Džejla Glavović

Džejla Glavović (Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: Џејла Главовић) is a 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.[1]

Džejla Glavović
Born
Džejla Glavović

1983 (age 39–40)
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Beauty pageant titleholder
Major
competition(s)		Miss Earth 2002
(Winner/Dethroned)

Miss Earth 2002

Glavović won the second edition of Miss Earth. 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.[2][3]

Aside from winning the Miss Earth 2002 title, Glavović also won the Miss Talent special award.[4]

Dethronement

Džejla was dethroned on 28 May 2003.[5] 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.[6][7]

References
  1. Palmero, Paul (18 June 2005). "Pageant History". Pageant Almanac. Archived from the original on 12 December 2008. Retrieved 7 January 2008.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. Diaz, Illac (7 October 2002). "Around Miss Earth in 56 ways". Manila Standard Today. Retrieved 10 January 2009.
  3. Couceiro, Dolores (30 October 2002). "Miss Tierra 2002". Concursos de Belleza. Archived from the original on 29 January 2009. Retrieved 10 January 2009.
  4. Diaz, Illac (22 October 2002). "Beauties walk out on Miss Earth". Manila Standard Today. Retrieved 10 January 2009.
  5. Nguyen, Ha (27 October 2003). "South-eastern beauty enters Miss Earth Contest". VietNamNet Bridge. Archived from the original on January 25, 2007. Retrieved 10 January 2009.
  6. Lo, Ricardo F.; Vanzi, Sol Jose (11 August 2003). "Kenyan is Miss Earth". Philippine Headline News Online/Philippine Star. Retrieved 10 January 2009.
  7. Cowing, Emma (13 May 2008). "Green Godesses [sic]". The Scotsman, Scotland. Retrieved 10 January 2009.
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