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{{Infobox person
| name = Meester Shay 
| image = Meester Shay in October 2013.jpg
| caption = Shay at 2013 Phoenix Club
| birth_name = 	Meester Rita Shay
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1993|9|9}}
| nationality = American
| birth_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.
| occupation = Singer, actress, fashion designer, dancer, rapper, model
| years_active = 2012–present
| television = ''[[Princess T-ara]]'', ''[[Inspiration]]''
| module = {{Infobox musical artist|embed=yes 
| background = solo_singer <!-- mandatory field -->
| instrument = Vocals, piano
| genre = 	Pop, soul, R&B
| associated_acts = [[Lil Missy A]], [[Trisha Louis]]
| label = MTM
| website = {{URL|http://meestershay.blogspot.co.nz/|Meestershay.com}}
}}
}}

'''Meester Rita Shay''' (born September 9, 1993) is an American singer, dancer, fashion designer, rapper, model and known as an actress with [[Trisha Louis]] in ''[[Princess T-ara]]'' playing Arin in 2012. She is also known of a musical duo [[Lil Missy A]] with [[Trisha Louis]]. Shay starred the 2013 drama series ''[[Inspiration]]'' as Jasmine and won 2 awards such as Best Love Team Series and Best Drama Series 2013. Shay appeared a music video based on the drama series ''[[Inspiration]]'', "[[Never Give Up]]" as her first single released on April 1 2013. Shay debuted her studio album ''[[My Inspiration On You]]'' and with the lead single "[[Feel Me]]" on July 18 2013. Shay also debuted a film ''[[Grand Mischievous]]'' (2013). In January of 2014 Shay announced that she will release her single "[[Seventeen]]" on January 13 2014. She featured from ''[[My Cinderella]]'' soundtrack "[[Shine On You]]" by [[Kimyna Jones]], released on January 19 2014. She also released from ''[[My Cinderella#Soundtrack|My Cinderella: The Official Soundtrack]]'', "[[Gentle Girl]]" on February 4 2014. Shay released the ''[[My Inspiration On You]]'' ' s third and final single "[[My Love]]" on April 3 2014.

==Early life==

Meester Rita Shay was born on September 9, 1993, in Los Angeles, California. Shay grew up singing and dancing at the young age. She studied dance which is ballet, jazz and hip hop at the age of five until the age of sixteen due to her injuries. Shay attended [[Fairfax High School]] in Los Angeles untill grade 10. Her parents then immigrate to Dynamite, Barbia, and enrolled to Unique High School as an international student. She had a hard time learning the language. She couldn't converse with all the new people she met due to not being able to speak the language very well. She also stated that she cried everyday and wanted to go back home. However she met [[Trisha Louis]] an international student from Canada, who then became her bestfriend. They both express their passion in music which they started singing covers on YouTube. Thereafter, Shay then learned how to play piano, inspired by Trisha Louis and then took piano lesson. Shay also did a school talent quest with [[Trisha Louis]] and was a member of a school choir in high school. Shay graduated in Unique High School and was an university student in Revlon University. She conjoined Bachelor of Music, Bachelor of Drama and Bachelor of Dance as her chores.

==Career==

===2012–13: Princess T-ara, Lil Missy A duo and ''Inspiration''===
[[File: Trisha and Meester in 2012.jpeg|thumbnail|[[Trisha Louis]] (right) in November 2012.|160px]]
Shay wrote a play with [[Trisha Louis]] Princess T-ara in Revlon University for their drama assessment and performed it in theater. They also filmed it with the professional Revlon director Avan Lui. The play then became as a drama series which it aired on XLR8 network on July 21 2012. Shay then continued her acting career with [[Trisha Louis]]. The series rated 10.3 and it was referred as the third best series in 2012. Princess T-ara nominated in Best Drama Series at XLR8 Star Awards 2012. After ''[[Princess T-ara]]'' ended on November 20 2012, Shay signed at MTM to start her music career as a duo with [[Trisha Louis]], announced as [[Lil Missy A]]. The duo then released "[[Fly Away]]" at the same time with the EP ''[[Superstar]]'' on November 23 2012. The single "[[Fly Away]]" peaked at number 1 XLR8 Music Video, and the second single "[[Don't Ever Leave Me]]" released on December 27 2012. Shay also has a YouTube account called MeesterShayOfficial, where she uploads covers of her influences songs including "Take A Bow" by Rihanna, "If I Were A Boy" by Beyonce, "No One" by Alicia Keys, "Big Girls Dont Cry" by Fergie, "Halo" by Beyonce, "Tattoo" by Jordin Sparks and "Someone Like You" by Adele. She also has another YouTube account with Trisha Louis called LilMissyAOfficial and uploaded a cover including "Superbass" by Nicki Minaj, "Love The Way You Lie" by Eminem ft. Rihanna, "Where Is The Love"by Black Eyed Peas, "Tik Tok"by Kesha and "Hot N Cold"by Katy Perry.

In 2013 Shay played Jasmine in ''[[Inspiration]]'' as her lead drama series. The series became as the top drama series in 2013, and rated 20.5. Shay released her single "[[Never Give Up]]" for the drama series ''[[Inspiration]]'' theme song on April 1. In April 5, Shay made ''[[Inspiration]]'' won an award of Best Love Team Series at XLR8 Celeb Awards with a co-star [[Aaron Hart]]. The fans request them to make this series also a romance. ''[[Inspiration]]'' ended on July 16 2013. The series also won the award of Best Drama Series 2013 at XLR8 Star Awards.

===2013–present:'' My Inspiration On You'' and film debut===

n July 18 2013, Shay released "[[Feel Me]]" and her debut studio album ''[[My Inspiration On You]]'', which she named the studio album from her drama series ''[[Inspiration]]'', after ended on July 16 2013, and said the drama series was the best lead for her. "[[Feel Me]]" was first debuted on Music Entertainment and it peaked at number 1 Music Entertainment. The song also peaked at number 2 XLR8 Music Video along with "[[Sexy Girlz]]" by [[Ladies Sound]]. The song peaked at number 5 Billboard Chart. In Bratz the song was first debuted on Sound Net and it peaked at number 1 on August 1 2013. The single peaked at number 4 Barbian Hot Music on August 5 2013. Meester has performed the song on Exclusive Show and Hot Summer Live Music. Shay was announced that she will be appearing her first film ''[[Grand Mischievous]]'' as Alyson with a co-star Revel Yap and the film debuted on November 15 2013. In January 8 2014, as she performed on Hit It Up Summer! and Music Weekly, it was announced that she will release the second single from ''[[My Inspiration On You]]'', "[[Seventeen]]" on January 13 2014. The song peaked at number 3 Music Entertainment. It also peaked at number 7 XLR8 Music Video, which where the song was first debuted. The song also peaked at number 8 Billboard Chart. In Bratz the song was debuted on Sound Net and peaked at number 11. The song peaked at number 10 Barbian Hot Music. Shay collaborated with [[Kimyna Jones]] which she featured her song "[[Shine On You]]" from ''[[My Cinderella#Soundtrack|My Cinderella: The Official Soundtrack]]'', released on January 19 2014. The song peaked at number 19 ''XLR8 Billboard Chart''.<ref>http://beautyeditor.ca/2010/04/13/leighton-meester-is-the-new-face-hair-of-herbal-essences/</ref> The song also peaked at number 3 ''XLR8 Music Video''.<ref>http://www.pinterest.com/alinafr93/beautiful-people-3/</ref> The song peaked at number 6 ''Music Entertainment''.<ref>http://prettylittleliars.alloyentertainment.com/camp-pretty-gossip-worthy-hair-and-skin-care-tips-from-blake-lively-and-leighton-meester/</ref> She also released from ''[[My Cinderella#Soundtrack|My Cinderella: The Official Soundtrack]]'' "[[Gentle Girl]]" on February 4 2014. The song peaked at number 17 ''XLR8 Billboard Chart''.<ref>https://www.pinterest.com/babicheri/my-girl-crushes-lol/</ref> The song also peaked at number 5 ''XLR8 Music Video''.<ref>http://www.justjared.com/2009/11/08/leighton-meester-somebody-to-love-music-video/</ref> The song peaked at number 70 ''Music Entertainment''.<ref>http://www.vogue.in/content/beauty-2011-mtv-movie-awards</ref> Shay released the third and final single from ''[[My Inspiration On You]]'', "[[My Love]]" on April 3 2014. he song was performed on acoustic before it was release. The song peaked at number 14 Music Net. The song also peaked at number 6 XLR8 Music Video. The song peaked at number 11 XLR8 Billboard Chart. The song peaked at number 22 Bratz Sound Net. The song peaked at number 29 Barbian Hot Music. In 2014 Shay starred in a film ''[[The Pointe Shoe]]'' as Nicole along side with [[Christina Tana]], [[Chelsea Maria]], [[Aurora Rose]] and [[Rufa Monteith]]. Shay featured on American singer [[Aurora Rose]]'s single "[[Spotlight]]", which was released on 26 April 2015. The song was released as the lead single from Rose's second studio album ''[[Crazy For You]]''.

==Other ventures==

===Fashion===
In April 7 2013 Shay created and released her fashion brand Elastic and it was also created and designed by herself.

===Endorsement===

Shay endorsed the Italian fashion house Max Mara on November 17 2012.[5] She was also endorsing with Trisha Louis on November 23 2012. Shay graced the cover of Best Friend Magazine with Trisha Louis on November 17 2012.[6] In January 7, 2014 Shay endorsed with Aaron Hart, the American upscale clothing line brand Guess.

==Artistry==

===Influences===

Shay cited her biggest influences was Beyonce, Christina Aguilera, Rihanna, Mariah Carey, Jordin Sparks, Alicia Keys and Whitney Houston as her singing voice. She influence her rapping skills of Nicki Minaj. Since in high school she also sang a lot of covers of their song and often together with Trisha Louis. At the young age she was the biggest fan of Beyonce, Christina Arguilera, Britney Spears and Pussycat Dolls and also influence Shay as their dance moves and how they perform on stage. She said that "I always wanted to be famous like them and move like them". "I dream to be like Christina Arguilera she has the great singing voice and she can dance too". "and also want to shine like Beyonce and Nicole Scherzinger. "I inspire them which i started to be like those artist".

==Personal life==

Shay has spend time with her best friend [[Trisha Louis]] singing and dancing. She uplouded a singing cover with [[Trisha Louis]] on YouTube Channel called LilMissyAOfficial such as "Superbass" by Nicki Minaj, "Love The Way You Lie" by Eminem ft. Rihanna, "Where Is The Love" by Black Eyed Peas, "Tik Tok" by Kesha and "Hot N Cold" by Katy Perry. Shay and Louis also uplouded a dance cover of "BO$$" by Fifth Harmony, "Yonce" by Beyonce and "Focus" by Ariana Grande. Shay stated that she had stopped dancing ballet due to her injury in ankle which she focuses on music. Her first passion was singing because she has been born to sing. Dancing has been like a hobby to her and considered as her second passion. She also excels in sports such as playing hockey and soccer. 

===Relationship===
In January of 2015, Shay is dating an actor Aaron Hart whom she met on set of ''[[Inspiration]]'' (2013); they confirmed their relationship on the show Esprada Show.

==Filmography==

===Television===

{|class="wikitable sortable"
! Year 
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
| 2012
| ''[[Princess T-ara]]''
| Princess Arin
| main
|-
| 2013
| ''[[Inspiration]]''
| Jasmine Konbanwa
| Lead
|-
| 2013
| ''Big Time ''
| Herself/Host
| Hosted with [[Aaron Hart]]
|-
| 2016
| ''My Girl''
| Ashley
| filming
|}

===Film===

{|class="wikitable sortable"
! Year 
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
| 2013
| ''[[Grand Mischievous]]''
| Alyson
| Lead
|-
| 2014
| ''[[The Pointe Shoe]]''
| Nicole 
| Main
|}

==Discography==
{{Main|Meester Shay discography}}
{{See also|Lil Missy A discography}}

===Studio albums===

*''[[My Inspiration On You]]'' (2013)

==Awards and nominations==

{| class="wikitable"
! width"40"|Year
! width"275"|Awards
! width"275"|Category
! width"250"|Nominated work
! width"90"|Result
|-
|align="center" rowspan="1"|2012
|align="center" rowspan="1"|XLR8 Star Awards
|align="center" rowspan="1"|Favourite Characters
|align="center" rowspan="1"|''[[Princess T-ara]]'' <br /><small>(shared with [[Trisha Louis]])</small>
|{{nominated}}
|-
|align="center" rowspan="6"|2013
|align="center" rowspan="1"|XLR8 Celeb Awards
|align="center" rowspan="1"|Best Love Team Series
|align="center" rowspan="1"|''[[Inspiration]]'' <br /><small>(shared with [[Aaron Hart]])</small>
|{{won}}
|-
|align="center" rowspan="5"|XLR8 Star Awards
|align="center" rowspan="1"|Female Star Of The Year
|align="center" rowspan="1"|Meester Shay
|{{won}}
|-
|align="center" rowspan="1"|Best Hit Single Of The Year
|align="center" rowspan="1"|"[[Feel Me]]"
|{{won}}
|-
|align="center" rowspan="1"|Top Sexiest Female Model
|align="center" rowspan="2"|Elastic
|{{won}}
|-
|align="center" rowspan="1"|Top Fashion Brand
|{{won}}
|-
|align="center" rowspan="1"|Top Fashion Brand Endorsing
|align="center" rowspan="1"|Max Mara <br /><small>(shared with [[Trisha Louis]])</small>
|{{nominated}}
|-
|align="center" rowspan="6"|2014
|align="center" rowspan="1"|Top Music Awards
|align="center" rowspan="1"|Best Pop Song
|align="center" rowspan="1"|"[[My Love]]"
|{{won}}
|-
|align="center" rowspan="1"|Cube Awards
|align="center" rowspan="1"|Best Hot Scene
|align="center" rowspan="1"|''[[Grand Mischievious]]''
|{{won}}
|-
|align="center" rowspan="1"|Nation Awards
|align="center" rowspan="1"|Best Duo Model <br /><small> with [[Aaron Hart]]</small>
|align="center" rowspan="1"|Aaron and Meester
|{{won}}
|-
|align="center" rowspan="1"|XLR8 Star Awards
|align="center" rowspan="1"|Artist Of The Year
|align="center" rowspan="1"|Meester Shay
|{{won}}
|-
|align="center" rowspan="1"|Melo Awards
|align="center" rowspan="1"|Best Dance Video
|align="center" rowspan="1"|"[[Seventeen]]"
|{{nominated}}
|-
|align="center" rowspan="1"|Cube Awards
|align="center" rowspan="1"|Best OST
|align="center" rowspan="1"|"[[Gentle Girl]]" <br /><small>from ''[[My Cinderella]]''</small>
|{{won}}
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==

*{{Facebook|187266978070701|Meester Shay}}
*{{Official website|http://meestershay.blogspot.co.nz/?m=1}}