SELENA GOMEZ

Mini Bio 

Selena Marie Gomez was born and raised in Grand Prairie, Texas, to Mandy Teefey, who is of part Italian descent, and Ricardo Gomez, who is of Mexican descent and originally from New Mexico. Her parents divorced in 1997. Giving birth to Selena at 16, her mom Mandy recalls living "paycheck-to-paycheck". Selena started out on Barney & Friends(1992) as "Gianna" in 2001 where she really discovered her talent. Unfortunately, they dropped her from the series after just two years. In 2003, she had a very small role in the movie Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (2003) and a bit part in 2005 when she played "Julie" in Walker, Texas Ranger: Trial by Fire (2005) with Mitchel Musso and in 2006 as "Emily Grace Garcia" in Brain Zapped (2006) when she recorded a song for the movie. She she guest starred as "Gwen" in The Suite Life of Zack and Cody (2005) and as Hannah's rival, the 'evil' "Mikayla", in Hannah Montana (2006). Selena's amazing talent landed her roles in two Disney series, both spin-offs. Unfortunately, neither show was picked up until 2007 when she got the role of "Alex Russo" in the magical seriesWizards of Waverly Place (2007) which she auditioned for three times. In March 2008, she made her first animated movie Horton Hears a Who! (2008) and later starred inAnother Cinderella Story (2008) with Disney Channel star Drew Seeley for ABC Family. Her two Disney Channel Original Movies Princess Protection Program (2009), with real-life BFF Demi Lovato, and Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie (2009) will both air Summer 2009.

Trade Mark

Long dark hair

Petite frame

Trivia 

Before landing the role of "Alex Russo" in Wizards of Waverly Place (2007), she wasn't a fan of either magic or the Harry Potter franchise.

Her role model and favorite actress is Rachel McAdams.

While filming the animated movie Horton Hears a Who! (2008), she played Steve Carell's daughter but never got to meet him.

She became interested in acting after watching her mom, Mandy Teefey.

Her favorite band is Paramore.

She adopted her dog named Chip from an animal shelter.

Discovered by Disney in a nationwide casting call.

Sings the theme tune to her Disney Channel show Wizards of Waverly Place (2007).

Has six dogs: Chip, Willy, Fina, Wallace, Chaz and Baylor.

Her mom, Mandy Teefey, remarried, in 2006, to Brian Teefey.

Wears a purity ring that says "True Love Waits".

Her father is of Mexican descent. Her mother, who was adopted, is of part Italian ancestry.

Her mom gave birth to her at the age of 16.

Her parents divorced when she was five years old.

She was named after Tejano singer Selena Quintanilla-Pérez, who died almost three years after Gomez was born.

She went to Danny Jones Middle School located in Texas.

Her first name means "moon" in Greek.

She is a huge fan of Johnny Depp and Lady Sovereign.

Both her family and Fernanda Romero are from the same town in Mexico.

Used to do a YouTube show with best friend Demi Lovato called "The Demi and Selena Show".

Has a song about her on YouTube called "Selena Gomez" by Greg Kurka.

Involved with the charity Raise Hope for Congo which helps raise awareness about the violence against Congolese women.

Participated in the "Runway for Life" benefit for St. Jude's Children Research Hospial.

Was named the youngest ambassador to UNICEF at age 17 (2009).

Lead singer of the band Selena Gomez & The Scene.

She and her mom, Mandy Teefey said good-bye to friends and family in Grand Prairie, TX, to start a new Life in Los Angeles, after hearing the life-changing news of Selena's new role on Wizards of Waverly Place (2007).

Is a fan of Britney Spears and considers Britney to be one of her idols.

Huge fan of Fefe Dobson, she covered one of Dobson's tracks "As a Blonde" on her album "Kiss and tell" and Fefe also co-wrote Selena's hit single "Round and Round".

For her 2011 music video "Love You Like A Love Song", Gomez had horses spray-painted pink. This led to accusations from PETA and singer Pink about the treatment of the animals.

Hospitalized with nausea and terrible headaches after appearing on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992). She was later diagnosed with physical exhaustion and food poisoning [June 13, 2011].

Is friends with Demi Lovato since they met on July 22, 1999 on a casting for Barney & Friends (1992). Later, they worked together on Princess Protection Program (2009) andSonny with a Chance (2009). Also directed, together, The Demi and Selena Show(2008).

Was in on-off relationship with Justin Bieber from December 2010 to January 2013.

(December 16, 2011) Her mother Mandy Teefey miscarried her future younger half-sister who was due to be named Scarlett J. Teefey at 16 weeks of pregnancy.

Has 2 younger half-sisters - Gracie Elliot Teefey (b. June 12, 2013) via her mother,Mandy Teefey, and her 2nd husband, Brian Teefey; and Victoria Gomez (b. June 25, 2014) via her father, Ricardo Gomez, and his 2nd wife, Sara Gomez.

Shooting with Lalaine on the set of Lizzie McGuire (2001) television spin-off "Stevie Sanchez" for the Disney Channel. She will play Miranda's kid sister, Stephanie "Stevie" Sanchez.

Appeared in a commercial for Borden milk.

Ranked #19 on Maxim's "Hot 100" of 2014 list.

(December 27, 2013) It was reported that she was suffering from lupus.

(October 9, 2015) Confirmed that she was battling with lupus for several years and underwent course of chemotherapy who led her to pre-stroke condition.

(April 15, 2016) Admitted that she had another course of chemotherapy to treat lupus after the previous one didn't made an expected effect.

Personal Quotes (23)

Be yourself always, there's no one better!

I was never the girl who thought I need to make sure I look like all the other girls. I think you look best when you stand out.

[on having her own band] I'm going to be in a band--no Selena Gomez stuff. I'm not going to be a solo artist. I think that I don't want my name attached to it. I basically want to make music that is fun and that parents and kids can jump around to and have a good time to.

I wanted to be like my friends. I hung out with girls who had blue eyes and blond hair and I thought, "I want to look like them!".

[on declaring she will remain a virgin until marriage] I said, "Dad, I want a promise ring". He went to the church and got it blessed. He actually used me as an example for other kids. I'm going to keep my promise to myself, to my family and to God.

[on wearing a purity ring] I've had my ring since I was 12 years old. But for me it's not something I want to go around saying, "Hey, look what I have". It's a promise I made to myself and God. I think some people misinterpret that as a trend and think everyone's getting one.

[on reports that she and friend Demi Lovato had a feud] You can't care [about reports like that], It's really toxic what they do to the girls in the industry.

[on Lindsay Lohan and her time in rehab] I don't think anybody should be mean because you never understand what's someone is going through. And it is partly [this] business, because it is crazy and hectic. So I think that nobody should be rude. If this were a normal person, you wouldn't be so judgmental. I feel like people shouldn't judge as much, they should give their sympathy.

[on revealing she would prefer to date someone who is not famous] You kind of can't help who you'll fall in love with. I'd date someone who isn't in the business in a heartbeat.

I love Katy Perry! She gave me a song for my second album.

Everyone wants songs written by Katy Perry. I asked her and she was so nice--she just said, "Yeah, you can have it". She was very kind.

I don't actually like dates. I get awkward as I never know what to do.

For me, the person that I really admire because they came from this Disney world would be Shia LaBeouf. He had his own show on Disney Channel. He was really funny and I loved his show. Then he started to do films. Now he is doing really great films and he is respected as an actor. I really like him a lot as an actor. I think he is cute, too, so that helps. I feel that I can relate to him the most.

I'm going to be Katy Perry for Halloween. I'm going to have the blue hair and the ice cream outfit she did. It's going to be awesome.

[on working with Katy Perry] It is so much fun. It's very soulful and it's kind of got her flair mixed in with my dance kind-of-a-little techno vibe. So it was really amazing and I really loved it. I was extremely honored, cause I'm a huge fan of hers.

[on Justin Bieber] I love Justin. When he first started to come over from Canada his manager contacted me and he just said that he would like to meet me and he was just such a good kid.

[on Demi Lovato] I love her. I completely love her and her whole family to death. I will always talk extremely highly of her and I always have.

I love Nicki Minaj, Eminem, Katy Perry. They are all about being themselves and I love that.

[on going to her firs concert--a Britney Spears show] We were in the nosebleeds with my cousin. I got the T-shirt and glow sticks and I just remember it being the highlight of my life! I felt like I was on cloud nine!

[on doing a Britney Spears tribute for her concert] We are working on a Britney tribute, which I'm so stoked about, 'cause I love Britney. I was like, "I have to do it". I wanna do a mash-up of all her songs and just go for it. We're gonna do a little tribute. We're gonna do her hits . . . "Baby One More Time", and then I think we're going to try to incorporate "Toxic" and that phase. And then we might do some of her recent, new stuff.

[on performing songs from Britney Spears during a tribute concert] I'm not going to even touch Britney! She's so good. I wouldn't want to butcher it. I'm just going to pay tribute to her! I'm gonna say she's awesome.

[on Rebecca Black's song "Friday"] I love it! Total guilty pleasure! I totally admire her, I think it's awesome that she hasn't taken that downward spiral that other child stars have taken.

[on her boyfriend, Justin Bieber] Yeah, he is romantic. He gave me a bottle of his new perfume the other day. (2011)

VANESSA HUDGENS

Vanessa was born in Salinas, California. Her family moved to San Diego whilst she was still a toddler. She has a younger sister, Stella Hudgens, who is also an actress. Her mother, Gina (Guangco), an officer worker, is from the Philippines. Her father, Gregory Hudgens, a firefighter, has Irish and Native American ancestry.

Vanessa was interested in acting and singing at a young age, inspired by her grandparents who were musicians. At the age of 8, she started appearing in musical theatre. She briefly attended Orange County High School of the Arts. She began auditioning and was successfully cast in a TV commercial. This prompted her family to move to Los Angeles. She started homeschooling so she missed out on the high school experience, until she landed her breakthrough role in High School Musical (2006).

Trade Mark 

Long dark hair

Husky voice

Trivia 

In both her first two films - Thirteen (2003) and Thunderbirds (2004) - she appeared alongside Brady Corbet.

Parents: Greg Hudgens and Gina Guangco.

Ethnicities: Filipina, Chinese,and Spanish (from her mother); Irish and American Indian (from her father).

Her musical theater roles include leads in: Evita, Carousel, The Wizard of Oz, The King & I, The Music Man, Cinderella, Damn Yankees, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and The Little Mermaid, among others.

She is a fan of the late Natalie Wood.

She can sing, act and dance.

She got her first gig when her friend couldn't go to an audition for a commercial and asked if Vanessa could go.

She is a fan of horror movies.

Older sister of Stella Hudgens

Is good friends with High School Musical (2006) co-stars Ashley Tisdale, Zac Efron, andCorbin Bleu, along with Alexa Nikolas, Brenda Song and Miley Cyrus .

She is best known for portraying the role of Gabriella Montez in High School Musical(2006) and its related sequels.

Favorite TV show: Degrassi: The Next Generation (2001).

Was named "The Heartbreaker" in Disney channel's first DC games in 2006.

Was chosen to be a member of the blue team in DC games held in the Summer of 2006.

Her two favorite singers are Alicia Keys and Céline Dion.

She sang "Angels" by Robbie Williams at her "High School Musical" audition.

She has been home-schooled since the seventh grade.

She has already graduated from high school.

At one point, she actually planned to audition for American Idol (2002).

Her song "Whatever Will Be" is really a song that reflects on her motto.

Her favorite kind of music is rock.

Both sets of her grandparents were musicians during the Big Band era.

Is best friends with Kayslee Collins.

Her favorite scene in High School Musical (2006) is the final one in which the cast sang and danced to "We're All In This Together".

She used to reside in the state of Oregon.

In June 2006, she signed a recording contract with Hollywood Records.

Her first solo album V debuted at #24 on the US Billboard album chart with 34,000 copies sold during its first week.

The first star from High School Musical (2006) to release a solo album in the wake of the success of High School Musical (2006). The name of her debut solo album is called "V" which stands for Vanessa, but also could stand for variety since it is a mix of pop, pop rock, dance electronic, and ballads. The album was released in the United States on September 26, 2006.

Enjoys singing just as much as dancing and acting.

Recorded her first solo album, V, in just under two months.

Trained in piano, dance, and voice (opera to be specific).

Her favorite song to perform in concert is "Let's Dance" because she and her backup dancers have so much fun dancing to that song.

Sings with Corbin Bleu on his debut solo album "Another Side" on the song "Still There for Me".

Her debut album has officially sold 500,000 copies. Therefore, it was certified gold for the first time in 2007.

The highest chart position of "Say OK" on the US Billboard chart is 61.

"Let Go" was supposed to be the second single from her debut album. However, it was switched to "Say OK" at the last minute.

Her first single, "Come Back to Me", samples from the song "Baby Come Back" by 1970s rock band Player.

The second single from V, her first solo album is called "Say OK". It was released on January 12, 2007 on US radio stations. There are two versions of the video for this song. The first one was from the High School Musical: The Concert Tour. The second version was filmed at a beach in Los Angeles, California and a bowling alley.

Her first official single from her debut album V is called "Come Back to Me". The song and the video both premiered on August 25, 2006 in the United States. The highest chart position it achieved on the US Billboard charts is 55.

In 2007, she became the spokesperson for Neutrogena products.

Desires to study business when she reaches college.

Is the only person in High School Musical (2006) to have a solo song on the "High School Musical" soundtrack.

Her first job was acting in a local production of "The Wizard of Oz" where she played a munchkin and was paid $50.

Once attended the Orange County High School of the Arts.

She has a toy poodle named Shadow, three turtles, and some fish.

Took piano lessons when she was younger.

She was offered a role in the remake of the movie Prom Night (1980),that was offered to Fernanda Romero. as well; but turned it down to work on her music.

Her favorite dance number from High School Musical 2 (2007) is "Work This Out".

Ranked #12 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2008 list.

She is face for brand Ecko Boys & Girls in Brazil.

She also made the "Maxim's Sexiest of 2009" list.

She is ranked #10 in Cosmopolitan magazine's Best Dressed Celebs of 2008.

On December 12, 2008, Hudgens was ranked #20 in the list of Forbes "High Earners Under 30".

In January 2009, Teen Vogue magazine included Hudgens in the list of the January's Ten Best Dressed in the fifth position.

Learned to play the guitar while filming Bandslam (2009).

She ranked number 27 on Maxim Magazine's Hot 100 of 2009.

She ranked number 42 at FHM's Sexiest Women in the World of 2009.

She ranked number 62 at FHM's Sexiest Women in the World of 2008.

She was included in People's annual "100 Most Beautiful People" 2008 and 2009 lists.

Good friends with Bandslam (2009) costar Aly Michalka, Selena Gomez and Ashley Benson.

Is close friends of Brittany Snow and Samantha Droke.

Her favorite hobby is photography.

Was considered one of the 55 faces of the future by Nylon Magazine's Young Hollywood Issue.

Ranked #42 in the 2010 FHM UK list of "100 Sexiest Women in the World".

In 2011, was named the new Candie's Girl.

Was in a relationship with Zac Efron. [2006-2010].

Played the role of Mimi in 'Rent' the musical. The production ran from August 6-8 in 2010 at the Hollywood Bowl directed by actor Neil Patrick Harris who starred opposite Hudgens in 'Beastly'.

In a relationship with actor Austin Butler since September 2011.

Finished up her self-entitled album, "V", and preparing to go on tour with The Cheetah Girls from October - November. [August 2006]

Filming Beastly (2011) in Montréal, Québec, Canada. [June 2009]

Filming Sucker Punch (2011) in Vancouver, Canada. [September 2009]

Starting rehearsals for High School Musical 2 (2007). [February 2007]

Filming Bandslam (2009) in Austin, Texas. [February 2008]

Filming High School Musical 3: Senior Year (2008) in Salt Lake City, Utah. [April 2008]

Pre-production for Sucker Punch (2011) in Vancouver, Canada. [August 2009]

On tour with Drew Seeley, Ashley Tisdale, Monique Coleman, Corbin Bleu and Lucas Grabeel for "High School Musical: The Concert". [December 2006]

On tour with The Cheetah Girls. [November 2006]

Filming High School Musical 2 (2007) in St. George, Utah. [March 2007]

Filming High School Musical 3: Senior Year (2008). [March 2008]

Filming Beastly (2011) in Montréal, Québec, Canada. [July 2009]

Has a tattoo of a butterfly on her neck.

Ranked #28 on Maxim's "Hot 100" of 2014 list.

Auditioned for the role of "Julie Christensen" in Final Destination 3 (2006), which eventually went to Amanda Crew.

Appearing in the title role in "Gigi" at the Neil Simon theater on Broadway (April 2015).

She and her boyfriend, Austin Butler, were fined $1,000 for vandalizing Bell Rock in the Sedona area of Arizona in April 2016, after carving their initials into the rock.

Daughter of Greg Hudgens, who passed away on January 30, 2016, after losing his battle with cancer. The day after his death, Vanessa was set to star as Rizzo in the live musical production, Grease Live! (2016). Despite her father's death, she vowed to perform in the production as a tribute to him, and received widespread acclaim from critics for both her performance and her professionalism. The show was dedicated to the memory of her father.

Personal Quotes (5)

[on her nude picture scandal] I'm much better now. But truthfully I don't like talking about it. It was something that was meant to be private, and even though it isn't anymore, I'd still like to keep it as private as I can. It was very traumatic, and I am extremely upset it happened. I hope all my fans can learn from my mistake and make smart decisions. But I wouldn't have been able to get through it if it wasn't for my family, friends, and fans, who supported me all along the way.

Power to the Peaceful.

[on her role in The Frozen Ground (2013)] Ever since I was really young I wanted to play a prostitute. It's just, like, thrilling as an actor to put yourself in a situation you, personally, would never be in. At the end of the day you're just a kid playing pretend, so if you're going to do it, might as well go crazy with it.

I love and really respect strong women. I'm obsessed with Scarlett Johansson, andDrew Barrymore and Penélope Cruz. They are just really incredibly strong-willed, intelligent females in the industry.

I don't like being stagnant. I want to continue to grow and just be better at what I do, and the only way to do that is to keep stepping outside of your comfort zone.

TAYLOR SWIFT

Taylor Swift is a multi-Grammy award-winning American singer/songwriter who, in 2010 at the age of 20, became the youngest artist in history to win the Grammy Award for Album of the Year. In 2011 Swift was named Billboard's Woman of the Year. She also has been named the American Music Awards Artist of the Year, as well as the Entertainer of the Year for both the Country Music Association and the Academy of Country Music, among many other accolades. As of this writing, she is also the top-selling digital artist in music history.

Taylor Alison Swift was born on December 13, 1989, in Reading, Pennsylvania, to Andrea (Finlay), a one-time marketing executive, and Scott Kingsley Swift, a financial adviser. Her ancestry includes German and English, as well as some Scottish, Irish, Welsh and 1/16th Italian. She was named after James Taylor, and her mother believed that if she had a gender neutral name it would help her forge a business career. Taylor spent most of her childhood on an 11-acre Christmas tree farm in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. When she was nine years old the family moved to Wyomissing, PA, where she attended West Reading Elementary Center and Wyomissing Area Junior/Senior High School. Taylor spent her summers at her parents' vacation home at the Jersey shore. Her first hobby was English horse riding. Her mother put her in a saddle when she was nine months old and Swift later competed in horse shows. At the age of nine she turned her attention to musical theatre and performed in Berks Youth Theatre Academy productions of "Grease", "Annie", "Bye Bye Birdie" and "The Sound of Music". She traveled regularly to New York City for vocal and acting lessons. However, after a few years of auditioning in New York and not getting anything, she became interested in country music. At age 11, after many attempts, Taylor won a local talent competition by singing a rendition of LeAnn Rimes' "Big Deal", and was given the opportunity to appear as the opening act for Charlie Daniels at a Strausstown amphitheater. This interest in country music isolated Swift from her middle school peers.

At age 12 she was shown by a computer repairman how to play three chords on a guitar, inspiring her to write her first song, "Lucky You". She had previously won a national poetry contest with a poem entitled "Monster in My Closet", but now began to focus on songwriting. She moved to Nashville at age 14, having secured an artist development deal with RCA Records. She left RCA Records when she was 15--the label wanted her to record the work of other songwriters and wait until she was 18 to release an album, but she felt ready to launch her career with her own material. At an industry showcase at Nashville's The Bluebird Café in 2005, Swift caught the attention of Scott Borchetta, a Dreamworks Records executive who was preparing to form his own independent record label, Big Machine Records. Taylor was one of the new label's first signings.

Taylor released her debut album, "Taylor Swift", in October of 2006 and received generally positive reviews from music critics. The New York Times described it as "a small masterpiece of pop-minded country, both wide-eyed and cynical, held together by Ms. Swift's firm, pleading voice". Her single "Our Song" made her the youngest solo writer and singer of a #1 country song. The album sold 39,000 copies during its first week. In 2008 she released her second studio album, "Fearless". The lead single from the album, "Love Story", was released in September 2008 and became the second best-selling country single of all time, peaking at #4 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Four more singles were released throughout 2008 and 2009: "White Horse", "You Belong with Me", "Fifteen" and "Fearless". "You Belong with Me" was the album's highest-charting single, peaking at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100. The album debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 Album Chart. It was the top-selling album of 2009 and brought Swift much crossover success.

In September 2009 she became the first country music artist to win an MTV Video Music Award when "You Belong with Me" was named Best Female Video. Her acceptance speech was interrupted by rapper Kanye West, who had been involved in a number of other award show incidents. West declared Beyoncé Knowles's video for "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)", nominated in the same category, to be "one of the best videos of all time". When Beyoncé later won the award for Video of the Year, she invited Taylor onstage to finish her speech. In November 2009 Taylor Swift became the youngest ever artist, and one of only six women, to be named Entertainer of the Year by the Country Music Association.

She released her third studio album in October 2010, "Speak Now", and wrote all the songs herself. She originally intended to call the album "Enchanted" but Scott Borchetta, her record label's CEO, felt the title did not reflect the album's more adult themes. Swift toured throughout 2011 and early 2012 in support of "Speak Now". As part of the 13-month, 111-date world tour, Swift played seven shows in Asia, 12 in Europe, 80 in North America and 12 in Australasia (three dates on the US tour were rescheduled after she fell ill with bronchitis). The stage show was inspired by Broadway musical theatre, with choreographed routines, elaborate set-pieces, pyrotechnics and numerous costume changes. Swift invited many musicians to join her for one-off duets during the North American tour. Appearances were made by James Taylor, Jason Mraz,Shawn Colvin, Johnny Rzeznik, Andy Grammer, Tal Bachman, Justin Bieber, Selena Gomez, Nicki Minaj, Nelly, B.o.B., Usher Raymond, Flo Rida, T.I., Jon Foreman, Jim Adkins, Hayley Williams, Hot Chelle Rae, Ronnie Dunn, Darius Rucker, Tim McGraw andKenny Chesney. In May 2012 Taylor featured in B.o.B's song "Both of Us".

Swift's fourth studio album, "Red", was released on October 22, 2012. She wrote nine of the album's 16 songs alone; the remaining seven were co-written with Max Martin,Liz Rose, Dan Wilson, Ed Sheeran and Gary Lightbody. Nathan Chapman served as the album's lead producer but Jeff Bhasker, Butch Walker, Jacknife Lee, Dann Huff andShellback (aka Shellback) also produced individual tracks. Chapman has said he encouraged Swift "to branch out and to test herself in other situations". She has described the collaborative process as "an apprenticeship" that taught her to "paint with different colors". "Red" examines Swift's attraction to drama-filled relationships; she believes that, since writing the record, such relationships no longer appeal to her. Musically, while there is some experimentation with "slick, electronic beats", the pop sheen is limited to a handful of tracks sprinkled among more recognizably Swiftian fare. "Rolling Stone" enjoyed "watching Swift find her pony-footing on Great Songwriter Mountain. She often succeeds in joining the Joni/Carole King tradition of stark-relief emotional mapping . . . Her self-discovery project is one of the best stories in pop." The Guardian described Swift as a "Brünnhilde of a rock star" and characterized "Red" as "another chapter in one of the finest fantasies pop music has ever constructed". "USA Today" felt that the "engaging" record saw Swift "write ever-more convincingly--and wittily and painfully--about the messy emotions of a young twenty something nearing the end of her transition from girl to woman". The "Los Angeles Times" noted the exploration of "more nuanced relationship issues" on "an unapologetically big pop record that opens new sonic vistas for her".

As part of the "Red" promotional campaign, representatives from 72 worldwide radio stations were flown to Nashville during release week for individual interviews with Swift. She made television appearances on Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2003),Good Morning America (1975), The View (1997), Late Show with David Letterman(1993), ABC News Nightline (1980) and 20/20: All Access Nashville with Katie Couric(2012). She performed at Los Angeles' MTV VMAs and London's Teen Awards, and will also perform at Nashville's CMA Awards, Frankfurt's MTV Europe Music Awards, Los Angeles' AMA Awards and Sydney's ARIA Music Awards. Swift offered exclusive album promotions through Target, Papa John's and Walgreens. She became a spokesmodel for Keds sneakers, released her sophomore Elizabeth Arden fragrance and continued her partnerships with Cover Girl, Sony Electronics and American Greetings, as well as her unofficial brand tie-ins with Ralph Lauren and Shellys. The album's lead single, "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together", was released in August 2012. The song became Swift's first #1 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, recording the highest ever one-week sales figures for a female artist. Two further singles have since been released: "Begin Again" (country radio) and "I Knew You Were Trouble" (pop and international radio).In her career, as of May 2012, Swift has sold over 23 million albums and 54.5 million digital tracks worldwide.

Taylor Swift is only beginning to emerge as an acting talent, having voiced the role of Audrey in the animated feature The Lorax (2012). She also made appearances in the theatrical release Valentine's Day (2010) and in an episode of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000). She contributed two original songs to The Hunger Games (2012) soundtrack: "Safe & Sound featuring The Civil Wars" and "Eyes Open". Taylor released her fifth album, titled "1989", on October 27, 2014. This album is when she finally made the complete transition from country to pop. She says that she will not be going to any Country Music Award shows. The album is named after the year she was born, and is a sort of '80s-sounding album, in the sense that it's more electronic.

In March 2015 she began dating Scottish Disc Jockey Calvin Harris after having met at the Brit Awards in February.

Trivia (58)

The love interest in her song, "Tim McGraw", is named Johnny.

Taught herself to play guitar.

Sister of Austin Swift (aka Austin K. Swift), a photographer. He photographed her "Fearless Tour".

With her first #1 song "Our Song", at age 18 years and 9 days, became the fifth teenaged female singer to top the Billboard magazine Hot Country Songs chart. The others were Jean Shepard (19 years, 9 months in August 1953 with "A Dear John Letter"), Tanya Tucker (14 years, 7 months in May 1973 with "What's Your Mama's Name"), Marie Osmond (14 years, 1 month in November 1973 with "Paper Roses") andLeAnn Rimes (14 years, 4 months in December 1996 with "One Way Ticket (Because I Can)").

Was ranked #57 on Maxim magazine's Hot 100 of 2008 list.

She grew up on a Christmas tree farm in Pennsylvania and her job was to rake Praying Mantis pods off the trees.

(June 2008 - October 2008) Was in a relationship with Joe Jonas.

Best friends with Selena Gomez and Emma Stone.

She won the award for Best Female Video at the 2009 Video Music Awards.

Good friends with Paramore lead singer Hayley Williams, Kellie Pickler, and Emma Watson.

On November 11th, 2009, Taylor became the youngest singer to win the CMA Entertainer of the Year Award.

She spent her summers through the age of 14 at the Jersey shore. Her family owned a home in Stone Harbor, NJ, a South Jersey resort town north of Cape May and south of Atlantic City.

Had a cameo in Hannah Montana: The Movie (2009).

She credits LeAnn Rimes as her main influence into a country music career. Swift stated on The Oprah Winfrey Show (1986) that she wanted to be a country singer after attending Rimes' concert.

She was a member of a local Saturday Night Live (1975)-inspired kid's sketch comedy group TheatreKids Live! while growing up in Pennsylvania.

Her music influences include Dolly Parton, Shania Twain, LeAnn Rimes, Patsy Cline, and her grandmother, who was a professional opera singer.

Her best friend Abigail Anderson, whom she's known since ninth grade, is mentioned in her song "Fifteen" from her "Fearless" album.

She graduated in July 2008 from Hendersonville High School in Hendersonville, TN.

(5/4/10) Named a spokeswoman for Cover Girl.

(July 2009 - December 2009) Was in a relationship with Taylor Lautner.

When she appeared at the 44th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards (2009), she assisted magician David Copperfield with two illusions. First, he made her appear inside an apparently empty glass elevator, and in the second he sawed her in half in the same glass-sided boxes he used to saw Claudia Schiffer in half in his 1990s stage shows.

Ranked #31 in Maxim magazine's "Hot 100" Women of 2010.

(October 2010 - December 2010) Was in a relationship with Jake Gyllenhaal.

Holds the rare distinction of having all of her released singles (excluding promotional singles and singles as a featured artist) reach the Top 40 on the Billboard Hot 100 pop chart. Of those 12 singles, five have reached the Top 10, and three of those have reached the Top 5.

Went to the same high school in Wyomissing, PA, as Jillian Murray before moving to Hendersonville, TN.

When Beyoncé Knowles won the MTV Music Video award for Video of the Year, she set aside her acceptance speech in order to allow Taylor to finish her acceptance speech, for best female video, which had been interrupted by Kanye West hours earlier.

She won the Entertainer of the Year" award at the 46th American Country Music Awards.

Ranked #20 in Maxim magazine's "Hot 100" Women of 2011.

Her first song was called "Lucky You".

It took three attempts to get her driver's permit when she was 15.

Ranked #61 in the 2011 FHM list of "100 Sexiest Women in the World".

Ranked #53 in the 2011 FHM Australia list of "100 Sexiest Women in the World".

Nicknamed her car "Toyoat" because it is a Toyota.

Named Billboard magazine's "Woman of the Year" for 2011 [October 12, 2011].

Named the 2011 "Entertainer of the Year" by the Academy of Country Music".

Is a fan of Rihanna.

At many of her concerts she comes out with a Minnesota Vikings jersey with the #13 on the back. The Vikings had it specially made for her.

Is a big fan of Britney Spears and has a poster of Britney in her room.

Her sophomore album, "Fearless", is the most awarded album in country music history. It won the American Music Award for Favorite Country Album, the Academy of Country Music Award for Album of the Year, the Country Music Association Award for Album of the Year, the Grammy Award for Best Country Album, and the music industry's highest honor, the Grammy Award for Album of the Year.

At the age of 20, became the youngest artist in music history to win the coveted Grammy Award for Album of the Year.

Wrote her hit song "Love Story" on her bedroom floor in 20 minutes.

Gave a free showcase to her Brazilian fans on 9/13/12 in Rio de Janeiro to promote her "Red" album. It was her first time ever in Brazil.

When asked by a fan if she was someone else (an actress), who would she be, she replied she'd like to be Gwyneth Paltrow, as she "is beautiful, cool and has beautiful kids".

In early 2012 she assisted magician Franz Harary with the world premiere of a new illusion called "Slice-Her", in which she was sawed in half and her halves pulled apart while standing up and without any boxes hiding her body from view at any time.

Is captivated by the poet Pablo Neruda.

She wrote her song "Teadrops On My Guitar" for a boy who she was in love with in high school and he only saw her as a friend.

Keeps a journal and writes about how her day went.

Good friends with Hailee Steinfeld, Behati Prinsloo, Ed Sheeran, Lena Dunham.

One of her paternal great-great-grandfathers, Carmine Antonio Baldi, was an Italian immigrant from Castelnuovo Cilento. Her other ancestry is German and English, and smaller amounts of Scottish, Irish, Scots-Irish (Northern Irish), Welsh, along with distant French, Swedish and Dutch.

Has two cats, named 'Meredith" and "Olivia"; named after Dr. Meredith Grey fromGrey's Anatomy (2005) and Detective Olivia Benson from Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999).

Daughter of Andrea Swift and Scott Swift.

Is best friends with supermodel Karlie Kloss.

Wrote "You Are In Love" about Lena Dunham's relationship with musician Jack Antonoff.

Unlike most people, Taylor considers "13" her lucky number in that she was born on the 13th, turned 13 on Friday the 13th, her first album turned Gold in 13 weeks and her first #1 song had a 13-second intro.

In a relationship with Calvin Harris [2015].

Scott Swift, Taylor's father, helped her break into country music, by buying a 3% stake in the music label, Big Machine. The label later signed Taylor Swift, kick-starting her career.

Godmother of Leo Thames Newman (b.July 16, 2015), younger son of Kyle Newmanand Jaime King.

Her favorite movie is 'The Martian (2015)'.

Personal Quotes (20)

[on the Britney Spears perfume she wore] The coolest girl in school wore Britney Spears' Fantasy, and I had to copy her.

People haven't always been there for me, but music always has.

I never want to change so much that people can't recognize me.

When I was a little girl I used to read fairy tales. In fairy tales you meet Prince Charming and he's everything you ever wanted. In fairy tales the bad guy is very easy to spot. The bad guy is always wearing a black cape so you always know who he is. Then you grow up and you realize that Prince Charming is not as easy to find as you thought. You realize the bad guy is not wearing a black cape and he's not easy to spot; he's really funny, and he makes you laugh, and he has perfect hair.

There's more to life than dating the boy on the football team.

I'm intimidated by the fear of being average.

Everyone I know has had fair warning! I've always written about who's spending time with me, so if they get into any kind of a relationship with me, they know what they're getting into.

There is a strength in letting bygones be bygones. It was therapeutic to write and perform. Sometimes it's best not to say anything. I just save it for the music.

Love is fascinating. Wishing for it, pining for it and the anger that comes when you lose it. I used to think that I could figure out some pattern to love, like if you don't text a guy back for a half-hour, he'll like you more. But there is no pattern. Absolutely nothing is predictable in love.

No matter what happens in life, be good to people. Being good to people is a wonderful legacy to leave behind.

Almost every time I put something out, there's the word 'too' put in front of it - too pop, too country, too rock. So I've kinda stopped worrying about it. I'd rather be too something than not enough something.

There's a special place in Hell for women who don't help other women.

I see myself as kind of this girl who writes songs in her bedroom. You can dress it up all you want and you can put together an amazing theatrical production; you can become a better performer as time goes by, and you can try to excite people. But I'm always going to be a girl who writes songs in her bedroom in my own personal perception of myself.

My mom named me Taylor because she thought I would probably end up in corporate business and she didn't want any kind of executive, boss, manager to see if I was a girl or a boy if they got my resume.

If I'm in the mood to be held accountable for every single article of clothing on my body - whether it matches, if it clashes, if it's on trend - then I go out. If I'm not interested in undergoing that kind of debate and conversation - regarding how I'm walking, whether I look tired, how my makeup is right, what's that mark on my knee, did I hurt myself? - I just don't go out.

[on her female fans] They're discovering the music that tells them how they are going to live their lives and how they should feel and how it's acceptable to feel. I think that that's kind of exciting.

I struggle to find a woman in music who hasn't been completely picked apart by the media, or scrutinized and criticized for aging, or criticized for fighting aging. It just seems to be much more difficult to be a woman in music and to grow older. I hope that I will choose to do it as gracefully as possible.

There were times when, in middle school and junior high, I didn't have a lot of friends. But my mom was always my friend. Always.

This is a new year. A new beginning. And things will change.

I'm thankful that when I go to bed at night that I have been myself that day.

MILEY CYRUS

Miley Cyrus was born in Franklin, Tennessee, the daughter of country singer Billy Ray Cyrus and his wife, Letitia Jean "Tish" (Finley). She has 5 siblings - two half-brothers, a half-sister and a younger brother and sister. Her birth name is Destiny Hope, given to her by her parents who hoped she would achieve greatness. Her childhood nickname was Smiley, as she had a cheerful disposition which was eventually shortened to Miley. Her paternal grandfather was Democratic politician Ron Cyrus. Cyrus was initially educated at Heritage Elementary School in Tennessee. When she turned eight, her family moved to Toronto, Canada where Cyrus' father Billy Ray took a role in the TV series Doc (2001). It was around this time that Cyrus decided she wanted to act too. Her first role came alongside her father in Doc (2001). She also scored a small role in Tim Burton's Big Fish (2003). In 2005, Cyrus was cast as the lead in the Disney series Hannah Montana (2006), about a teen leading a double life as a pop star. Again her father acted alongside her. The show was a smash and hit records, sell-out tours and merchandising deals soon followed. Cyrus became a teen superstar. Following the success of Hannah Montana (2006), Cyrus made the move into other roles - including playing Ronnie Miller in The Last Song (2010) and Lola in LOL (2012) alongside Demi Moore. Daughter of Tish Cyrus and country singer Billy Ray Cyrus. Siblings: Christopher Cody (older paternal half-brother), Trace Cyrus (older maternal half-brother), Brandi Cyrus (older maternal half-sister), Braison Cyrus (younger brother), and Noah Lindsey Cyrus (younger sister). Brandon Cyrus is a related family member on her father's side. Her favorite novel is "Don't Die, My Love" by Lurlene McDaniel. Her favorite song by her father, Billy Ray Cyrus, is "Achy Breaky Heart". Has written over one hundred songs and some of them have been used for her show, Hannah Montana (2006). Likes to eat Chinese food. Has a Maltipoo dog named Sophie that her parents gave to her for her 16th birthday. Miley was on the green team for 2 summers in a row in the Disney Channel Games. She has never taken formal singing lessons [as of June 2007]. Started auditioning for Hannah Montana (2006) when she was 11 years old. She originally tried out for the part of "Lilly Truscott". Was ranked #17 on Forbes List of The 20 Top-Earning Young Superstars (2007). Was ranked #12 on interview magazine's Hollywood faces to watch "Future Stars of Tomorrow" (2007). In January 2008, she legally changed her name from Destiny Hope Cyrus to Miley Ray Cyrus. "Ray" is for her grandfather, Ronald Ray Cyrus, whom she was very close to and "Miley" came from her childhood nickname "Smiley", which was shortened to "Miley", that was given to her because of her constant smiling as a young child. Released a 3D concert movie of her Best of Both Worlds Tour on February 1st, 2008. It became the highest grossing Super Bowl weekend release ever. Was ranked #22 on Entertainment Weekly's '30 Under 30' the actress list (2008). Was ranked #1 on TV Guide's Top 10 Teen Star Countdown (2008). Befriended her backup dancer, Mandy Jiroux, while on tour. The two have a Youtube channel called MileyMandy, that they regularly update with new videos. Their show is called "The Miley and Mandy Show". Miley's half-brother, Trace Cyrus, and her Hannah Montana (2006) co-star Mitchel Musso's brother, Mason Musso, are in the band "Metro Station". Godmother is Dolly Parton. Likes the bands Coldplay, Radiohead, and The Killers. Lived in Toronto, Canada where she attended the Armstrong Acting Studio. Was ranked #22 on Moviefone's 'The 25 Hottest Actors Under 25' (2008). On 25 September 2006, the Disney Channel was finally launched in South Africa. The first episode of Hannah Montana (2006) was broadcast on Friday, September 29, 2006, the show immediately became the channel's "Flagship" show. Miley Cyrus is the most recognized Disney Channel star in South Africa with the most DVD releases of the show and 2 versions of her "Best of Both Worlds Concert" - one standard edition and one double disc extended 3-D edition. The extended 3D edition was released on Disney Blu-Ray simultaneously in August 2008. Close friends with Demi Lovato and Ashley Tisdale. Her favorite actresses include Angelina Jolie Pitt, Jodie Foster, and Jennifer Aniston. Loves to ride horses. Likes to watch the TV show Sex and the City (1998). Admirer of Meryl Streep. Her musical influences include John Mayer, Elvis Presley, Rob Thomas, and John Lennon. Participated in the 25th Anniversary Edition of "We Are the World" which was performed in memory of Michael Jackson as well as for relief efforts for the earthquake in Haiti. While performing at the 02 arena in London, she changed the lyric in her song, "Party in the U.S.A.", from "And a Britney (Britney Spears) song was On" to "And a Michael song was On". Michael being referred to Michael Jackson, who was suppose to have performed at the 02 Arena in July of 2009 but passed away before leaving to perform in London. Has 6 known tattoos: one under her left breast which says "Just Breathe" and another one on her ear which says "Love". She has a dream catcher on the right side of her ribcage under her arm, has an outline of a heart on her ring finger on her right hand, and equal sign on her left ring finger, and has a tattoo of an eye on her left index finger. Voted #64 on the 2011 Maxim list "Hot 100" women. Ranked #32 in the British version of FHM "100 Sexiest Women" List (2011). Ranked #89 in the 2011 FHM list of "100 Sexiest Women in the World". Ranked #54 in the 2011 FHM Australia list of "100 Sexiest Women in the World". Lives in Toluca Lake, California, her family bought a house there in 2007. Fan of Britney Spears and considers Britney to be one of her idols. Has had tachycardia since her teens. Engaged to Liam Hemsworth [June 6, 2012]. Auditioned for the Selena Gomez's role in Ramona and Beezus (2010). Ended engagement to Liam Hemsworth [September 16, 2013]. Recording her New album. [January 2007] U.S.A: Recording her new album called "Bangerz". [August 2013] Currently playing "Miley Stewart" in Hannah Montana (2006). [June 2007] Filming Hannah Montana: The Movie (2009) in Franklin, Tennessee. [May 2008] On Gypsy Heart Tour. [April 2011] Currently on tour doing opening singing acts for The Cheetah Girls in concert. [August 2006] Working on her new album Breakout [July 2008] On her Wonder world Tour. [September 2009] Finished her Wonderworld Tour. [January 2010] Working on Hannah Montana: The Movie (2009). [July 2008] Filming for new movie, So Undercover (2012). [February 2011] Filming Season 2 of Hannah Montana (2006). [December 2006] Performing her Wonderworld Tour in the UK. [December 2009] Promoting her new Album. [June 2007] She is based in Los Angeles, California. [April 2008] On her Best of Both Worlds Tour. [October 2007] Release of her book, "Miley Cyrus: Miles to Go" by Miley with Hilary Liftin. Recording a cover of "Everybody Hurts" by R.E.M. with other artists like Mariah Carey to help the victims of the Haiti earthquake. [February 2010] On her first ever European Tour. [March 2007] She has English, along with smaller amounts (to varying degrees) of Scottish, Irish, Welsh, French, Dutch, and German, ancestry. One of Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People in the World. [April 2014]. Ranked #25 on Maxim's "Hot 100" of 2014 list. Voted #1 on the 2013 Maxim list "Hot 100" women. Her song "Party In The U.S.A." was parodied by "Weird Al" Yankovic as "Party In The CIA". Eighteen years earlier, Yankovic parodied her father's "Achy Breaky Heart" as "Achy Breaky Song". This makes Miley the first artist Yankovic has parodied who's also the offspring of an artist he's parodied. Along with smoking weed regularly, she smokes nearly 2 packs of cigarettes a day and chain smokes multiple cigarettes at a time. She said that she cannot think of starting her day without a cigarette. Personal Quotes Pink isn't just a color, it's an attitude! There's no right or wrong, success or failure. I don't look at things as black or white. My life won't be a series of either/ors -- musician or actor, rock or country, straitlaced or rebellious, this or that, yes or no. The real choices in life aren't that simple. I want to be Snooki, I love her. I'm obsessed. She's one of the only people I've asked for an autograph and a picture from because I love her and I'm inspired by her. [on Britney Spears] I love how successful her music is doing right now and [I am] just proud of her. You know, another Southern girl... I love that. [observation, 2013] I'm at a point where it's like I know who I am, but I know that I'm not finished figuring that out, and I know I won't be finished until I'm in the dirt. People are watching like 'Cute cat plays with yarn' for three hours, a lot more than they're watching anyone else's music video. And it's because it makes them happy, it makes them laugh, whatever. I wanted my video to make people laugh 'cause I'm the first one to make jokes about myself. My godmother is Dolly Parton who is constantly making fun of herself. She's like, 'It takes a lot of money to look this cheap, honey'. I wanted the video to be that kind of confident. I really don't like coke (cocaine). It's so gross and so dark. It's like what are you, from the Nineties? Ew. Hopefully my hair grows really quick and next time you see me I'll have a pony down to my butt. I just always want to be different. Everyone else has cut their hair to look just like me, so now I got to do something different. I don't like when you walk in and you see a bunch of other yous. [on being in the spotlight] I said I was going to take a year off before I made this record. But it's hard to take a break. It's almost depressing when you're not working. You're so used to people calling your name, and that energy, and when you don't have it anymore . . . That's why I never complain about people wanting autographs or pictures. Because if there were a few days where no one asked, I'd probably be like, "What the fuck's going on? Do people not like me?" I hate the paparazzi - but when they're not sitting there waiting for you, you're like "Who's bigger news? Who are you trying to get a picture of?" The thing about L.A. is it's pretty much always nice out here. Even when it was 100 the other day, I loved it. It felt good. I worked on my album in Philly, and I would take the train to New York on the weekends, and I'd get off the train and immediately want to die. I would just hate my life. And I'm from Nashville, which is kind of similar - when it's hot, it's fucking miserable. But Nashville, at least it kind of rains in the summer. I don't even remember the last time it rained out here. I always wondered how those big-ass fires start in L.A., and then I'll throw my cigarette out the window or something, and I'm like "There it is." I love animals, but I don't really like riding animals. Like, I don't love being on a horse - it's just not my thing. I feel kinda bad. Like, I just want to pet you. I don't really want to put you to work. But cats - cats are fucking creepy. Oh my God, cats are creepy. Every time I see a cat, I think it's gonna turn on me. It's gonna turn for the worst. I don't ever see loyalty in cats. They're gonna scratch you, and then run away. Same with little dogs. Did you know Yorkies were bred to kill mice in the Queen's palace? I had a Yorkshire Terrier, and if I was a rat, it definitely would have eaten me. And Chihuahuas are the most scary animals on the planet. I'm terrified of Chihuahuas. I want to be the cool chick that everyone wants to be friends with. I want the people who watch my shows or watch my videos to be like, "She looks like the most fun person to hang out with ever. I want to be that girl's best friend. I want to party with her." It's like, if you're hanging out with Beyoncé, it's almost like you're hanging out with a goddess. She's like a real queen. It's a different realm. Where my thing is kind of the opposite. My shtick is I'm the homey. It's coming out soon, so right now I'm listening to it 20,000 times to make sure it's perfect. I have to make sure every detail is perfect. There are albums that people still are listening to, like Michael Jackson's "Bad", because it's so fucking dope. I want people to listen to my album like that. There's a line Ludacris says on my album that goes, "If I die before my time, at least I'll still be living through my music". That's something I've said over and over again. Like, I have one Pixies record that is a time for me - from the time I was 16 until I was 18, the Pixies is all I listened to. And I'm going to be that artist to so many people, so I want to make sure my record is the best it can be. I'm trying to set a new standard for pop music. So it has to live up. I've always dreamed of going into space. I'm going to go at some point. Virgin Galactic is taking a ship up next year - I'm trying to get on there right now. I've got a friend who invested in it, and he can kind of hook it up. I want to be one of the first ones. I thought the only way I would ever be allowed to go to space was if I was an astronaut. I never thought it was gonna be, like, a plane trip. At some point it's gonna be a normal fare. Right now it's like a billion dollars. But at some point it's gonna be like going to Australia. [on her wrecking ball video] It's the opposite of the VMAs. It's like the Sinéad O'Connor video [for "Nothing Compares 2 U"], but, like, the most modern version. I wanted it to be tough but really pretty - that's what Sinead did with her hair and everything. The trick is getting the camera up above you, so it almost looks like you're looking up at someone and crying. I think people are going to hate it, they're going to see my ass and be like, "Oh my God, I can't believe she did that" - and then when we get to the bridge, they're gonna have a little tear and be like, "Fuck you!" I think it will be one of those iconic videos, too. I think it's something that people are not gonna forget. Hopefully an artist 30 years from now will be like, "Yo, you remember that Miley Cyrus video? We gotta do something like that". I like Workaholics (2011) a lot. American Horror Story (2011) is my favorite show - it's so good, so scary. I think I'm gonna start Downton Abbey (2010) next, but I don't know if it's my vibe. I always thought that shit was too hipster. And Breaking Bad (2008) I just got into, but I haven't been able to keep up with it as much. There's just a lot of him coughing. I'm in the first season, and the coughing is driving me crazy. Like, we get it. You're dying. Do you really need a whole two-minute scene of another cough attack? It's too much. In every bad situation, how does he get out? He just starts coughing. It's always weird when things are targeted for young people, yet they're driven by people that are like 40 years too old. It can't be like this 70-year-old Jewish man that doesn't leave his desk all day, telling me what the clubs want to hear. I'm so scared the sky's not going to be blue anymore. It's going to be black from all the shit. I think water's, like, a really important thing. I'm like: 'Dude, you're 30. Like, why can't someone see a picture of your [breasts]? People that judge me or say that I'm crazy, they don't know half the stuff that their kids are doing.

Kim Kardashian

Kim Kardashian was born on October 21, 1980, in Beverly Hills, California. In recent years, the she has garnered a Paris Hilton-like celebrity status thanks to her curvaceous style, a hit reality TV show, a string of workout DVDs, and last, but not least, a scandalous video showcasing her sexual exploits with former boyfriend, rapper Ray J. In 2006, she opened a boutique with her sisters, Kourtney and Khloe.

Growing Up in Beverly Hills

Born on October 21, 1980, in Beverly Hills, California, Kim Noel Kardashian is a model, reality television star, entrepreneur and socialite. She is the second of four children born to the late Robert Kardashian and his first wife, Kris. In recent years, the petite, dark haired beauty has garnered a Paris Hilton-like celebrity status thanks to her curvaceous style, a hit reality TV show, a string of workout DVDs, and last, but not least, a scandalous video showcasing her sexual exploits with former boyfriend, rapper Ray J.

Kardashian, it seems, is almost wired for fame. A preschool classmate of Paris Hilton, she grew up under the glare and privilege of Beverly Hills, getting an up-close view of Hollywood's pleasures and pitfalls. Her father, the founder of Movie Tunes, Inc., a music and marketing company, was a prominent attorney. A close friend for many years of O.J. Simpson, Robert was one of the football star's defense lawyers during his murder trial. In fact, it was the attorney's home that Simpson left during the famous Ford Bronco police chase shortly before his arrest. Robert Kardashian died from cancer of the esophagus in October 2003.

Kardashian's mother, Kris, a children's boutique shop owner and TV personality, travels in celebrity circles herself. In 1991, two years after divorcing Robert, she married 1976 Olympic star, Bruce Jenner. The couple has two children together.

According to Kardashian, her childhood was hardly the stuff of stardom. Sunday church was regular part of family life. So was the expectation among the Kardashian children that, once they each reached the age of 18, living off the family dime was no longer an option. While attending an exclusive Catholic girls' high school, Kim Kardashian worked for her father's company. When he died, the corporation was left to her and her siblings. They've since sold it. "We grew up with privilege so we knew our standards were high ... [and] if we wanted to keep it, we had to work hard," she once said.

For Kim Kardashian, that has translated into a number of different things, from wardrobe stylist to actress. She's even stepped into the business world herself, forming Kimsaprincess Productions, LLC., which has seen the release of three successful workout videos starring—you guessed it—Kim Kardashian.

In 2006, Kardashian went back into business with her family when she and her two sisters opened the boutique shop D-A-S-H (derived from the family's last name) in Calabasas, California. A showcase of the owners' own personal styles, the store features some of the sisters' favorite American designers.

Infamous Video

But it was with R&B singer Ray J., whom she dated for three years, which sparked the most attention. In early 2007, a video of Kardashian and the rapper in bed made it into the hands of Vivid Entertainment, a large adult film company. Vivid, which paid $1 million for rights to the 30-minute tape, widely promoted the release of the video, which it called Kim Kardashian Superstar. Kardashian quickly countered with legal action, suing for invasion of privacy. But in May 2007, three months after the video's debut, she agreed to a $5 million settlement.

"It definitely puts you in a category that I would wish upon no one," Kim Kardashian later said on The Tyra Banks Show. "Your reputation is all that you have, and if people prejudge you over something that you did, than that kind of sticks with you a long time."

Reality TV Star: 'Keeping up with the Kardashians'

Around the time of the video's release, Kardashian started making her way onto the television screen for something completely different, when the E! Network debuted a new reality TV series called Keeping up with the Kardashians.

Produced by American Idol host Ryan Seacrest, the show follows the lives of Kim; her sisters, Kourtney and Khloe; brother Robert Jr.; mother Kris Jenner; stepfather Bruce Jenner; and the two young daughters of Kris and Bruce, Kendall and Kylie. In one memorable episode from the first season, Kim discusses with her family an offer from Playboy to appear nude in the magazine. Kardashian eventually agreed to do it, and bared it all for the publication in the December 2007 issue.

Which, in a way, represents just how far Kardashian has come in terms of confidence about her own body. A big part of the Kardashian brand is her curves, something she wasn't always so enamored with, she admits. "I used to say my prayers before bed, and pray I would stop developing," she toldPlayboy. That's apparently changed. "You always see the typical skinny models and I'm not that and I'm proud not to be that," she stated following the shoot.

Since then, Kim Kardashian's celebrity status has only grown. The woman who became the most Googled celebrity in 2008, ending Britney Spears's four-year-run, signed on to become the face of Bongo Jeans in 2008. In March 2009, Kardashian launched a shoe shopping service that taps into the expertise of Hollywood's most revered stylists. In addition, there are plans for the debut of her own perfume line.

Romantic Life

As a reality television star, Kardashian's love life has been the subject of intense media interest. She was only 20 years old when she wed music producer Damon Thomas in 2000. The marriage ended after four years. Following her divorce, Kardashian had a string of high profile boyfriends, including singer Nick Lachey and New Orleans Saints running back, Reggie Bush.

In 2010, Kardashian had a whirlwind courtship with pro basketball player Kris Humphries. The pair married in a lavish, televised ceremony the following August in front of more than 400 guests. But wedded bliss would be short-lived for Kardashian and Humphries. Kardashian filed for divorce after only 72 days of marriage. Humphries sought an annulment instead and claimed that the marriage was a fraud. In April 2013, it was announced that Kardashian and Humphries had settled their divorce, avoiding a long-awaited trial that had been scheduled to take place in May 2013.

While her divorce proceedings were dragging on, however, in early 2012, Kardashian became involved with famed rapper Kanye West. In December 2012, the couple revealed that they were expecting their first child together. Kardashian posted on her blog, "It's true!! Kanye and I are expecting a baby. We feel so blessed and lucky." She and West welcomed a daughter on June 15, 2013, in Los Angeles, California. A few days after the child's birth, it was revealed that the couple had decided to name their daughter North and call her "Nori."

On October 21, 2013, Kardashian and West got engaged on her 33rd birthday. West proposed to her at the AT&T baseball stadium in San Francisco, which he rented out for the occasion. The couple tied the knot the following May. They held their rehearsal dinner at a famed French landmark Versailles. The ceremony itself was held on May 24, 2014, in Forte di Belvedere, a historic fortress, in Florence, Italy. Her stepfather, Bruce Jenner, walked her down the aisle as famed vocalist Andrea Bocelli sang "Con te Partiro." In addition to her family, Kardashian and West were joined by such celebrities as director Steven McQueen and actor Jaden Smith on their special day.

In the 10th season of her reality series, Kardashian documented her desire to get pregnant again, and her struggles with fertility issues. In May 2015, she revealed in a teaser for her show that she was pregnant with her and West's second child. The couple welcomed their son, Saint West, on December 5, 2015.

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