Former Miss Croatia Ivana Knoll Complains World Cup Security Was ‘Rude’ To Her

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Model and former Miss Croatia Ivana Knoll has been flaunting the rules at the World Cup with her revealing outfits.

Despite her lawbreaking ways, Knoll has gone viral with Qatari men creeping on her and constantly asking for photos with her at the games.

Qatar stated, heading into the World Cup, that “visitors are expected to show respect for local culture by avoiding excessively revealing clothing in public,” adding that “it is generally recommended for men and women to ensure their shoulders and knees are covered.”

Up until now, however, no one has really seemed to care what Ivana Knoll wears over there.

“The locals confirmed to me that I can wear whatever I want,” Knoll told TMZ after getting noticed by so many fans. “But I didn’t know that my video in a bikini walking by the sea would be such a big deal. The whole country is speaking about it. Everybody knows me here, and I saw that I was accepted.”

After a couple of weeks, she continued to push the envelope with her clothes, or lack thereof.

“I didn’t have any bad reaction as I told you Qatari people, Arabic people coming to me, to do photos with me, even very nice female and woman’s on the stadium on the last game they came, the photo went also viral with a nice hijab, and they came to me to do photos with me in my outfit,” Knoll told Piers Morgan last week.

Now, however, Ivana Knoll is starting to feel some of the pushback many expected she would receive for her daring looks.

According to her, stadium security prevented fans from taking pictures with her prior to Croatia’s game against Brazil on Friday.

“They don’t allow the fans to take photos with me or pose for photos down here on the railing [at Education City Stadium],” Knoll told Bild. “I then asked them why they were so rude.”

Considering she has been essentially breaking the law over there for a couple of weeks, one might think she’d just be grateful to not be in jail, but no.

“I was never afraid to be arrested to be what I am, and I don’t think I can hurt someone wearing a bikini,” she told TMZ early on during the World Cup. “And if that deserves to be arrested, then arrest me.”

Croatia, after their stunning upset of Brazil, now plays Argentina in the World Cup semifinals on Tuesday. So Knoll will have at least one more chances to interact with fans at a game. How much so will depend on whether stadium security cracks down even further on her antics.

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