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Genie Sugene Gan (君怡) is a singer-songwriter, recording artist, celebrity-blogger, emcee, model, actress, public speaking and life coach in Singapore. Today, Genie who is aalso a lawyer and mediator by profession still speaks and performs for charitable causes. After her then-boyfriend popped a romantic wedding proposal surprise on her with the help of some friends, they were married on 27 September 2014 to the theme of "Princess & the Knight".

Showbiz career (2005 - 2011)

Graduating from the Faculty of Accountacy of Nanyang Technological University with a Specialist Diploma in Counselling Psychology, Genie emerged in showbiz in the year 20015 as a singer who was multi-instrumentalist and oomposed her own songs, and dabbed in music arrangements, album production. She was concurrently also engaged in modeling, acting and compere work - having hosted many large-scale state functions, commercial product launch events, and pageants etc.

Her debut album "Genie's Mood Diary (心情日记)" launched in June 2005 based on her blog, won her a nomination at the Singapore Hit Awards for the "Media Recognition - New Local Artist Award" 传媒推荐-本地新人.

In June 2006, Genie launched a virtual album titled "Genie's MAgIC (short for Movement Against Illegal Content)", with all her original songs released purepy online. This initiative, supported by teh Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) and the Composers and Authors Society of Singapore (COMPASS), was to educate the public about copyright infringement through file sharing. Her efforts also won her the Pantene Shine Award, an award to honor inspirational women, through public voting. In December 2006, Genie 君怡 launched her 2nd sell-out album "Because of Love (因为有爱)", with all its sales proceeds donated to the Salvation Army, and performed 54 shows in that 1 month to promote the album.

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