- Linor Abargil
Linor Abargil Jasikevičius (born 1979 is an
Israel i model, who was the winner of theMiss World beauty pageant in 1998, after she had been crownedMiss Israel . [ [http://www.missworld.tv/history/whereAreThey.sps?iType=6921&icustompageid=11633 Miss World 2008 | The Official Website | Coming Soon! ] ] She is 176 cm (5 ft 9 1/4 in) tall.Two months before being crowned Miss World, Abargil was raped in
Italy by anIsrael i Shlomo Nur, who was working as a travel agent inMilan . She made her case public and Nur was arrested inIsrael , charged with and found guilty of rape. [ [http://www.pageant.com/news/archive/news1999.html Pageant News Bureau (PNB) - Pageant News ] ] Abargil called for other women to follow her example.February 2006 newspapers announced that
Lithuania n basketball superstarŠarūnas Jasikevičius proposed to Linor Abargil, and the two started planning their wedding. Soon afterYnetnews announced thatBaruch Marzel , the Chairman of theJewish National Front party, wrote a letter to Linor Abargil Jasikevičius, in which he called on her to turn down Šarūnas' marriage proposal unless he converts. [ [http://www.forward.com/articles/strange-entries-in-the-annals-of-conversion/ "Strange Entries in the Annals of Conversion - Forward.com" ] ]Abargil and Jasikevičius married in a ceremony near
Barcelona, Spain , in July, 2006. In 2007-2008 Linor Abargil added Šarūnas' surname to her own name, now she is - Linor Abargil Jasikevičius.References
Big Four Pageants titleholders
Year=1998
Miss Universe=Wendy Fitzwilliam
Miss World= Linor Abargil
Miss Earth="none"
Miss International=Lía Victoria Borrero González
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