It's not just the industrial military complex of the former Soviet Union that recognises talent when it sees it.
Women's Correctional Facility UF91/9, which is 20 miles north of Siberian capital, Novosibirsk is also getting in on the act.
The former Gulag has been running a beauty pageant since before the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991.
Originally contestants made their gowns out of plastic bags from the prison kitchen but they nowadays receive materials and help from warders and the competition is featured on local TV.
Inmates get to make gowns in three categories: Greek Goddesses; Flower Gowns; and Uniforms of the Future.
The winner is voted on by guards and unit heads as Miss Spring while the runners up are Miss Grace and Miss Charm.
"My prison days continue to haunt me" says former winner Natasha Patalakhova, 29, who served eight years for armed assault.
I'm not bloody suprised.
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