Milana Vlaović is a Croatian songwriter.

When she was 18, she left Metković

Metkovic

Metković is a city in the Dubrovnik-Neretva county of Croatia, located in the southeast of the country, on the banks of the river Neretva and on the border with Herzegovina.-Demographics:...

 and went to Zagreb

Zagreb

Zagreb is the capital and the largest city of the Republic of Croatia. It is in the northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the Medvednica mountain. Zagreb lies at an elevation of approximately above sea level. According to the last official census, Zagreb's city...

 to study at the University of Zagreb

University of Zagreb

The University of Zagreb is the biggest Croatian university and the oldest continuously operating university in the area covering Central Europe south of Vienna and all of Southeastern Europe...

 Faculty of Law.
In 1993 she married Croatian footballer Goran Vlaović

Goran Vlaovic

Goran Vlaović is a former Croatian football striker.-Club career:Vlaović started his professional career with Osijek in 1989 and moved to Dinamo Zagreb in 1992, before going abroad to play for Calcio Padova in Italy, Valencia in Spain and Panathinaikos in Greece, where he retired in June 2004...

. Milana's sister is 1994 Miss Croatia

Miss Croatia

Miss Croatia is one of the two annual national beauty pageant for women in Croatia ; the winner of Miss Croatia qualifies for the Miss World pageant.- Winners :...

 beauty pageant winner and model Branka Bebić.

Her father, Branko Bebić, was a musician and was a member of several bands. She first began songwriting when she was 25, and her most notable collaborations included writing songs for Vesna Pisarović

Vesna Pisarovic

Vesna Pisarović is a Croatian pop singer.Pisarović was born in Brčko, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Yugoslavia and grew up in Požega, Croatia, a part of the same country until she was 13...

. In 2002 Pisarović won the annual Dora festival

Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2002

Croatia was represented by Vesna Pisarovic with the song Sasvim sigurna that was translated for Eurovision as "Everything I want". The Croatian Final was held on March 10th at the Zagreb Fair, hosted by Bojana Gregoric and Duško Curlic...

, the event that determines Croatia's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest. Her song written by Milana Vlaović, "Everything I Want

Everything I Want

"Everything I Want" was the Croatian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2002, performed in English by Vesna Pisarović.The song was performed sixth on the night...

", eventually placed 11th in the Eurovision Song Contest 2002

Eurovision Song Contest 2002

The Eurovision Song Contest 2002 was the 47th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place on 25 May 2002 at the Saku Suurhall Arena in Tallinn, Estonia....

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She also wrote the theme song for the Croatian talent show Showtime

Showtime (Croatia)

Showtime is a Croatian show similar to Pop Idol. The show started in the fall of summer 2007 when auditions were held in Osijek, Rijeka, Split and Zagreb. Out of more than 7000 auditioners, 200 made it through to the next round, in which the judges picked the Top 22...

. The song titled "Duša blizanka" was performed by Miro Tomić and Anita Španec.

Milana Vlaović was also elected to the Zagreb City Council in the 2009 local elections

Zagreb local elections, 2009

On May 17, 2009, local elections were held in Zagreb, the capital of Croatia.The incumbent mayor was Milan Bandić , a representative of the Social Democratic Party of Croatia , also the leading party in the previous city council....

 on the Croatian Democratic Union

Croatian Democratic Union

The Croatian Democratic Union is the main center-right political party in Croatia. It is the biggest and strongest individual Croatian party since independence of Croatia. The Christian democratic HDZ governed Croatia from 1990 to 2000 and, in partial coalition, from 2003...

ticket.