Meet Ex Miss Croatia Who Wants to Take Top Off if Nation Wins World Cup

Meet Ex Miss Croatia Who Wants to Take Top Off if Nation Wins World Cup

Rene Otinga
updated at April 12, 2023 at 8:19 PM
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  • Former Miss Croatia Ivana Knöll has taken the World Cup by storm with her sultry photos
  • The stunning model was at it again on December 9 after Croatia’s emphatic win over Brazil
  • She recently promised to lose her top if the Vatreni upset the odds to win the 2022 Mundial

A former winner of the Miss Croatia competition is the one person that is getting unprecedented attention at the Qatar World Cup.

Ivana Knöll has taken advantage of the spectacle to garner some traction and more social media presence since the competition began on November 20.

The model has gained a reputation for being scantily dressed and always turning heads whenever she is at the stadiums.

Ivana, Croatia, Football fan
The former winner of Miss Croatia has made a huge promise to the country, as long as their national team go on to win the World Cup. Photo: Ivana Knöll.
Source: Instagram

In Croatia’s opening group game against Morocco, she stole the show from the stands as she got into an incident with officials, who tried to prevent her from taking pictures with fans.

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The 30-year-old has been dubbed the 'World Cup's most sultry fan' and is also a huge fan of the Premier League.

As a matter of fact, she is such a massive fan of English football, that she hoped her native Croatia would meet the Three Lions in the World Cup final.

A massive Instagram following

Since the World Cup began, Ivana has amassed a huge following on Instagram, because of her tendency to always make news whenever she is attending matches in Qatar.

At the time of publication of this article, her follower count stood at 2 million, meaning she has gained well more than half a million followers since the tournament began.

Ivana, World Cup, Croatia
Ivana Knoll poses ahead of the start of the Qatar 2022 World Cup quarter-final football match between Croatia and Brazil. Photo by JACK GUEZ.
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Recently, she went viral for claiming she would take her top off if Croatia pulled off another surprise by winning the World Cup.

Ivana, Croatia, World Cup
A fan of Canada takes a selfie with former Miss Croatia Ivana Knoll during the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Group F match between the nations. Photo by Matthew Ashton.
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"If that happens, the flag falls…" she said, likely in reference to her Croatian flag top.

Croatian fan cries then laughs

Sports Brief also reported on how a Croatia fan went from despair to joy after his side’s World Cup win over Brazil.

Elvis Krivokuca has always flaunted the colours of his home country, and admitted he was yet to come to terms with the win.

“I was crying while celebrating. I didn’t believe we would win this match, especially after Neymar had scored that goal,” he said.
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Rene Otinga is a sports journalist with over eight years of working experience in digital media. Rene's experience includes working as a Copywriter at X News Kenya and TUKO.co.ke.
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