Manolya Onur
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Manolya Onur is a Turkish
woman, who competed in the Miss Turkey
pageant in 1976 and represented Turkey
in the 1976 Miss Universe
beauty pageant. She was the third wife of Hyderabad Nizam
Mukarram Jah.
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. She is former wife of Süha Özgermi.
Manolya married Mukarram Jah in August 1990 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 1991.
Nizam divorced Manolya in 1993 at Geneva
, Switzerland
. After her divorce, Manolya moved back to Turkey and since then she has been living in Istanbul
and working for charitable institutions such as the Osteoporosis Patient Society of Turkey.
Turkish people
Turkish people, also known as the "Turks" , are an ethnic group primarily living in Turkey and in the former lands of the Ottoman Empire where Turkish minorities had been established in Bulgaria, Cyprus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Greece, Kosovo, Macedonia, and Romania...
woman, who competed in the Miss Turkey
Miss Turkey
Miss Turkey ® is a national beauty pageant for unmarried women in Turkey, who personify beauty with intelligence. The first beauty contest was held on September 2, 1929 with the backing of the government, and the title holder was Feriha Tevfik....
pageant in 1976 and represented Turkey
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
in the 1976 Miss Universe
Miss Universe
Miss Universe is an annual international beauty contest that is run by the Miss Universe Organization. The pageant is the most publicized beauty contest in the world with 600 million viewers....
beauty pageant. She was the third wife of Hyderabad Nizam
Nizam
Nizam-ul-Mulk of Hyderabad popularly known as Nizams of Hyderabad was a former monarchy of the Hyderabad State, now in the states of Andhra Pradesh , Karnataka , and Maharashtra in India...
Mukarram Jah.
Manolya had a career as a model from 1976 to 1978. She spent six years in France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
studying English, French, German as well as the History of Art at the Sorbonne University, France. She is former wife of Süha Özgermi.
Manolya married Mukarram Jah in August 1990 at Ciragan Palace
Çiragan Palace
Çırağan Palace , a former Ottoman palace, is now a five-star hotel of the Kempinski Hotels chain. It is located on the European shore of the Bosporus between Beşiktaş and Ortaköy in Istanbul, Turkey.- History :...
, Hyderabad and became a princess styled as H.E.H. Manolya-i-Nur Begum Sahiba. She lived in India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
and Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
during her marriage. Their daughter Nilufer (named after Princess Niloufer
Princess Niloufer
Niloufer Farhat Begum Sahiba was one of the last princesses of the Ottoman Empire. She was married to the second son of the last Nizam of Hyderabad in India.-Birth:...
) was born in 1991.
Nizam divorced Manolya in 1993 at Geneva
Geneva
Geneva In the national languages of Switzerland the city is known as Genf , Ginevra and Genevra is the second-most-populous city in Switzerland and is the most populous city of Romandie, the French-speaking part of Switzerland...
, Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
. After her divorce, Manolya moved back to Turkey and since then she has been living in Istanbul
Istanbul
Istanbul , historically known as Byzantium and Constantinople , is the largest city of Turkey. Istanbul metropolitan province had 13.26 million people living in it as of December, 2010, which is 18% of Turkey's population and the 3rd largest metropolitan area in Europe after London and...
and working for charitable institutions such as the Osteoporosis Patient Society of Turkey.