Kseniya Alexandrova, who represented Russia within the 2017 Miss Universe pageant, has died on the age of 30 after a automobile collision with an elk.

The mannequin's husband, Ilya, informed Russian information supply RIA Novosti that the couple had been getting back from the city of Rzhev within the Tver Oblast area on July 5 once they struck the animal alongside the nation's sprawling M9 freeway.

Ilya was behind the wheel, whereas Alexandrova sat within the passenger seat.

"An elk jumped out from someplace, jumped out in entrance of the automobile," he shared in an interview translated from Russian. "From the second it jumped out till the impression, a cut up second handed. I didn’t have time to do something. The elk flew into the automobile. The blow hit [Alexandrova] within the head. She was unconscious, her head was damaged, all the pieces was lined in blood."

Alexandrova sustained extreme accidents to her mind from the accident, ultimately succumbing on Aug. 12 after days spent in a coma, based on the Russian information outlet, which first reported the information of her loss of life on Thursday.

Ilya famous that the couple had been each sporting seatbelts, and he was driving at a low velocity when the elk jumped in entrance of the automobile. The airbags didn’t deploy, however a number of different drivers alongside the M9 stopped to assist the couple once they noticed the crash. An ambulance shortly thereafter transferred Alexandrova to the close by Sklifosovsky Institute for Emergency Drugs in Moscow.

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Alexandrova's modeling company, Modus Vivendis, mourned her passing on Wednesday in an Instagram submit.

"Kseniya was vibrant, proficient, and exceptionally vivid. She knew easy methods to encourage, help, and provides heat to everybody round her. For us, she’s going to without end stay an emblem of magnificence, kindness, and inside energy," the caption learn, based on a translation.

The mannequin represented her dwelling nation within the 2017 Miss Universe pageant, which noticed Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters of South Africa topped because the winner. Past modeling, Alexandrova was additionally a working towards psychologist, sharing in a 2022 Instagram replace that she'd earned her diploma from the Moscow Pedagogical State College.

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Alexandrova and Ilya had been married in March.

The previous magnificence queen shared a collection of pictures depicting their lavish marriage ceremony to her Instagram on April 2.

"I by no means thought that one occasion may resonate inside me for therefore lengthy," she wrote within the caption, based on a translation. "I keep in mind each second, and it seems like I'm nonetheless experiencing that whirlwind of feelings."

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