Tijana Petković ( sr-cyr, Тијана Петковић; born August 15, 1986),

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Tijana Arnautović, is Bosnian

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who won the title of Miss Canada in 2004 and represented her country in Miss World 2004.

Early life

Arnautović was born in

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, where the family lived until the

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. Her family fled and stayed in

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before arriving in

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in 1994 when Arnautović was seven years old.

Miss Canada

In 2004, then a

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student, Arnautović was named Miss World Canada.

Professional engagement

Tijana worked as Business Development Manager for Ominiglobe Business Solutions and most recently she was welcomed to a new role with German international company TITUS where she is employed as German Account Executive.

Community work

Once moved to Canada Tiјana was active in the local Serbian community as a volunteer. After she was crowned as Miss Canada in 2004 Tiјana dedicated her time to promote youth leadership and community engagement. Tiјana founded and led The International Diaspora Youth Leadership Conference from 2009 to 2011.

References

External links

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Miss World 2004 - Getty images
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1986 births Living people People from Konjic Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina emigrants to Canada Bosnia and Herzegovina refugees Miss World 2004 delegates Miss World Canada winners Naturalized citizens of Canada Canadian people of Serbian descent Yugoslav Wars refugees {{Pageant-bio-stub Carleton University alumni Businesspeople from Ottawa Models from Ottawa