Tijana Arnautović


Tijana Petković, née Tijana Arnautović, is a Serbian-Canadian beauty pageant contestant and model who won the title of Miss Canada in 2004 and represented her country in Miss World 2006.

Early life

Arnautović was born in the small town of Konjic in SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia, where the family lived until the Bosnian War. In 1992, her family fled Konjic, which was controlled by the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, to the part of the country controlled by the Army of Republika Srpska. Later, the family moved to Canada via Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, initially to Sherbrooke, before settling in Ottawa, Ontario.

Miss Canada

In 2004, then a Carleton University student, Arnautović was named Miss World Canada.

Professional engagement

Tijana worked as Business Development Manager for Ominiglobe Business Solutions and most recently she was welcomed to a new role with German international company TITUS where she is employed as German Account Executive.

Community work

Once moved to Canada Tiјana was active in the local Serbian community as a volunteer. After she was crowned as Miss Canada in 2004 Tiјana dedicated her time to promote youth leadership and community engagement. Tiјana founded and led The International Diaspora Youth Leadership Conference from 2009 to 2011.