Nikoleta Mariana Vlasić From Romania Wins the Most Beautiful Croatian in National Folk Costume Outside of Croatia Contest

Nikoleta Mariana Vlasić

Nikoleta Mariana Vlasić from Romania has won the Most Beautiful Croatian in National Folk Costume Outside of Croatia contest which was held in Tomislavgrad on the weekend…

Contestants from Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Chile, Hungary, Montenegro, New Zealand, Germany, Romania, USA, Slovenia, Serbia, Sweden, Switzerland and Venezuela battled it out on Saturday night in the beauty pageant which is aimed at connecting Croatians from all over the world, as well as preserving and promoting traditional Croatian culture.

Nikoleta Mariana Vlasić with the two runners up

The first-runner up in this year’s contest, which is organised by the Stećak Association in Bosnia, was Klaudia Baturić from New Zealand. Franka Ivanković from Switzerland was the second runner-up, whilst Mirjana Jakšić from Hungary was Miss Photogenic.

(photos / Stećak Association)