Shanaelle Petty

Shanaelle Petty (born 28 February 1998) is a Croatian-American model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Universe Croatia 2017 and represented Croatia at Miss Universe 2017 pageant where she made the top 16. [1]

Shanaelle Petty
Born (1998-02-28) 28 February 1998
Bad Kreuznach, Germany
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
TitleMiss Universe Croatia 2017
Beauty pageant titleholder
Hair colorBrown
Eye colorBrown
Major
competition(s)		Miss Universe Croatia 2017
(Winner)
Miss Universe 2017
(Top 16)

Early life

Petty was born in Bad Kreuznach, Germany to an African American father and a Croatian mother. She graduated from Terry Sanford High School in Fayetteville, North Carolina, and speaks fluent English, Spanish, and Croatian. She aspires to work for NASA, and attends the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.[2][3]

Pageantry

Miss Universe Croatia 2017

On 28 April 2017, Petty was crowned Miss Universe Croatia 2017. More than 300 girls applied to compete, and 18 finalists were chosen. Petty ended up being crowned the winner by outgoing titleholder Barbara Filipović.[4]

Miss Universe 2017

Petty represented Croatia at Miss Universe 2017 and she became only the third woman from Croatia to reach the Top 16.

References
  1. "Veliki uspjeh naše ljepotice u Las Vegasu! Shanaelle pri samom vrhu najljepših". dnevnik.hr. 27 November 2017. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
  2. "Shanaelle Petty" (in Croatian). Miss Universe Croatia. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
  3. "Miss Universe alumna, MIT prefrosh". The Tech. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
  4. "Miss Universe Hrvatske 2017 is Shannaelle Petty!". MISS UNIVERSE Croatia en Facebook. 28 April 2017.
Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Barbara Filipović		 Miss Universe Croatia
2017		 Succeeded by
Mia Pojatina
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