A group of Miss Universe candidates took the time off from their hectic schedule and painted the iconic Matryoshka Doll last Saturday, October 27, 2013 during Russia's Fashion day at the Crocus City Mall.

Miss Canada Riza Santos, Miss Argentina Brenda Gonzalez, Miss Australia Olivia Wells, Miss Colombia Lucia Aldana, and Miss Austria Doris Hoffman are looking fabulously hot as they paint their own Matryoshka Doll.

Reigning Miss Universe Olivia Culpo is also there to grace the country's Fashion Day wearing a pink dress as she spoke with the press. Culpo is enjoying her last days as Miss Universe and she is there to coach the girls and the future Miss Universe about the responsibility that comes in wearing the Nexus crown.

The girls are fresh from the full-packed Saturday event from Yamamay Fashion Show to Tony Ward Fashion Show at the Mercedes Benz Fashion Week where delegates from Canada, France, Australia, Venezuela, Russia, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico and Philippines displayed their catwalk skills in the runway.

Matryoshka Doll

The famous Matryoshka Doll refers to Russia's set of wooden doll of decreasing size placed one inside the other. Also known as the "babushka dolls" (grandmother doll), Matryoshka Dolls are traditionally designed as a woman dressed in a sarafan, a long and shapeless traditional Russian peasant jumper dress.

The dolls design also varies, depending on the artist; it could range from fairy tales characters to Soviet leaders. The inside figures can be of either gender while the smallest doll is normally a baby turned from a single piece of wood. The artistry of the doll comes with its painting, which often times can be very elaborate.

The number of dolls from a set of Matryoshka Doll is traditionally at least five, but other times it can be much more depending on the artist craftsmanship. The first Matryoshka Doll was carved in 1890 by Vasily Zvyozdochkin from a design made by Sergey Malyutin. The first doll set consisted of eight dolls featuring a girl in a traditional Russian dress holding a rooster; the inner dolls are both boys and girls, and a baby as the innermost doll.