13 things about Miss Earth Bosnia & Herzegovina 2002 Džejla Glavović

Džejla Glavović Očuz is the first Bosnian beauty queen to win an international beauty pageant. She won Miss Earth 2002 but was dethroned.

BIOGRAPHY

Očuz is a Bosnian model, model scout and beauty queen from Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. She speaks Bosnian and English.

On November 30, 2025, Očuz turned 43. Here are 13 more things about her:

She is the founder of Swan Model Management.
She is an alumnus of the University of Sarajevo in Sarajevo.
She and Mahir Očuz have one son together.
In 1997, she started modelling professionally.
She reigned as Miss Earth 2002 for seven months only.
In 2012, she and Mahir got married.
In 2014, she was a candidate in the elections for the House of Representatives of the Parliament of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina as a member of the Democratic Party.
In 2021, she visited Turkiye.
In 2022, she and Mahir were arrested and jailed for one day, she visited Germany and earned her master’s degree in international relations and diplomacy from the University of Sarajevo.
In 2023, she visited Spain.
In 2024, she visited Croatia.
In 2025, she visited France and Italy.
In 2026, she visited Indonesia and the United Arab Emirates and she produced her first fashion editorial in Vienna, Austria.

Očuz is 5’11” tall. She is the first Miss Earth to be dethroned.

On October 20, 2002, she represented Bosnia and Herzegovina at Miss Earth 2002 and competed against 52 other candidates at the Folk Arts Theater in Pasay City, Metro Manila, Philippines. She won the title.
On May 28, 2003, she was stripped of her Miss Earth 2002 title.
On August 7, 2003, she was replaced by Winfred Omwakwe, who became the new Miss Earth 2002.

In November 2021, she was in Istanbul, Turkiye with her son.
In January 2022, she became the head of marketing and public relations of DRESSCODE and Prevent Industrials in Sarajevo.
On March 31, 2022, she and Mahir were arrested due to allegations related to medical cannabis oil, which was used by her husband, who was diagnosed with secondary progressive multiple sclerosis.
On April 1, 2022, she and Mahir were released because there were no grounds for further detention.
In August 2022, she attended the Sarajevo Film Festival 2022 in Sarajevo.
In November 2022, she earned a master’s degree from the University of Sarajevo.
In December 2022, she was in Munich, Germany with her son.
On February 15, 2023, she had a meeting with Danka Savic, Bosnia and Herzegovina’s ambassador in Madrid, Spain.
In July 2024, she walked for ZIGMAN in a fashion show in Rijeka, Crotia.
In November 2024, she walked for Hugo Boss in a fashion show in Stuttgart, Germany.
In May 2025, she traveled to Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin, Grand Est, France.
In October 2025, she traveled to Italy and Paris, France.
In November 2025, she traveled to Dusseldorf, Germany.
In February 2026, she traveled to Bali, Indonesia.
In April 2026, she traveled to Split, Croatia.
In May 2026, she traveled to Dubai, UAE.
In June 2026, she produced her first fashion editorial in Vienna where she worked with Italian photographer Andrea Biasutti and collaborators from Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Germany.