Nikola Buranská is a

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model and

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titleholder who was crowned Česká Miss Earth 2014 and represented the

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. She won alongside Gabriela Franková and Tereza Skoumalová.

Biography

Early life and career beginnings

Buranská came from

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where she graduated high school. She went to

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where she studied at

Metropolitan University Prague Metropolitan University Prague (, MUP) is one of the oldest and largest private universities in the Czech Republic. It was founded in 2001 as the University of Public Administration and International Relations. It has been ranked by the Czech Min ...

, taking up

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. Nikola also speaks

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and

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languages because she believes in the saying, "How many words you know, the more of a person you are". She wants to learn other languages including

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and

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in the future. She has been in a relationship with Czech Republic football player Filip Novák since 2010 and they have been living together since 2011. Nikola has also worked as a model in

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and in

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Pageantry

Česká Miss 2012

Nikola first tried her luck in the world of pageantry via Česká Miss but she was unplaced.

Česká Miss 2014

Nikola once again tried to become a beauty queen again at Česká Miss. But this time, she won the internet votes that gave her the right to earn the title of Blesk Česka Miss Earth 2014. Weeks before the finals night, Nikola suffered from her injured foot which she got while they were in

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. The doctor almost had to put in injections that eventually did not get to materialize.

Miss Earth 2014

By winning Miss Earth Czech Republic, Nikola flew to the

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in November to compete with almost 100 other candidates to be

Alyz Henrich Alyz Sabimar Henrich Ocando (born October 19, 1991) is a Venezuelan model, environmentalist, humanitarian advocate and beauty queen. She represented Falcón state at Miss Venezuela 2012 pageant where she was crowned Miss Venezuela Earth. On De ...

's successor as

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. As a Miss Earth delegate, an environmental advocacy is must. When she was asked about her advocacy for the pageant, she answered, "For a cleaner and healthier world, I'm willing to give up everything that negatively affects the environment – I personally use public transport, which certainly promotes healthier air in the city where I live." Nikola also added, "Ecological lifestyle means for me regular waste management, use of public transport, limiting the use of household chemicals when cleaning, organic food shopping in specialty stores or at farmers markets." When she was asked about what to promote in her country,

, Nikola answered her country's architecture and history. Nikola also said that Czech Republic is surrounded by "...mountains, nature preserves and national parks." She also mentioned about her people's kind hearts and traditions that they love to show to all people from different walks of life. At the conclusion of the pageant, she was unplaced. The

title was won by

Jamie Herrell Jamie Herrell (; born July 12, 1994) is a Filipina news anchor and beauty pageant titleholder. She won Miss Philippines Earth 2014 and Miss Earth 2014. Herrell was a recipient of the Outstanding Individual Award during the 80th Cebu City Chart ...

of the

References

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