Anna Prelević ( sr-Cyrl, Ана Прелевић, , born 28 April 1990 in
Belgrade
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,
SFR Yugoslavia
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) is a Serbian-Greek TV host، model, entrepreneur and beauty pageant titleholder. In 2010 Prelevic was crowned
Star Hellas
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The Star Hellas, Miss Hellas, Miss Young title is a trademark for Vassilis Prevelakis and Associates E.E.
George Prevelakis, the founder of the company, was the driving force behind the He ...
. She is daughter of the former basketball player
Branislav Prelević
Branislav Prelević or Mpranislav Prelevits ( sr-Cyrl, Бранислав Прелевић, ; born 19 December 1966) is a retired Serbian professional basketball player and coach. He is commonly referred to by his nickname Bane ( sr-Cyrl, Бане ...
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Life
Prelevic was born on 28 April 1990 to former basketball player Branislav Prelević
Branislav Prelević or Mpranislav Prelevits ( sr-Cyrl, Бранислав Прелевић, ; born 19 December 1966) is a retired Serbian professional basketball player and coach. He is commonly referred to by his nickname Bane ( sr-Cyrl, Бане ...
and Nevena Prelević-Marjanović, daughter of Serbian singer Đorđe Marjanović
Đorđe Marjanović ( sr-Cyr, Ђорђе Марјановић; 30 October 1931 – 15 May 2021) was a Serbian and SFRY, Yugoslav singer.
Marjanović began his career in the mid-1950s, rising to fame in the late 1950s with his theatrical on-stag ...
. She has a younger sister, Tea Prelevic (born 1992). She was born in Belgrade
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but grew up in Thessaloniki
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. In 1996, when her father signed with Virtus Bologna
Virtus Pallacanestro Bologna, known for sponsorship reasons as Virtus Segafredo Bologna, is an Italian professional basketball club based in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna.
The club was founded in 1929, which makes it the oldest club in Italy and one ...
, they moved to Bologna
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but after one season, her father signed a contract with AEK BC
AEK Basketball Club ( ; Αθλητική Ένωσις Κωνσταντινουπόλεως ''Athlitikí Énosis Konstantinoupóleos'', "Athletic Union of Constantinople"), officially AEK Betsson BC for sponsorship reasons, and also known as AEK ...
and so they moved to Athens
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, Greece
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. Although her father left the club after two seasons and played again for PAOK BC
PAOK (, Πανθεσσαλονίκειος Αθλητικός Όμιλος Κωνσταντινοπολιτών, ''Panthessalonikeios Athlitikós Ómilos Constantinopoliton'', ''Pan-Thessalonian Athletic Club of Constantinopolitans''), commonly ...
, she spent the next years of her life in Athens
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.
At the age of 18, Prelevic moved to UK to study Media Communication at the Goldsmiths, University of London
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. After three years she graduated in 2010 and moved back to Greece
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. She participated in the election for Miss Greece and she was elected Miss Greece
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The Star Hellas, Miss Hellas, Miss Young title is a trademark for Vassilis Prevelakis and Associates E.E.
George Prevelakis, the founder of the company, was the driving force behind the He ...
2010 and so she represented Greece
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at the Miss Universe
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2010.
Anna speaks five languages: Greek
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*Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family
**Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor of all kno ...
, Serbian
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* Pertaining to Serbia in Southeast Europe; in particular
**Serbs, a South Slavic ethnic group native to the Balkans
** Serbian language
** Serbian culture
**Demographics of Serbia, includes other ethnic groups within the co ...
, English, Italian
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** Italians, a Romance ethnic group related to or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom
** Italian language, a Romance languag ...
and Russian
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*A citizen of Russia
*Russian language, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages
*''The Russians'', a b ...
.
Personal life
Prelevic was in relationship for many years with Greek basketball player Dimitrios Charitopoulos
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. From 2014 to 2016, Prelevic had been in a relationship with Greek singer Giorgos Sabanis
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. In 2017, Prelevic began dating Greek basketball player Ioannis Papapetrou
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but they split three years later. In 2021, Prelevic began dating Nikitas Nomikos, who is Doukissa Nomikou's older brother. The couple was married on May 27, 2023 in Athens
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.
Filmography
References
1990 births
Living people
Models from Belgrade
Models from Thessaloniki
Serbian female models
Greek female models
Greek people of Serbian descent
Miss Universe 2010 contestants
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