Lidija Vera Manić is a Serbian model and beauty queen who became the first woman from
Serbia
Serbia (, ; Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pannonian Basin and the Balkans. It shares land borders with Hungar ...
to win a major international title after being crowned
Miss International 1975
Miss International 1975, the 15th Miss International pageant, was held on November 3, 1975, at the Okinawa's Expo Portside Theater in Motobu, Japan. 48 contestants competed for the pageant. Finally, Lidija Manić from Yugoslavia crown as Miss Inte ...
in
Motobu
is a town located in Kunigami District, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. As of October 2016, the town has an estimated population of 13,441 and a density of 250 persons per km2. The total area is .
Several islands can be accessed from Motobu, namel ...
,
Japan.
Miss International
She was succeeded by French delegate
Sophie Perin
Sophie Sonia Perin (born 1957) is a French model and beauty queen who was the first Miss International winner from her country. Retrieved on 11 April 2008.
Before her victory in Tokyo, Japan, in 1976, she competed as France's representative in th ...
as Miss International in 1976. Incidentally, Perin and Manić were delegates of their respective countries in the 1975
Miss Universe
Miss Universe is an annual international beauty pageant that is run by a United States and Thailand based Miss Universe Organization.Natalie Tadena (July 2, 2015"Donald Trump's Miss USA Pageant Lands on Reelz Cable Channel". ''The Wall Stre ...
pageant held in
San Salvador,
El Salvador.
Since
Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia (; sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Jugoslavija, Југославија ; sl, Jugoslavija ; mk, Југославија ;; rup, Iugoslavia; hu, Jugoszlávia; rue, label=Pannonian Rusyn, Югославия, translit=Juhoslavija ...
has since disintegrated into several countries, Manić remains as the only winner of a major beauty pageant from Yugoslavia, beside Saša Zajc,
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 ...
1969.
References
External links
Official Miss International website - Past winners
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1950s births
Living people
Miss International 1975 delegates
Miss International winners
Miss Universe 1975 contestants
Serbian beauty pageant winners
Yugoslav beauty pageant winners