Ex-Miss Croatia challenges Qatari authorities with provoking outfits at World Cup

DOHA: A former winner of the Miss Croatias pageant came under intense scrutiny after challenging Qatar’s stringent World Cup dress code rules with provocative clothing, bluntly stating the host nation “needs to respect my way of life.”

Ivana Knoll, 30, has been a regular sight for sore eyes throughout World Cups — gaining fame for her racey outfits donning her native country’s colours.

“You are in Qatar not in Croatia, you have to respect the rules, it is a Muslim country”, one user posted, another told her “if you did not know that it is forbidden to wear these clothes in an Arab country, and you must respect our customs, traditions and religion.”

Another user called it “disrespectful to the Qatari culture”.

 

Qatar has a strict dress code when it comes to tourists attending the sporting event, requiring attendees to keep modest with their outfits.

The gulf nation’s tourism board reiterated to football fans that they must “show respect for local culture by avoiding excessively revealing clothing in public.” 

Knoll stated on social media that the country needs to respect her way of life, and that its “unfair for all fans.”

The beauty queen-turned-model wore a figure-revealing dress to Croatia’s stalemate-ending opener against Morocco, and proceeded to post the images on Instagram while tagging FIFA.

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