Lika Roman

Lika Roman (born May 12, 1985) is a Ukrainian model, charity worker and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss Ukraine 2007 and represented Ukraine at Miss World 2007 but Unplaced.

She subsequently represented Ukraine in Miss World 2007 in Sanya, China. She studied International Relations for her higher education at the branch of Kiev Slavonic University in her city. Roman's father Victor is a musician, and her mother Svitlana is a fashion designer. Roman used to work as a hairdresser while in school and spent her free time on dancing, playing piano and skiing.

In the winter of 2007, she toured the United States for the first time. She visited different TV channels, radio stations, newspapers and magazines. Also, she met with students and representatives of public organizations and took part in numerous talk-shows.

Currently, Roman resides in Kiev, the capital of Ukraine. She said she likes its rhythm of life and enjoys being in the center of all events.

Views and beliefs

Lika Roman is also well known for her strong moral views. Even before participation in "Miss Ukraine 2007" she denied a few interesting propositions from different model agencies, referring to conflict between principles of the modeling industry and her personal beliefs. As well after winning National Beauty contest she refused many propositions from major modeling agencies stating that model business doesn't interest her. Miss Ukraine 2007 is an evangelical christian, so she declared that she was a virgin and she was proud of it. Also Lika announced that she thought that sex before marriage is wrong and it is a sin and contradicts to her personal views.

Lika

Lika (pronounced [lǐːka]) is a traditional region of Croatia proper, roughly bound by the Velebit mountain from the southwest and the Plješevica mountain from the northeast. On the north-west end Lika is bounded by Ogulin-Plaški basin, and on the south-east by the Malovan pass. Today most of the territory of Lika (Gospić, Otočac, Brinje, Donji Lapac, Lovinac, Perušić, Plitvička Jezera, Udbina and Vrhovine) is part of Lika-Senj County. Josipdol, Plaški and Saborsko are part of Karlovac County and Gračac is part of Zadar County.

Major towns include Gospić, Otočac, and Gračac, most of which are located in the karst poljes of the rivers of Lika, Gacka and others. The Plitvice Lakes National Park is also in Lika.

History

Medieval

Bijelohrvati (or White Croats) originally migrated from White Croatia to Lika in the first half of the 7th century. After the settlement of Croats (according to migrations theories), Lika became part of the Principality of Littoral Croatia. Lika then became a part of the Kingdom of Croatia in 925, when Duke Tomislav of the Croats received the crown and became King of Croatia.

Lika (disambiguation)

Lika can refer to:

Lika (river)

The Lika is a river in Croatia which gives its name to the Lika region. It is 77 kilometres (48 mi) long and it has a basin with an area of 1,014 square kilometres (392 sq mi). Its average discharge at the measurement station in Bilaj (covering 225 km² of the basin) is 7.33 m³/s, and it can go completely dry.

It is known as a sinking river because at the end of its course, it flows into a series of ponors or swallow-holes and disappears from the surface. The Lika River rises near the village of Kukljić at the foot of the Velebit Mountains, flows in a northwesterly direction past the town of Gospić, enters and leaves Lake Krušćica, and continues to the northwest until it sinks into the karst topography at ponors near Lipovo Polje.

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Coordinates: 44°46′N 15°10′E / 44.767°N 15.167°E / 44.767; 15.167