Anzhelika Rublevska Tahir ( uk, Анжеліка Рублевська Тахір; born 5 January 1994) is a

Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 24 ...

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model and

Lollywood Lollywood ( ur, , translit=lâli vuḍ) refers to Pakistan's film industry based in Lahore, previously the base for both Punjabi and Urdu language film production. Lahore has been the center of Pakistani cinema since the partition of ...

actress. She was the winner of

Miss Pakistan World Miss Pakistan World is a beauty pageant for women of Pakistani descent from around the world. The event is held annually in Canada. History The pageant was originally launched in 2002 by Sonia Ahmed under the name of Miss Canada Pakistan. ...

2015 and was sent to

Miss Earth 2016 Miss Earth 2016, the 16th edition of the Miss Earth pageant, with the theme "Empowered to make a Change", was held on October 29, 2016, at the Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay, Metro Manila, Philippines. 83 contestants from all over the world competed ...

to represent Pakistan. In 2016, she entered the Pakistani film industry.

Career

Beauty pageants

Tahir was born in

Kyiv Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the List of European cities by populat ...

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to a Pakistani father and a Ukrainian mother. Her father was from Sheikupura, in

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. She is the first Pakistani of mixed descent to win the title of Miss Pakistan World. She grew up in

. After graduating from the Lyceum, she began studies Fashion design at the

Kyiv National University of Technologies and Design Kyiv National University of Technologies and Design (KNUTD) ( uk, Київський національний університет технологій та дизайну (КНУТД) is a university in Kyiv, Ukraine. Areas of knowledge taugh ...

. Tahir won

2015 on 31 October 2015 in

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. She also won Miss Perfect and Miss Popularity. She then went to compete in

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and was second runner-up. She went to

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to compete in

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2016 and was second runner-up again. Tahir then competed in

2016 and won gold medal for the talent round. She went on to compete in Miss Eco International 2017 in Cairo, Egypt and was first runner-up and finally competed in Face of the Universe and was second runner-up.

Acting

Tahir was in a

movie, ''

Na Band Na Baraati ''Na Band Na Baraati'' ( ur, ) is a 2018 Pakistani romantic comedy film directed by Mahmood Akthar, written by Harish Kumar Patel and produced by Zashko Entertainment. The film stars Mikaal Zulfiqar, newcomer Shayan Khan, Nayab Khan, Komal Faro ...

'', which starred

Mikaal Zulfiqar Mian Mikaal Patras Zulfiqar (born 5 September 1981), commonly known as Mikaal Zulfiqar ( ur, ), is a British-Pakistani actor and former model. He has appeared in a number of Pakistani television series. He has also acted in a few Indian films ...

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and

Qavi Khan Muhammad Qavi Khan ( ur, ) is a Pakistani film and television actor. He has also worked in Radio Pakistan and on stage. Though now largely working in television, he has acted in over 200 films. The Government of Pakistan honoured Khan with the ...

. This was her first movie in Pakistan's film industry and she has signed her next film to be shot in

Dubai Dubai (, ; ar, دبي, translit=Dubayy, , ) is the most populous city in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the capital of the Emirate of Dubai, the most populated of the 7 emirates of the United Arab Emirates.The Government and Politics of ...

. Tahir, became the second Pakistani actress and pageant queen to walk the red carpet at the

2018 Cannes Film Festival The 71st annual Cannes Film Festival was held from 8 to 19 May 2018. Australian actress Cate Blanchett acted as President of the Jury. The Japanese film ''Shoplifters'', directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda, won the Palme d'Or. Asghar Farhadi's psycho ...

, as the Brand Ambassador of

Filmography

Discography

References

External links

Miss Pakistan World
Miss Pakistan World

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