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{{Infobox pageant titleholder<br />
| name = Lymaraina D'Souza<br />
| birth_date= {{birth year and age|1979}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]], India <br />
| height = {{convert|181|cm|ftin|abbr=on}}<br />
| alma_mater = [[Sydenham College]]<br />
| occupation = [[Model (profession)|Model]], Therapist<br />
| title = [[Femina Miss India|Femina Miss India Universe 1998]]<br />
| competitions = [[Femina Miss India|Femina Miss India 1998]]<br>(Femina Miss India Universe)<br>[[Miss Universe 1998]]<br>(Top-10 finalists)<br />
}}<br />
'''Lymaraina D'Souza''' (born 1979) is an Indian model and beauty pageant titleholder who won [[Femina Miss India|Femina Miss India Universe]] 1998 and represented her country at [[Miss Universe 1998]] where she finished in the Top 10.<ref>{{cite web|author=RITU VERMA |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-08-21/shows/28199594_1_miss-universe-pageant-second-runner |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005010548/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-08-21/shows/28199594_1_miss-universe-pageant-second-runner |url-status=dead |archive-date=5 October 2013 |title=Miss Indias shine at Miss Universe |date=21 August 2009 |work=[[The Times of India]] |accessdate=3 December 2012}}</ref><br />
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She subsequently got her master's degree in counseling and is licensed as a therapist. Lymaraina currently owns a private practice.<br />
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==Career==<br />
D'Souza was born in 1979 in Bombay and was educated at [[Fort Convent School, Mumbai]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.expressindia.com/ie/daily/19980815/22750044.html |title=The vanishing act |publisher=Expressindia.com |date=15 August 1998 |accessdate=3 December 2012}}</ref> and [[Sydenham College of Commerce and Economics]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://feminamissindia.indiatimes.com/archives/miss-india-winners-2010-1964/2000-1991/Lymaraina-Dsouza/articleshow/7883210.cms |title=Lymaraina D'souza - 2000-1991! - Miss India Winners 2010-1964 |publisher= |date= |accessdate=3 December 2012}}</ref><br />
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She was crowned [[Femina Miss India|Femina Miss India Universe 1998]] by the outgoing titleholder [[Nafisa Joseph]].<ref>[https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/celebrities/story/smriti-irani-cabinet-minister-bjp-kyunki-saas-bhi-kabhi-bahu-thi-194594-2014-05-27 From wannabe Miss India to minister-phenomenal rise of Smriti Irani]</ref> She represented India at [[Miss Universe 1998]] held on 12 May 1998 at [[Stan Sheriff Arena]] in [[Honolulu]], [[Hawaii]], United States. She was among the top ten finalists. She was ranked second in the interview round, ninth in the swimsuit round and eighth in the evening gown round.<br />
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D'Souza subsequently went to [[Hawaii Pacific University]] and graduated with a B.A. in psychology in 2002.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hpu.edu/CHSS/Psychology/Alumni/alumni.html |title=Hawaii Pacific University Psychology Department: Alumni |work=HPU.edu |publisher=[[Hawaii Pacific University]] |location=Kaneohe, HI |accessdate=26 January 2016}}</ref><br />
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[[Category:1979 births]]<br />
[[Category:Hawaii Pacific University alumni]]<br />
[[Category:Indian beauty pageant winners]]<br />
[[Category:Female models from Mumbai]]<br />
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