Team Europe for Miss Universe 2020

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Paula Mehmetukaj Miss Universe Albania 2020

Paula Mehmetukaj was crowned Miss Universe Albania 2020 on 19th September 2020. She succeeds and was crowned by Miss Universe Albania 2019 Cindy Marina. The 22-year-old beauty was appreciated for not just her beauty but her attitude, her kindness, her charm, smile and elegance. ‘Paula is the founder of a Non-Profit Organization, “Together” (Fondacioni Bashke) with an aim to be of support to all ages and genders of all communities. Introducing her foundation, Paula mentioned, “Individually we are one drop, Together we are an ocean. It’s this motto of our foundation ‘Together’, we’ve been working on for a long time...’Together’ was the inspiration I received from all of you, as together we can do it, together we are stronger, together we can bring back a smile to children that due to life circumstances cannot,to give grandparents a hug, to those with disabilities, a help to every community. That’s why we thought we’d give it a name as simple and meaningful. Our country needs more than this, but we, as far as we can, will try to be with those in need! Because TOGETHER we are what we can never be when we are alone, we are indestructible! We are Together!”

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Dhenia Covens Miss Universe Belgium 2020

Dhenia Covens was appointed as Miss Universe Belgium 2020 on 1st February 2021. She has succeeded Miss Universe Belgium 2019 Angeline Flor Pua for the title and will now represent the country at Miss Universe 2020. Hailing from Antwerp, Dhenia is 27-years-old and stands 175 cm tall, and works as a model and a makeup artist. She is strong, confident, determined, and well experienced when it comes to being on-stage. She is beautiful and has charming features, which can help her impress everyone. Dhenia is not new to the world of beauty pageants as she was adjudged as the second runner up at Miss Belgium 2018 and later represented the country at Miss Supranational 2018. She competed in Miss Tourism International 2014 and Miss United Continents in 2015 as well. The diva strongly believes in the fact that there is no limit to what women can accomplish if she sets her mind and focus on something. She has a positive mindset, which makes her stronger and dedicated towards her goals in life.

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Mirna Naiia Maric Miss Universe Croatia 2020

Mirna Naiia Maric was crowned Miss Universe Croatia 2020 on 13th March 2020 at Zagreb. Mirna succeeds and was crowned by Miss Universe Croatia 2019 Mia Rkman and will now represent her country in Miss Universe 2020. The 22-year-old diva speaks fluent English and Italian. She graduated from the School of Applied Arts and Design in Zadar. As the winner, Mirna also received a four-year scholarship to the Zagreb School of Economics and Management or MBA studies worth 20,000 euros. Mirna is advocating to reduce violence against women, not just physical but mentally. As model she experienced violence through social media and says words can hurt just as much as physical violence. She has been working with ‘International Women’s Club Zangreb’ aiming to create a social network for International women living in the city.

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Klara Vavruskova Miss Universe Czech Republic 2020

Klara Vavruskova was appointed as Miss Universe Czech Republic 2020 and will represent the country in Miss Universe 2020. The diva succeeds Miss Universe Czech Republic 2019 Barbora Hodacová for the title. The announcement was made via Ceská Miss Essens’ social media. Hailing from Kostelec nad Orlici, Klara is a 21-years-old student of Biology and Chemistry. Klara is not new to the world of beauty pageants as she was crowned Czech-Slovak Miss 2019 and represented the Czech Republic at Miss Earth 2019 where she was crowned Miss Earth Water 2019 at the end of the event finale. Wherewith Miss Earth’s platform she was able to work in the society for the environment, the pageant fanatics feel that with Miss Universe’s platform she will be able to take her advocacy to a broader stage. The diva has a positive nature paired up with an enchanting and attractive personality which has impressed everyone. She strongly believes, “Everyone should contribute to the protection of the environment. Whether it's sorting waste, saving drinking water, reducing disposable plastics, etc.” She is very passionate about using the platform to make a good and positive impact on society.

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Viivi Altonen Miss Universe Finland 2020

Viivi Altonen was crowned Miss Suomi 2020/ Miss Universe Finland 2020 on 19th September 2020. She succeeds and was crowned by Miss Suomi 2019 Anni Harjunpää and will now represent Finland at Miss Universe 2020. Viivi is 24-years-old and stands 175 cm tall and currently a model with BIBA model management in Zurich. Viivi began her career in 2014 where she was a part of Supermodel International 2014. With her incredible performance, Viivi placed as the third runner-up at the end of the event finale. She was later, in 2019, appointed Miss Supranational Finland 2019 and represented her country at Miss Supranational 2019. Viivi lso considers herself as a dive master as she had over 100 logged scuba dives. This fitness lover in her free time goes for running in the forest and to the gym. She believes in beauty, brain and health being coexistent in the world and wants the world to believe in that too.

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Amandine Petit Miss Universe France 2021

Amandine Petit was crowned Miss Universe France 2021 on 19th December 2020 at Puy du Fou in Les Epesses, Pays de la Loire. She succeeds Miss France 2020 Clémence Botino to represent her country at Miss Universe 2020. Miss France Organisation announced in a live session on their social media page that, “Amandine Petit will represent France at the next Miss Universe competition which will take place in Hollywood on May 16,2021”, while “Clémence Botino will represent France at the Miss Universe competition next December” i.e. Miss Universe 2021. Hailing from Bourguébus, Amandine was a student at IAE Caen in a master's in Management of establishments and gerontological structures. Amandine aspires to become director of a health establishment for the elderly such as an independent residence or an EHPAD to support medical research, and more precisely that on Alzheimer's disease. She also added that what she likes about the job is the management part but also the fact that it has a strong social utility. The diva intends to show that the current woman is a strong woman, a woman who can do what she wants to do.

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Jeanette Akua Miss Universe Great Britain 2020

Jeanette Akua was virtually crowned Miss Universe Great Britain 2020 on 8th March 2021 and will now represent Great Britain at Miss Universe 2020. The announcement was made by Miss Universe Great Britain 2019 Emma Jenkins of Wales. Hailing from London, Jeanette is 27-years-old. She has a master’s degree in International Economic Policy and Analysis and currently work as a business development manager at a leading economic consultancy. Jeanette advocates “Be Audacious” movement; a movement run by women for women. She was inspired to create and direct an all-female online series, bringing together female leaders from all over the universe. “The series celebrates their achievements and inspires others through their stories of resilience. As part of the "Be Audacious" movement, I also wrote and released a song inspired by the stories of the incredible women who took part in the series,” she explained. Jeanette aspires to build an army of Audacious women who are unapologetic about who they are.

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Elisabet Hulda Snorradottir Miss Universe Iceland 2020

Elisabet Hulda Snorradottir was crowned Miss Universe Iceland 2020 on 23rd October 2020 and became the official representative of Iceland at Miss Universe 2020. She succeeds Miss Universe Iceland 2019 Birta Abiba Þórhallsdóttir. Hailing from Reykjavik, Elísabet competed with absolutely sincerity and dedication at the national contest to win the crown. This was not Elisabet’s first stint at Miss Universe Iceland as the stunning beauty participated last year at Miss Universe Iceland 2019 and ended up being adjudged as the first runner-up. She is fluent in languages such as English, Icelandic, Korean, Japanese and is learning Mandarin and Thai. Elisabet is advocates for learning from each other as global citizens. She is enthusiatic about learning about different cultures. She works with “Tolum Saman”, a program which teaches and aids in the learning of Icelandic language to immigrants.

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Nadia Sayers Miss Universe Ireland 2020

Nadia Sayers was crowned Miss Universe Ireland 2020 on 21st December 2020 virtually as she became the official representative of Ireland at Miss Universe 2020. The beauty succeeds Miss Universe Ireland 2019 Fionnghuala O'Reilly. Nadia is 26-years-old and has earned her bachelor’s degree in psychology from Queen’s University Belfast in Belfast, Northern Ireland in 2015 and her master’s degree in psychology from Ulster University in 2019. The diva is strong, confident, and focused towards winning and using the platform given to her for a good cause. She wants to perform her best at make the people of Ireland proud and take up her space in the universe to do something good for the society. The diva is a mental health advocate and uses her social media to advocate and create awareness about the same. In one of her posts she has mentioned, “we weren't built to stay in one box, we weren't built to be the same person forever. We were built to grow, to be everchanging, to learn and experience,” that clearly states that there is nothing in the world that can stop the diva in achieving what she truly desires. She also visits schools to advocate young children about the importance of mental health in current world.

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Viviana Vizzini Miss Universe Italy 2020

Viviana Vizzini was crowned Miss Universe Italy 2020 on 21st December 2020 as she became the official representative of Italy at Miss Universe 2020. The diva succeeds Miss Universe Italy 2019 Sofia Marilù Trimarco. Viviana is 27-years-old and graduated as an accountant and is completing her bachelor's degree in communication science and digital marketing at ECampus. She is passionate about modelling, and is an influencer, presenter, and philanthropist. She has worked hard to be at the place she is today and she is very grateful for the opportunities she has received and people she has worked with. She believes in, “Spread the love wherever you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier.” The diva started her beauty pageant career at the age of 16-years and has never looked back since and has always pushed herself to get the best out her to achieve her dreams and goals. She is a positive, humble, and honest person who wishes to carry out only positivity with her wherever she goes. For Viviana, Miss Universe is not just a competition but it’s a family, a lifestyle, and an inspiration she lives by.

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Blerta Veseli Miss Universe Kosovo 2020

Blerta Veseli was crowned Miss Universe Kosovo 2020 and will now represent the country at Miss Universe 2020. She succeeded Miss Universe Kosovo 2019 Fatbardha Hoxha for the title. The 23-year-old beauty is a student of architecture, born in Gjilan and now lives in Prishtina. Blerta believes in the quote, “The individual power of each can bring about change in the community." Blerta also took to her official social media to reveal her happiness on being crowned Miss Universe Kosovo 2020 in a post captioned,“Honored and privileged. It has been a long journey, a lot of emotions, a lot of hard work, concentration and dedication, ambition and vision to create a better me, to create someone that is ready to represent Kosovo in the best way possible. I am feeling ready to take this new road in my life. Always so humble and so thankful for this title. I will do my best to represent and to show the world that our women, women from Kosovo are powerful, intelligent, smart, beautiful, creative and above all independent.”

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Anthea Zammit Miss Universe Malta 2020

Anthea Zammit was crowned Miss Universe Malta 2020 on 28th august 2020 and will now represent Malta at Miss Universe 2020 stage. She succeeds Miss Universe Malta 2019 Teresa Ruglio for the crown. Anthea is a law student and works as a professional dancer and graduated from University of Malta with a degree in Dance Studies. The diva aspires to do her Masters in Movement Psychotherapy. She is no new to pageants as she represented Malta at Miss World 2016 and later at Miss Supranational 2017. Anthea was placed as the second runner-up in the Sports Challenge and placed in the Top 10 in the Talent competition at Miss World 2016. After being a victim to an abusive relationship which led her to having anxiety attacks ending her up in a hospital,she sought counselling and started to believe in herself. She is now an ambassador of “Fidem”, an organization helping women who went through abuse to get empowerment, education and wellbeing guidance.

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Denise Speelman Miss Universe Netherlands 2020

Denise Speelman was crowned Miss Universe Netherlands 2020 on 31st August 2020 at Studio 21, Hilversum. She succeeds Miss Nederland 2019 Sharon Pieksma for the title and will represent Netherlands in Miss Universe 2020. Born and raised in Groningen, Denise is 23-years-old and successfully runs her styling company in Amsterdam. With her title, Denise wishes to hold open discussions about eating disorders and body positivity since she had to deal with this in the past. Denise advocates against body shaming and hopes to raise awareness about eating disorders and body positivity. As she speaks from experience, Denise shared, “Regardless of a woman’s appearance, shape or origin, everyone should have the same opportunities. Whether it is eligible for a particular job or in social life. Let’s embrace every woman and give the same chance in our society.”

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Sunniva Frigstad Miss Universe Norway 2020

Sunniva Frigstad was crowned Miss Universe Norway 2020 and will represent Norway at Miss Universe 2020. She succeeds Miss Norway 2019 Helene Abildsnes. She is 20 years of age and is currently studying marketing and management at UIA in Kristiansand,Agder. Sunniva wants to use the platform to raise awareness regarding sexual abuse and influence people to show compassion and belonging to the person who has experienced the situation. Sunniva, on winning, took to her official social media to reveal her emotions in a post captioned, “I cannot describe the feeling I have right now! I was just named Miss Universe Norway 2020, it is completely surreal. I want to thank everyone who has accompanied me on the journey, family, friends, acquaintances and sponsors you are absolutely fantastic, and you have no idea what it means to me. I look forward to representing Norway in Miss Universe 2020, and bring the crown home to Norway where it belongs. Thank you very much.”

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Magdalena Kasiborska Miss Universe Poland 2020

Magdalena Kasiborska was crowned Miss Universe Poland 2020 on 8th December 2019. She succeeded Miss Polski 2018 Olga Bulawa for the title and earned a chance to represent Poland at Miss Universe 2020 stage. Hailing from the city of Zabrze, Magdalena is 20-years-old and is currently studying cosmetology. In the future, the diva aspires to study medicine and her greatest passion is sport, music, tennis, and dance. In the past, she trained ballroom dancing for eight years. The diva along with her court queens has been actively carrying out charity work during the times of pandemic clearly shows how dedicated she towards the crown. She is using the platform to voice issues regarding gender equality as she wants to make it clear that a woman also has a voice, and to decide about herself and her own body. She wants to organize an ecological spectacle for the young people in her community to educate them from an early age that it is worth taking care of our land.

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Cristiana Silva Alves Miss Universe Portugal 2020

Cristiana Silva Alves was announced as Miss Universe Portugal 2020 and will be the official representative of Portugal at Miss Universe 2020 stage. The decision was announced on the organization’s official social media account and the decision is an outcome of the fact that the Miss Universe Portugal 2020 pageant couldn’t be held due to the pandemic. Cristiana is 19-years-old and is studying solicitors. Cristiana describes herself as outgoing, smiling, and as someone who loves to know about other cultures, traditions, and customs. The diva enjoys playing sports and being with family and friends especially outside. She is a young woman who is passionate about life, has a head full of dreams and goals, and whose motto is “Life is a gift that we must enjoy until the last second”. She advocates about self-care and self-love through her social media account where in one of her posts she has mentioned that “Self-care is about understanding our limitations, about not blaming ourselves and taking some of the world's responsibility off our backs. It is painting the heart with peace, unloading the pain, and taking care of the soul! It's about being best friends with ourselves.”

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Bianca Lorena Tirsin Miss Universe Romania 2020

Bianca Lorena Tirsin was announced as Miss Universe Romania 2020 on 1st December 2020 in a Tv report on Antenna Stars. She succeeded Miss Universe Romania 2019 Dorina Chihaia for the title. Hailing from Transylvania, Bianca is 22-years-old and stands 180 cm tall and is professional model and a businesswoman who runs his online business. After winning the crown, she took to her social media to thank organization and everyone who helped her to stay positive and motivated towards winning. The diva has made history as the first woman to represent Romania in three major international beauty pageants; she represented Romania at Miss Supranational 2017 where she was adjudged as the second runner-up and then at Miss International 2018 where she was adjudged as the third runner-up. The diva volunteers at various organizations which aims to eliminate any form of domestic violence in Romania, to inform and provide support to people in need and she aspires to change the culture of taxation both nationally and internationally. She also works as an advocate for the children’s education as she believes in the power of education to transform lives and combating bullying in Romania. She is currently working as charitable spokesperson for charities such as Cetatea Voluntarilor, Fundatia Renasterea and others.

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Alina Sanko Miss Universe Russia 2020

Alina Sanko was appointed as Miss Universe Russia 2020 through an made via Miss Russia Organization’s social media page. Russia did not send a representative at Miss Universe but Alina’s appointment has received with a lot of appreciation and applauses as she seems like an ideal candidate to represent the country at Miss Universe. Hailing from Moscow, Alina is 22-years-old and stands 174 cm tall. She attends the Moscow State University of Land Management, where she is studying architecture. Alina is fond of arts as drawing is her passion. She expresses her thoughts, emotions, feelings, and mood through her work. Not new to the pageantry, Alina represented Azov at Miss Russia 2019. Alina was given the opportunity to represent Russia in both Miss World 2019 and Miss Universe 2019, however, due to conflicting dates she only competed in Miss World. At Miss World 2019, Alina competed with absolute grace and finished in Top 12.

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Natalia Hostakova Miss Universe Slovakia 2020

Natalia Hostakova was appointed as Miss Universe Slovakia 2020 on February 10, 2021. She 25, will represent Slovakia in Miss Universe 2020.She succeeds Miss Universe Slovakia 2019, Laura Longauerova. Hailing from Bratislava, Natalia is 25-years-old and she is a professional model. She is signed with Cyrus Models, an international modeling agency based in Bratislava. She was one of the finalists during ceska Miss 2019 pageant in Prague.Hoštáková will be the 27th woman to represent the country in the international beauty pageant. She is currently in the US where she is undergoing a mandatory quarantine due to the new Covid-19 pandemic.

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Andrea Martinez Fernandez Miss Universe Spain 2020

Andrea Martinez Fernandez was crowned Miss Universe Spain 2020 on 22nd November 2020 in Canary Isands. She succeeds Miss Universe Spain 2019 Natalie Ortega for the title and earned an opportunity to represent the country at Miss Universe 2020 stage. Hailing from León, Andrea is 27-years-old and stands 180 cm tall and is a business administrator in addition to having completed a master's degree in project manager. She speaks fluent English, Italian and French. Andrea is not new to the world of pageantry as she competed in Miss España 2015 and was placed at Top 10 by the end of the event finale. After several years facing bullying, Andrea has been able to build herself a career which helps her to advocate about stop bullying. She feels that beauty reflects what one is from the inside rather than on the outside and beauty pageants have helped her to understand that. She believes that her inner strength is her superpower.

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Elizaveta Yastremskaya Miss Universe Ukraine 2020

Elizaveta Yastremskaya was appointed as Miss Universe Ukraine 2020 as she succeeded Miss Universe Ukraine 2019 Zaporizhia Anastasia Subbota. The announcement was done via Miss Universe Ukraine’s official social media page. Liza is 27-years-old and has graduated with a degree in Human Marketing Resources and Management and has worked as a successful model. She has studied in the school of philosophy and meditation. She speaks Ukrainian, Russian, English, French, and is working on her German. The diva is not new to the world of pageantry but was adjudged as the first runner-up at Miss Universe Ukraine 2019 and due to the pandemic scare in the world, the organization decided to not hold the pageant for Miss Universe Ukraine 2020 and crowned the gorgeous diva as the official representative. Liza started working as a professional model after graduating from modelling school, she started shooting for magazines, shows and working with designers, advertising, and working on television. Liza mentioned,“There is a lot of work ahead. Responsibility to the country. New friends and opportunities. And I am looking forward to this new path in my destiny.” She added that she has dreamt of this day when she was a little girl and now when it’s all happening, she feels extremely grateful for the opportunity and would perform her best at the competition. The diva started her own business during the pandemic and is proud of the way it has turned out for her.