Hailing from Sochi in Russia, Miss Lebedeva is currently completing a doctor’s degree in International Law at the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM). She is also the proud holder of a Masters I Degree in International Law from la Sorbonne, France. Miss Lebedeva is hard at work these days on the redaction of her doctor’s thesis, which is centered on the varying interpretations that International Law gives to different Declarations of Independence.