Shermine Shahrivar (born 17 September 1982) is a German model and

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titleholder who won Miss Europe 2005.

Early life and education

Shahrivar was born to Iranian parents. Her family moved to Germany when she was one year old. Her mother and brothers live in Germany. She was raised speaking German and

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, and she is also fluent in French and English. Shahrivar has a university degree in

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Career

Shahrivar became Miss Germany in 2004 and then won the overall title of

Miss Europe Miss Europe is a beauty pageant for European women from all over Europe. It was established in February 1927 by Fanamet, the European distributor of Paramount, as a one-off event where the winner was to star in a film directed by Friedrich ...

in 2005 while competing in France. She was selected to be the host of the Oberhausen, Germany

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celebration, said to be the largest in the world, in March 2005. She hosted Traumpartner TV in Germany from December 2004 to August 2005.

References

External links

Shermine at Model Management

Iran-Plus photos

Persian Mirror article
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