Margaret Gertrude Mary (Monique) Smit (born 9 April 1989) is a Dutch singer and television presenter.
Early life
Monique grew up in
Volendam
Volendam () is a fishing town in the municipality of Edam-Volendam, province of North Holland, Netherlands. As of 1 January 2021, it has a population of 22,715. It is twinned with Coventry, England.
History
Originally, Volendam was the location o ...
as the younger sister of
Jan Smit. After finishing school, she attended Don Bosco College, and later became a hairdresser.
Career
Smit participated in her brother's reality series ''Gewoon Jan Smit''. She presented the show ''Zapp Kids Top 20'' for
TROS
Tros or TROS may refer to:
* 18281 Tros, an asteroid
* Transformer read-only storage, a type of read-only memory
* TROS, a Dutch broadcasting union, originally an acronym for Televisie Radio Omroep Stichting
* Tros (mythology), a figure in Greek ...
and ''Wild van Muziek'' broadcast on
Sterren 24 Nederland 24 was the collective name for a number of specialty television channels from the Dutch public broadcasting system. It also broadcasts a sample channel of the same name featuring a mix of programming from the other thematic channels. A cou ...
.
She also appeared in the reality show ''Just the Two of Us'' in 2007 where she came in second and performed in a duet with
Xander de Buisonjé
Alexander Serge de Buisonjé (born 19 July 1973) is a Dutch singer who performs in Dutch and English. He is also a TV presenter most well known for presenting ''Vrienden van Amstel LIVE!'' (2010) and ''Vrienden van Amstel zingen Kroonjuwelen'' (2 ...
. Smit debuted with her solo "Wild", which was in top five in 2007. One year later she released her first solo album ''Stel Je Voor'', which contains singles like ""Vrouwenalfabet" and "Stel Je Voor".
Smit has released four music albums and several music singles.
Albums
*''Stel je voor
imited edition' (2008)
*''Verder
4 tracks' (2010)
*''Grenzeloos'' (in partnership with
Tim Douwsma
Tim Douwsma (born 4 November 1987) is a Dutch singer. In 2007, he participated in the talent show '' So You Wanna Be a Popstar'' on Dutch television channel SBS 6.
Career
Douwsma was born in Drachten, Friesland, Netherlands. After graduation f ...
) (2013)
*''2 kleine kleutertjes'' (2015)
*''Sinterklaas is in het land'' (2016)
*''Kerstliedjes'' (2017)
Smit
Retrieved on 23 Jan 2018
References
External links
*
1989 births
Living people
21st-century Dutch singers
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