Nora Emilie Nakken represented Norway in Miss Earth and Miss Universe. These are two of the six grand slam international beauty pageants for women along with Miss World, Miss International, Miss Supranational and Miss Grand International.

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BIOGRAPHY

Nakken is a Norwegian model and beauty queen from Trondheim, Norway. She is an alumna of Charlottenlund videregående skole and Handelshøyskolen BI, which are both in Trondheim.

Aside from modeling and beauty pageants, Nakken is also into entrepreneurship and she is a mental health advocate. Here are 13 more things about her:

  1. She has a younger sister named Ane Nakken.
  2. In 2012, she started modeling professionally.
  3. From 2012 to 2013, she worked at Rosenborg Skole.
  4. In 2015, she visited Croatia.
  5. From 2016 to 2018, she worked at Jesper Nattmann.
  6. In 2016, she visited England, United Kingdom and Sweden.
  7. She was a Miss Universe Norway 2016 candidate.
  8. From 2017 to 2020, she studied marketing management at Handelshøyskolen BI.
  9. She was a Miss Earth 2020 candidate.
  10. In 2021, she entered Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet (NTNU) in Trondheim.
  11. She won Miss Norway 2021.
  12. She was a Miss Universe 2021 candidate.
  13. On June 22, 2025, she turned 27.
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TIMELINE

Nora is 5’8″ tall. She speaks Norwegian and English.

2010s

  • In July 2015, she traveled Molunat, Dubrovačko-Neretvanska, Croatia.
  • In January 2016, she traveled to London, England.
  • On July 30, 2016, she competed against 16 other Miss Universe Norway 2016 candidates at Open Stage in Oslo, Norway. She was unplaced.
  • In October 2016, she traveled to Sweden.

2020s

  • On November 29, 2020, she represented Norway at Miss Earth 2020 and competed against 81 other candidates in a virtual coronation ceremony. She was unplaced.
  • On August 14, 2021, she competed against 15 other finalists at Miss Norway 2021 at the Åpen Scene in Oslo. She won the title.
  • On December 12, 2021, she represented Norway at Miss Universe 2021 and competed against 79 other candidates in Eilat, Israel. She was unplaced.
  • On August 13, 2022, she crowned her successor Miss Norway 2022 Ida Anette Hauan at Arbeidersamfunnets plass (1) in Oslo.
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Coco Altatis has been writing for CONAN Daily since 2009. He writes about beauty pageants, mixed martial arts, music and movies.