Gabrielė Martirosian

Gabrielė Martirosian
Martirosian in 2020
Born
Gabrielė Martirosianaitė

(1991-02-23) 23 February 1991 (age 33)
Kaunas, Lithuania
NationalityLithuanian
EducationVilnius University (2009–13)
Occupation(s)Model, beauty pageant contestant, actor, radio and television presenter
Years active2007–present
EmployerLRT
Known forMiss Lithuania 2008
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Martirosian at Miss World 2008

Gabrielė Martirosian (born Martirosianaitė; 23 February 1991 in Kaunas) is a Lithuanian model, actress and radio and television presenter. She is best known as Miss Lithuania 2008.

Career

Martirosian started her career as a model with the Modilinos agency in 2007, with her first two contracts involving working in Tokyo and Bangkok.[1]

In 2008, she was selected as Miss Lithuania, subsequently representing Lithuania in that year's Miss World in Johannesburg. However, she did not progress beyond the first round.

She was selected as an ambassador for Vilnius' European Capital of Culture celebrations in 2009.[2]

After graduating from Ugnės Karvelis Gymnasium [lt] in Akademija in 2009, she studied Lithuanian philology at Vilnius University, graduating in 2013.[3]

She founded the clothing label Oh! Skin in 2015 and the nail art salon Nail Game in 2017.[1]

TV and radio

Between 2009 and 2010, Martirosian played the role of Monika in the TV series Moterų alėja [lt].

After graduating from Vilnius University, she worked as a presenter on M-1 between 2013 and 2015.[4]

Since 2019, Martirosian has been a presenter on LRT Radijas.[5] She has become known to an international audience for hosting the Lithuanian national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest, alongside Ieva Stasiulevičiūtė [lt] in 2017, Giedrius Masalskis [lt] in 2019, Masalskis and Ieva Zasimauskaitė in 2020, and Nombeko Augustė Khotseng in 2024.[6][7][8][9]

Film

Martirosian made her big-screen movie début in 2020, starring as Kotryna in Vestuvės: importinis jaunikis [lt].

Personal life

Martirosian grew up in Akademija, but spent her summer holidays with her grandparents in Mosėdis and Šilutė.

Her grandfather, Akiles Martirosianas, was born Akilles Martirosyan in Yerevan, but had the ending -as added to his surname when he emigrated to Lithuania. Martirosian confirmed in July 2019 that she and her family had changed their surname to reflect their Armenian ancestry.[10]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Norvilaitė, Saulė (13 February 2017). "Gabrielė Martirosionaitė: "Mama man - pavyzdys, kokia turi būti moteris!"". Lietuvos Sveikata (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  2. ^ "Gabrielė Martirosianaitė: lagaminuose – beveik visas gyvenimas". 15min.lt (in Lithuanian). 3 December 2008. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  3. ^ "Gabrielė Martirosian | TEMA". 15min.lt (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  4. ^ "Gabrielė Martirosianaitė neria į naują sritį – gražuolė tapo radijo laidos vedėja". 15min.lt (in Lithuanian). 11 September 2013. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  5. ^ "Gabrielė Martirosian neslepia jausmų radijui: linkiu nuoširdžiai jį pamilti". lrt.lt (in Lithuanian). 12 June 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  6. ^ Cooper, Eleanor (11 March 2017). "Watch now: Final of Eurovizija 2017 in Lithuania". ESCToday. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  7. ^ "ESC 2019 – Lituania: Gabrielė Martirosianaitė ir Giedrius Masalskis i presentatori dell'Eurovizija 2019. Nacionalinė atranka". L'Europazzia NEWS - Il blog tutto italiano dedicato all'Eurovision Song Contest (in Italian). 12 December 2018. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  8. ^ "Lithuania chooses The Roop for Rotterdam". eurovision.tv. 15 February 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  9. ^ Carabaña Menéndez, Hugo (3 January 2024). "Eurovizija.LT 2024: Gabrielė Martirosian y Nombeko Augustė presentarán la preselección lituana de la que ya conocemos las primeras canciones" [Eurovizija.LT 2024: Gabrielė Martirosian and Nombeko Augustė will host the Lithuanian preselection, whose first songs are already known]. ESCplus España (in European Spanish). Retrieved 3 January 2024.
  10. ^ Čeplinskas, Deimantas (17 July 2019). "Gabrielė Martirosianaitė oficialiai pasikeitė pavardę: grįžo prie armėniškų šaknų". 15min.lt (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 7 July 2020.