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2 unusual facts about Diva


Irene Skliva

After completing her year as Miss World, Skliva returned to Greece where she pursued a career in television and modeling, her face appearing on the covers of numerous Greek magazines such as Diva and LipStick.

WZCY-FM

Some theme weekends included "One Hit Wonders", "Diva Doubleplays", "Coolpop Classics", and the very popular 70s themed "Studio 106.7".


Aino Ackté

Ackté is most likely the original model for the opera diva character Bianca Castafiore in comics books of "Adventures of Tintin" by Belgian Hergé.

Anamika Khanna

Bollywood diva Sonakshi Sinha was on the Harper's Bazaar October 2012 issue, her look was styled by Anamika.

Bombay Talkies

Devika Rani, who became one of Bombay Talkies' most successful actresses, and India's first film diva, appeared in Jawani ki Hawa (1935) and Jeevan Naiya (1936), as well as a number of other highly successful productions by the company.

Carmen Camacho

Carmen Camacho (born 1939, Catanduanes, Luzon, Philippines) in is one of Philippine Kundiman Diva of the 60s along with Norma Ledesma, Norma Balagtas, and Pilita Corrales among others.

Ćiro Truhelka

In Prozor-Rama he verified the legend of Grabovac's Virgin (Diva Grabovčeva) when he recovered the remains of a young woman from the 16th or 17th century.

D-Dot

In a 3 year span, Angelettie went from intern, to director of merchandising and management, to booking shows for artists Craig Mack and Notorious B.I.G., to managing R&B diva Mary J. Blige on her "My Life" Tour, to becoming the head of Bad Boy's A&R Department as Vice-President, and then finally in 1996 becoming the Captain of The Hitmen —Bad Boy's hit-making production team.

Dafina Zeqiri

She is also known as "The Kosovar Diva",(similar to Elvana Gjata in Albania.)

Emma Howson

Howson, the niece of diva Emma Albertazzi (also born Emma Howson), was born in Hobart Town, Tasmania, and performed as a child in concerts with her father, Frank (a baritone and conductor) and her brothers.

Esen Vo Mene

The author of the music is Elena's producer Darko Dimitrov and the lyrics were written by the Macedonian diva Kaliopi Bukle.

Hatsune Miku and Future Stars: Project Mirai

Like the original the game primarily makes use of Vocaloids, a series of singing synthesizer software, and the songs created using these vocaloids most notably the virtual-diva Vocaloid Hatsune Miku.

Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA F

Like the original the game primarily makes use of Vocaloids, a series of singing synthesizer software, and the songs created using these vocaloids, most notably the virtual-diva Hatsune Miku.

Hayedeh Legendary Persian Diva

Hayedeh, Legendary Persian Diva was also screened in December 2009 at the 4th Iranian Film Festival in Zaandam, Holland.

I'm Still Waiting

Chinese diva Faye Wong also covered the song (named as 又继续等), with Cantonese lyrics by Richard Lam, on her early album You're the Only One.

Ivelisse Vélez

Velez made an appearance at Family Wrestling Entertainment's pay-per-view Back 2 Brooklyn, as a special guest along with former WWE Diva Maryse.

Jan Wong

Her Lunch columns were often noted for publishing her theatrical take on the private, titillating side of her lunch companions — Margaret Atwood was depicted as a prickly diva who refused to eat her lunch because she was unhappy with the table, and Gene Simmons revealed the size of his penis.

Jimmy Castor

He had one of his bigger hits in many years with a 1988 revival of "Love Makes a Woman," which paired him with disco diva Joyce Sims.

John Stromberg

His most famous composition (the lyrics, however, credited to Robert B. Smith) was "Come Down Ma Evenin' Star" from Twirly Whirly, written for the great diva of the day Lillian Russell and (as the story goes) found in the pocket of Stromberg's coat after he had committed suicide in July 1902, having ingested Paris Green insecticide.

José Offerman

He is the father of reality television star and WWE Diva, JoJo Offerman.

Kutluğ Ataman

Ataman entered the art world first in 1997 when he took part in the 5th International Istanbul Biennial where he presented "kutluğ ataman's semiha b. unplugged" a long-form documentary of the opera diva Semiha Berksoy.

La Diva Aux Pieds Nus

La Diva Aux Pieds Nus is the first album recorded by Cesária Évora.

Mae Young

In 2008, she made an appearance at Armageddon in the "Santa's little helper" diva match, kissing The Great Khali after the match's conclusion.

Melody Medeiros

Beginning in the middle of 2007, Melody debuted an overhauled appearance that included golden attire, straightening and bleaching her hair platinum blond, and gaining breast implants before ultimately nicknaming herself "The Solid Gold Diva".

My Sister's Machine

Still, Lonn Friend (editor of the heavy metal/rock music magazine RIP) who did a weekly segment called "Friend At Large" on Headbangers Ball on MTV, talked about how much he loved Diva.

Needin' U

In addition, the single was re-released in 2001 with a brand new full vocal version featuring house music diva Juliet Roberts.

Night and Day II

Also featured are the string quartet Ethel, and three guest vocalists: Iranian diva Sussan Deyhim, drag performer Dale De Vere and Baroness "Sacher-Masoch" Marianne Faithfull, who sings vocals on "Love Got Lost".

Original songs in Smash

In the episode, Karen Cartwright (Katharine McPhee) and Daisy Parker (Mara Davi), who is subbing as The Diva for the night, perform the song for Hit List, with Karen's character Amanda in her persona "Nina" and Daisy as The Diva performing at the Video Music Awards in a kind of sing-off.

Panvel railway station

Panvel Junction is an important railway station on the Harbour Line and CST - Diva - Panvel - Somtane route of the Central Line.

Rener Gracie

He is currently engaged to former WWE diva, Eve Torres, who is herself a blue belt in Gracie Jiu-Jitsu and currently works as a spokeswoman and head instructor for the Gracie Women Empowered Self-defense program.

The export version of the course features Ryron and Rener instructing with assistance from Eve Torres (WWE Diva) and Segina Gracie, their younger sister.

Riyadh Al-Azzawi

The kickboxing champion however passed through a turbulent period in his life because of his association with Lebanese pop diva Suzanne Tamim who was brutally murdered in Dubai.

Rochelle Loewen

In one incident Loewen, Dawn Marie, Michelle McCool and Jones distracted fellow diva Amy Weber while Joy Giovanni sneaked up behind her and proceeded to pour her milkshake all over Weber much to the amusement of the other divas.

Rosedale, Maryland

Stacy Keibler, former Baltimore Ravens cheerleader, professional wrestling diva and wrestler for the WWE (2001–2006), and actress

Sea*a

The four girls were picked by Anisong Diva May'n's manager from Moe Moe Kyun Maid Cafe at the annual Anime Festival Asia (AFA) held in Singapore.

Sinhala Kingdom

From Sinhala Diva' (Island of Sinhala) are derived the Persian/Arabic Serendip or Sarandib, and the European 'Ceilao', 'Zeylan' and 'Ceylon'.

SkyBar

It is used by William Gibson in his 2007 novel Spook Country as a meeting place between the protagonist Hollis Henry and her employer Hubertus Bigend On Wednesday March 9, 2011 WWE superstar John Morrison and WWE Diva Melina were banned from the SkyBar when they jumped in the pool.

Sunshine Girl

Famous former SUNshine girls include: Amanda Coetzer (tennis star), Ann Rohmer (of Breakfast Television), Trish Stratus (WWE Diva), Stacy Keibler (WWE Diva and Dancing with the Stars finalist), and Krista Erickson (Sun News Network anchor, who appeared on the date of that network's 2011 launch).

Tambling Wildlife Nature Conservation

In 2012, the international diva, Kylie Minogue had visited Tambling during her tour in Indonesia.

The Best of Ivy Queen

These include "Papi Te Quiero" from the platinum edition of Diva along with "Sangre", a collaboration with Mexicano 777, "Me Acostumbré", "Tuya Soy", and "Guillaera".

Toti Dal Monte

In 1924, fresh from triumphs in Milan and Paris, but before her debut in London or New York, she was engaged by the diva Dame Nellie Melba to be one of the star singers of an Italian opera company that Melba was organising to make a tour of Australia.

Vokes Theatre

A wall exists showing the signatures of some of those who came to Wayland including Ellen Terry, George Arliss, Florence Arliss, Katharine Cornell; the house archives show that other guests included diva Geraldine Farrar, and actors Ethel Barrymore, John Drew, Norah Bayes, and others.

Walk Idiot Walk

It was used as the theme song for the 2004 WWE Diva Search which later became the theme to former Diva Search winner and TNA Knockout, Christy Hemme.

Zoe Laskari

Zoe Laskari, along with Tzeni Karezi and Aliki Vougiouklaki, were considered the three greatest divas and the most commercially successful female stars of the Greek cinema.


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