Rozalia Mancewicz (born 27 June 1987) is a

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model and

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titleholder who was crowned Miss Polonia 2010 and represented her

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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 ...

and in

Miss International 2012 Miss International 2012, the 52nd Miss International pageant, was held on October 21, 2012 at Okinawa Prefectural Budokan Arena Building in Okinawa, Japan. Fernanda Cornejo from Ecuador crowned her successor Ikumi Yoshimatsu from Japan at the ...

Early life

A native of Pomigacze, Mancewicz studied

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at the University of Białystok, aiming to become an interpreter.

Miss Tourism Queen International 2005

Prior to her participation in

Miss Polonia Miss Polonia is a national beauty pageant in Poland to select the official ambassador of Poland at the Miss World, Miss Grand International, Miss Intercontinental and Miss Charm pageants. This pageant is the oldest beauty pageant in Poland. Hi ...

, Mancewicz was the official representative of her country to the 2005 ''Miss Tourism Queen International'' pageant held in

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, where she placed third runner-up to eventual winner, Nikoletta Ralli of

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Miss Polonia 2010

Mancewicz, who stands tall, competed as one of 18 finalists in her

's national beauty pageant,

, held in

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on 11 December 2010, where she obtained the Miss Internet award and became the eventual winner of the title, gaining the right to represent

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References

External links

Official Miss Polonia website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mancewicz, Rozalia 1987 births Living people Polish beauty pageant winners Miss Universe 2011 contestants Australian emigrants to Poland Miss International 2012 delegates Polish female models Miss Polonia winners