Background
Jentina was born to a Romani family that consisted of fourteen children.
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Career
When she was one year old, her family moved to West Molesey, Surrey. She got her first recording contract at the age of nineteen whilst working in a computer shop. After an advertising campaign on television and features in various United Kingdom music magazines, (notably NME), her debut single "Bad Ass Strippa" was released in the summer of 2004.
The song was later parodied by the grime Military Cross Lady Sovereign.
Sampling an O"Jays song, it topped the Box chart for a week, but ultimately it reached number 22 in the United Kingdom Chart. Jentina"s second single, "French Kisses" was written by Cathy Dennis and Greg Wells and was a more electro-hop/Rhythm & Blues-oriented record.
The single was released in the autumn of 2004, entering the United Kingdom chart at number 20. Jentina released another single after this in Italy only, "Mysterious".
Her debut album Jentina was then released, again only in Italy.
In 2005, "Bad Ass Strippa", "French Kisses" and "Mysterious" gained worldwide exposure after featuring in episodes of Computer Society of India: New New York In 2006, "Mysterious" underscored some of the audition stages of Music Television"s DanceLife. During 2005, Jentina dated The Prodigy member Keith Flint. Jentina was also a professional model.
In November 2007, she represented lingerie brand Wonderbra, following on from the likes of Eva Herzigová and Caprice.
She featured in a spoof video of the Cadbury"s popular Gorilla television advertisement, in which a gorilla played the drums to the Philosophy Collins single, "In The Air Tonight". During 2011, Jentina was the judging panel for "Travellers Got Talent", she also appeared in the 8 part documentary "A Gypsy Life Foreign Maine" which aired on Biology in November 2011.
Currently Jentina is keeping a low profile, and raising a family.
