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Dana International (born February 2 1972) is an Israeli Pop music|pop singer. She is most famous for having won the Eurovision Song Contest 1998|1998 Eurovision Song Contest with her song "Diva (song)|Diva." She is arguably the most famous transsexual celebrity in the world. Her career began in 1992 and in that time she has released eight albums and three additional compilation albums, positioning herself as one of Isreal's most successful musical acts ever.

Biography
Sharon Cohen was born Yaron Cohen on 2 February 1972 to Yemenite parents as the youngest of three children after sister Limor and brother Nimrod. Cohen was named after an uncle who had been killed during a terrorist attack. transgender|Though born genetically male, Cohen identified as a female from a very young age. Cohen wanted to become a singer ever since she was eight-years-old and saw Ofra Haza performing her song "Chai" on the 1983 Eurovision Song Contest. Though the family was quite poor, Cohen's mother worked to pay for Cohen's music lessons, and Cohen has explained that her childhood was rather happy.

Cohen came out as transsexual at the age of thirteen.

The first tragedy in Cohen's life was the death of her best friend Daniel, who died in an automobile accident. Cohen asserts that Daniel had prophesied that she would someday have a successful singing career and... read all