Tracey Marion Jeniree Nicolaas (born 1987) is an Aruban model and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss Aruba 2007. The then 19-year-old Nicolaas was crowned at the Grand Ballroom, Westin Aruba Resort. [1]
She represented her country at Miss Universe 2008. [2]
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