| | Soraya: A Life of Music, A Legacy of Hope
(from www.soraya.com)
Highlights and Timeline
Long before singer-songwriter Soraya was diagnosed with breast cancer, she started to build a legacy as a woman determined to break the silence
that surrounded breast cancer and pervaded the Latin community worldwide. She also used her musical fame as a platform to inform women about
the importance of early detection. She encouraged women to "Fight for your life, you deserve it." Later, she would use her own words as her personal
mantra for survival.
1969
• Soraya is born to Gregorio and Yamila Lamilla, who immigrated to New Jersey from Colombia in 1967.
1974
• To feed Soraya’s passion for music, her father buys her first guitar, which she teaches herself to play. She later takes up the violin.
1981
• Soraya earns a spot on the New York City Youth Symphony Orchestra at age 12.
• She performs at Carnegi Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiary – Life after being Queen73 years ago, on 12 February 1951, two days before the most romantic day of the modern calendar, the Shah of Iran married Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiari at the Golestan Palace in Tehran. Princess Soraya - Biography - IMDbSoraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiary (Persian: ثریا اسفندیاری بختیاری, romanized: Sorayâ Esfandiâri-Baxtiâri; 22 June 1932 – 25 October 2001) was Queen of Iran as the second wife of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, whom she married in 1951.
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Princess Soraya. |
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Soraya Raquel Lamilla Cuevas (March 11, 1969 – May 10, 2006) was a Colombian-American singer-songwriter, guitarist, arranger and record producer. |
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Soraya Raquel Lamilla Cuevas (Ma – ) was a Colombian-American singer-songwriter, guitarist, arranger and record producer. |
Royal Facts About Queen Soraya, Iran’s Lost Empress - Factinate73 years ago, on 12 February 1951, two days before the most romantic day of the modern calendar, the Shah of Iran married Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiari at the Golestan Palace in Tehran. soraya biography5Born on J, in Isfahan, Iran, Soraya was the eldest child and only daughter of Khalil Esfandiary, a representative of the noble Bakhtiari tribe from southern Iran, who served as Iran's ambassador to West Germany in the 1950s.
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