Beauty contest winner refused of a crown and devoted her life to opera singing. Irina Vashenko is a soloist of the Stanislavski and Nemirovich-Danchenko Moscow Academic Music Theatre*. On leaving school she moved from native Khabarovsk to Moscow. Just for the sake of travels. At the same time she passed successfully her entrance exams to Moscow music conservatory and in some years she graduated brilliantly from it. She has been singing for 10 seasons the leading role in the theatre, taking part in experimental staging and giving concerts. Moreover, Irina is an excellent cook. Specially for viewers of RTG TV she cooked traditional Far Eastern dish of fern. And shared secrets of cheerful mood. *Musical theatre in Moscow founded on 1 September 1941.