13 things about Miss Illinois USA 2025 Nikolina Vujcic

Nikolina Vujcic competed in Miss Illinois USA twice. She represented Illinois, United States in the 74th edition of Miss USA.

BIOGRAPHY

Vujcic is a Serbian-American pediatric emergency room nurse and beauty queen born and raised in Des Plaines, Illinois. She is Dusanka Obradovic‘s daughter.

Growing up, Vujcic was immersed in Serbian folk dance at an Orthodox church in Des Plaines. She found her love for dance and cheerleading, participating throughout middle school, high school and college.

For two years, Vujcic served as the captain of the first ever competitive cheerleading team of Loyola University Chicago in Chicago, Illinois. She began her career in the pediatric emergency department of the same hospital where she was born.

On July 21, 2025, Vujcic turned 23. Here are 13 more things about her:

1. In 2009, she won her first beauty pageant.
2. In 2018, she visited Mexico.
3. In 2020, she graduated from Maine West High School in Des Plaines.
4. From 2020 to 2024, she attended the Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing of Loyola University Chicago where she earned a bachelor’s degree in nursing.
5. She was a Miss Illinois Teen USA 2021 semifinalist.
6. In 2022, she visited Serbia and Italy.
7. In 2023, she visited England, United Kingdom; Portugal.
8. She was a Miss Illinois USA 2022 semifinalist.
9. She is Miss Illinois Collegiate 2023.
10. She was a Miss America Collegiate 2023 semifinalist.
11. In 2024, she visited France.
12. She won Miss Illinois USA 2025.
13. She was a Miss USA 2025 candidate.

TIMELINE

Vujcic speaks Serbian, English and Spanish. She is an only child and a first-generation Serbian-American.

2010s

• In December 2018, she traveled to Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico.

2020s

• In May 2020, she graduated from Maine West High School.
• On June 27, 2021, she represented Des Plaines at Miss Illinois Teen USA 2021, competed against 40 other candidates at the Braden Auditorium of Illinois State University in Normal, Illinois and finished in the Top 15.
• On May 30, 2022, she represented Des Plaines at Miss Illinois USA 2022 and competed against 41 other candidates at the Braden Auditorium of Illinois State University. She finished in the Top 16.
• In June 2022, she traveled to Rome, Italy.
• In February 2023, she traveled to London, England and Porto, Portugal.
• On May 28, 2023, she was appointed Miss Illinois Collegiate 2023.
• On July 8, 2025, she represented Illinois at Miss Collegiate America 2023 and finished in the Top 15.
• In May 2024, she and her fellow Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing students traveled to Lourdes, France where they volunteered at the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes and assisted pilgrims at the sacred baths believed to possess healing waters.
• On May 25, 2025, she represented Des Plaines at Miss Illinois USA 2025 and competed against 43 other candidates at the Braden Auditorium of Illinois State University. She won the title.
• On October 24, 2025, she represented Illinois at Miss USA 2025 and competed against 50 other candidates at the Grand Sierra Resort in Reno, Nevada, USA. She was unplaced.