Dubrovnik, Croatia native Ora Antonia Ivanisevic won Miss Universe Croatia 2021 at the Esplanade Hotel in Zagreb, Croatia on July 14, 2021. She competed against 14 other candidates.
Runner-up to Ivanisevic was Lorena Mustać of Privlaka. The second runner-up was Ozana Franović of Split.
Ivanisevic was unplaced when she represented Croatia at Miss Universe 2021 and competed against 79 other candidates in Eilat, Israel on December 12, 2021. It was won by Harnaaz Sandhu of India.
On January 16, 2022, Ivanisevic turned 21. On March 3, 2022, Sandhu turned 22.
Miss Universe Croatia 2022
On May 23, 2022, Ivanisevic will go back to the Esplanade Hotel in Zagreb to crown her successor. Jutarnji.hr will broadcast the coronation ceremony, which is the 26th edition of the national beauty pageant that selects Croatia’s Miss Universe candidate.
A total of 13 women are competing for the Miss Universe Croatia 2022 crown. Here are the candidates:
- Andrea Mandarić, 22, Split
- Antonela Zvonkovic (Karlovac)
- Arijana Podgajski, 19, Krapina
- Emanuela Mažar, 21, Samobor
- Gabriela Balek, 21, Split
- Iris Kralj, 25, Varaždin
- Karmen Vulic, 24, Split
- Klaudija Krezić, 23, Sesvetski Kraljevec
- Lara Fuchs, 20, Poreč
- Magdalena Milošević, 21, Kula Norinska
- Maria Delić, 23, Rijeka
- Monika Bogdanić, 23, Zagreb
- Veronika Ðerek, 18, Kloštar Ivanić
Croatia currently has four Miss Universe placements. Representing the European country, Sarah Ćosić finished in the Top 15 in 2009, Elizabeta Burg and Shanaelle Petty finished in the Top 16 in 2012 and 2017, respectively, and Mia Rkman finished in the Top 20 in 2019.
Born in Vrbanja, Croatia, Burg turned 28 on October 1, 2021. Born in Bad Kreuznach, Germany to an African American father and a Croatian mother, Petty turned 24 on February 28, 2022.
Born in Split, Croatia, Ćosić turned 33 on April 14, 2022. Born in Korčula, Croatia, Rkman turned 24 on April 28, 2022.
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