Džejla Glavović

Bosnian beauty pageant contestant
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroBosnian beauty pageant contestant
PlacesBosnia and Herzegovina
isModel Beauty pageant contestant
Work fieldFashion
Gender
Female
Birth1983
Age41 years
The details

Biography

Džejla Glavović (Bosnian, in Cyrillic: Џејла Главовић) Bosnian fashion model and beauty queen. She was crowned in the Philippines as the second Miss Earth representing her country Bosnia and Herzegovina and became the first Bosnian woman to win a major international title in beauty contest.

Miss Earth 2002

Glavović won the second edition of Miss Earth. She made it to the initial cut of ten semi-finalists and competed in the traditional swimsuit, interview, and evening gown competitions.

She placed the highest score in the interview round and at the conclusion of the second edition of Miss Earth pageant, she was crowned Miss Earth 2002 by the outgoing titleholder Catharina Svensson of Denmark, which was held in Quezon City, Philippines on 20 October 2002.

She was the first delegate from her country, Bosnia and Herzegovina, to win a title from one of the four major international beauty pageants namely: Miss Earth, Miss International, Miss Universe, and Miss World.

Aside from winning the Miss Earth 2002 title, Glavović also won the Miss Talent special award.

Dethronement

Džejla was dethroned on 28 May 2003. This came in the same year when another pageant winner, Miss Universe's Oxana Fedorova was dethroned. The reason given for her dethronement from Carousel Productions, the pageant organizer, claimed she failed to fulfill her duties. Kenyan Winfred Omwakwe took over the position of Miss Earth 2002. Omwakwe was formally crowned as the new Miss Earth 2002 on 7 August 2003 at the Carousel Gardens in Mandaluyong City, Philippines.

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