Nazlı Deniz Kuruoğlu (born c. 1960) is a Turkish

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and a former

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ant and

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1982. She was educated in ballet dancing at the Conservatory of

Mimar Sinan University Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University (, or MSGSÜ) is a public university, public Art school, art university in Istanbul, Turkey. The university's campus is located in the Fındıklı, Beyoğlu, Fındıklı, Beyoğlu. The university was established ...

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Turkey Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...

. She danced in the state

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until she had to quit active dancing career following a meniscus operation. Currently, she is lecturing movement science in the same university. Nazlı Deniz is also partner of a

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company. She enjoys painting and outdoor sports like

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and

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. After winning the title

Miss Turkey The Miss Turkey () is a national beauty pageant in Turkey. The pageant was founded in 1929, where the winners titled as Miss Turkey World, and Miss Turkey Supranational. History The Miss Turkey pageant was initially promoted by the newspa ...

1981, Nazlı represented her country at the

beauty contest held in İstanbul, and was crowned Miss Europe on June 12, 1982. She became so the third Turkish beauty queen following

Günseli Başar Günseli Başar (22 January 1932 – 20 April 2013) was a Turkish women, Turkish beauty contestant and columnist who was crowned Miss Turkey 1951 and Miss Europe 1952. Biography Başar was born on February 22, 1932, to an officer's family in Ist ...

and Filiz Vural.

References

Newspaper ''Milliyet''
1960s births Living people Turkish ballerinas Turkish ballet dancers Miss Turkey winners Miss Europe winners Academic staff of Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University Year of birth missing (living people) {{Turkey-bio-stub