10 things about Miss Earth Russia 2023 Daria Lukonkina

Daria Vladimirovna Lukonkina won the 28th edition of Krasa Rossii. She represented Russia in the 23rd edition of Miss Earth.

BIOGRAPHY

Lukonkina is a Russian fashion model, cheerleader and beauty queen. She is the 19th beauty queen to represent Russia in Miss Earth.

On April 19, 2025, Lukonkina turned 22. Here are 10 more things about her:

1. She is from Nizhny Novgorod, Russia.
2. As a child, she loved watching beauty pageants and reality modeling contest shows like “America’s Next Top Model“.
3. She attended Nizhny Novgorod State Pedagogical University in Nizhny Novgorod.
4. She won Miss Nizhny Novgorod 2022.
5. She won Krasa Rossii 2022.
6. In 2023, she visited Cyprus and Vietnam.
7. She is Miss Earth Russia 2023.
8. She was a Miss Earth 2023 runner-up.
9. In 2024, she visited China.
10. In 2025, she visited Turkiye.

TIMELINE

Lukonkina enjoys swimming. She advocates for the preservation of natural and unique places such as the Artemovsky meadows, an ecosystem near Nizhny Novgorod.

2010s

• In April 2019, she was photographed by Andrey Torbeevsky (Андрей Торбеевский).

2020s

• In January 2022, she was featured as a model in a campaign for Barselona, a wedding salon in Nizhny Novgorod.
• On May 11, 2022, she visited Patriarch’s Ponds in Presnensky District, Moscow, Russia.
• On August 21, 2022, while attending Nizhny Novgorod State Pedagogical University, she attended the Miss Nizhny Novgorod 2022 casting.
• On October 5, 2022, she competed against 11 other Miss Nizhny Novgorod 2022 finalists and won the title.
• On October 26, 2022, she competed against 50 other Krasa Rossii 2022 candidates at the Zimny Teatr in Sochi, Russia and won the title.
• On August 25, 2023, she visited Nissi Beach in Ayia Napa, Cyprus.
• On September 1, 2023, she traveled to Pano Lefkara, Larnaca District, Cyprus.
• On November 28, 2023, she flew from Russia to Vietnam.
• On December 22, 2023, she represented Russia at Miss Earth 2023 and competed against 84 other candidates at the Vạn Phúc City in Hiệp Bình Phước, Thủ Đức, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. She finished in the Top 8 making her one of the four runners-up.
• In June 2024, she traveled to Lantau, Hong Kong, China.
• In August 2025, she traveled to Bodrum, Mugla, Turkiye.