Anica Kovač

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Anica Kovač
Born
Anica Martinović

(1976-03-02) 2 March 1976 (age 48)
Beauty pageant titleholder
TitleMiss Croatia 1995
Major
competition(s)
Miss Croatia 1995
(Winner)
Miss World 1995
(1st runner-up)
(Miss World Europe)
(Best National Costume)

Anica Kovač (Croatian pronunciation: [ânit͡sa kǒʋaːt͡ʃ]; née Martinović, pronounced [martǐːnoʋit͡ɕ]; born 3 March 1976) is a Croatian former model and beauty pageant titleholder best known for being the First Runner-up in the Miss World 1995 competition and for her marriage to the Croatian football player Robert Kovač.

Kovač was born to Croatian gastarbeiter parents from the village Borčani in Duvno, Bosnia and Herzegovina. She began modelling at an early age and became the winner of the national beauty contest Miss Croatia in 1995. At the 1995 Miss World competition, she finished as the First Runner-up to the eventual winner, Jacqueline Aguilera of Venezuela. She also won the Best National Costume award at the same event.

She has been married to Robert Kovač since 2001 and they have three children together.

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Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Croatia Branka Bebić
Miss World Europe
1995
Succeeded by
Preceded by Miss World - Best National Costume
1995
Succeeded by
Brazil Anuska Prado
Preceded by
Branka Bebić
Miss Croatia
1995
Succeeded by
Vanja Rupena