[1] Born to a Tatar father Rafail Abdrazakov and Russian mother Olga Pshenichnikova, Elmira was raised in Mezhdurechensk, Kemerovo Oblast.

[4] Elmira represented Russia at the Miss World 2013 pageant, held in Bali, Indonesia on 9 September 2013.

Elmira's success in the beauty pageant generated a massive negative response on social media.

[5] As Elmira reported at a press conference, she received thousands of messages, most of which included attacks on both her appearance and her ethnic identity.

According to Elmira's report, "when she arrived home and looked at her page, she was shocked by the amount of disgruntled comments that Internet users[6] wrote to her".