Shanaelle Petty (born 28 February 1998) is a Croatian-American model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Universe Croatia 2017 and represented

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pageant where she made the top 16.

Early life

Petty was born in Bad Kreuznach, Germany to an

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father and a Croatian mother. She graduated from Terry Sanford High School in Fayetteville, North Carolina, and speaks fluent

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, and Croatian. She aspires to work for

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, and attends the

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Pageantry

Miss Universe Croatia 2017

On 28 April 2017, Petty was crowned Miss Universe Croatia 2017. More than 300 girls applied to compete, and 18 finalists were chosen. Petty ended up being crowned the winner by outgoing titleholder Barbara Filipović.

Miss Universe 2017

Petty represented

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and she became only the third woman from Croatia to reach the Top 16.

References

External links

Official Miss Universe Hrvatske website
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