Zhibek Nukeeva | |
Birth Date: | 27 February 1995 |
Birth Place: | Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan |
Death Place: | Istanbul, Turkey |
Hair Color: | Black |
Eye Color: | Brown |
Miss Kyrgyzstan 2013 | |
Competitions: | Miss Kyrgyzstan 2013 (Winner) Miss World 2013 (Unplaced) |
Children: | 1 |
Zhibek Nukeeva (Kirghiz; Kyrgyz: Жибек Нукеева; 27 February 1995 – 16 July 2017) was a Kyrgyz model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Kyrgyzstan 2013.
Nukeeva was a student of business management, and spoke Kyrgyz and French languages.[1] She used to live for a few months in Grenoble, France. She learnt French language in the Alliance Française's school, based in Grenoble.
Zhibek Nukeeva became mother of a baby boy born in November 2016, with her husband Bakyt.
Nukeeva was crowned as Miss Kyrgyzstan 2013, represented Bishkek.[2]
Nukeeva competed at Miss World 2013 in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia.
Zhibek died on 16 July 2017 from chondrosarcoma, a rare cancer that affects the bones and joints. She was living in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan but was sent by her family to Turkey, to receive higher quality treatment. For the treatment, Zhibek's GoFundMe needed $80,000 to have an operation in Prague, Czech Republic. But after raising $6,172, she died as the cancer had already spread to other parts of the body.