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Severina Vučković
Born: 21 April 1972 Split, Croatia
Her career began in 1989, and she has been one of the most popular
artists in Croatia ever since. She won many festival-awards and her
albums achieved high sales. She won the Dora 2006 festival with
the song "Moja Štikla" and represented Croatia in the 2006 Eurovision
Song Contest in Athens, Greece, on May 20, 2006 finishing in 13th place.
In 2004 she became part of a scandal reported worldwide
after a personal sex tape featuring her and a married man ( Milan
Lucic, a Herzegovina business tycoon - source: wikipedia.org ) leaked
onto the Internet. The very sexually graphic nature of the video, and
the fact that she was doing all of this with a married man shocked the
nation and damaged her public image at the time, as she was a symbol of
religious modesty, promoting abstinence and morals in many of her
public appearances. With this image in shreds, Severina decided to sue
the website that released the tape for damages, but the case was
dismissed by the District Court in Zagreb. However, while ruining
her religious image, it actually boosted her career, especially
internationally as the story was reported around the world and millions
who had never heard of Severina now knew of her. This career boost is
similar to what fellow celebrity sex tape stars (such as Paris Hilton)
have experienced. Severina now embraces a more sexy image, particularly
highlighted in her choices of revealing costumes and dances. The new
image has so far been successful. |
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