. .AND FINALLY,DAIVA! Clothes by Reebok: French terry red skirt, 100% cotton, $28; poly-lycra black tank le- otard, $25; flop socks, $8; freestyle high tops, $50. Clothes by Calvin Klein: off the shoulder sweater, lambswool angora, $84; black five pocket jeans, $44. Clothes by Benetton: cropped multi-colored sweater with front zipper, 100% wool, $78; green knit leggings, 100% wool, $39; socks by Hot Sox, $8. Athletic shoes by Spalding: Cathy Rigby high tops. $43. k 4 .a {.. .v i+. _ I _ Russian translator, fashion model, athlete, am- bassador. She sounds like a character out of a Robert Ludlum thriller. Instead, she is Daiva Che- sonis, a senior at University of Maryland. One hundred percent Lithuanian, Daiva spent her early childhood struggling to learn English. Sesame Street helped, but she entered kindergarten barely knowing the language. Today she speaks English, Lithuanian, Russian and German fluently. Last year she began studying Spanish and French. Using her language skills 13 to 20 hours a week at the National Agricultural Library in Beltsville, Maryland, Daiva translates Russian, German, Lithuanian, Latvian and Estonian books into Eng- lish. These books are then catalogued for the Li- brary of Congress. Translating helps pay the monthly bills, but Daiva supplements her income by working as a profes- sional model. She began modeling two years ago after entering a snapshot in the "Look of the Year Model Search," sponsored by the John Casablancas Modeling Agency. Although she didn't win the contest, she was contacted by a representative of the agency's Maryland branch. Her entry photo- Fall 1987 graph showed modeling potential and she was to be "checked out." After working at Casablancas for six months, the 5-foot-7-inch petite model signed with Select Model Management, a Georgetown agency that caters to Washington, D.C., New York and Philadelphia. To help her stay thin, and keep her legs in shape for modeling and sports, Daiva runs two to three miles each day, on top of soccer practice and games with the Maryland Women's Soccer Club. She also makes time for the Baltimore Lithuanian Athletic Club, a group which she represented a few years ago in the World Lithuanian Sports Olympiad. After graduation in December, Daiva doesn't plan to simplify her lifestyle. Although she is still waiting for her big break in modeling and would like to model overseas, she won't put her education on hold. She plans to leave Maryland to pursue a mas- ter's degree and doctorate in Russian Area Studies, and would like to work for the Foreign Service, the CIA, the Department of Defense or the State Department. But her main goal, she will tell you with a smile, is to become the United States am- bassador to the Soviet Union. Sweater by Mass Transit: black cropped sweater with shoulder pads, 100% cotton, $42. Jeans by Guess: blue five pocket jeans, $52. Daiva's Fall Fashions Panache 11