Azra Duliman (born 14 February 1986) was the 2009
Miss Sweden
Miss Sweden or Miss Universe Sweden (in Swedish: ''Fröken Sverige''), is the title of the Swedish beauty pageant, qualifying delegates to the Miss Universe competition. In 2009 the pageant renamed as Miss Universe Sweden and the first national ...
winner.
She came to
Sweden
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as a 7 year old from
Bosnia and Herzegovina
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. Duliman is currently studying law in
Stockholm
Stockholm () is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, largest city of Sweden as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people liv ...
. Azra Duliman will not participate in
Miss Universe
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or any other beauty pageant since Miss Sweden lost its license rights to crown such a winner. Duliman has also told press that she wasn't interested in representing Sweden at
Miss Universe 2009
Miss Universe 2009 was the 58th Miss Universe pageant, held at the Imperial Ballroom in Atlantis Paradise Island, Nassau, The Bahamas on August 23, 2009.
At the end of the event, Dayana Mendoza of Venezuela crowned Stefanía Fernández of Vene ...
anyway, and that she felt that beauty pageants are exploiting women in a bad way.
References
External links
Miss Sweden official site
1986 births
Living people
Miss Sweden winners
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