Emma Aret Patricia Komlosy is a British-Nigerian singer/songwriter, actress, model, and producer.

Early life

The daughter of entertainer

Patti Boulaye Patricia Ngozi Komlosy Order of the British Empire, OBE (née Ebigwei; born 3 May 1954), known professionally as Patti Boulaye, is a British Nigerian, British-Nigerian singer, actress and artist who rose to prominence after winning ''New Faces ...

and entertainment manager Stephen Komlosy,Profile
''Sun Dance'' Production Team, Komlosy was raised in the United Kingdom, but briefly lived in

Nigeria Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf o ...

with her grandmother. As a child, she was a British Junior

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Champion. In 1996, while on holiday in Nigeria, Komlosy became the first

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winner of

Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria – often abbreviated as MBGN – is a pageant organised by Silverbird Group with the main purpose of sending representatives to international competitions. Originally known as Miss Universe Nigeria, it was rena ...

(her father is of Hungarian

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) and represented

Miss World Miss World is the oldest existing international beauty pageant. It was created in the United Kingdom by Eric Morley in 1951. Since his death in 2000, Morley's widow, Julia Morley, has co-chaired the pageant. Along with Miss Universe, Miss Int ...

in India. As no MBGN contest was held in 1997, Komlosy held the title for nearly two years.

Career

After obtaining a Law degree from the

University of Westminster , mottoeng = The Lord is our Strength , type = Public , established = 1838: Royal Polytechnic Institution 1891: Polytechnic-Regent Street 1970: Polytechnic of Central London 1992: University of Westminster , endowment = £5.1 million ...

in 2003, Komlosy ventured into show business. She briefly worked for her mother as a back-up singer before co-producing the musical ''Sundance''. In 2005, she was signed to Sony BMG as a singer/songwriter, and wrote and performed several songs, including "Into the Blue", which was used in the film ''Silence Becomes You'', in which she had a cameo, and "Disconnected", which was recorded by

Will Young William Robert Young (born 20 January 1979) is a British singer-songwriter and actor who came to prominence after winning the 2002 Pop Idol (series 1), inaugural series of the ITV (TV network), ITV talent contest ''Pop Idol'', making him the f ...

. Prior to this, she had a modelling deal with Premier Model Management, and worked in fashion shows, music videos, and commercials. She has since featured in some low-budget movies, including ''The Sea Change'' and ''Solomon'' with

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, and sung with

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act Glide and Swerve. In 2013, Komlosy - credited as Aret Kapetanovic - was a contestant on ''

The Voice UK ''The Voice UK'' is a British singing competition television series. Created by John de Mol, it premiered on BBC One during the spring television cycle on 24 March 2012. Based on the original ''The Voice of Holland'', and part of ''The Voice ...

'', but was not picked by the judges.

Personal life

Komlosy is a charity worker, and was event manager/organiser at concerts held by her mother's charity, Support for Africa, and a charity event at the

Hackney Empire Hackney Empire is a theatre on Mare Street, in the London Borough of Hackney. Originally designed by Frank Matcham it was built in 1901 as a music hall, and expanded in 2001. Described by ''The Guardian'' as ‘the most beautiful theatre in Lon ...

. She has two children.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kapetanovic, Aret Living people Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria winners Miss World 1996 delegates Igbo beauty pageant contestants Alumni of the University of Westminster 1977 births The Voice UK contestants British people of Hungarian descent Nigerian people of Hungarian descent