Melisa Aslı Pamuk (; born 14 April 1991) is a Turkish actress, model and

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titleholder born in the Netherlands. Her family is from

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. She won the title of Miss Turkey 2011 on 2 June 2011. Pamuk accepted the crown from

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, Miss Turkey 2010 beauty pageant titleholder. She enrolled on a Psychology degree at University of Amsterdam but abandoned it later due to her desire to focus on her modeling career. She also won the title of "Best Promising" in Best Model of Turkey 2009 and stands 1.76 m. She is fluent in Turkish,

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and

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and speaks a bit of French. She began modeling at the age of 14.The Official Site for the Cypriot News - Magazine; October 10, 2009
Turkish Interview with Melissa Aslı Pamuk in Kyrenia, TRNC (2009)

Beauty contests

Miss Turkey 2011

A native of

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, Melisa competed in

Miss Turkey Miss Turkey ( tr, Türkiye Güzellik Kraliçesi) is a national beauty pageant in Turkey. The pageant was founded in 1929, where the winners titled as Miss Turkey Universe, Miss Turkey World and Miss Turkey Supranational. History Miss Turk ...

held in the TIM Show Centre in

on June 2, 2011 and won the title of Miss Turkey 2011.

Miss Universe 2011

As the official representative of her

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, she competed in

Miss Universe 2011 Miss Universe 2011 was the 60th Miss Universe pageant, held at the Credicard Hall in São Paulo, Brazil on September 12, 2011. At the end of the event, Ximena Navarrete of Mexico crowned Leila Lopes of Angola as Miss Universe 2011. It is the f ...

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but Unplaced.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

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Caner Sipahi Casting Agency - Melisa Pamuk Profile

Melisa Pamuk at RareFilmFinder

Melisa Pamuk at LostMoviesArchive
{{DEFAULTSORT:Pamuk, Melisa Asli 1991 births Living people Dutch people of Turkish descent Dutch female models Turkish female models Turkish film actresses Turkish television actresses Dutch film actresses University of Amsterdam alumni Miss Universe 2011 contestants Miss Turkey winners People from Haarlem Models from Istanbul Actresses from Istanbul