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At age 11, she was the youngest person to perform the national anthem at a major sporting event at the time.
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She gave birth to her son Max in a hospital room next to Nicole Richie, who was delivering her daughter Harlow at the same time.
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She maintained a close friendship with actress Brittany Murphy for many years until Murphy’s death from pneumonia on December 20, 2009, at age 32.
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She co-wrote Kelly Clarkson’s debut single Miss Independent.
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She launched her own shoe line manufactured by ES Originals; the shoe box doubles as a CD holder or picture frame.
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Her groundbreaking music video for Dirrty cost an estimated $5 million to produce.
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She was best friends with Britney Spears during their time on The All New Mickey Mouse Club.
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She has two children: son Max Bratman born January 12, 2008 with ex-husband Jordan Bratman, and daughter Summer Rutler born August 16, 2014 with fiancé Matthew Rutler.
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She has filed over 450 trademark applications with the US Patent and Trademark Office for items including lingerie, crayons, skiwear, ropes, and handcuffs.
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Her song Beautiful won the 2004 Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance.
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Rolling Stone magazine declared her Dirrty video the most played music video of all time.
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She pronounces her last name as Ah-GEE-leh-ra, not Ah-Gwe-leh-ra or Ah-Guh-leh-ra.
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On December 21, 2003, she visited and donated $200,000 to the Women’s Center and Shelter of Greater Pittsburgh, a domestic abuse shelter.
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She won the 2002 Grammy for Best Pop Collaboration with Lil’ Kim, Mya, and P!nk for their version of Lady Marmalade from the film Moulin Rouge!.
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Sharon Stone and Justin Timberlake were among the 130 guests at her wedding to Jordan Bratman.
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In a recent interview, she stated that she had removed all her piercings except for the one in her right nipple.
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She appeared on Maxim magazine’s Hot 100 Women list every year from 2000 to 2011, including the No. 1 spot in 2003; her 11-year streak is likely a record.
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She received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 6901 Hollywood Boulevard on November 15, 2010.
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Her preferred sports are baseball and volleyball.
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She attended Rochester Area Elementary School in Rochester, Pennsylvania.
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She became engaged to Matthew Rutler on February 14, 2014 Valentine’s Day.
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For two seasons, she appeared on The All New Mickey Mouse Club, which strengthened her desire to record an album before graduating high school.
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In 1994, several labels including RCA passed on signing her; undaunted, she moved to Japan to jump-start her career.
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She won a Grammy Award for Best New Artist.
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Her most important musical influences include Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston, Etta James, and Billie Holiday.
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She lived in Japan for three years before joining The All New Mickey Mouse Club.
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Her mother, Shelly Kearns, was voted the second-best showbiz mother in an In Touch magazine poll, behind Justin Timberlake’s mother.
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She appears as an NPC in The Sims: Superstar expansion pack.
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Her father, Fausto, was an Ecuadorian-born U.S. Army sergeant who separated from her mother Shelly when Christina was six.
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She considers legendary singer Etta James her idol.
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She starred in television commercials for Coca-Cola in 2001, which aired in the United States and Latin America.
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Her satin thong from her Maxim magazine cover fetched $1,542.69 on eBay, along with a bottle of pool water and a note from a BBC Radio 1 host.
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Her last name is Spanish for eyrie.
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She won the World Music Award for World’s Best Selling Latin Female Artist and performed Nobody Wants to Be Lonely with Ricky Martin.
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Her Fighter video received six nominations at the 2004 Music Video Production Association awards.
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She is mentioned in Eminem’s song The Real Slim Shady and spoofed in the song’s music video.
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She is good friends with Lil’ Kim and Lee Jung-hyun.
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After wowing the crowd at a Pittsburgh charity banquet at age 11, she received offers to sing the national anthem for the Penguins, Pirates, and Steelers.
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Her genital piercings set off metal detectors at an airport in 2003, requiring her to identify them to security.
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She returned to work as a mentor on The Voice three months after giving birth to her daughter Summer.
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Her contract riders include health foods, Flintstones chewable vitamins, Coca Cola, and Nesquik, but not Pepsi or diet drinks.
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Her mother Shelly has English, German, Irish, Scots-Irish, French, Welsh, and Dutch ancestry; her father Fausto is Ecuadorian.
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She is mentioned in the song Riot Girl by Good Charlotte.
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She has four tattoos: Xtina on the back of her neck, one on her left waist, one on her left wrist, and Te Amo Siempre on her arm.
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She graduated from North Allegheny High School in Wexford, Pennsylvania, in 1999.
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She loves Disney princess films The Little Mermaid and Mulan.
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She was nominated for five Grammy Awards in 2003, including Song of the Year for Beautiful.
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She collaborated with Fetish cosmetics to release her own line of makeup.
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She was named Glamour magazine’s first Woman of the Year in 2004.
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She made the Top 20 in FHM magazine’s 100 Sexiest Women list.
