A former beauty has had her face damaged by a police flash grenade when a drug raid was carried out in her bedroom.
Felicia Djamirze before the tragic incident
A former Miss Autralia International who was in bed with her boyfriend at the time of a drug raid claims has been severely injured by police.
Daily Mail reports that the model, 28-year-old Felicia Djamirze, was sleeping inside a Susan River home, north of Brisbane, with her boyfriend, 35-year-old Dean O'Donnell, when she says officers threw 'flash' grenades into the bedroom last week.
The former Miss Australia International who was also a Miss Tourism Queen Australia was left with third-degree burns after a grenade blew up in her face.
Djamirze, who was still in hospital on Monday night, claimed she was also at risk of losing sight in her right eye and she had two surgeries to repair her 'melted' hand.
During the early morning raids last week on a handful of homes, which included the house the couple were sleeping in, police found 2kg of the drug ice, meth oil and steroids, according to a Queensland Police statement. Police also uncovered seven high-powered illegal weapons and two silencers.
The model and first-year law student was charged with drug trafficking and her boyfriend, who is allegedly linked to the Rebels bikie club, was charged with both drug and weapons offences.
Felicia Djamirze after the incident
However, Djamirze denied the charges laid against her, with her lawyer Chris Ford adding police had not allowed her to see to her injuries and paramedics did not show up at the scene for 40 minutes.
Mr Ford said Djamirze was sleeping inside the home during the raid when she was hit with the force of the grenade.
'The police treated this like a military operation which was entirely unnecessary,' he said 'There was a high level of both physical and electronic surveillance. The police must have known my client was sleeping in a confined area when they tossed the stun grenade into her bedroom.'
Mr Ford also told The Courier Mail 'police rode in like cowboys [and] nearly killed my client'.
Along with her injuries, he added Djamirze was suffering from post-traumatic stress.
Djamirze is a motivational speaker for an organisation she founded called Dream Formal that promotes 'confidence and self-esteem' by giving under-privileged women the chance to have a full formal experience.
She was crowned Miss International Australia in 2013 and Miss Tourism Queen Australia in 2011.
The case is still ongoing