HULIQ (press release), NC
July 13 2008
Homeless Girl Wins Armenian Eurovision
Posted July 12th, 2008 by admin_huliq
A twelve years old talented homeless girl from the northern Armenian
city of Gyumri last night became the winner of the Armenian Junior
Eurovision song contest and will represent Armenia in Junior
Eurovision in Limassol in 2008.
Monica Manucharova has an exceptionally beautiful and mature voice
which is rarely seen in a twelve year old girl. The Armenian contest
to determine the best junior voice that will represent the country in
Junior Eurovision 2008 in Cyprus was held in several stages. The final
round was yesterday and Monical Manucharova became the winner.
She came with her mother Gyumri and spend the first couple of nights
in the train station because of not having relatives in the capital
Yerevan and not being able to afford a hotel room in Yerevan. Few days
later, as Manucharova’s talent made her to stand out from the other
contestants she was noticed and one of the workers of the Armenian TV
Radio took Monica and her mother to her house until she could complete
the contest. Otherwise they were going to spend the rest of the nights
in the train station, reports the Armenian Radio.
In Gyumri too Monica Manucharova’s family does not have an apartment
and they live with her uncle in his house. However, as I watched the
video she held such a wonderful pride in representing her city Gyumri
in the national contest to determine the representative that will
present Armenia in Junior Eurovision.
We have heard the United States being a country of opportunity where a
homeless talented person can become a movie start or an overnight
celebrity. Now it’s cool to see another, a rather small country
Armenia where a homeless girl can come from a province, spend the
night in the train station, but win the national contest and become an
overnight celebrity, earnings even the foreign media’s attention.
Truly inspiring.
Our congradulations to Monica Manucharova who not only won the
national contest of the Armenian Junior Eurovision 2008, but also
became a source of inspiration to millions of young and disadvantages
people around the world.