Jitka Nováčková (born 28 April 1992) is a Czech

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and

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titleholder who was crowned

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2011 and subsequently represented the Czech Republic in the

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pageant.

Early life

Born in

České Budějovice České Budějovice (; ) is a city in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 97,000 inhabitants. The city is located in the valley of the Vltava River, at its confluence with the Malše. České Budějovice is the largest ...

, Nováčková went to school at Gymnázium Jírovcova and started modeling at age 9. She was a semifinalist in

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Czech Republic 2009 and the face of sports apparel manufacturer ''Nordlbanc'' and its 2009 spring/summer campaign for the Czech Republic and Slovakia.

Česká Miss 2011

Nováčková, who stands 1.75 m tall, was crowned as Česká Miss 2011 held on 19 March 2011 at the Karlín Music Theater in

Prague Prague ( ; ) is the capital and List of cities and towns in the Czech Republic, largest city of the Czech Republic and the historical capital of Bohemia. Prague, located on the Vltava River, has a population of about 1.4 million, while its P ...

, Czech Republic. She succeeded outgoing Česká Miss 2010 and

Miss Universe 2010 Miss Universe 2010 was the 59th Miss Universe pageant, held at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States on August 23, 2010. At the end of the event, Stefanía Fernández of Venezuela crowned Ximena Navarrete of Mexic ...

's Top 15 semifinalist, Jitka Válková.

Miss Universe 2011

As her national pageant winner title, Nováčková officially represented Czech Republic at the

pageant held in September 2011 in

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, Brazil. In the final results, she didn't make it to the semifinals, ending Czech Republic's four year streak of consecutive placements, from

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through

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

Personal life

Nováčková lives in Prague, Czech Republic. Since 2017, she has been dating the Finnish professional footballer and captain of the

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, Tim Sparv. In January 2021 she gave birth to a girl by Tim Sparv.

References

External links

Jitka Nováčková official website
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