| Angelica Agurbash (maiden name Yalinskaya) was born in Minsk on 17 May, 1970. In 1988 she won the first Miss Belarus title when she was a student of the Belarusian Academy of Arts. This marked the beginning of a brilliant singing/acting career for the then-unknown Angelica Yalinskaya. Between 1990 and 1995 she was in a group called Verasy and founded her art club ‘Lika’. In 1991 Angelica earned her second title, Miss Photo USSR, becoming the best photo model in the country.
When she left Verasy she became a highly successful solo artist releasing three albums – ‘Paper Moon’ (1995), ‘Night Without a Dream’ (1997) and ‘For You’ (1999). In December 2002, she won the national Mrs Russia 2002 contest and was crowned with an exclusive jewel encrusted with white gold and precious stones. Angelica released her album ‘The Farewell Kiss of Lika Yalinskaya’ the same year featuring 13 compelling songs. She has no misgivings about this figure believing that number 13 actually brings her luck. ‘I had number 313 in the 1988 beauty contest, which got my public career moving’, Angelica remembers.
She now lives in Korolev, Moscow Region. There is a well-equipped recording studio near her house. Her favourite sport is boxing. She has two children from her first marriage (daughter Dasha and son Nikita). On 12 August, 2004, she gave birth to her third child Anastas (‘Anastas’ means ‘reviving’ in Greek).
Angelica will celebrate the 15th year of her artistic career this year. More importantly she will also be representing Belarus in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005. In the run up to the competition she will be busy with sessions, recordings and interviews. |
