Full name: Maria Nalbandian Assumed name: Maria Birth: Augest 1st 1983 Horoscope: Leon Place: Lebanon Nationality: Lebanese Work: Model, Singer Manger: Jade Sawaya She has one brother younger then her (who plays on guitar).. She´s studying :first year business-marketing. She speak 3 languages: Arabic, Armenian and English. Her mother is a poet and his father is a singer. She began her career as a model when she was 13 years old. Worked as a Freelancer with many agencies, and did many adds which got big success. After all this, she represented Lebanon in Malta in Miss Asia Bikini beauty contest and she was elected miss bikini Asia 2002 on the age of 17 years old, (Miss bikini photos available in the photo gallery). Later on Maria did start her first music album preparation which took 2 years of hard work, and now the album is released to the market with the hit song "El3ab", produced by Melody hits. She was on stage for the first time in miss summer 2003 with melody TV singing one of her first songs..