Meseda Bagaudinova (; born 30 October 1983) is a Russian singer and ex-member of the popular pop group

Nu Virgos VIA Gra (), known outside of Ukraine and other nearby countries as Nu Virgos, was a Ukrainian girl group. The name VIA Gra is a triple wordplay; it is an allusion to the drug Viagra, the first three letters "ВИА" ("VIA") also stand for " vo ...

( ВИА Гра).

Biography

Early life

Meseda Bagaudinova was born in

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, to an Avar father and a Ukrainian-

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mother. She graduated from the

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State College of Arts majoring in stage and jazz vocal. Then she performed as a vocalist in the Rostov pop-group "Dreams". In 2005, she entered

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(Vladimir Nazarov's course). After graduating GITIS, Meseda tried her luck in auditions for a popular TV show but she didn't make it and was turned down.

Nu Virgos

Meseda joined "

" on 1 April 2007 and in about three weeks, on 21 April, she made her debut at a concert in London. She was introduced as the new member of the group to the larger public at the

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premiere, on 1 June 2007. She made her debut in the video clip 'Kiss'. While Meseda was in the group, It released 2 CDs, 4 videoclips (Kiss, I'm Not Afraid, My Emancipation, American Wife), and won awards for best pop group, best video clip, best song, and more. Meseda was numbered 26th in the list of '100 Most sexy girls of 2008' of the magazine

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. On 19 January 2009, Meseda's removal from the group "Nu Virgos" was announced following the return of former founder member,

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Come Back

Meseda is planning to start a solo career in September 2009, with the help of her former producers, Dmitriy Kostiuk and

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Rumours

Meanwhile, Meseda keeps making public appearances at parties, presentations and premieres. She has a stint in modeling and there is heavy speculation that she has had plastic surgery (

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, collagen injections) since leaving the group.

References

External links

Official website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bagaudinova, Meseda 1983 births Living people People from Grozny Chechen women singers Russian women singers Nu Virgos members