After being crowned Mrs. Globe, the former Mrs. Latvia has been thrust into the limelight. With a natural openness, the formerly shy young woman has quickly assumed her global role, as Katya Cengel reports.Ieva Bondare was used to being on the sidelines, cheering on her basketball player husband. A shy homebody, she let others speak for her, first her mother, then her husband. Married at 19, she spent the early part of her adult life supporting her husband, a former member of the Latvian National basketball team, and raising her son. Instructed as a music teacher, she found her shyness kept...
The article you requested can be accessed only by subscribing to the online version of The Baltic Times. If you are already subscribed to The Baltic Times, please authorize yourself.
In case you don't have a subscription yet - please visit our
SUBSCRIPTION section
