Early Life
Altantuyaa was born in 1978. She and her sister were raised in Russia where Altantuyaa started first grade elementary school. She was reportedly fluent in Mongolian, Russian, Chinese, English, and some French.
Altantuyaa moved back to Mongolia in 1990 and a few years later, married a Mongolian techno singer, Maadai. They had a child in 1996 but the marriage ended in divorce and the child went to live with Altantuyaa's parents.
Despite training as a teacher, Altantuyaa briefly moved to France where she attended modeling school before returning to Mongolia.
Altantuyaa remarried and had another child in 2003 but the second marriage also ended in divorce. The second child also lives with Altantuyaa's parents. Her mother said she has never been a model.
According to Mr. Shaariibu Setev, the deceased also known among family members and friends as ‘Amina’ was unmarried but lived in Mongolia with her two children. She worked as a translator and often traveled out of Mongolia to countries like China, Singapore, and Malaysia. She had come to Malaysia a couple of times being the first in 1995 and the second in early 2006.
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