Priya Serrao

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Priya Serrao
Born (1992-06-22) 22 June 1992 (age 31)
Belmannu, India
Education
OccupationLawyer
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[ citation needed ]
Beauty pageant titleholder
Title Miss Universe Australia 2019
Hair colorBrown[ citation needed ]
Eye colorBrown[ citation needed ]
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Priya Olivia Serrao (born 22 June 1992) is an Australian lawyer, public policy and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Universe Australia 2019 living in Melbourne. She represented Australia in the Miss Universe 2019 competition. [1] [2]

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Early life

Serrao was born in Belmannu, Karnataka, [3] to a Mangalorean Catholic family, and spent most of her early childhood living in Oman and the United Arab Emirates. [4] [5] When she was 11, the family immigrated to Australia and settled in Melbourne and attended high school in the Mac.Robertsons' High School. [6] [7] [8] She has two university degrees: one in arts and one in law from Melbourne Law School. Serrao works as a policy adviser for the Government of Victoria, and was to be admitted to the Supreme Court of Victoria as a lawyer in 2019. [7] [9]

Pageantry

Serrao began her pageantry career at the Miss Universe Australia 2019 competition. [10] She was later selected as one of the national finalists in the competition for the state of Victoria on 10 March 2019. [11] Serrao competed in the final on 27 June 2019, and won, beating first runner-up Bella Kasimba of Western Australia. She then represented Australia in the Miss Universe 2019 competition on 9 December 2019, but was unplaced. [1] [12]

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References

  1. 1 2 Armstrong, Harriet (27 June 2019). "Miss Universe Australia 2019 has been crowned". Nine Honey — Style. Nine Network.
  2. ↑ Knox, David (9 December 2019). "Airdate: Miss Universe 2019". TV Tonight. TV Tonight . Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  3. ↑ "Priya Serrao, Indian-origin policy advisor, crowned Miss Universe Australia". The New Indian Express. 28 June 2019.
  4. ↑ Arora, Avneet (28 June 2019). "Indian-born Priya Serrao crowned Miss Universe Australia 2019". SBS.
  5. ↑ "Mangalurean Priya Serrao crowned Miss Universe Australia". Daiji World. 27 June 2019.
  6. ↑ "What a great end to my birthday". Priya Serrao. 22 June 2019. Archived from the original on 24 December 2021.
  7. 1 2 George, Owen (21 June 2019). "Priya Serrao - Miss Universe Australia 2019 Finalist Interview". gcmag.
  8. ↑ "Introducing VIC National Finalist @priyaserrao". Miss Universe Australia. 27 May 2019. Archived from the original on 24 December 2021.
  9. ↑ "Indian woman crowned Miss Universe Australia". Times of India. 28 June 2019.
  10. ↑ George, Owen (9 January 2019). "Could you be the next Miss Universe Australia?". gcmag.
  11. ↑ "Victorians selected for Miss Universe Australia final". Herald Sun. 10 March 2019.
  12. ↑ Epstein, Jackie (27 June 2019). "WA's Bella Kasimba runner-up Miss Universe Australia 2019". The West.


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