Sanja Papić (

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: Сања Папић, born 25 June 1984 in

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supermodel and beauty pageant titleholder who represented

Serbia and Montenegro Serbia and Montenegro ( sr, Cрбија и Црна Гора, translit=Srbija i Crna Gora) was a country in Southeast Europe located in the Balkans that existed from 1992 to 2006, following the breakup of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yu ...

Miss Universe 2003 Miss Universe 2003, the 52nd Miss Universe pageant, was held on June 3, 2003 at the Figali Convention Center in Panama City, Panama. Amelia Vega of the Dominican Republic was crowned by Justine Pasek of Panama as her successor at the end of the ...

where she placed 3rd Runner-Up and

Miss Europe 2003 Miss Europe 2003, was the 56th edition and the first edition under Endemol France; who bought the pageant from Mr. Roger Zeigler and the Mondial Events Organization in between this edition and the previous edition. This years pageant was held at ...

where she placed 2nd Runner-Up. Sanja is the most successful Miss Yugoslavia in history of beauty pageants.

Professional career

In September 2003, Papić finished as a runner-up at the Miss Europe contest in Paris. In November, she left for New York in the company of Roberto Cavalli as his muse. She had been Omega Watches Ambassador (alongside

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and

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), following a contract between Omega and Sanja signed in August 2003. She was also the face for the "Ice Tea" commercials of the

Apatin Brewery Apatin Brewery ( sr-Latn, Apatinska pivara), a member of the Molson Coors Europe, is a Serbian brewery based in Apatin. It is majority owned by the American company Molson Coors. The brewery's products are exported worldwide. Outside of Serbia, th ...

in her homeland. She was also involved with Winsenia Cream. Her most memorable professional moment to date came when she represented

at the

pageant in

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, finishing in fourth place. Today, Sanja is the promotional face of "Zlatibor voda" (Serbia) and she works as a Public Relations Manager for

Megatrend University Megatrend University ( sr, Универзитет Мегатренд, Univerzitet Megatrend) is a private university located in New Belgrade, the city of Belgrade, Serbia. It was founded in 1989 as the Megatrend Business School, which later became ...

. She worked and walked the runways and fashion shows for the best Serbian fashion designers in Serbia in the last 15 years.

Sources

Interview in English, 2004 (includes images)
https://zadovoljna.nova.rs/poznati/razvojni-put-sanje-papic-od-misice-s-megatrenda-preko-tragicnog-braka-do-maldiva/ https://www.nportal.rs/vest/9682/zena/vesti/manekenka-sanja-papic-ubistvo-supruga

External links

SANJAPAPIC.NET - The Sanja Papic official websiteSerbian article
{{DEFAULTSORT:Papic, Sanja 1984 births Living people Miss Universe 2003 contestants Models from Novi Sad Serbian beauty pageant winners Serbian female models