Name: Shushanik Nakhapetian
Place of Birth: Akhalkalaki, Georia
Date of Birth: 3 May 1977
Favorite Band or Singer: Enya
Favorite Song: “The Promise”
Favorite Song from Paros Chamber Choir Repertoire: Lacrymosa
Personal Goal: To make my family happy, to have my own separate apartment, and to have a baby.
Personal Statement including hobbies, interests, family, etc.: I like cooking, solving puzzles and watching interesting TV programs. I would like to visit Egypt with my husband.

In 1990, I became disabled as a result of a balcony collapsing. After the accident, I was taken to the IPTRC in Yerevan. Since then, I have repeatedly taken rehabilitation courses at the Center.

I attended free courses for disabled people organized at the Center with the aim to learn various types of handicrafts, like carpeting and others. In 1995, when I was taking a handicraft course, Maestro Vachagan Navasardyan invited me into the Paros Chamber Choir. Since then, I have been singing in the choir.

In 2003, my non-disabled partner and I (in wheelchair) performed a Latin-American dance called the Rumba for the public. On the 7th of March, 2004, I was awarded the title of Miss Beauty 2004 at a beauty photo contest for disabled women organized by Unison Non-Governmental Organization.

I am married and a housewife.