Felicia Djamirze: Miss Australia, Drug Trafficker, Counsellor

It’s not every day you meet someone who has been both a beauty queen and a convicted drug trafficker. Felicia Djamirze’s life took a sharp turn from the pageant stage to the criminal underworld, and then to a career as a counsellor and advocate.

Miss Australia wins: 3 ·
Conviction: drug trafficking ·
Current profession: counsellor, author, speaker ·
Memoir title: Accessory ·
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Australia

The table below compiles the verified identifiers and public milestones that define Djamirze’s profile.

Who is Felicia Djamirze?

From beauty queen to convicted drug trafficker

Felicia Djamirze won the Miss Australia title three times in the early 2000s, representing the country as Miss Australia International (ABC Conversations). But behind the crown, a different life was unfolding. She became involved with a partner deep in the drug trade, and in what Mamamia describes as a life that “unravelled”, she and her partner were charged in a police drug case.

On The Project, it was reported that her partner Dean received an eight-year prison sentence for drug trafficking, while Felicia received a three-year suspended sentence for drug supply. She later stated, “I knew what was going on and I didn’t report it, but in no way, shape or form am I a drug dealer” (The Project).

Current role as counsellor and advocate

After her conviction, Djamirze retrained and now works as a qualified counsellor, founder of Neuro Vitality Pty Ltd and the Trauma Recovery Network (Simon & Schuster listing via Google Play). Her work focuses on trauma and adverse childhood experiences among people with a conviction history. She developed the Growth Focused Trauma Model to upskill practitioners in trauma and PTSD care (Simon & Schuster listing).

How many times did Felicia Djamirze win Miss Australia?

Miss Australia International title

Felicia Djamirze won Miss Australia on three separate occasions in the early 2000s, representing the country as Miss Australia International (ABC Conversations). The exact years of her wins are not publicly documented in the sources available, but the fact of three wins is consistently confirmed across multiple outlets including Mamamia and Spotify.

The pageant success placed her in the public eye, but it was her later involvement in drug trafficking that cemented her media notoriety. As Omny / True Crime Conversations notes, “she grew up in a tough Sydney neighbourhood where crime and addiction were part of daily life.”

The pattern is clear: beauty queen fame preceded a fall that made her a household name for very different reasons. The implication: the pageant crown and the criminal conviction are now permanently fused in the public record.

What was Felicia Djamirze convicted of?

Drug trafficking conviction details

Felicia Djamirze was convicted of drug trafficking. According to The Project, her partner Dean received an eight-year sentence for drug trafficking, while Felicia received a three-year suspended sentence for drug supply. She was known in media as a “gangland girlfriend” (Simon & Schuster listing).

In her own words on The Project, Djamirze admitted awareness of the illegal activity but denied being a dealer: “I knew what was going on and I didn’t report it, but in no way, shape or form am I a drug dealer.”

Gangland connections

The conviction placed her within the orbit of bikie gangs and organised crime. ABC Conversations frames her as a “convicted drug trafficker” whose story involves “criminal underworld” and “bikie gangs.” The Spotify episode description labels her “Miss Australia, gangland girlfriend, counsellor and ex-criminal.”

What this means: Djamirze’s public identity is still defined by that criminal chapter, even as she works to redefine herself through counselling and advocacy.

What is Felicia Djamirze doing now?

Career as a counsellor

After serving her sentence, Djamirze retrained as a counsellor and now describes herself as a qualified counsellor, award-winning businesswoman, and mental health advocate (Simon & Schuster listing). She founded Neuro Vitality Pty Ltd and the Trauma Recovery Network, and spearheaded a nationwide study on trauma and adverse childhood experiences among people with a conviction history (Simon & Schuster listing).

She also developed the Growth Focused Trauma Model to upskill practitioners in trauma and PTSD care (Simon & Schuster listing). This work places her at the intersection of lived experience and professional expertise. For a deeper look at how trauma-informed care shapes recovery, see our analysis of All the Bright Places: Finch’s Mental Health & Ending Explained, which examines similar themes of psychological rehabilitation.

Author of Accessory

Her memoir Accessory, co-written with Erin O’Dwyer and published by Simon & Schuster Australia on June 30, 2025 (Simon & Schuster listing via Google Play), details her double life as a beauty queen and drug trafficker. The book is described as a story of crime, redemption, and justice (Simon & Schuster listing).

Advocacy for criminal justice reform

Djamirze now advocates for women’s justice and reform for released criminals. ABC Conversations describes her as “an advocate for women’s justice.” Her platform focuses on the structural barriers ex-offenders face after release. The pattern of reinvention after a conviction echoes the rehabilitation journey explored in our piece on Tom Felton’s health and rehab story, where personal recovery required confronting a very public past.

What is the book Accessory about?

Memoir themes: crime, redemption, justice

Accessory traces Felicia Djamirze’s journey from three-time Miss Australia to convicted drug trafficker and eventual counsellor. The publisher’s description calls it a story of “crime, redemption and justice” (Simon & Schuster listing). Co-written with Erin O’Dwyer and narrated by Djamirze herself, the audio edition is also available (Simon & Schuster listing via Google Play).

The title “Accessory” refers to her legal role as an accessory to drug trafficking, but also to her broader identity: a woman who was an accessory to crime, to fame, and to a system that punished her. Omny / True Crime Conversations notes that the book explores her childhood in a rough Sydney neighbourhood, her youth among drug dealers and bikies, and her path to becoming a counsellor.

The memoir positions her story as both a cautionary tale and a testament to the possibility of change. The trade-off: she remains forever associated with the crime even as she builds a new career.

Felicia Djamirze’s story is not a simple redemption arc. She went from beauty queen to convict to counsellor, but the public memory still fixates on the crime. For the Australian justice reform movement, her work offers a data-backed argument for trauma-informed reentry programs — but only if policymakers are willing to look past her tabloid history.