Gizem Memiç (; (born May 16, 1990, in Ankara) is a Turkish model and

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title holder who won the title of Miss Turkey 2010 on Thursday 1 April 2010. Gizem Memiç accepted the crown from

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, Miss Turkey 2010. She graduated from Interior Architecture & Environmental Design at

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Beauty contests

Miss Universe 2010

Memiç competed in

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held in

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on August 23, 2010.

Miss World 2010

As the official representative of her

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in the 2010

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pageant held in

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, Memiç became one of the Top 40 semifinalists during the

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fast track event held on October 19 and a Top 20 finalist in

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, held on October 22, 2010.

Commercial work

As "Miss Turkey" she was in a 2011 American television commercial for Carl's Jr. restaurant and its sibling

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restaurants, promoting their new broiled turkey burger. Memiç is seen in a bikini that features small images of the turkey burger. Strolling down a walkway, she is eating one of the burgers.New Carl's Jr. ads put Miss Turkey in a burger-print bikini
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References

External links

Official Miss Turkey website
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