Kleofina Pnishi, born July 23, 1994, in Gjakova (Kosovo), is a French actress and model, of Kosovar origin. [1] She was elected Miss Provence 2017. [2]
She has a little brother and a little sister. Her father is the head of a masonry company and her mother is a housewife. She arrived in Peyrolles in 1999, fleeing Kosovo, which was then in the middle of a war, when she was 5 years old. [3]
She graduated from the School of Journalism and Communication of Aix-Marseille. [4] [5] [6]
Kleofina Pnishi was elected Miss Provence 2017 for Miss France 2018 on July 29, 2017, in Cogolin and succeeds Noémie Mazella, Miss Provence 2016.
In 2019, she participates in season 12 of Peking Express alongside Julia Sidi-Atman (Miss French Riviera 2017). [7]
In July 2024, she got engaged with international French footballer Benjamin Pavard. [8]
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