[1] Born in Slavonski Brod, Croatia (then Yugoslavia), the daughter of Bosniak father Ramiz, a worker in the technical engineering field and Croatian mother Katarina, a businesswoman.

Dinka referred to this period stating that her "sports mindset helped her overcome the difficulties of a fast-changing reality and a childhood affected by war".

[5] She received considerable commercial exposure after a series of Australian print and TV ads for brands such as Billabong, The Corner Shop, She Swimwear amongst others.

[11] Dinka started off her TV career on HBO's True Blood, followed by Australian drama series Secrets and Lies and Croatian telenovela for MediaPro Pictures Larin izbor.

[15] Bosnian media portal Hercegovina addressed Dinka as an "Iconic Beauty" oozing a "magnetic screen presence" and described her sex appeal as "explosive" and "aristocratic".

Upon her arrival to Bosnia & Herzegovina, she contacted the Ljubica Ivezić (Sarajevo) and Egipatsko Selo (Mostar) orphanages to learn more about the post-war effect on women and children.