Azra Akın

Azra Akın
Born (1981-12-08) 8 December 1981
Almelo, Netherlands
Home town Istanbul, Turkey
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Title Miss Turkey 2002
(Winner)
Miss World 2002
(Winner)
Beauty pageant titleholder
Hair color Brown
Eye color Brown

Azra Akın (born 8 December 1981) is a Turkish-Dutch actress, dancer, model and beauty queen who was crowned Miss World 2002 in London, United Kingdom on December 7, 2002.

Biography

Akın was born in Almelo, Netherlands, to Turkish parents. Her father (Nazım) and mother (Ayda) emigrated from Turkey to the Netherlands in 1971. Akın has one younger sister named Doruk.[1] In 1998, at the age of 17, Akın was selected Elite Model of Turkey; she then participated in the Europe Elite Model competition in Nice, France, where she reached the final 15. She continued modelling in Germany for the German catalogue Otto.[1]

In 2002, Azra won Star TV's Miss Turkey. Thus, she represented Turkey in the Miss World beauty pageant which was held on December 7, 2002 at Alexandra Palace, London, which she also won.[2][3] Akin accepted the tiara and $156,000 prize from the previous year's winner Agbani Darego.[4][5] During her reign, Akın travelled to the United Kingdom, Turkey, the United States, New Zealand, Ireland, Jamaica, Australia, China and many more countries.

In 2003, she won a gold medal when she participated in the British reality TV show The Games.[6][7]

In 2004, Akın modelled for the postcards of the Eurovision Song Contest 2004 which were shown before each song. In 2010, she won on the TV dance show Yok Boyle Dans, the Turkish version of Dancing With the Stars.

Filmography

Films

Film
Year Film Role Notes
2010PesPesePelin
2006İlk AşkBahar
2005Teberik ŞanssızFulya
2004Anlat İstanbulPamuk Prenses

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2016Miss World 2016JudgeTV series
2015Miss World 2015JudgeTV series
2014Miss World 2014JudgeTV series
2013Miss World 2013JudgeTV series
2012MuckElifTV series
2009AyrılıkFirengiz BabayevTV series
2009Ah KalbimHerselfTV series
2008RüzgarLeylaTV series
2005Miss World 2005JudgeTV series
2005Barend en Van DorpHerselfTV series
2004Nationaal songfestivalHerselfTV series
2004Yağmur ZamanıEylülTV series
2003The GamesHerselfTV series
2003Mister World 2003JudgeTV series

References

  1. 1 2 Sabah News. "Birinci olmak beni değiştirmedi". Retrieved 2010-12-23.
  2. ↑ Star Gazete. "Star'la star oldular". Retrieved 2010-12-23.
  3. ↑ Hello Magazine. "Turkey's Azra Akin wins Miss World". Retrieved 2010-12-23.
  4. ↑ The Turkish Times. "Miss Turkey Wins Miss World Competition". Archived from the original on 2011-11-26. Retrieved 2010-12-23.
  5. ↑ BBC (2002-12-07). "Miss Turkey Wins Miss World". BBC News. Retrieved 2010-12-23.
  6. ↑ The Guardian (2003-08-01). "Channel 4 lets The Games begin". London. Retrieved 2010-12-23.
  7. ↑ UK Game Shows. "The Games". Archived from the original on 30 November 2010. Retrieved 2010-12-23.
Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Tuğçe Kazaz		 Miss Turkey
2002		 Succeeded by
Tuğba Karaca
Preceded by
Nigeria Agbani Darego		 Miss World
2002		 Succeeded by
Republic of Ireland Rosanna Davison


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