Overdrive Magazine | Trucking Business News & Owner Operator Info
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40 | Overdrive | July 2016 F ormer actress Brita Nowak of Jupiter, Florida, is ready for her newest starring role. The owner of BratCat Express is the winner of the 2016 Overdrive's Most Beautiful contest. The role carries quite a backstory. A German native, trained in economics, briefly models in Berlin, then acts in the competitive Los Angeles market, where she logs TV and movie credits. Then she gives it all up to pursue her lifelong dream to drive over the road. Now, after a round of Overdrive's audi- ence online voting and consideration by an editorial panel, Nowak came out on top of the field of 75 professional women drivers who entered the contest. While at 48 she still has the looks that fueled her modeling and acting career, there's little doubt that she's as tough and professional as the best of the best owner-operators. She does her own maintenance when she can, delivers reg- ularly in Manhattan, has owned a small fleet and now prospers as a one-truck independent. "What sets Brita apart from most Reinvented Economics major mov es from big screen to big rig, where she lands Overdrive honor BY CAROLYN MASON Florida-based independent Brita Nowak owns her 2005 Kenworth W900. MOST BEAUTIFUL Where image meets the road Overdrive's Visit the Featured Truckers playlist at youtube.com/ OverdriveMag to see a video interview with Brita Nowak. Kyle Kearns