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2 July 2002 Drogichin-born 22-year-old student named Miss Belarus 2002   Olga Nevdakh, a 22-year-old student of the Minsk-based Modern Knowledge Institute, born in Drogichin, Brest region, was named Miss Belarus 2002 in the third national beauty pageant, the final stage of which was held at the Palace of the Republic in Minsk on June 30. The final stage, in which 17 contestants took part, began with a speech by Belarusian ruler Aleksandr Lukashenko, who noted that the contest for the first time was held under "strict patronage of the state." "Someone sought to turn the contest into a competition of money, but this eventually ended in a failure," Mr. Lukashenko said. According to him, he had decided to place this event under the government's control because the "sacred affair should not be turned into a dirty business." The Belarusian ruler called on the judges to be "absolutely impartial." In his special presidential directive, Mr. Lukashenko defined the national beauty pageant's purposes as "aesthetic and spiritual education of youths, the development of national dress culture and the popularization of Belarusian fashion."

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