Born

Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, USSR (Azerbaijan)

Biography

Nargiz Ilgar qizi Birk-Petersen (née Abbaszadeh; Azerbaijani: Nərgiz İlqar qızı Abbaszadə [næɾˈɟis ilˈɡɑɾ ɡɯˈzɯ ɑbɑsˈzɑdæ]; born 7 August 1976) is an Azerbaijani-American lawyer, presenter and model. She is known for presenting the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in Baku, Azerbaijan together with Eldar Gasimov and Leyla Aliyeva.