Jurate Stasiunaite (born May 22, 1991) is a

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n model, businesswoman, interior designer and beauty pageant title holder who was crowned Miss Grand Lithuania 2018 and represented Lithuania at Miss Grand International 2018 beauty pageant held in Yangon,

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. The next year, she was crowned Miss Supranational Lithuania 2019 and represented Lithuania at Miss Supranational 2019 beauty pageant held in Silesia province, Poland.

Background and education

Stasiunaite was born an only child in Vilnius,

. She completed an Interior Design study program from Vilnius College of Design, (VCD) in Lithuania in 2015. She also studied Japanese Language and Culture at

Kanagawa University , abbreviated to is a private university in Japan. The main campus is located in Rokkakubashi, Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture. History The university was founded in 1928 by as . It was an evening school for the working youth. In 1 ...

in Yokohama,

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in 2017.

Career

Stasiunaite has been teaching Japanese business protocol and western business etiquette to various corporate bodies in Japan since 2017. She trains and works with politicians/business people from across the globe and also conducts seminars for business people in Tokyo and Yokohama. In September, 2017, Stasiunaite founded her company named ''Juria Style'' in

. In 2018 together with Lithuanian fashion designers, she created new clothes and textile collections for the Japanese market.

Pageantry

Stasiunaite's journey in pageantry began with

Miss Supertalent The Miss Supertalent of the World is a twice-yearly a global television & media event, founded by Thomas Zilliacus, former Regional Head Nokia Asia Pacific Rim and Lawrence Choi which has been held since 2011, participating fashion stars of beau ...

of the World 2018 in Seoul, South Korea where she was crowned fourth runner up. In the same year she participated in the Miss Rainbow of the world in Tirana, Albania where she was crowned first runner up. She then auditioned for the title Miss Grand Lithuania 2018, which she eventually won. Stasiunaite represented Lithuania in the Miss Grand International 2018 pageant in Yangon,

, where she made it to the top 20 in "Best National Costume". In 2019, she won the Miss Supranational Lithuania 2019 title and represented Lithuania at the Miss Supranational 2019 in Silesia province, Poland. She was unplaced.

References

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Background and education

Career

Pageantry

See also

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