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Amrita Hunjan is a British model and singer.
She is perhaps most famous for being a singer in the R'n'B/pop band
Rouge. Amrita is also known in the British Asian community for being the
winner of Miss India UK 2004 and Miss India Worldwide 2005. She was
ranked the 20th most sexy Asian woman in the world by Eastern Eye in 2007.[1]
Early
life
Amrita was born on June 25, 1984 in Leeds and claims to be 'Yorkshire born and bred' [1]. She is 5 feet
6 inches tall.[2]
Excellent A* level results secured her a place at Birmingham University to study
dentistry.[2]
Miss India
and Rouge
Despite the intensive studying schedule that the second year of
her course brought with it, she excelled at the Miss India UK 2004
competition. Amrita impressed judges with her beauty and charisma
and above all in the question and answer session. A fine rendition
of Maria McKee's 'Show Me Heaven'
saw her singing voice being compared to the likes Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston
[2]. She followed
this win with an even more impressive victory at the 'Miss India
Worldwide' competition held in New Delhi, India in January 2005. Like Miss India UK, this
competition is notable for its emphasis on talent, cultural values
and intelligence in addition to looks. Once more Amrita's
intelligence and presence saw her triumph, this time against
international competition [3].
Her voice and music talent got her noticed and with friend Laura
Ismail and fellow band member Legha Yousuf the band Rouge was
formed in 2005. Over the next year the release of the single 'Don't Be Shy' and
the subsequent self titled debut album propelled them to fame [4]. Amrita has
performed internationally in places including New York, Dubai and
Holland. This popularity is particularly impressive given that she
and the other members of her band were university students meaning
little opportunity to tour in support of their album. She is
romantically involved with Tamer Isamil, the brother of fellow band
member Laura.
Plans for
the future
Amrita is focussing on her studies, with the next Rouge album
set to be produced by Timbaland in Miami [5]. She is
currently writing and recording with Rouge and they are said to be
'in no rush to release it until they get it right' [6]. A behind the
scenes video of the group including new member Nicola (who replaced
Legha) could be found on the Desi Hits website in June 2009 [7].
External
links
References
- ^
http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-171465724.html
- ^ a
b
http://www.nriinternet.com/NRI_Miss/UK/Anita_Hunjan/index.htm
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