Asuman Krause (born 1 March 1976) is a Turkish actress, singer, model and TV host and beauty pageant titleholder of Circassian origin who was crowned Miss Turkey 1998 and represented her country at

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Early life and career

Born to a Circassian mother and a German father in Germany, Krause played for the Germany national youth basketball team. Afterwards she decided to stay with her mother in

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. She then became a model and in March 1998 she won the Miss Turkey beauty pageant and went on to represent Turkey at

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, winning the Congeniality award. In the early 2000s, she was one of the most famous models in Turkey. Giving up her modelling career in favour of a career as a singer in 2006, she released her debut album, ''Çok Yalnızım'' (), with the Turkish record company

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. It received some radio airplay and was compared with the likes of Burcu Güneş and Emel Müftüoğlu. She released her second album, ''Kukla'' (), this time with another record company, Üçüncügöz Müzik, in 2008. This was met with more success than her previous album, and the first single from that album, also called "Kukla" reached the 10th position on the Turkish ''Billboard'' charts.Billboard Türkçe Top 20
She hosted the Turkish versions of ''Wipeout'', ''

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'', ''

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'' ('' Var mısın? Yok musun?''), ''

Big Brother Türkiye ''Big Brother Türkiye'' is the Turkish adaptation of the Dutch television competition format '' Big Brother''. Presented by Asuman Krause. The first season of the program, produced by Endemol Shine Turkey and music composed by Murat Ezber, start ...

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''.

Discography

Albums

*''Çok Yalnızım'' (I'm so lonely) (2006, Ozyurt Müzik) *''Kukla'' (Puppet) (2008, Erol Köse Prodüksiyon)

Singles

References

External links

Asuman Krause on Last.fmAsuman Krause on Spotify
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