Ms. International World
2019/2020
Gelsiniy Bareeva
Gelsiniy was born in one of the most historic and fascinating cities in Russia - "Penza"!
She likes to be called Gelya and at an early age Gelya fell in love with the sport of skiing. Her parents realized this, and purchased a pair of skis so she could learn the sport of skiing. She was four years old at the time. Within her school years she consistently kept an "A" average and won every Skiing competition that was offered to her. Her love for sports did not end there. She was good at sprinting and then became the Captain of the Basketball team. She went on to College and graduated in 2006 from the Belinsky College with a Bachelor's Degree in Education. She continued her education and obtained her Master's Degree in Education. With this knowledge, she then decided to move to Moscow and started her career teaching Elementary school. She also started a few clothing stores as well at the same time she while she was teaching. In the year 2009, and at the age of 22, she decided to move to Miami, Florida.
Her motivation then changed to modeling and attended modeling school between the years 2011 and 2013. She participated in two Pageants as Miss Russia and then decided to take dance school and attended the school of Salsa and Bachata. She currently teaches Russian at the "Sunville Academy" in Deerfield Beach. At the same time she performs in a local theater, plays tennis and sings for her own pleasure.
Her future goals are to have a successful business, and increase her possibilities of modeling and acting.
In 2019, she competed as Ms. Russia in the Ms. International World Pageant, where she won the title of Ms. International World. During her reign as Ms. International World, Gelya was featured in several major fashion shows. She was also featured on the covers SuperModels Unlimited Magazine and InterModello. Through SuperModels Unlmited, she was featured on two Billboards in Times Square and also became Elite SuperModel of the year in 2020. Gelya will be one of the Runway Models this September at New York Fashion Week.