Emina Cunmulaj (; born September 12, 1984) is an American

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of Albanian ancestry.Emina Cunmulaj – Fashion Model – Profile on FMD
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Biography

Cunmulaj was born in

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, United States to Albanian parents from

Podgorica Podgorica (Cyrillic: Подгорица, ; lit. 'under the hill') is the capital and largest city of Montenegro. The city was formerly known as Titograd (Cyrillic: Титоград, ) between 1946 and 1992—in the period that Montenegro form ...

, Montenegro. She moved to Montenegro (then a republic of

Yugoslavia Yugoslavia (; sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Jugoslavija, Југославија ; sl, Jugoslavija ; mk, Југославија ;; rup, Iugoslavia; hu, Jugoszlávia; rue, label=Pannonian Rusyn, Югославия, translit=Juhoslavija ...

) at the age of four in 1988. Cunmulaj speaks fluent Albanian, Montenegrin English, Italian, French and Spanish. She was discovered by

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after becoming a semi-finalist in the Elite Model Look Yugoslavia 2001 contest and winning the Elite Model Look 2001 contest. In the same year, she signed a contract with Elite. She resided in Montenegro until the age of seventeen, and then returned to the United States. She is married to businessman

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Covers

Emina Cunmulaj appeared in the cover of the following magazines: *

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: Teuta (magazine), Teuta - January & November 2009, *

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Fashion Fashion is a form of self-expression and autonomy at a particular period and place and in a specific context, of clothing, footwear, lifestyle, accessories, makeup, hairstyle, and body posture. The term implies a look defined by the fashion i ...

- August 2007 *

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- April 2006; Stiletto (spécial mode) - Spring 2007 *

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- July 2008, November 2009 & February 2010 *

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: Marie Claire - November 2005 *

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- March 2007 * UK: Harper's Bazaar - September 2008 *

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- October 2007

References

External links

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Emina Cunmulaj on STYLE.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cunmulaj, Emina 1984 births Living people Albanian female models People from Podgorica 21st-century Albanian models American people of Albanian descent