SHAKIRA

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Date of birth- 2 February 1977

Location-Barranquilla, Colombia

Grammy-winning Latina rock singer Shakira was born in Barranquilla, Colombia...

Sometimes Credited As:
Shakira Mebarak

Trivia Announced engagement to Antonio de la Rua, son of the present President of Argentina. [March 2001] Is the youngest of eight siblings. Shakira is Arabic for "grateful" or "full of grace." Is of Colombian and Lebanese heritage Named her album "Laundry Service" because when she is in love she feels "clean and fresh" Has an IQ of 140! Fluent in Portuguese, Italian, and English, in addition to Spanish and Arabic Hates to wear jewelry. Her Lebanese grandmother taught her the art of Arabian Belly Dancing so she can stay true to her middle eastern roots. Has perfect pitch (the ability to recognize any note upon hearing it or sing any note without prior to hearing it)

Her manager for Latin America, Patricia Tellez, the woman who helped her go from being local artist to Grammy-winning global artist, died of a heart attack in Bogota on 17 August 2004.
Ranked #9 in Stuff magazine's "102 Sexiest Women in the World" (2002).
She likes chocolate balls.
Father's name is William Mebarak Chadid and mother's name is Nidia del Carmen Ripolli Torrado.
Her mother is half Colombian and half Italian and her father is American with Lebanese ancestry.
She has 5 half brothers Alberto, Edward, Moises, Tonino and Robin and 3 half sisters Ana, Lucy and Patricia.
Steven Spielberg offered her the role of Elena Montero in The Mask of Zorro (1998) back when he was originally in talks to direct it. But, she turned the offer down because she felt that not only was she a bad actress, but her English wasn't good enough.