Egla Harxhi
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Egla Harxhi was born in 1992, in Tirana
, Albania
. She is a beauty pageant contestant who won the Miss Albania
contest at the age of 17.
She is the youngest Albanian
to win the Miss Albania
award and compete in the Miss World pageant
. She competed in the 2008 Miss World
beauty pageant held in Johannesburg
, South Africa
Tirana
Tirana is the capital and the largest city of Albania. Modern Tirana was founded as an Ottoman town in 1614 by Sulejman Bargjini, a local ruler from Mullet, although the area has been continuously inhabited since antiquity. Tirana became Albania's capital city in 1920 and has a population of over...
, Albania
Albania
Albania , officially known as the Republic of Albania , is a country in Southeastern Europe, in the Balkans region. It is bordered by Montenegro to the northwest, Kosovo to the northeast, the Republic of Macedonia to the east and Greece to the south and southeast. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea...
. She is a beauty pageant contestant who won the Miss Albania
Miss Albania
Miss Albania is a national beauty pageant for women in Albania; the winner represents Albania in Miss World.The pageant is not related to Miss Universe Albania or Miss Shqipëria or the Miss Earth Albania or Miss Shqiptarja....
contest at the age of 17.
She is the youngest Albanian
Albanians
Albanians are a nation and ethnic group native to Albania and neighbouring countries. They speak the Albanian language. More than half of all Albanians live in Albania and Kosovo...
to win the Miss Albania
Miss Albania
Miss Albania is a national beauty pageant for women in Albania; the winner represents Albania in Miss World.The pageant is not related to Miss Universe Albania or Miss Shqipëria or the Miss Earth Albania or Miss Shqiptarja....
award and compete in the Miss World pageant
Miss World
The Miss World pageant is the oldest surviving major international beauty pageant. It was created in the United Kingdom by Eric Morley in 1951...
. She competed in the 2008 Miss World
Miss World
The Miss World pageant is the oldest surviving major international beauty pageant. It was created in the United Kingdom by Eric Morley in 1951...
beauty pageant held in Johannesburg
Johannesburg
Johannesburg also known as Jozi, Jo'burg or Egoli, is the largest city in South Africa, by population. Johannesburg is the provincial capital of Gauteng, the wealthiest province in South Africa, having the largest economy of any metropolitan region in Sub-Saharan Africa...
, South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
Facts
- Studies architecture
- Fluent in AlbanianAlbanian languageAlbanian is an Indo-European language spoken by approximately 7.6 million people, primarily in Albania and Kosovo but also in other areas of the Balkans in which there is an Albanian population, including western Macedonia, southern Montenegro, southern Serbia and northwestern Greece...
, ItalianItalian languageItalian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Europe: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, by minorities in Malta, Monaco, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia, and by immigrant communities in the Americas and Australia...
and EnglishEnglish languageEnglish is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria... - Plays volleyball
- Is an avid painter