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Now playing Next World Ukrainian beauty queen takes organisation to court for discrimination Veronika Didusenko was crowned the most beautiful woman in her country. She took part and won the 2018 Miss Ukraine beauty-pageant. But then, after four days, she was forced to give up her crown once organisers discovered she was divorced and had a son. And now she is taking them to court. 06/12/2019
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