Q and A: Monika Radulovic
“The fantastic thing about our
country is that it also offers
education, language courses and
vocational placement plans for
the refugees coming in thereby
making sure they are safe and
taken care of when they arrive
in Australia.”
It’s really important to me that I remain
myself and don’t lose sight of what makes
me who I am. Rather, I am focusing on
honing in on the skills which I already
have and developing and fine-tuning
them.
You’re not getting married until 2018.
What kind of wedding are you planning?
To be honest I have no idea! I haven’t
even thought about planning a wedding
as we have so much time. Right now
my sole focus is on the Miss Universe
international pageant and doing
everything I can to bring home that
crown!
We are dying to know- how did he
propose?
Ok, well the short version is that when
I was in Paris alone, I put a lock on the
Pont des Arts (love lock bridge) for us.
Alesandro then took me back to Paris
6 months later and we went to Pont des
Arts and found our lock together. He then
surprised me with a new lock which had
“Monika, Will you marry me?” engraved
on it. It was very romantic! :)
What would be the dream location for
your honeymoon?
There are so many places I’d love to
go! I haven’t decided on what kind
of honeymoon I would want though
(adventurous or relaxing) but we still have
a few years to select a place hehe!
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What do you think is the best advice
you can give women out there who feel
insecure about how they look?
I think the crucial thing is that you need
to embrace your uniqueness and love
yourself and everything that makes you
different–that’s what makes you YOU!
When you learn to love yourself, the
confidence will naturally come.
You came to Australia as a refugee, so it’s
obviously a subject close to your heart.
Do you think Australia should open its
borders? Why/why not?
I actually came to Australia on a
permanent visa, however I was a refugee
in Denmark before coming to Australia
so the subject definitely is close to my
heart. I think Australia is on the right
path, already agreeing to take a further
12,000 refugees from Syria. The fantastic
thing about our country is that it also
offers education, language courses and
vocational placement plans for the
refugees coming in thereby making sure
they are safe and taken care of when they
arrive in Australia.
What advice would you give your 15 year
old self?
I would tell myself to stop taking life so
seriously, and just enjoy it! I, like many
teenagers, tended to stress out over little
things which made them seem much more
severe than they were. I would also tell
myself to embrace what made me unique
and to stop trying to fit in!