Amina Dagi (born Amina Mirzakhanova; russian: Амина Мирзаханова; 12 February 1995) is an Austrian model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned
Miss Austria 2012. She competed at the
Miss World 2012 pageant and was appointed Miss Universe Austria 2015 after Annika Grill resigned from
Miss Universe 2015 due to competing at
Miss World 2015. Dagi then represented her country at the Miss Universe 2015 pageant.
Personal life
Dagi was born in
Makhachkala, Dagestan
Makhachkala ( rus, Махачкала, , məxətɕkɐˈla, links=yes),; av, Махӏачхъала, Maħaçqala; ce, ХӀинжа-ГӀала, Hinƶa-Ġala; az, Маһачгала, Mahaçqala; nog, Махачкала; lbe, Махачкъала; ...
in the
North Caucasus of Russia. Following the death of her father, the family immigrated to Austria in 2003, settling in
Bludenz. They later received Austrian citizenship and changed their surname to Dagi, due to the often misspellings and mispronunciations of their original surname; taking the name Dagi was meant to honor their homeland of Dagestan. Dagi worked at Zusammen:Österreich prior to becoming Miss Austria, and graduated from BG Bludenz. She became Miss Vorarlberg and won
Miss Austria
Miss Austria is a national Beauty pageant in Austria.
History
Began in 1929 the Miss Österreich managed by Illustriate Kronen Zeitug Agency. Since then the winner went to International Pageant of Pulchritude or famously called as ''Miss Univer ...
in 2012.
Miss Austria 2012
On March 30, 2012, Amina was crowned Miss Austria 2012 at the Casino Baden while representing Vorarlberg. She competed at the
Miss World 2012 pageant in
China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
, and did not place in the semi-finals.
Miss Austria 2012: Amina Dagi aus Vorarlberg ist schönste Frau Österreichs
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Appointed as Miss Universe Austria 2015
On October 15, 2015, Miss Universe Austria 2015 Annika Grill was replaced by Dagi after Grill announced that she could not compete at the Miss Universe 2015 pageant due to being the Austrian representative for Miss World 2015. She competed at the Miss Universe 2015 pageant in Las Vegas on December 20, 2015.
References
External links
Miss Austria Official website
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1995 births
Living people
People from Makhachkala
Russian emigrants to Austria
Austrian people of Russian descent
Miss Universe 2015 contestants
Austrian beauty pageant winners
Austrian female models
Miss World 2012 delegates