Daša Živković | |
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Born | Daša Živković 29 December 1988 Cetinje, Montenegro, |
Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) |
Title | Miss Montenegro Universe 2008 |
Beauty pageant titleholder | |
Hair color | Brown |
Eye color | Brown |
Major competition(s) | Miss Montenegro 2007 (Miss Montenegro Universe) Miss Tourism Queen Int'l 2008 (3rd runner-up) Miss Universe 2008 |
Daša Živković (born 29 December 1988) is a Montenegrin beauty pageant titleholder who represented Montenegro in the 2008 Miss Universe pageant.
Montenegro is a country in Southeastern Europe on the Adriatic Sea. It borders Bosnia and Herzegovina to the north; Serbia and Kosovo to the east, Albania to the south and Croatia to the west. Montenegro has an area of 13,812 square kilometres and a population of 678,000, most of whom are Orthodox Christians. Its capital Podgorica is one of the twenty-three municipalities in the country. Cetinje is designated as the Old Royal Capital.
A beauty pageant or beauty contest is a competition that has traditionally focused on judging and ranking the physical attributes of the contestants, although most contests have evolved to also incorporate personality traits, intelligence, talent, and answers to judges' questions as judged criteria. The term refers largely to contests for women such as the Big Four international beauty pageants.
Miss Universe 2008, the 57th Miss Universe pageant, was held on 14 July 2008 at the Crown Convention Center in Nha Trang, Vietnam. Dayana Mendoza of Venezuela was crowned by Riyo Mori of Japan as her successor at the end of the event. 80 contestants competed in this year which was broadcast and distributed globally via NBC in English and Telemundo in Spanish to TV outlets in more than 180 countries. The pageant was watched by a live audience of 7,500 and nearly a billion television viewers worldwide.
Živković, who stands 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in), competed in her country's first national beauty pageant in history, Miss Montenegro 2007, held in Plavnica on 24 August 2007, when she gained the right to represent her nation in the 2008 Miss Universe pageant. [1]
Miss Montenegro is a national Beauty pageant in Montenegro.
Prior to her participation in Miss Universe 2008, Živković was the official representative of her country to the 2008 Miss Tourism Queen International pageant held in Zhengzhou on 10 April 2008, when she placed third runner-up to eventual winner, Silvia Cornejo of Peru. [2]
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A couple months later, Živković represented Montenegro in the 57th edition of the Miss Universe pageant, [3] broadcast live from the Crown Convention Center in Nha Trang, Vietnam on 14 July 2008. 80 contestants from different countries and territories competed in the event. [4]
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Preceded by Snežana Bušković | Miss Montenegro Universe 2008 | Succeeded by Anja Jovanović |