13 things about Miss Universe Croatia 2019 Mia Rkman

Mia Rkman represented Croatia in the 68th edition of Miss Universe. It was won by Zozibini Tunzi of South Africa.

BIOGRAPHY

Rkman is a Croatian beauty queen born in Korčula, Croatia. Here are 13 more things about her:

1. In 2016, she graduated from Opća gimnazija Korčula in Korčula.
2. From October 2016 to August 2020, she attended the University of Applied Health Sciences in Zagreb, Croatia where she earned a bachelor’s degree in environmental health.
3. After winning Miss Universe Croatia 2019, she received a four-year scholarship to the Zagreb School of Economics and Management in Zagreb.
4. She was a Miss Universe 2019 semifinalist.
5. From August 2020 to January 2022, she was an environmental health engineering intern at the Andrija Stampar Teaching Institute of Public Health in Zagreb.
6. From September 2020 to October 2023, she attended the Zagreb School of Economics and Management where she earned a bachelor’s degree in economics and management.
7. In 2022, she was a Specijalna Bolnica Primamed employee in Zagreb.
8. In 2023, she visited Bosnia and Herzegovina.
9. From September 2023 to July 2024, she attended the Zagreb School of Economics and Management where she earned her master’s degree in business administration.
10. From October 2023 to March 2024, she was a marketing manager at Blank Label Team in Zagreb.
11. In 2024, she became a Neo Brands Inc. employee and she visited Spain, Hungary, Austria, Greece, Italy and England, United Kingdom.
12. In 2025, she visited Malta.
13. On April 28, 2025, she turned 28.

TIMELINE

Rkman is 5’6″ tall and she loves swimming, handball, taekwondo, dancing and tennis. The black dress she wore during the Miss Universe 2019 coronation ceremony was designed by Matija Vuica.

2010s

• On April 27, 2019, she competed against 18 other Miss Universe Croatia 2019 candidates at the Esplanade Zagreb Hotel in Zagreb and won the title.
• On December 8, 2019, she represented Croatia at Miss Universe 2019 and competed against 89 other candidates at the Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. She finished in the Top 20.

2020s

• On May 13, 2020, she crowned her successor Miss Universe Croatia 2020 Mirna Naiia Maric at the Hrvatska Radiotelevizija (HRT) Studio in Zagreb.
• From January 2022 to July 2022, she was an environmental health engineer at Specijalna Bolnica Primamed.
• In December 2023, she traveled to Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
• In January 2024, she traveled to Barcelona, Spain.
• In March 2024, she joined Neo Brands Inc. as a marketing communications manager and traveled to Budapest, Hungary and Vienna, Austria.
• In June 2024, she traveled to Thessaloniki, Greece.
• In October 2024, she traveled to Pisa, Italy.
• In November 2024, she traveled to London, England.
• On April 28, 2025, she attended Miss Universe Croatia 2025 at the Emerald Hall of Esplanade Hotel in Zagreb.
• In June 2025, she traveled to Valletta, Malta and Florence, Italy.