She was crowned in the Philippines as the second Miss Earth representing her country Bosnia and Herzegovina and became the first Bosnian woman to win a major international title in beauty contest.
She placed the highest score in the interview round and at the conclusion of the second edition of Miss Earth pageant, she was crowned Miss Earth 2002 by the outgoing titleholder Catharina Svensson of Denmark, which was held in Quezon City, Philippines on 20 October 2002.
[5] This came in the same year when another pageant winner, Miss Universe's Oxana Fedorova was dethroned.
The reason given for her dethronement from Carousel Productions, the pageant organizer, claimed she failed to fulfill her duties.
Kenyan Winfred Omwakwe took over the position of Miss Earth 2002.