Azra Akın

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Azra Akın
Beauty pageant titleholder
Born Azra Akın
(1981-12-08) 8 December 1981 (age 42)
Almelo, Netherlands
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Hair color Brown
Eye color Brown
Title(s) Miss Turkey 2002
(Winner)
Miss World 2002
(Winner)
Miss World Europe 2002

Azra Akın (born 8 December 1981) is a Dutch-born Turkish actress, model and beauty queen who was crowned Miss World 2002 and Miss Turkey 2002.

Biography

Azra was born in Almelo, Netherlands, to Turkish parents. Her father (Nazım) and mother (Ayda) emigrated from Turkey to the Netherlands in 1971. Azra Akın has one younger sister called 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 2002, three of the "Big Four" international pageant winners came from predominantly Muslim countries: Džejla Glavović of Bosnia and Herzegovina, who won the Miss Earth title, Christina Sawaya of Lebanon who won Miss International 2002, and Azra Akın of Turkey, who won Miss World 2002.

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.

Akın speaks fluent Dutch, Turkish and English.

She is one of the most desired women of Turkey.[8]

Filmography

Films

Film
Year Film Role Notes
2010 PesPese Pelin (Completed)
2006 İlk Aşk Bahar
2005 Teberik Şanssız Fulya
2004 Anlat İstanbul Pamuk Prenses

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2012 Muck Elif TV series
2009 Ayrılık Firengiz Babayev TV series
2009 Ah Kalbim Herself TV series
2008 Rüzgar Leyla TV series
2005 Barend en Van Dorp Herself TV series
2004 Nationaal songfestival Herself TV series
2004 Yağmur Zamanı Eylül TV series
2003 The Games Herself TV series
2003 Mister World 2003 Herself TV series

References

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  8. ↑ http://turkishstarsdaily.com/magazine/most-wanted-women-126

External links

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Miss Turkey
2002		 Succeeded by
Tuğba Karaca
Preceded by Miss World
2002		 Succeeded by
Republic of Ireland Rosanna Davison


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