{"id":157242,"date":"2025-08-19T02:10:16","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T02:10:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/157242\/"},"modified":"2025-08-19T02:10:16","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T02:10:16","slug":"former-miss-universe-contestant-dies-after-horrifying-incident-with-an-elk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/157242\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Miss Universe Contestant Dies After Horrifying Incident With An Elk"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kseniya Alexandrova, who represented Russia in the 2017 Miss Universe pageant, died last week after a car accident involving an elk. She was 30.<\/p>\n

The late model\u2019s husband recalled the heartbreaking incident to Russian news outlet RIA Novosti<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"MissMiss Russia Kseniya Alexandrova competes during the 2017 Miss Universe Pageant at The Axis at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino on Nov. 26, 2017, in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n

Frazer Harrison via Getty Images<\/p>\n

On July 5, the couple was driving on Russia\u2019s sprawling M9 highway from the town of Rzhev in the Tver Oblast region when their car collided with the animal, according to a HuffPost translation. Alexandrova\u2019s husband was behind the wheel, while Alexandrova sat in the passenger seat. Her husband noted that he was driving slowly because the road they were traveling on was being repaired, and it was a \u201chigh road\u201d with no barrier for the animals.<\/p>\n

When their car hit the elk, the airbags didn\u2019t deploy, and the animal smashed through the windshield and struck Alexandrova.<\/p>\n

\u201cAn elk jumped out from somewhere, jumped out in front of the car,\u201d he said. \u201cFrom the moment it jumped out until the impact, a split second passed. I did not have time to do anything. The elk flew into the car. [Alexandrova] got hit in the head. She was unconscious, her head was broken, everything was covered in blood.\u201d He added that after the animal collided with Alexandrova, he could see part of her brain.<\/p>\n

\"KseniyaKseniya Alexandrova in 2022.<\/p>\n

Screenshot @kseniyaalexandrova via Instagram<\/p>\n

Alexandrova sustained severe injuries to her brain and was in a coma until she eventually succumbed to her injuries on Aug. 12. <\/p>\n

\u201cAt first she was in a deep coma,\u201d her husband recalled to the Russian outlet. \u201cThen she went into a stupor. And then one day she completely regained consciousness. \u2026She could not speak because she was on a ventilator, but she was absolutely conscious.\u201d<\/p>\n

He went on to say that despite the fleeting glimmer of hope, \u201cone day she suddenly went back into a coma,\u201d and her health began to rapidly deteriorate. \u201cThey were able to restart the heart once…but the next day Ksenya died. They were unable to restart the heart again,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Alexandrova and her husband got married in March, just four months before the accident.<\/p>\n

In an April 2 Instagram post about her wedding<\/a> day, Alexandrova wrote that she remembered every second of the event that was filled with so much \u201clove and joy.\u201d She added that she couldn\u2019t believe her wedding could resonate so much \u201cinside\u201d of her. <\/p>\n

\"AlexandrovaAlexandrova takes a selfie of herself and fellow Miss Universe contestants, Nicky Opheij of the Netherlands and Samantha James of Malaysia, after they took a few children from an orphanage in Manila, Philippines, to a popular fast food restaurant in 2017.<\/p>\n

TED ALJIBE via Getty Images<\/p>\n

Another Instagram post on her account<\/a> also reveals that she had completed a degree in psychology in 2021, and was starting to take on patients. <\/p>\n

Her husband told the Russian outlet that he hopes his wife\u2019s death will help prevent other accidents, and mentioned that people are \u201cconstantly dying from collisions\u201d on the road they were traveling on when they hit the elk. <\/p>\n

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\u201cI really hope that Ksenya\u2019s death will not be in vain, and that somehow this barbarity will be stopped,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n