{{short description|Croatian model (born 1978)}} {{Infobox model | name = Vanja Rupena | image = | image_size = | caption = | alt = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1978|04|18|df=yes}} | birth_place = Koper, SR Slovenia, SFR Yugoslavia | death_date = <!-- {{death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | death_place = | other_names = | occupation = Model | ethnicity = | height = {{height|m=1.78}} | hair_color = Brown | eye_color = Green | agency = | spouse = <!-- {{marriage|name|start|end}} --> | relatives = | website = }}
'''Vanja Rupena''' (born 18 April 1978) is a Croatian model and beauty pageant titleholder. She won the 1996 Miss Croatia and represented Croatia in the Miss World 1996 pageant in Bangalore, India.{{cn|date=December 2025}}
She appeared on the cover of the Croatian edition of ''Elle'' magazine in July 2006, July 2009 and November 2010.<ref name="fmd">{{cite web|url=http://www.fashionmodeldirectory.com/models/Vanja_Rupena/|title=Vanja Rupena Profile on FMD|work=Fashion Model Directory|access-date=5 November 2010}}</ref>
In May 2010 she became host of RTL's reality documentary series ''Hrvatski Top Model'', the Croatian edition of ''America's Next Top Model''.<ref name="topmodel">{{cite news|url=http://www.jutarnji.hr/vanja-rupena-voditeljica-je-showa-hrvatski-top-model/777565/|title=Vanja Rupena voditeljica je showa Hrvatski top-model|last=Lulić|first=Ana|date=17 May 2010|work=Jutarnji list|language=hr|access-date=5 November 2010}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.fashionmodeldirectory.com/models/Vanja_Rupena/ Vanja Rupena] at the Fashion Model Directory
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