Jurgita Jurkutė (born April 23, 1985) is a Lithuanian actress and beauty pageant titleholder who is the winner of Miss Lithuania 2007 pageant.

Biography

Jurgita was student of

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for the Bachelor of Arts on

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. 2012 she graduated bachelor studies at

Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre The Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre in Vilnius, Lithuania, is a state-supported College or university school of music, conservatory that trains students in music, theatre, and multimedia arts. History Composer Juozas Naujalis founded a ...

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. Among her hobbies is

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...

. She also works as a model, and has worked in

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and

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. Jurgita believes that her current Miss Lithuania title is an opportunity for her to help others, especially children without families - "one day with our care they will find their true homes". Jurgita represented

Lithuania Lithuania, officially the Republic of Lithuania, is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea, bordered by Latvia to the north, Belarus to the east and south, P ...

Miss World 2007 Miss World 2007 was the 57th edition of the Miss World pageant, held at the Crown of Beauty Theatre in Sanya, China, on December 1, 2007. Taťána Kuchařová of the Czech Republic crowned Zhang Zilin of China as her successor at the end of ...

contest in

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. She landed the lead role in the TV series ''

Moterys meluoja geriau ''Moterys meluoja geriau'' (Women Lie Better) is a Lithuanian TV series produced by TV3. It is the most watched Lithuanian drama of all time. The first season is based on a 2002 novel by Daiva Vaitkevičiūtė and follows four young women and th ...

'' ("Women lie better") in 2008. In 2009-2012 Jurgita Jurkutė hosted

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projects „Šok su manimi“ ("Dance with me") and "Chorų karai" ("Choir wars"). In 2014 April 1 during

Vilnius International Film Festival The Vilnius International Film Festival (VIFF) Kino pavasaris is a film festival held annually in March in Vilnius, Lithuania since 1995, and is the largest film festival in the nation in number of films and audience. It is one of the most anticipat ...

she was awarded as Lithuanian actress of the year for the roles in '' Name in the Dark'' and ''Valentinas už 2rų''.

Filmography

References

External links

* 1985 births Living people People from Plungė Lithuanian female models Miss World 2007 delegates Lithuanian television presenters Lithuanian television actresses Lithuanian film actresses Lithuanian beauty pageant winners 21st-century Lithuanian actresses Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre alumni Lithuanian women television presenters {{Lithuania-bio-stub