Marigona Dragusha

Marigona Dragusha

Beauty pageant titleholder
Born	Marigona Dragusha 23 September 1990 (1990-09-23) (age 21) Pristina, Yugoslavia
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Hair color	Dark Brown/Black
Eye color	Brown
Title(s)	Miss Universe Kosovo 2009
Major competition(s)	Miss Universe 2009 (2nd runner-up)

Marigona "Gona" Dragusha (born 23 September 1990) is an Albanian pageant titleholder from Kosovo^[1] who placed as the 2nd runner-up at the Miss Universe 2009 pageant, only behind the eventual winner, Venezuela's Stefanía Fernández, and the 1st runner-up Ada de la Cruz from the Dominican Republic.^[2][3] Dragusha won her national title, Miss Universe Kosovo, on April 4, 2009.^[4] Besides her native Albanian language, Marigona speaks Spanish, in which she announced on air before the Miss Universe pageant: she learned the language entirely from watching Spanish-speaking "novelas" (soap operas).

References

1. ^ Kosovo is the subject of a territorial dispute between the Republic of Serbia and the self-proclaimed Republic of Kosovo. The latter declared independence on 17 February 2008, while Serbia claims it as part of its own sovereign territory. Its independence is recognised by 85 UN member states.
2. ^ Venezuelan Stefania Fernandez crowned Miss Universe
3. ^ Gona Dragusha – Miss Kosovo 2009 and Second Runner-Up on Miss Universe
4. ^ Miss Universe Kosovo 2009

External links

• Miss Kosovo Universe 2009

Preceded by Zana Krasniqi

Miss Universe Kosovo 2009

Succeeded by Keshtjella Pepshi

Persondata
Name	Dragusha, Marigona
Alternative names
Short description	Kosovar beauty queen
Date of birth	23 September 1990
Place of birth	Pristina, Kosovo
Date of death
Place of death