Miss Bulgaria 2009 Abducted by Ex Boyfriend, Saved by Police

A file photo by BGNES shows Miss Bulgaria 2009 Antonia Petrova with her ex boyfriend, Russian businessman Alexander Beredin.

The controversial Miss Bulgaria 2009 Antonia Petrova has been the victim of abduction after she was kidnapped briefly by her ex, Russian businessman Alexander Beredin.

The 26-year-old Petrova was abducted Tuesday night from a restaurant where she was having dinner where she was having dinner with Adrian Rachev, aka the Romanian, a popular rap singer in a restaurant in Sofia's Boyana Quarter, the Sofia Police Directorate told Darik Radio.

The 46-year-old Alexander Beredin literally pulled Petrova out of the restaurant around 8 pm, and forced her into his car.

She was discovered by the police three hours later after they were alerted by the girl's parents. The police had blocked Sofia's major streets. Beredin's white Mercedes was pulled over at the crossroads of central Sofia boulevards Alexander Stamboliyski and Maria Luisa. Miss Bulgaria 2009 was wrapped in a blanket and had bruises on her body.

Russian businessman Beredin told the police Petrova got in his car voluntarily. He was arrested for 24 hours.

Petrova won the Miss Bulgaria title in 2009 when the competition was very controversial because the winner was determined by TV viewers through a SMS Text vote for the first and only time in the history of the beauty pageant.

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