Irena Pantelic, Date of Birth

    

Irena Pantelic

model

Date of Birth: 01-Oct-1981

Profession: model, beauty pageant contestant

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Libra


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About Irena Pantelic

  • Irena Arkesteijn-Pantelic (born 1981, Rotterdam) is a model from the Netherlands.
  • She was Miss Nederland in 2001.
  • She represented the Netherlands at the Miss World pageant in Sun City, South Africa. Pantelic was born in Rotterdam, her parents are immigrants from former Yugoslavia.
  • She was raised in Capelle aan den IJssel and attended the Nationale Hogeschool voor Toerisme en Verkeer in Breda. In 2001 she first became Miss Zuid-Holland and later went on to become Miss Netherlands.
  • In 2002 she became a candidate for the Dutch Parliament for the Lijst Pim Fortuyn.
  • Prior to the 2002 elections, turmoil erupted in the party, because Irena Pantelic and Antonia Viljac accused two other party members of sexual harassment in a letter to the party board.This letter however, was leaked to the press and Irena Pantelic and Antonia Viljac were degraded on the candidate list.
  • She was not elected in the elections of 2002, which took place only days after the assassination of the party's controversial leader Pim Fortuyn.
  • She never returned to politics. After her internship she started working as a model again, mainly in Lebanon and South Africa.
  • In 2007 she got married.
  • Since 2007, she has given birth to three children.
  • She currently lives in Rotterdam, with her husband and three children. In 2009 she began working as a model again.
  • In 2012 she became the licence holder for Miss Zuid Holland, the local pageant for pre-selection of candidates for Miss Netherlands.
  • In 2013 she was awarded the Campaign Award at the Dutch Model Awards.

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