Beauty and Sorrow: A True Story of Mao Amin

Author: Ma Haiyan
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Publish Date: 2006-08-01
Features: She has an inexplicable connection with the number "three": She was born in 1963, and had two older brothers, making her the third child; the "most satisfactory practice singing spot in the village toilet" was a shared facility for three families; after three months of military service, she participated in the first Jiangsu Provincial Youth Singing Competition and won the popular singing category first prize; a month later, she also won the third prize in the; in the spring of 1986, she went to Beijing to participate in the first National Folk Popular Singing "Peacock Cup" Grand Competition and won the third prize; subsequently, CCTV held the second National Youth Singers TV Grand Competition, where she won the third prize in the professional group's popular singing category; in December 1987, she won the third prize in the popular singing competition at the Fourth Belgrade International Music Festival; plus a third prize in the audience award and a third prize in the "favorite actor in your heart" award, voted by the audience. She said, "In my ten years of artistic career, I have been awarded four third-class military honors." Su Jianfen said, "Mao Amin was the one I picked at a glance. This child had bad luck; she always finished third in every competition she participated in."