Lia Roberts (born Lia Sandu on May 7, 1949) is a Romanian and American politician. The former leader of the Nevada Republican Party, she expressed an intention to run in the Romanian election of 2004, [1] but withdrew due to poor poll numbers.
Born in Bucharest, she emigrated from Communist Romania in 1979, later becoming a naturalized American citizen. [2] She lives in Las Vegas, where she serves as honorary consul for the Romanian Consulate. [3]
Las Vegas, often known simply as Vegas, is the 26th-most populous city in the United States, the most populous city in the state of Nevada, and the county seat of Clark County. The city anchors the Las Vegas Valley metropolitan area and is the largest city within the greater Mojave Desert. Las Vegas is an internationally renowned major resort city, known primarily for its gambling, shopping, fine dining, entertainment, and nightlife. The Las Vegas Valley as a whole serves as the leading financial, commercial, and cultural center for Nevada.
Henderson is a city in Clark County, Nevada, United States, about 16 miles (26 km) southeast of downtown Las Vegas. It is the second largest city in Nevada, after Las Vegas, with an estimated population of 320,189 in 2019. The city is part of the Las Vegas Valley. Henderson occupies the southeastern end of the valley, at an elevation of 1,864 feet (568 m).
Paradise is an unincorporated town and census-designated place (CDP) in Clark County, Nevada, United States, adjacent to the city of Las Vegas. It was formed on December 8, 1950. Its population was 231,858 as of 2017, making it the most populous CDP in the United States; if it were an incorporated city, it would be the fourth largest in Nevada. As an unincorporated town, it is governed by the Clark County Commission with input from the Paradise Town Advisory Board.
Las Vegas is a city in and the county seat of San Miguel County, New Mexico, United States. Once two separate municipalities, both were named Las Vegas—West Las Vegas and East Las Vegas ; they are separated by the Gallinas River and retain distinct characters and separate, rival school districts.
Radu Florescu was a Romanian academic who held the position of Emeritus Professor of History at Boston College. His work on Vlad Dracula includes a series of bestselling books that he co-authored with his colleague Raymond T. McNally. Along with serving as Director of the East European Research Center at Boston College, Florescu was also a philanthropist and an adviser to Edward Kennedy on Balkan and Eastern European affairs. At the time of his death, Radu Florescu was considered the patriarch of the Florescu family.
Holly Madison is an American model and television personality. She appeared in the E! reality television show The Girls Next Door and her own series, Holly's World. She has also released two books, Down the Rabbit Hole: Curious Adventures and Cautionary Tales of a Former Playboy Bunny in 2015 and The Vegas Diaries: Romance, Rolling the Dice, and the Road to Reinvention in 2016.
A consul is an official representative of the government of one state in the territory of another, normally acting to assist and protect the citizens of the consul's own country, as well as to facilitate trade and friendship between the people of the two countries.
Lonnie Lee Hammargren is an American politician and a retired neurosurgeon. He was elected a member of the non-partisan Board of Regents for the Nevada System of Higher Education, an office he held from 1988 to 1994; he is the former 31st Lieutenant Governor of the U.S. State of Nevada, serving from 1995 to 1999 as a member of the Republican Party.
Ștefan Augustin Doinaș was a Romanian Neoclassical poet of the Communist era.
Linda Fröhlich is a German professional basketball player in the WNBA. Considered the best women's player in Germany, she has also played overseas in Italy, Russia,, Turkey, and Romania.
Bulgarians have been settling in South America as economic emigrants since the late 19th century. Their presence has been documented in Uruguay since 1905, in Argentina since 1906 and in Brazil since the early 20th century.
Vicki Pettersson is an American author known for her Signs of the Zodiac urban fantasy series and Celestial Blues trilogy, both set in modern-day Las Vegas. The Zodiac series follows casino heiress Joanna Archer, who discovers on her 25th birthday that she has superpowers. The Celestial Blues features a P.I. angel and a rockabilly reporter who join forces to fight crime in a noir/paranormal hybrid fiction. As of 2013, she is actively writing straight thrillers.
Suzanne "Sue" Pluskoski Lowden is the former Chairwoman of the Nevada Republican Party and a former Nevada state senator. Lowden is a former businesswoman, television news anchor and kindergarten teacher. Lowden was an unsuccessful candidate for the Republican nomination in the 2010 United States Senate election in Nevada and the 2014 Nevada Lt. Governor election.
Oana Paveluc is a beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned new Miss Universe Romania 2010 on 14 July 2010 after Alexandra Cătălina Filip, the original winner, was dethroned, as she refused to sign the contract with the Miss Universe Organization (MUO). The contract stipulates that the winner of Miss Universe 2010 must move to NYC and be under contract with Donald Trump for one year. Filip is a professional sport dancer, and she wanted to be able to continue representing Romania at international sport dancing competitions and not be restrained by MUO's contract. On 14 July 2010, at the official press conference where the winners of Miss Universe Romania 2010 had gathered to meet with all the sponsors and receive their prizes, Alexandra Cătălina Filip surprised everyone when she announced that she didn't wish to continue the path to Las Vegas and in a friendly manner allowed Bianca Elena Constantin, Miss Universe Romania 2009, to crown Oana Paveluc.
Lia Chang is an American actress, journalist, and photographer. After beginning her career modeling and acting in New York and on tour, Chang added parallel careers as a portrait and botanical photographer and journalist.
Karen Sue Wheeler is an American artist who was born with a neurodegenerative condition called spinal muscular atrophy which causes muscle wasting. She uses a technique called "layering" that resembles colored pencil. Each painting that she produces takes from 150–500 hours to complete.
Sarann Knight-Preddy was an American business leader and gaming pioneer in the U.S. state of Nevada. In 1950, she became the "first and only woman of color to receive a gaming license" in the state. She was the co-founder of a node of the Democratic Club in Las Vegas.
Hugo Gutiérrez Vega was a Mexican poet, lawyer, writer, academic, actor and translator. In addition to his writings, Gutiérrez Vega, a career diplomat, served as Mexico's Ambassador to Greece from 1987 to 1994, which included concurrent accreditation as Ambassador to Cyprus, Lebanon, Moldova, and Romania. His diplomatic postings influenced his literary writings. In an October 2007 interview with La Jornada, Gutiérrez noted that he had written one book in every foreign city in which he had lived, including Washington D.C., Rio de Janeiro, London, and San Juan, Puerto Rico. His poetry has been translated into English, French, Italian, Greek, Portuguese, Russian and Romanian.
Ioana Mihalache is a Romanian actress, model, beauty pageant titleholder, and an economist, who was crowned as Miss Universe Romania 2017. She represented Romania at the Miss Universe 2017 pageant.
Marjorie Ann Jacobson was born in Iowa in 1917. She was the only child of the town mayor and high school principal.