Ly Jonaitis

{{Infobox pageant titleholder

| name=Ly Jonaitis

| photo=Ly Jonaitis (cropped).jpg

| alias=Ly Jonaitis

| birth_name=Lydimar Carolina Jonaitis Escalona

| title= Miss Venezuela 2006

| nationalcompetition=Miss Venezuela 2006
(Winner)
Miss Universe 2007
(2nd Runner-Up)

| birth_date= {{Birth date and age|1985|10|12}}

| birth_place= Valencia, Carabobo, Venezuela

| height={{height|ft=5|in=11}}

| eye_color=Green

| hair_color=Brown

}}

Lydimar Carolina Jonaitis Escalona (born October 12, 1985) is a Venezuelan actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder who won the Miss Venezuela 2006 pageant, then went on to compete at the Miss Universe 2007 pageant, where she placed 2nd Runner-Up.{{cite web|publisher=Today's TVH|title=Miss Japan Crowned Miss Universe 2007|url=http://www.todaysthv.com/news/news.aspx?storyid=46638|accessdate=2007-05-29}}{{cite web|publisher=El Universal|title=Ly Jonaitis es Miss Venezuela 2006|url=http://www.eluniversal.com/2006/09/15/til_art_15318N.shtml|accessdate=2006-09-15}}{{cite web|publisher=Cantv.net|title=Una noche llena de sorpresas en el Miss Venezuela 2006|url=http://www.cantv.net/entretenimiento/resena.asp?id=118824&cat=2&Fresena=TRUE|accessdate=2006-09-18}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}

Pageant participation

=Miss Venezuela 2006=

On September 14, 2006, Jonaitis competed in Miss Venezuela 2006, held in Caracas, where she beat 27 other contestants and obtained the title of Miss Venezuela 2006. She became the eighth Miss Guárico to win that title since the Miss Venezuela pageant first began in 1952.

=Miss Universe 2007=

She then traveled to Mexico to represent Venezuela at the Miss Universe 2007 pageant in Mexico City on May 28, 2007. She became the 2nd Runner-Up of the pageant, only behind Japan's Riyo Mori (Winner) and Brazil's Natália Guimarães (1st Runner-Up).

Personal life

Ly is of Lithuanian, and Venezuelan origin.

Jonaitis is a model who has worked with Metropolitan Models in France and modeled for Christian Dior, and other important fashion designers.{{cite web|publisher=Noticias 24 |title=Ly Jonaitis, gran favorita para las Casas de Apuestas |url=http://www.noticias24.com/gente/noticia/1240/ly-jonaitis-gran-favorita-para-las-casas-de-apuestas/ |accessdate=2007-05-22 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091224012125/http://www.noticias24.com/gente/noticia/1240/ly-jonaitis-gran-favorita-para-las-casas-de-apuestas/ |archivedate=2009-12-24 }} She speaks Spanish, English and French.

Telenovelas

References

External links

[http://www.missvenezuela.com Miss Venezuela Official Website]
[http://www.missuniverse.com Miss Universe Official Website]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20080409135832/http://bellasvenezolanas.org/2006/08/01/lidymar-jonaitis/ Ly Jonaitis @ Bellas Venezolanas]

{{succession box

| before={{flagicon|Switzerland}} Lauriane Gilliéron

| title=Miss Universe 2nd Runner-Up

| years=2007

| after={{flagicon|Dominican Republic}} Marianne Cruz

}}

{{succession box

| before={{flagicon|Sucre}} Jictzad Viña

| title=Miss Venezuela

| years=2006

| after={{flagicon|Amazonas, Venezuela}} Dayana Mendoza

}}