Anica Kovač (; , ; born 3 March 1976) is a

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n former model and beauty pageant titleholder best known for being the First Runner-up in the

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competition and for her marriage to the Croatian

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Robert Kovač. Kovač was born to Croatian

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parents from the village Borčani in

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. She began modelling at an early age and became the winner of the national beauty contest Miss Croatia in 1995. At the 1995 Miss World competition, she finished as the First Runner-up to the eventual winner,

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. She also won the Best National Costume award at the same event. She has been married to Robert Kovač since 2001 and they have three children together.

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2009-10-25) 1976 births Living people Croatian female models Miss World 1995 delegates Croatian expatriates in Germany German people of Bosnia and Herzegovina descent German people of Croatian descent {{Croatia-bio-stub