Anica Kovač

Anica Kovač
Anica Kovač
Born	Anica Martinović; 2 March 1976; Duvno, FPR Yugoslavia
	Beauty pageant titleholder
Title	Miss 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. She was first runner-up in the Miss World 1995 competition and is married to the Croatian football player Robert Kovač.^[1]

Biography

Kovač was born to Croatian gastarbeiter parents from the village Borčani in Duvno, Bosnia and Herzegovina on March 3 1976. Early in her life, her older brother and her lived with their grandparents as their parents moved to Germany looking for job opportunities. Eventually, her father founded a construction company, which allowed the family to reunite in Germany^[2]. 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.^[3] 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.^[4]

References

↑ "DUGO JE NISMO VIDJELI | Anica, modna kraljica: Bivša prva pratilja Miss svijeta u novom poslovnom angažmanu zablistala sa svojim kćerima". Net.hr (in Croatian). 27 June 2023. Retrieved 21 December 2025.
↑ "Anica Kovač". www.vecernji.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 5 August 2026.
↑ "Gloria - Anica Kovač bez puno truda uvijek izgleda trendi: Izvukli smo njezinih pet najboljih lookova sa špice". www.gloria.hr (in Croatian). 17 February 2020. Retrieved 5 August 2026.
↑ "Predvodnica domaćih WAGsica slavi 50. rođendan: Pogledajte kako se Anica Kovač mijenjala". net.hr (in Croatian). 3 March 2026. Retrieved 5 August 2026.

[1] "DUGO JE NISMO VIDJELI | Anica, modna kraljica: Bivša prva pratilja Miss svijeta u novom poslovnom angažmanu zablistala sa svojim kćerima". Net.hr (in Croatian). 27 June 2023. Retrieved 21 December 2025.

[2] "Anica Kovač". www.vecernji.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 5 August 2026.

[3] "Gloria - Anica Kovač bez puno truda uvijek izgleda trendi: Izvukli smo njezinih pet najboljih lookova sa špice". www.gloria.hr (in Croatian). 17 February 2020. Retrieved 5 August 2026.

[4] "Predvodnica domaćih WAGsica slavi 50. rođendan: Pogledajte kako se Anica Kovač mijenjala". net.hr (in Croatian). 3 March 2026. Retrieved 5 August 2026.

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