Zhibek Nukeeva ( ky, Жибек Нукеева; 27 February 1995 – 16 July 2017) was a

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model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Kyrgyzstan 2013.

Early life

Nukeeva was a student of business management, and spoke

and

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languages. She used to live for a few months in Grenoble, France. She learnt French language in the Alliance Française's school, based in Grenoble.

Family

Zhibek Nukeeva became mother of a baby boy born in November 2016, with her husband Bakyt.

Pageantry

Miss Kyrgyzstan 2013

Nukeeva was crowned as Miss Kyrgyzstan 2013, represented Bishkek.

Miss World 2013

Nukeeva competed at Miss World 2013 in Nusa Dua,

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Death

Zhibek died on 16 July 2017 from chondrosarcoma, a rare cancer that affects the bones and joints. She was living in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan but was sent by her family to

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, to receive higher quality treatment. For the treatment, Zhibek's GoFundMe needed $80,000 to have an operation in Prague, Czech Republic. But after raising $6,172, she died as the cancer had already spread to other parts of the body.

References

External links

Official Website
1995 births 2017 deaths Deaths from bone cancer in Turkey Kyrgyzstani beauty pageant winners Kyrgyzstani female models Miss World 2013 delegates People from Bishkek {{Kyrgyzstan-bio-stub