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May 19, 2010 / 4:46 PM

Ex-Miss Russia arrested in New York

HON98051233-12 MAY 1998-HONOLULU,HAWAII USA: Anna Malova, MISS RUSSIA 1998, was selected as one of the top 10 Semi finialist, May 12, in the 1998 MISS UNIVERSE Pageant from Honolulu, Hawaii. UPI rw/MUO

HON98051233-12 MAY 1998-HONOLULU,HAWAII USA: Anna Malova, MISS RUSSIA 1998, was selected as one of the top 10 Semi finialist, May 12, in the 1998 MISS UNIVERSE Pageant from Honolulu, Hawaii. UPI rw/MUO | License Photo

NEW YORK, May 19 (UPI) -- Miss Russia 1998 Anna Malova was charged in New York with criminal possession of narcotics, forgery and criminal impersonation of a physician, officials said.

Fox News reported a special narcotics officer arrested the former Miss World as she left a Manhattan pharmacy.

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She is accused of stealing a prescription pad from her doctor and writing painkiller prescriptions for herself, the network said on its Web site Wednesday.

Malova, 38, reportedly was a medical doctor in her native Russia, but isn't licensed to practice medicine in the United States.

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