Delia Duca Iliescu (or Delia Monica Duca, born in 1986) is a TV host presenting a national TV show about chess on romanian Realitatea Plus TV channel, called “Strategie in alb si negru“ (“Strategy in black and white”)- with weekly editions starting from 2015. She was

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2012 and represented her

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at the

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. She is an IT professional, a

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player and FIDE chess arbiter.

Pageant experiences

* In 2008, she competed at Miss Tourism Queen International 2008 (China), and placed in Top 20 semi-finalists. * In 2010, she competed at

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2010 (Cyprus), and placed in Top 15 semi-finalists and was awarded as Miss Sympathy. * In 2011, she won the title Miss Intercontinental Romania and competed in Miss Intercontinental 2011 (Spain). * In 2012, she competed at Miss United Nations 2012 (USA) and won the Supermodel United Nations 2012 title. * In 2012, she competed at Supermodel International 2012 (Thailand) where she placed Top 15 and she was awarded Miss Sun City. * In 2012, she won

2012 and represented Romania at

(USA). * In 2013, she won the 2nd runner-up title at Miss 7 Continents 2013 (Turkey). * In 2013, she placed in Top 5 at Princess of the Globe 2013 (Turkey). * In 2014, she competed at Miss Grand International 2014 (Thailand). * In 2015, she won Miss Diamond of the World 2015 (Algeria).

Other achievements

Duca has a master's degree in computer science and works as a software engineer. She was national champion in solving chess problems in 2006. She is a published chess problem composer and has organised multiple chess tournaments.From 2015, she is presenting the weekly TV show about chess "Strategie in alb si negru ("Strategy in black and white")
FIDE profile - Delia-Monica Duca
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References

External links

Official Miss Universe Romania website
Living people Romanian beauty pageant winners Miss Universe 2012 contestants 1986 births {{Europe-pageant-bio-stub