Her father (Nazım) and mother (Ayda) emigrated from Turkey to the Netherlands in 1971.

Thus, she represented Turkey in the Miss World beauty pageant which was held on December 7, 2002, at Alexandra Palace, London, which she also won.

[3][4] Akin accepted the tiara and $156,000 prize from the previous year's winner Agbani Darego.

In 2017, she married Turkish male dancer and model Atakan Koru.

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