Manolya Onur
Manolya Onur, Princess Qhabl Begum Sahiba Manolya-i-Nur (1955 – 25 October 2017) was an Turkish queen and model who became the princess of Ottoman empire by birth and a princess of Berar by marriage as well as she was also a former Miss Turkey.
Princess Manolya | |||||
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Her Imperial Highness Princess Manolya of Ottoman Empire Her Exalted Highness Princess Manolya of Berar | |||||
Born | 1955 Turkey | ||||
Died | 25 October 2017 61–62) | (aged||||
Spouse | Mukarram Jah (1992–1997; divorced) | ||||
Issue | Princess Niloufer | ||||
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Career
She competed in the Miss Turkey pageant in 1976 and represented Turkey in the 1976 Miss Universe beauty pageant. Manolya had a career as a model from 1976 to 1978. She spent six years in France studying English, French, German as well as the History of Art at the Sorbonne University, France.
Personal Life
She was a granddaughter-in-law of Sultan Abdülmecid II, the last Ottoman Caliph.[1] Manolya married with Mukarram Jah in August 1992 at Ciragan Palace, Hyderabad and became a princess styled as H.E.H. Manolya-i-Nur Begum Sahiba. She lived in India and Australia during her marriage. Their daughter Nilufer (named after Princess Niloufer) was born in 1993.[2] Nizam divorced Manolya in 1997 at Geneva, Switzerland. After her divorce, Manolya moved back to Turkey and since then she had been living in Istanbul and working for charitable institutions such as the Osteoporosis Patient Society. She died in 2017.[3][4]
References
- Shrivastava, Namita A (2006-03-19), "Princess diaries", Times of India
- "Turkish Beauty Fights for Justice", Times of India, 2006-03-21
- https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/in-other-news/150319/niloufer-elif-jah-fights-for-her-share.html
- https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/this-princesss-family-owned-the-koh-i-noor-diamond-she-wants-a-share-of-the-fortune-fc5b6jrj8