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Selena
Selena
early life
Quotes: "Selena Marie Gomez was born in Grand Prairie, Texas, on July 22, 1992, to
Amanda Cornett and Ricardo Gomez. Her mother, commonly known as Mandy, gave birth to
Gomez at the age of 16."
Paraphrasing: Slena was born in Grand Prairie Texas. She live in texas with her mom after
her parents get a divorced.
Source: "Selena Gomez." Newsmakers. Vol. 1. Detroit: Gale, 2010. N. pag. Biography in
Context. Web. 20 Mar. 2015.
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Focused on Music
Quotes: "When she was 16 years old, she signed a recording deal with Hollywood Records, a
subsidiary of Disney. While Gomez had contributed a few songs to various soundtracks over
the years and performed the theme song to Wizards, she focused on making her first fulllength album something on which to build a career.""Not wanting to be a solo artist, she
formed a band known as Selena Gomez & the Scene and began recording in her spare
time." "It's what I've gone through with heartache, friendships, and things like that. I want
my fans to know me a little bit better after they hear this record."
Paraphrasing: She was 16 when she signed a reocord deal with Hollywods Recordes she she
did sound tracks and she wanted to do a full-lenght album so that will make her career
bulid.She didnt want to be a solo artist at first so she formed a band together and they began
recoreding on there spare time. She but her past in to her muisc at forst so her fans know
more about her and what she been throw with friendship and other thing.
Source: "Selena Gomez." Newsmakers. Vol. 1. Detroit: Gale, 2010. N. pag. Biography in
Context. Web. 20 Mar. 2015.
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Selena Gomezs Lupus: Why She Wants To Keep Her Struggles Private
Quotes: Selena will not be happy that this is out there, she really wanted to keep this to
herself, the source says. She doesnt want it to effect peoples opinions of her and what
shes capable of. This is her own personal business and she wants to keep it that way.Of
course, any fan of Selena will love and support her through this and its completely
understandable that Selena would want to keep some of her personal life private. Still,
another source confirmed EXCLUSIVELY that Selena isnt just worried about public
opinion shes embarrassed!
Paraphrasing: She was not happy that it came out that she had lupus because she wanted to
keep it to herself. She did not want there opinions about her to change
Source: "Selena Gomez's Lupus: Why She Wants To Keep Her Struggles Private."
Hollywood Life. N.p., 27 Dec. 2013. Web. 23 Mar. 2015.
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Source: "Selena Gomez." Newsmakers. Vol. 1. Detroit: Gale, 2010. N. pag. Biography in
Context. Web. 20 Mar. 2015