Who is Russia’s entrant for the delayed Miss Universe 2020 contest? (PHOTOS) Denis Grishkin / Moscow Agency; Vyacheslav Prokofyev/TASS Artist, architect in training and a great fan of dining on Don River crayfish - these are just some of the facts about Alina Sanko, who hopes to become the next Miss Universe.
Alina Sanko, Miss Russia 2019 and entrant for the 2020 Miss Universe contest (the contest was postponed until May 2021, due to the pandemic), was born on December 31, 1998, in the small town of Azov in southern Russia (1,100 km from Moscow).
“Living in such beautiful places contributed to the development of my principal hobby: drawing,” Alina said in an interview with Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper in 2019.
What Debenhams’ demise reveals about the future of fashion
Department stores have been replaced by fast fashion e-commerce brands. But they, too, may face stiff competition from a new force
Our shopping habits are not as modern as we live to believe. Image: Pixabay
This week, the British multinational Debenhams was reduced to a website. The liquidation of the department store chain saw it become the latest victim of the changing fashion world, taking away thousands of livelihoods in the process.
But, when it first arrived on the high street, Debenhams and other large-scale retailers like it were dubious but irresistible businesses of their day, much like the ruling e-commerce conglomerates of ours. Émile Zola’s 1883 novel about a fictional Parisian department store,
Jenners department store on Princes Street, Edinburgh, will need to be repurposed for the benefit of the city. Photograph: Jane Barlow/PA
It is still possible that Jenners, the venerable Edinburgh department store and one of the fixtures of Princes Street, will be rescued in some form or other. Observers have speculated that the announcement it is to shut is a bluff by its owner, Mike Ashley, aimed at extracting more generous terms from the landlord. But coming in the same week as news that Debenhams has been sold to the internet retailer Boohoo, a move expected to lead to the closure of its 124 stores, the prospect of Jenners disappearing has the feel of the end of an era.