Afërdita Dreshaj (born July 19, 1986 in New York City, United States) is an Albanian singer and model who was crowned Miss Universe Kosova 2011 and will represent the Republic of Kosovo in Miss Universe 2011. Dreshaj was born in New York City in the United States, while she was raised by an Albanian-American family from Michigan. Dreshaj's family is originally from Montenegro but they emigrated to United States because of difficult financial life. After she came to Kosovo, Dreshaj released her first album "Just Kiss Me". She is in a relationship with Albanian singer Shpat Kasapi, who right now is one of most popular Albanian singer from Republic of Macedonia. Dreshaj, who stands 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in), competed as one of 20 finalists in Miss Universe Kosova 2011, held in Pristina on January 15, 2011, where she obtained the Miss Press award and was crowned Kosovo's official representative to the 2011 Miss Universe pageant, broadcast live from São Paulo, Brazil on September 12, 2011.