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Silvi Vrait is a Soviet and Estonian singer.
Born in Kehra in 1951, Vrait graduated from the Kehra Music School in 1968 on piano. In 1974 she graduated from the Tartu University with a degree in English philology. From 1994, she taught English in a secondary school in Tallinn. Vrait coached vocalists at the Georg Ots Music School in Tallinn.
Silvi Vrait first appeared on stage in 1972, when she performed in a TV shows 'Kaks takti ette' and 'Käokava'. From 1976 to 1983 she was active in theatre Vanemuine in Tartu. Her style varies from jazz to country and from rock to folk. In the late 1980s, she was known for two recordings, "Väikene rahvas, väikene maa" (Small Nation, Tiny Country) and "Ei ole üksi ükski maa" (No Land is Alone).
She appeared in musicals and operas, such as Porgy and Bess (Bess, 1985), The King and I (Lady Thiang, 1998), Zorba (Leader, 2000), Gypsy (Rose, 2001), Chicago (Mama Morton, 2004) and The Sound of Music (Mother Abbess, 2010), Cabaret (Fräulein Schneider, 2012).
In 1994, Vrait was the representative of Estonia at the Eurovision Song Contest, held in Dublin that year. Her song 'Nagu merelaine' ended up on 24th out of 25 places, beating only Lithuania.- Terje Pennie was born on 9 January 1960 in Kehra, Estonia. She is an actress, known for Võlausaldajad (1992), December Heat (2008) and See kadunud tee (1991).
- Laine Mägi was born on 3 February 1959 in Kehra, Estonia. She is an actress, known for ENSV: Eesti Nõukogude Sotsialistlik Vabariik (2010), The Class (2007) and Alpimaja (2012).
- Karmen Pedaru (born 10 May 1990) is an Estonian model. Pedaru was born in Kehra, Estonia. She was raised by her grandmother after her mother died when Pedaru was five years old. Born into an athletic family, she became interested in sports at a very early age. From the age of six, she played a variety of sports, including basketball, association football, and handball. She played goalkeeper on Estonia's national U-19 football team for a year before she quit to pursue modeling. Pedaru was discovered in 2005, at the age of 15, at Draamateater theater in Tallinn. Shortly after, she signed with Next Models and appeared in an editorial for Teen Vogue. Her runway debut came the next year when she walked for Christopher Kane during the spring 2007 season.