Tijana Arnautović

Last updated
Tijana Petković
Born
Tijana Arnautović

(1986-08-15) August 15, 1986 (age 36)
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Beauty pageant titleholder
Title Miss World Canada 2004
Hair colorBrown
Eye colorGray
Major
competition(s)
Miss World Canada 2004 (winner)
Miss World 2004

Tijana Petković (Serbian Cyrillic : Тијана Петковић; born August 15, 1986), née Tijana Arnautović, is Bosnian Canadian beauty pageant contestant and model who won the title of Miss Canada in 2004 and represented her country in Miss World 2004.

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Early life

Arnautović was born in Konjic, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia, where the family lived until the Bosnian War. Her family fled and stayed in Belgrade, Serbia before arriving in Canada in 1994 when Arnautović was seven years old. [1] [2]

Miss Canada

In 2004, then a Carleton University student, Arnautović was named Miss World Canada. [3] [4]

Professional engagement

Tijana worked as Business Development Manager for Ominiglobe Business Solutions and most recently she was welcomed to a new role with German international company TITUS where she is employed as German Account Executive. [5]

Community work

Once moved to Canada Tiјana was active in the local Serbian community as a volunteer. After she was crowned as Miss Canada in 2004 Tiјana dedicated her time to promote youth leadership and community engagement. Tiјana founded and led The International Diaspora Youth Leadership Conference from 2009 to 2011. [6]

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References

  1. "Lepotica i bebe". glas-javnosti.rs (in Serbian). 18 May 2005.
  2. "Razgovor s povodom: Tijana Arnautović". Novine.ca. February 2010.
  3. Bernadette Morra (July 28, 2005). "So, you think you could be a model . . ". Toronto Star. Retrieved 11 June 2011.
  4. "2010 Toronto Conference - Speakers". futuregloballeadership.com. 2011. Archived from the original on 27 June 2011. Retrieved 11 June 2011.
  5. "TITUS Focusing Efforts for Growth in German Market". titus.com. 20 September 2012. Archived from the original on 3 November 2017.
  6. "The International Diaspora Youth Leadership Conference". aces.rs. Archived from the original on 3 July 2017.
Preceded by Miss World Canada
2004
Succeeded by