Gizem Karaca

Gizem Karaca (born 7 September 1992) is a Turkish actress and model who represented her country at the Miss World 2011 competition.

Karaca competed at the Miss Turkey competition held on 2 June 2011 at TIM Show Centre and finished second overall, which qualified her as Turkey's representative for Miss World.

She is best known for her roles in the series Güzel Köylü, Benim Hala Umudum Var, Alparslan: Büyük Selçuklu, Eve Düşen Yıldırım, and Adını Feriha Koydum: Emirin Yolu. She also starred in the movie Hürkuş, based on the life of aviator Vecihi Hürkuş.

Early life and career
Gizem Karaca was born on 7 September 1992 in Istanbul. Her mother is Münevver Karaca and her father is Cüneyt Karaca. After Ottoman Empire collapsed, her paternal family is of Turkish origin who immigrated from Thessaloniki (now in Greece). Her maternal family is of Albanian origin. She spent her childhood in the US and Canada as her family moved to the US when she was a child. After Karaca completed elementary school in the United States and secondary school in Canada, she returned to Turkey. After graduating from high school, she won the Faculty of French Language and Literature at Istanbul University.

After graduating from the Faculty of French Language and Literature, Istanbul University, she decided to take part in the beauty pageant to escape from the difficult lessons. She took part in the Miss Turkey 2011 beauty pageant and came second. Gizem Karaca went to America for a while in the summer of 2013 and studied acting at the New York Film Academy. Gizem Karaca married Kemal Ekmekçi on 16 September 2017.

Awards

 * Miss Turkey 2011, first runner-up.
 * Miss World 2011, the Best Dressed award.