Maria Elaab is just a nickname; Maria Nalbandian is her true name. Maria is an Armenian-Lebanese Beautiful woman was born on the first of August 1983.
Maria has one younger brother who plays the guitar. Maria studied business and marketing. Maria speaks three languages: Arabic, Armenian and English. Her mother is a poet and her father is a singer.
Maria began her career as a model when she was 13 years old. She worked as a Freelancer with many modeling agencies, and did many advertisements which got huge success.
Maria also represented Lebanon in Malta in Miss Asia Bikini beauty contest where she was elected as miss bikini Asia 2002 at the age of 17. Check Maria Photo Gallery to see her photos during the Miss bikini Asia 2002 Contest.
Maria took two years to complete her first music album, the Album was entitled Elaab and was produced by Melody hits.
The album was a big success especially her first video clip which was directed by Jad Choueiri who gave Maria the role of a sexy women. The Album was a production of melody music and management by Aya Production.
Maria appeared on stage for the first time during the Miss Summer 2003 with melody TV.
Maria made few other clips with Jad Choueiri which were nice as well. Maria got a lot of complaints from people about her roles in the videoclip and she decided to stop working with Jad and find herself a different way to success.
