- Marigona Dragusha
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Marigona Dragusha Beauty pageant titleholder Born Marigona Dragusha
23 September 1990
Pristina, YugoslaviaHeight 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
- ^ 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.
- ^ Venezuelan Stefania Fernandez crowned Miss Universe
- ^ Gona Dragusha – Miss Kosovo 2009 and Second Runner-Up on Miss Universe
- ^ Miss Universe Kosovo 2009
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Preceded by
Zana KrasniqiMiss Universe Kosovo
2009Succeeded by
Keshtjella PepshiALB: Hasna Xhukiçi • ARG: Johanna Lasic • AUS: Rachel Finch • BEL: Zeynep Sever • BOL: Dominique Peltier • BRA: Larissa Costa • CAY: Nicosia Lawson • COL: Michelle Rouillard • CZE: Iveta Lutovská • DOM: Ada Aimée de la Cruz • ECU: Sandra Vinces • SLV: Mayella Mena • FRA: Chloé Mortaud • GEO: Lika Ordzhonikidze • GBR: Clair Cooper • GTM: Lourdes Figueroa • ISL: Ingibjörg Egilsdóttir • IND: Ekta Chowdhry • INA: Zivanna Letisha Siregar • IRL: Diana Donnelly • ITA: Laura Valenti • JPN: Emiri Miyasaka • KOR: Na-Ri • KOS: Marigona Dragusha • LBN: Martine Andraos • MUS: Anaïs Veerapatren • MEX: Karla Carrillo • NLD: Avalon-Chanel Weyzig • NIC: Indiana Sánchez • NOR: Eli Landa • PAN: Diana Broce • PRY: Mareike Baumgarten • PER: Karen Schwarz • PHL: Pamela Bianca Manalo • POL: Angelika Jakubowska • PRL: Mayra Matos • RUS: Sofia Rudieva • RSA: Tatum Keshwar • ESP: Estíbaliz Pereira • SWE: Renate Cerljen • SUI: Whitney Toyloy • THA: Chutima Durongdej • UKR: Kristina Kots-Gotlib • USA: Kristen Dalton • VEN: Stefanía Fernández • VNM: Võ Hoàng Yến
Miss Universe delegates of: 09 · 10 · 11 Categories:- Kosovar Albanians
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- Albanian people
- Miss Universe 2009 contestants
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- 1990 births
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