Though she’s already a singer, songwriter, and even a mannequin every so often, on Friday, Dua Lipa added yet one more accolade to her record. “Yesterday afternoon I used to be awarded the title of Honourary Ambassador of Kosovo by our Madame President #VjosaOsmani,” she wrote on Twitter. “It is an honour and a privilege to have the ability to characterize my nation everywhere in the world and to proceed my work and efforts globally to see that we depart our mark… and make a distinction,” she continued.
Kosovo is Lipa’s hometown— a younger state in the course of the Balkans, which declared its independence from Serbia again in 2008 (though Serbia has but to acknowledge it as an impartial state). Additionally it is the house of the Sunny Hill Music Competition, initially based by Lipa’s father and supervisor, Dukagjin Lipa. Sunny Hill debuted again in 2019, that includes artists like Miley Cyrus, Martin Garrix, and Calvin Harris, all of whom introduced huge quantities of publicity to this small and comparatively unknown area. This 12 months’s competition is presently underway and can proceed by Aug. 8.
“The youth of Kosovo deserves the best to visa liberalization, freedom to journey and to dream huge.”
Since its inception, Lipa’s father mentioned he is seen the competition lined in over 500 retailers, lastly giving the Republic of Kosovo a number of the recognition it deserves, per Billboard. And evidently, Vjosa Osmani Sadriu, the President of Kosovo, agrees. “The Future Nostalgia tour has despatched waves throughout the music business and the world, and also you proceed to make us immensely pleased with your successes,” Sadriu wrote in a letter to Lipa, additionally posted on Twitter.
“Apart from being a world-class and a once-in-a-generation musician, you’re additionally a task mannequin for a lot of women and girls the world over as a forthright and conscientious activist. However above all, what you’ve gotten carried out for the individuals of Kosovo, in elevating consciousness of the Republic of Kosovo is unmatched and actually invaluable.”
President Sadriu went on to ask the Lipa household to her workplace to speak extra about “causes we each really feel strongly about.” That is the place Lipa was formally awarded her new title, sharing pictures with Sadriu fastening a medal round her neck. “The youth of Kosovo deserves the best to visa liberalization, freedom to journey and to dream huge,” Lipa wrote on Twitter. “Thanks 🇽🇰❤️”
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