Beauty pageant dreams in politically fraught Crimea | Unreported World

Miss Crimea: In 2015 Unreported World went to the disputed Russian region of Crimea for a beauty pageant just a year after Russian forces seized it from Ukraine. At the time, the move was condemned as an illegal annexation by the international community but was welcomed as a historic homecoming by Crimea's sizeable Russian majority. But before it was either Russian or Ukrainian, Crimea belonged to the Crimean Tatars, a Muslim minority, many of whom opposed the annexation. Marcel Theroux went to meet one young Crimean Tatar who was hoping to become Miss Crimea 2015. This episode first aired on 22/05/2015. Subscribe to our channel for more Unreported World episodes    / unreportedworld  .