Famous People with Name Vania

Vania Todorova Kaludova            Origin/Culture/Country: Turkish

Vania Todorova Kaludova: a popular Bulgarian female singer. She is one of the most prolific performers in the pop-folk music style in Bulgaria.Ivana’s father worked along the Black sea coast with his orchestra. One night, their singer got sick and his daughter Ivana had to sing several Bulgarian folklore songs in place of her. Ivana was perfect. She was immediately offered to perform with the orchestra for the summer. She was 14 years old and really liked being on the stage. After that she made a female formation called "Prima +", including her, Stoqna and Rumen Radoinov. The group was invited to sing at the hotel estate `Prikazkite` (translation: "The tales"). Ivana’s talent was noticed by the owner of the musical company Payner – Mitko Dimitrov(Bulgarian: ????? ????????)

Vânia Fernandes            Origin/Culture/Country: Portuguese

Vânia Fernandes: a Portuguese singer from Funchal, Madeira (Portugal).Known for her powerful stage presence, as well as her prominent and versatile voice, Fernandes has participated in several singing contests and performed in public in both her home island of Madeira and on the mainland of Portugal since 1997.In 2007, Vânia won Portuguese public television's talent contest, Operação Triunfo (Operation Triumph). That same year, she completed her professional music studies and training in singing, including jazz, at Madeira's Conservatory.

Vânia Yukie Ishii            Origin/Culture/Country: South America

Vânia Yukie Ishii: is a female judoka from Brazil, who won the gold medal in the half middleweight division (– 63 kg) at the 1999 Pan American Games. She represented her native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 2000 in Sydney, Australia.

Vânia Sofia De Sousa Silva            Origin/Culture/Country: Portuguese

Vânia Sofia De Sousa Silva: is a female hammer thrower from Portugal. Her personal best throw is 68.82 metres, achieved in July 2004 in Lisbon. She competed at the World Championships in 2001, 2003 and 2007 as well as the Olympic Games in 2004 and 2008 without reaching the final.