Gilda Gross (born February 10, 1981 in

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) commonly known as Gilda Jovine is a Dominican actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder. She was born and raised in

to a businessman from the

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and a businesswoman from Constanza. Jovine was inspired by her grandmother, one of the first dressmakers for

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. Jovine began modeling at age 15 and has participated in

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s in the Dominican Republic,

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, and

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. She has also appeared in magazines, billboards, and catalogs, and has acted in several television commercials. In 1999, Jovine participated in and won the Miss Latina International pageant held in New York City. The next year, she became Miss Dominican Republic 2000 representing the municipality of Constanza. She represented her country in the

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pageant, held in

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, and at

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. Jovine typically wears blue pageant dresses. Standing nearly 6 feet, Jovine was among the taller contestants in Miss Dominican Republic 2000. Jovine graduated from the Barbizon School in

and Universidad Iberoamericana in

majoring in Public Relations, but what she loved most was painting. Some of her work has been displayed in New York galleries such as Salon 94 and Art Gotham.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jovine, Gilda 1980 births Dominican Republic female models Dominican Republic people of European American descent Living people Miss Dominican Republic Miss Universe 2000 contestants Miss World 2000 delegates People from Santo Domingo White Dominicans