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Sara Chafak

Finnish beauty pageant winner

1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)Beauty pageant titleholderTitleMiss Finland 2012Hair colorBlackMajor
competition(s)Miss Finland 2012
(Winner)
Miss Universe 2012
(Unplaced)

Sara Chafak (born 25 October 1990) is a Finnish beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Finland 2012 and represented Finland in Miss Universe 2012.^[1]

Early life

Chafak was born on 25 October 1990 in Helsinki, Finland, to a Moroccan Berber father from Meknes and a Finnish mother.^[2] In 2011, she was crowned the 1st runner-up in the Miss Helsinki pageant.

Pageants

Miss Finland 2012

Chafak was crowned Miss Suomi 2012 (Miss Finland 2012) at the Vanajanlinna Castle in Hämeenlinna in southern Finland on 29 January 2012.^[3]

Miss Universe 2012

Chafak participated in the 61st edition of the Miss Universe pageant. She competed to succeed outgoing titleholder Leila Lopes from Angola.

Other

In autumn 2013 Chafak participated in the Finnish version of Dancing on Ice where ten celebrities (Sauli Koskinen among others) learned to ice skate with a professional partner. She was partnered with ice dancer Sasha Palomäki and they placed third in the final standings.^[4] In July 2014 Chafak made her debut as a rap artist on a JVG music video.^[5] In late 2014, Chafak competed in a poker tournament, bluffing professional poker pro Ronnie Bardah on the PokerStars-produced show Shark Cage. A clip of the bluff went viral.^[6]