Guess What? Paquita

Guess What? Paquita

All over the globe models are jumping off the catwalks and
going into music, literature, television, films and gossip
columns.

Jamaican-born Naomi Campbell has started her career as a
novelist, while Claudia Schiffer finds being a gossip columnist
an interesting job.

Indonesian models have now followed the trend. Paquita is one
example. The 25-year old model-designer has just released her
debut album entitled Yang Perdana.

"I actually started my music career long before I became a
model," Paquita said during a press meeting at Jamz last
Thursday.

In l980, Paquita joined Shangrilla theater group. With the
theater group, she released two records of children's songs.

In l990, Paquita attended modeling school in New York and took
vocal training courses at the Julliard School of Music.

The Yang Perdana album involves a number of leading musicians
including composer Titiek Hamzah, Lilo of KLA project, Raidy Noor
and Coki Batubara. Film director Garin Nugroho is working on her
video promotion.

Paquita also stars in Garin's latest film Bulan Tertusuk
Ilalang.

"I hope that my album will enrich the country's music scene,"
smiling Paquita said. (raw)