Adrienn Bende (born 25 June 1985) is a Hungarian racing driver and model.

Life

Model career

Bende was born in

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, and was the winner of the

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contest in 2006, and one of the 20 semi-finalists of the

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contest from

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Racing career

She is since 2011 race driver at the Lotus Ladies Cup in

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. Bende's first racing team was ProexSport Kft, since 2014 she is a driver for Czollner Motorsport.

References

Living people 1985 births Hungarian female models Miss Universe 2006 contestants Hungarian beauty pageant winners Hungarian racing drivers Kodolányi János University of Applied Sciences alumni Models from Budapest {{hungary-bio-stub