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Full Name:Christina Maria Aguilera
Birthday: December 18,1980
Place of Birth: Staten Island, NY, USA
Hometown: Wexford, Pennsylvania, USA
Ancestral Origin: Of Irish and Ecuadorian descent
Height: 5'2"
Weight: 102 lbs
Dress size: 2
True hair color: Blonde
True eye color: Blue (She wears contacts.)
Sign: Sagittarius
Love life: Currently single.
Influences: The Sound Of Music, Whitney Houston,
Etta James and Billie Holiday
Fav Colors: Powder Pink White
Fav Sport: Baseball
Hobbies & Interests: Shopping, watching movies,
music, dancing, sports
Family:
Father: Fausto Aguilera
(Worked in military)
Mother: Shelly Kearns
(Professional violin and piano player)
Parents are divorced.
Stepfather: James Kearns
Christina has one sister, Rachel - 14, one brother Michael - 4,
and a stepbrother, Casey and steps
Trivia:
- Her mother is Irish and her father is Ecuadorian.
- Won a Grammy for "Best New Artist" in February 2000.
- Made the Top 20 in FHM Magazine's 100 Sexiest Women. [2001]
- Christina announced that she will star in TV commercials for
Coke, which were slated to appear in the United States in May
2001 and continue throughout the summer. The Coke campaign also
offered a $1,000,000 grand prize for a sweepstakes as well as
the opportunity to meet the pop princess and hang out with her
during a video taping. Christina previously starred in commercials
for Coke which aired solely in Latin America. The ads were such
a success that Coca-Cola decided to run new ads featuring Christina
Aguilera in the U.S. [March 2001]
- Attended North Allegheny High School in Wexford, a suburb of
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
- Aguilera, sued Warlock Records, Platinum Recording Group and
producers Robert Allecca and Michael Brown to prevent them from
releasing "Just Be Free", a demo compilation she recorded
when she was just 14 years old. [May 2001]
- Won the world's best selling Latin female artist at the World
Music Awards. Christina also performed her #1 world-wide smash
hit 'Nobody wants to be lonely' with Ricky Martin at the ceremony.
[2001]
- Formerly dated backup dancer Jorge Santos (IV). Christina co-wrote
her song "Infatuation" about the relationship.
- For two seasons, Christina appeared on The New Mickey Mouse
Club which furthered her desire to record an album before she
graduated from high school.
- Nominated for 6 MTV Video Music Awards. So far in her career
she has received 11 nominations. [July 2001]
- In 1994, several labels, including RCA, passed on the opportunity
to sign Christina Aguilera. Undaunted, she left for Japan to jump-start
her career on distant shores.
- With her co-performers, won two awards at the 2001 MTV Video
Music Awards for "Lady Marmalade." One was for the prestigious
'Best Video Of The Year' award and the other for the 'Best Song
From A Movie Soundtrack' award (Moulin Rouge).
- Host of the second annual Latin Grammy awards show. [September
2001]
- Won two Latin Grammy awards at the first annual Latin Grammy
awards show. [2000]
- Co-hosted the 2001 Radio Music Awards in Las Vegas with Ricky
Martin. [October 26, 2001]
- Voice range is four octaves.
- After vowing the crowd at a Pittsburgh charity banquet, 11-year-old
Christina landed offers to sing the national anthem for the Penguins,
Pirates, and Steelers.
- Her contract requests she gets various health foods and Flintstones
chewable vitamins. Also soft drinks such as Coca Cola and Nesquik
but not Pepsi or anything diet. [2000]
- Although she is half-Ecuadorian and has released a Spanish album,
she is not fluent in Spanish.
- Attended Marshall Middle School in Wexford, PA.
- Will be releasing an album in October 2002. The first single
from her album, "Dirrty", will be released in mid-September.
- Won the 2002 Grammy (best collaboration) with Lil' Kim, Mya,
& Pink for her work in the 'Moulin Rouge' song 'Lady Marmalade'.
- Appeared in the musical "The Pussycat Dolls".
- Co-wrote fourteen songs on her latest album, "Stripped".
- Attended Rochester Area Elementary School in Rochester, Pennsylvania.
- Has 4 siblings: Michael, Casey, Rachel and Stephanie.
- Above all sports, she prefers baseball and volleyball.
- Considers Julie Andrews, Whitney Houston, Etta James and Billie
Holiday as her most important musical influences.
- Was named Godmother, "Madrina", for the second generation
of students on the Mexican TV reality-talent show called, "La
Academia".
- (November 2002) Released her latest album, "Stripped"
(predominantly an R&B album), on October 29, 2002.
Other Appearances
Vocal work, song "Reflections" soundtrack
for Mulan (1998)
Sang the Star Spangled Banner for the Pittsburgh Penguins during
their Stanley Cup Playoff Winning years
Music single "Genie in a Bottle" (1999)
Sings "Reflection" on the Mulan songtrack.
TV Commercial for sonicnet.com (2000)
Music video for Ricky Martin: "Nobody Wants To Be Lonely"
TV commercial for Coca-Cola (2001)
Co-host of the 2001 Radio Music Awards with Ricky Martin.
Music video for "Lady Marmalade", which she sang with
Mya, Pink and Lil Kim.
(2002) Music video for her song "Dirty."
