Zana Krasniqi

{{Infobox pageant titleholder

| name=Zana Krasniqi

| image=

| birth_name= Zana Krasniqi

| nationalcompetition=Miss Universe Kosovo 2008
(Winner)
Miss Universe 2008
(Top 10)

| eye_color=Green

| birth_date= {{Birth date and age|1988|9|17}}

| birth_place= Pristina, Kosovo, Yugoslavia

| height= {{height|m=1.71|precision=0}}{{cite web|url=http://www.zimbio.com/Miss+Universe/articles/50/Zana+Krasniqi+Miss+Universe+Kosovo+2008+Miss |title=Zana Krasniqi – Miss Universe Kosovo 2008 |publisher=Zimbio.com |access-date=February 24, 2012}}

| hair_color=Brown

}}

Zana Krasniqi (born September 17, 1988 in Pristina) is a Kosovar fashion model and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss Universe Kosovo 2008. She represented Kosovo for the first time in Miss Universe and placed in the Top 10 of the Miss Universe 2008.

Personal life

Zana Krasniqi comes from a background of entertainers including her father Naim Krasniqi, a singer in Kosovo.{{cite web|url=http://www.malesia.org/ex3a/misskosova.html |title=Zana Krasniqi ndër 10 më të bukurat në Miss Universe |publisher=Malesia.org |date=July 15, 2008 |access-date=February 24, 2012}} On April 4, 2008, Fadil Berisha, the photographer of Miss Universe's official photos, hosted the inaugural "Miss Universe Kosova" pageant where Krasniqi was crowned and represented Kosovo in the Miss Universe pageant.{{cite web|title=Zana Krasniqi pefaqeon Kosove ne Miss Univers 2008|publisher=KosFusion Fusion|url=http://kosfusion.com/zana-krasniqi-pefaqeon-kosove-ne-miss-univers-2008|access-date=May 16, 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080502115323/http://kosfusion.com/zana-krasniqi-pefaqeon-kosove-ne-miss-univers-2008 |archive-date = May 2, 2008}}

Zana was trained by photographer Fadil Berisha.{{cite web|url=http://lansingsportsrage.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&catid=30%3Ababes&id=342%3Azana-krasniqi&Itemid=65 |title=Zana Krasniqi is Miss Kosovo Universe 2008 |publisher=Lansingsportsrage.com |date=October 10, 2008 |access-date=February 24, 2012}} who worked with the Miss Universe organization, and is a fellow Kosovar Albanian.{{cite web|url=http://www.standoutproductions.net/bios/fadil.bio.html |title=Standout Productions – Fadil Berisha |publisher=Standoutproductions.net |access-date=February 24, 2012}}{{cite web|last=Shabbir |first=Nabeelah |url=http://www.cafebabel.com/eng/article/2964/prishtinali-urban-faces-in-a-raw-capital.html |title='Prishtinali': urban faces in a raw capital |publisher=cafébabel |access-date=February 24, 2012}} Her interests include singing, performing and modelling. Her career ambition is to be a fashion designer.