Shirin Akter Shela () is a Bangladeshi model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Universe Bangladesh 2019. She was a third year graduate student of the Physics Department of

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. She is now pursuing a degree in Environmental Science and Management at Independent University Bangladesh.

Pageantry

Miss World Bangladesh 2018

Shela participated in Miss World Bangladesh 2018. She was among the top ten contestants in this competition.

Face of Bangladesh 2019

Shela was declared the best female model of Face of Bangladesh 2019.

Face of Asia 2019

Shela was a contestant of Face of Asia 2019 in

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's capital

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where she represented

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Miss Universe Bangladesh 2019

Shela was crowned as Miss Universe Bangladesh 2019 on 23 October 2019. She was crowned by the winner of

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Miss Universe 2019

Shela represented

during the

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competition that took place in

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but she failed to place.

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