Ksenia, who is a Russian model, won the 2007 Miss Russia pageant on December 14, 2007 in Moscow, where she represented Tyumen. Ksenia surpassed 50 other contestants from all over Russia. She was unable to represent Russia at Miss Universe 2008 due to her college work, so her 2nd runner-up, Vera Krasova, replaced her in the pageant. Vera placed as the 3rd runner-up to Venezuela's Dayana Mendoza
She was the Miss World 2008 Beach Beauty competition second runner-up, placing after Miss Mexico who was the eventual winner, and Miss South Africa, the first runner-up.
She won the Miss World Top Model competition on December 3, 2008.. Both her placements at the two first fast track competitions remind Zhang Zilin's successes at Miss World 2007.
On December 13, Ksenia was crowned the new Miss World at the finals in Johannesburg, South Africa. She is the second Russian contestant to win Miss World, the first was Julia Kourotchkina in 1992.
Ksenia's measurements are 1.78m (5”10’), she has blonde hair and blue eyes. Her name is also often misspelled Ksenya or Kseniya.
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