Haifa. A dazzling beauty, and an International Superstar!
With her striking charisma, distinguished charm and stunning look, Haïfa took the world by storm becoming one of the most sought after artists in the Middle East and beyond. As a young girl in her teens, Haïfa always dreamed of a career as a singer, and knew that one day she would be famous. However, she could not have anticipated how colossal her stardom would become.
Since her first appearance to the public, she has conquered everything from the spotlight, media frenzy, and a vast audience across the Arab world. Close to her fans but yet independent and mysterious, she introduced her own style; a unique combination of simplicity and glamour, instigating a change in the image of the music industry and creating a new sensation of self-confidence for women's fashion.
Her energetic presence on stage fires passion and spontaneity, drawing the audience towards her. Haifa comes alive on stage delivering a combined performance of music, dance and style.
Her career is full of remarkable achievements:
Haifa first stunned the international media when she appeared at the 'Festival de Cannes' with Omar El Sherif in 2004 and in 2005, a formal invitation was sent from the committee itself for her to attend the festival de Cannes once again.
Haifa was exclusively interviewed by CNN, Arte TV, Canal plus (France) and the first Arabic artist to perform on the Italian TV channel Rai Uno during the "Una notte a Roma" event which took place in "Piazza Navona" in Rome with the presence of top VIP celebrities and fashion designers.
Haifa performed in many concerts and special events in Lebanon and the whole world noting that her performance in Kartaba & Rayfoun in Lebanon has reached an audience of over 20,000 and in Tunisia at the Carthage Festival.
In Egypt, Haifa performed a duet with the International star, Shaggy, stunning her fans both in the Middle East and abroad.
The readers of Al Jamhouria newspaper have elected Haïfa as the 'Best Arabic Young Female Singer', where statistics showed that 4 million people voted her for this title.
Haïfa won the "Golden Lion" Award in Egypt.
Haifa won the Oscar of "best video clip 2005" for her song "Baddi Ich" from her second album.
Haifa also won the "Murex d'Or" award for two consecutive years with the title "best artist of the year" 2005 and 2006.
In June 2005, Haifa launched her own jewelry line collection that she designed with world-renowned jewelers. It is sold throughout the Middle East, Gulf countries and Arab world.
In November 2005, Haifa signed a contract with Pepsi Co. Haifa had to go to London in order to shoot an advertisement of the above along with International soccer player Thierry Henri. The advertisement will be on TV during the world cup 2006.
In December 2005, following Elaph's site, Haifa was nominated as the personality of the year with 62% of votes.
In late 2005, Reuter has nominated Haifa as the most beautiful girl in the Middle East.
In February 2006, Haifa performed for the first time at "Muscat Festival". Organizers and all media were so impressed and stunned when more than Two Hundred Thousand people came to see Haifa perform. Muscat has never seen such a huge amount of people and her name was on every single newspaper and magazine who mentioned how successful the event was and how this Lebanese singer was able to break all records.
Haifa is the most photographed artist and has appeared on the front cover of over 200 magazines throughout the Middle East, Gulf countries, Africa, U.K. and the United states featuring her interviews and gorgeous images, earning her the title, 'The Sexiest Woman in the Middle East' by Lounge Magazine.
In March 2006, Haifa was selected following American website askmen.com (more than 5 million viewers a month) as one of the most 99 most beautiful women in the world. Haifa is ranked 49 so far and is the only Lebanese and Arabic celebrity among all other celebrities.
In March 2006 as well, Haifa has become a member of the Red Ribbon association who chose Haifa as its ambassador in the whole Middle East and Africa for the fight and awareness against Aids.
In April 2006, International Beauty - Contestant committee gave Haifa an International title "Most beautiful Arabic singer in the world"
Haifa has already started working on her 3rd album and it will be released later this year; not to forget that Haifa has 2 albums and 6 video clips in her archive.
For the first time in her career, Haifa will experience and face the big screen. Hollywood along with producer Randa Al Chahal, have chosen Haifa as the leading female actress in their upcoming movie "too bad for them" next to Hollywood actors Harvey Keitel and Billy Zane.
Haïfa's humble and sincere personality has been highlighted by her dedication to charity, performing gratuitously at events in aid of underprivileged children. Haïfa was selected as the representative of the BBC in the Middle East to promote the importance of learning English, identifying Haifa's significant position in the region and acknowledging her mass following of people from all ages.
On June 10, 2006 Haifa became the first artist in the Arab world to introduce international hip-hop superstar 50 Cent when she performed as an opening act for his first concert in Lebanon, at BIEL in Beirut.
She remains popular among Lebanon's youth and makes countless television appearances. In July 2005, Wehbe, along with 14 other celebrities from the Arab world, began airing the live pan-Arab reality show series The Valley (Arabic: ?????? El Wadi), based on the French reality show La Ferme Célébrités.
The show aired for three months. It was critically acclaimed and won over many of her harsh critics. The show featured weekly live performances in which Haifa played a central role as well as singing songs from her new album. She also discussed her engagement, showing off her ring.
Her non-musical successes include a few movie roles and TV hosting. Haifa has also designed her own range or diamond jewelry and being a spokesmodel for Pepsi.
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