Gabrielė Martirosian Explained

Gabrielė Martirosian
Birth Name:Gabrielė Martirosianaitė
Birth Date:23 February 1991
Birth Place:Kaunas, Lithuania
Nationality:Lithuanian
Education:Vilnius University (2009–13)
Occupation:Model, beauty pageant contestant, actor, radio and television presenter
Years Active:2007–present
Employer:LRT
Known For:Miss Lithuania 2008

Gabrielė Martirosian (born Martirosianaitė; 23 February 1991 in Kaunas) is a Lithuanian model, actress and radio and television presenter. She is best known as Miss Lithuania 2008.

Career

Martirosian started her career as a model with the Modilinos agency in 2007, with her first two contracts involving working in Tokyo and Bangkok.[1]

In 2008, she was selected as Miss Lithuania, subsequently representing Lithuania in that year's Miss World in Johannesburg. However, she did not progress beyond the first round.

She was selected as an ambassador for Vilnius' European Capital of Culture celebrations in 2009.[2]

After graduating from in Akademija in 2009, she studied Lithuanian philology at Vilnius University, graduating in 2013.[3]

She founded the clothing label Oh! Skin in 2015 and the nail art salon Nail Game in 2017.

TV and radio

Between 2009 and 2010, Martirosian played the role of Monika in the TV series .

After graduating from Vilnius University, she worked as a presenter on M-1 between 2013 and 2015.[4]

Since 2019, Martirosian has been a presenter on LRT Radijas.[5] She has become known to an international audience for hosting the Lithuanian national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest, alongside in 2017, in 2019, Masalskis and Ieva Zasimauskaitė in 2020, and Nombeko Augustė Khotseng in 2024.[6] [7] [8] [9]

Film

Martirosian made her big-screen movie début in 2020, starring as Kotryna in .

Personal life

Martirosian grew up in Akademija, but spent her summer holidays with her grandparents in Mosėdis and Šilutė.

Her grandfather, Akiles Martirosianas, was born Akilles Martirosyan in Yerevan, but had the ending -as added to his surname when he emigrated to Lithuania. Martirosian confirmed in July 2019 that she and her family had changed their surname to reflect their Armenian ancestry.[10]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Norvilaitė. Saulė. 13 February 2017. Gabrielė Martirosionaitė: "Mama man - pavyzdys, kokia turi būti moteris!". 9 July 2020. Lietuvos Sveikata. lt-LT.
  2. Web site: 3 December 2008. Gabrielė Martirosianaitė: lagaminuose – beveik visas gyvenimas. 7 July 2020. 15min.lt. lt.
  3. Web site: Gabrielė Martirosian TEMA. 2020-07-09. 15min.lt. lt.
  4. Web site: 11 September 2013. Gabrielė Martirosianaitė neria į naują sritį – gražuolė tapo radijo laidos vedėja. 2020-07-09. 15min.lt. lt.
  5. Web site: 2020-06-12. Gabrielė Martirosian neslepia jausmų radijui: linkiu nuoširdžiai jį pamilti. 2020-07-09. lrt.lt. lt.
  6. Web site: Cooper. Eleanor. 11 March 2017. Watch now: Final of Eurovizija 2017 in Lithuania. 9 July 2020. ESCToday. en-US.
  7. Web site: 12 December 2018. ESC 2019 – Lituania: Gabrielė Martirosianaitė ir Giedrius Masalskis i presentatori dell'Eurovizija 2019. Nacionalinė atranka. 9 July 2020. L'Europazzia NEWS - Il blog tutto italiano dedicato all'Eurovision Song Contest. it-IT.
  8. Web site: 2020-02-15. Lithuania chooses The Roop for Rotterdam. 2020-07-09. eurovision.tv. en.
  9. Web site: Carabaña Menéndez. Hugo. 2024-01-03. Eurovizija.LT 2024: Gabrielė Martirosian y Nombeko Augustė presentarán la preselección lituana de la que ya conocemos las primeras canciones. Eurovizija.LT 2024: Gabrielė Martirosian and Nombeko Augustė will host the Lithuanian preselection, whose first songs are already known. 2024-01-03. ESCplus España. es-ES.
  10. Web site: Čeplinskas. Deimantas. 17 July 2019. Gabrielė Martirosianaitė oficialiai pasikeitė pavardę: grįžo prie armėniškų šaknų. 2020-07-07. 15min.lt. lt.