Being a
cousin of Pingiran Mazuin Hamzah (popular teenage singer during the 80s who later married to
Sultan Brunei's brother) certainly helped in initially propelling the name, Amy Mastura to the lips of many. Though, for many of her loyal fans, she's likely to bound to success on her very own.
Before a lengthy career in music and film industry, Amy
worked as a stewardess (flight attendant) for Malaysia Airlines (MAS) for
five years. Her winning in Asia Bagus contest which was held
in Japan in 1993 started her career as a singer who immediately represented
Malaysia in Asian Pop Queen Festival 1994, also held in Japan. Amy
later grabbed the Malaysia Most Popular Female (Musical) Artist title in
1996. In 2000, Amy was voted a winner for Pop-Rock category of Juara Lagu
2000 for her song entitled Bintang Hati.
Among her other accomplishments include a
duet with Tommy Page (for the song entitled 'the Best Part'); being a Veejay for
MTV Syok and; two twin-platinum awards for her self-titled and Pujaanku
albums and a platinum award for her album entitled Puteri. Besides
music, Amy Mastura has been an active representative cum (beauty) model for several
commercial organizations including Shiseido Pureness, Aiwa, Adidas, Omega, Axion Spring
Fresh and Lux. Acting-wise, she's been in several films, up to co-producing her latest trilogy telemovies and a
theater entitled 'Siti Di Alam Fantasi' in 2000.
This cute, lovable and highly admired female artist is the youngest of two siblings and is now married to her
long-time friend, Alvin Tham Sufian on June 30, 2000. On April 20, 2001, Amy gave birth to a
daughter named Adriana. There you go: Amy is one of the few career-minded moms in enteratainment industry, who continues to be a respected model, singer, actress and recently, movie producer.
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