyes glued to 109 beauties from all over the globe. And a blue-eyed blonde Ksenia Sukhinova from Russia was the Queen among them. From the very beginning bookmakers staked on Ksenia, 21, as a favorite of the pageant. The girl made bright appearances during all preliminary competitions of the Miss of the World 2008.  She grew up, surrounded by oil rigs and people talking about "black gold". Almost every dweller of the town has something to do with oil productions. That is why Ksenia didn't have many hesitations, as she was choosing her future career. Having graduated from a high school in Nizhnevatorsk, she went to Tyumen, the Siberian oil capital, and entered Tyumen State Oil & Gas University. At the moment she is doing her last year and after graduation may work as maintenance engineer for instruments, automatic equipment and process control system or as an ACS design engineer.