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Shakira
Shakira Ripoll was born on February
2, 1977, in Colombia. She was the only daughter of a
well-respected jeweller and his wife. In naming the newborn daughter, her
mother chose from several names, containing the letter “K”. She thought
about Karime and Katiuska but finally chose Shakira. It’s an Arabic name
which comes from the word “Shukram” meaning “Grace”. So Shakira’s full
name is translated as “a woman of Grace”.
When Shakira was a child, her mother
discovered that the girl had a gift for learning. Shakira knew the
alphabet by the age of eighteen months and at three she knew how to read.
By the time she was four, she was ready for school. School was not just a
place where little Shakira learnt her arithmetic and geography. There she
began to understand such great things as kindness, love, trust, and other
human ideals. She realized what real friendship was and how much her
family meant to her. Later it helped her to decide what to do with the
big money she earned.
Shakira loved attention and wished
to find a way to get it. She sang a lot for her schoolmates and teachers.
However, the music teacher told her that she sounded “like a goat”.
Shakira wasn’t too upset about it and soon found a more original way to
become the centre of attention. It was dancing. It helped her to express
herself and become famous in school. What is interesting is that no one
had ever taught her to dance.
In school Shakira was disciplined,
but absent-minded. She was usually writing lyrics for her songs on the
back of her notebooks. However, Shakira was a good student because she
was a quick learner and could understand her teachers’ explanations
faster than others.
As soon as the bell rang after
class, Shakira was the first one to run and get in line for the
cafeteria. She usually bought a pepsi, a hamburger and something sweet,
like a muffin or a piece of cake. She seldom took a packed lunch from
home. Though Shakira was a lover of fast food, she had no weight
problems, as she loved dancing.
When she was eight, Shakira's father
lost all his money because his business went bankrupt. For a while
Shakira had to stay with her relatives in Los Angeles. When the girl
returned, she was shocked to see almost everything that her family had
had been sold. She later said: "In my childish head, this was the
end of the world."
To show her that things could be
worse, her father took her to a local park to see the homeless children.
What she saw shocked her deeply and she said to herself: "One day
I’m going to help these poor kids when I become a famous singer or
dancer".
Between the ages of ten and thirteen
Shakira was invited to various dance events and became very popular in
the area. It was at this time that Shakira met a local theatre producer,
who was impressed with her performance and as a result tried to help her
career. This woman organized a meeting with the managers of the Sony
company. After Shakira sang, they decided to sign a contract for three
albums with the talented girl.
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