Russian Gay Man Participates in Beauty Contest

Twenty-four-year-old male resident of the Russian city of Nizhny Novgorod, Mikhail Morozov, expressed his wish to take part in the beauty contest Miss Nizhny Novgorod, Regions.Ru website reported.

The young man explained his decision with a wish to demonstrate his physical advantages. Mikhail also set out his dissatisfaction about the fact that there were no beauty contests for men in Nizhny Novgorod.

The young man's application has been accepted. Now Mikhail Morozov is getting ready to step up on the catwalk. The man said that he was not afraid of the competition on the part of female contestants.

Mikhail Morozov worked as a model for Nizhni Novgorod designers. Now he works as a hairdresser. He plans to open his own beauty shop, and hire the personnel of gay men only. Nothing like that has ever happened in Russia before. "I am not a drag queen, I am just a gay man," said Mikhail in a statement. Mikhail Morozov's boyfriend totally approved his partner's decision.