The annual beauty contest took place in the Drama Theater. "Dangyna 2002" was the title of the pageant and takes its name from a character in Tuvan fairy-tales. The new 'princess' of Tuva is Anna Mongush, a 17 year-old school girl from Kyzyl. Her runner-up is Aziana Stepanova from Kyzyl-Mazhalyk (Baryyn-Khemchik kozhuun).