1. Cindy Marina was born on July 18,1998 and is an Albanian-American television presenter, model, former volleyball player and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Universe Albania 2019.
17 Facts About Cindy Marina
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Cindy Marina represented Albania in the Miss Universe 2019 competition, placing in the Top 20.
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Outside of modeling and pageantry, Marina was a setter for the Albania women's national volleyball team, and played for the USC Trojans women's volleyball team during her studies at the University of Southern California.
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Since 2021, Cindy Marina has been the presenter for Serie A football matches broadcast in Albania and Kosovo.
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Cindy Marina was born on July 18,1998, in Chicago, Illinois to Albanian parents Ardian and Kristina Cindy Marina from Shkoder.
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Cindy Marina's father played collegiate football in Albania, while her mother was a professional volleyball player in Albania and Italy.
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Cindy Marina is the second of three children and only daughter.
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When Cindy Marina was seven years old, the family moved from Chicago to Temecula, California.
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Cindy Marina attended Great Oak High School in Temecula, graduating in 2016.
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Cindy Marina is a member of the Pi Beta Phi sorority.
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Cindy Marina was a setter on her high school team and played club volleyball at Forza1, where her mom coached.
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Cindy Marina joined the Albania women's national volleyball team in 2015, and led the team to a third-place finish in the Silver League during the 2018 Women's European Volleyball League in Hungary.
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At 17 years old, Cindy Marina became the youngest person to ever play for the Albanian national team.
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Cindy Marina's career in modeling began after being recruited by fashion designer Ema Savahl to model her dresses; Savahl is a friend of Marina's mother.
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Cindy Marina began her pageantry career in 2019, competing in the Miss Universe Albania 2019 competition.
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Cindy Marina went on to win the competition on June 7,2019, becoming the first American-born woman to ever win the title, and the second foreign-born to ever win the title, following Kosovo-born Agnesa Vuthaj in 2005.
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Cindy Marina represented Albania at the Miss Universe 2019 pageant held in Atlanta, Georgia on December 8,2019, and placed in the top 20.