Tijana Arnautović

Tijana Petković
Born Tijana Arnautović
(1986-08-15) August 15, 1986
Konjic, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Title Miss World Canada 2004
Beauty pageant titleholder
Hair color Brown
Eye color Gray
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 a Serbian-Canadian beauty pageant contestant and model who won the title of Miss Canada in 2004 and represented her country in Miss World 2006.

Early life

Arnautović was born in the small town of Konjic in SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia, where the family lived until the Bosnian War. In 1992, her family fled Konjic, which was controlled by the legal authorities and Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, to the part of the country controlled by the Army of Republika Srpska. Later, the family moved to Canada via Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, initially to Sherbrooke, before settling in Ottawa, Ontario.

Miss Canada

In 2004, then a Carleton University student, Arnautović was named Miss World Canada.[1][2]

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[3] where she is employed as German Account Executive.[4]

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.[5][6]

References

  1. ↑ Bernadette Morra (July 28, 2005). "So, you think you could be a model . ." Toronto Star. Retrieved 11 June 2011.
  2. ↑ "2010 Toronto Conference - Speakers". futuregloballeadership.com. 2011. Archived from the original on 27 June 2011. Retrieved 11 June 2011.
  3. ↑ Tijana representing TITUS
  4. ↑ TITUS Focusing Efforts for Growth in German Market
  5. ↑ The International Diaspora Youth Leadership Conference
  6. ↑ INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF DIASPORA YOUTH LEADERS 2010
Preceded by
Nazanin Afshin-Jam		 Miss World Canada
2004		 Succeeded by
Ramona Amiri
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