9Myriam Lopes Elmosnino (that's her real name) was born on May 8, 1957 in Luluabourg au Congo.Belgian within a Portuguese family. In 1963, at the age of six, she arrived at Paris with his parents and his little sister. They then live in a dilapidated hotel. His parents decided to transform it into a restaurant which they named The Ribatejo. Every evening, singers from Fado occur there. Myriam dreams of being a singer.
In February 1977, at age 19, Mary Miriam is one of the fourteen candidates selected for the French song contest for Eurovision 1977 taking place at London. It is she who is chosen to represent the France in the competition. May 7 (eve of his twenty years) Mary Miriam wins France's fourth victory at theEurovision with the song “L'oiseau et l'enfant".
In 1987, Marie releases a new 45 rpm entitled “All is forgiven” which shows all its potential. Mary Miriam recorded 7 albums but had a mixed career which would certainly have deserved more.
