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Full name: Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll.
Artistic name: Shakira.
DOB: February 2, 1977.
Birthplace: Barranquilla, Colombia.
Zodiac sign: Aquarius.
Height: 5'2".
Weight: 106.
Parents: William Mebarak and Nidia Ripoll.
Siblings: 7 - Tonino, Alberto, Robin, Edward, Moisés, Ana, Patricia, and Lucy.
Schooling: High school at La Enseñanza de Barranquilla, professional modeling at the Passarella school in Barranquilla, and 2 years of gymnastics at Coldeporte Atlantico.
Career Development: At 5 years old, she started to write poems, at 8 she composed her first song, at 14 she recorded her first CD which was titled titled MAGIA (Magic), at 16 she recorded PELIGRO (Danger), and later represented Colombia in the prestigious Viña del Mar festival at which she won third place with her song Eres. At 17 she was the leading character of the soap opera El Oasis together with Pedro Rendón, and she sang the theme song which was composed by Estefano. That year she also won The Best Ass on Television 1994. At 18 she recorded and released Pies Descalzos and at 21 she released Donde Estan los Ladrones?. During these las 3 years she became the most award-winning Colombian artist in the whole
world, and the one with the most CDs sold.
Marital status: Single.
Favorite actor: Hugh Grant.
Book on her nighstand: El Profeta (The Prophet), by Khalil Gibran G.
Favorite author: Oriana Falacci.
Colors: Black and white.
Perfume: Agua D'issein Myoke.
Flowers: Daisies and sunflowers.
Fruit: Unripe mango with salt.
Favorite food: Mojarra frita con patacón, middle eastern food, and seafood.
Sweets: Chocolate.
Groups: The Police and U2.
Song: With or Without You, from U2.
Best Friend: Her mother.
How she likes to dress: In informal clothes.
Who is her platonic love: Lorenzo Lamas.
Boyfriends she's had: Oscar Ulloa, Oscar Pardo, Gustavo Gordillo, and Osvaldo Ríos
If she weren't a singer what would she like to do: Psychology or astronomy.
Before being a singer she was an: Actress, middle eastern dancer, and model.
Sleeping position: Fetal.
What does she do before bed: Talk with God and makes the sign of the cross.
What does she do before going onstage: Repeat Psalm 91.
Does she believe in marriage? Yes.
How would she like to get married: In white and near the beach.
What does she believe in: In God.
Favorite phrase: "Wait, wait," or "Put up with it" or when she loves someone a lot, "You're sweet."
Achilles heel: She's very sensitive and a crybaby.
How she likes her cars: Comfy.
Hobbies: Painting.
What she would write on her tombstone: "I have here the woman who wanted to do many things but time did
not permit her."
Soccer Team: Junior de Barranquilla.
Defect: Is unorganized.
Her best virtue: Is disciplined and perfectionistic
Comic strip: Pink Panther.
Person that she admires: Oriana Falacci.
Artist that she admires: Gloria Estefan.
The best virtue in a man: Honesty.
The worst defect in a man: That he's a liar.
A vice: Listening to music.
Body part that she most likes: Her eyes.
Body part that she least likes: Her hands.
Her biggest sadness: When 3 girls died in Barranquila, her native city, during her first big concert.
Her goal: To be more than a passing fad, to transcend.
She would like to reincarnate as: A panther.
What she loves the most: Her family.
What she loves: Perserverence.
What she hates: The ugly details.
How she defines love: It's the motor of life.
Historical personality that she admires: Jesus Christ.
Her ideal man: His looks are unimportant, he should be a prince, but not Prince Charming, a prince by her own standards, that is intelligent and enterprising, and, most importantly, that she can look him in the eye and discover that he is transparent and honest.
What she doesn't like to do: Put on makeup, be an understudy, and pack her suitcase.
Inspiration comes to her: On the airplane and in the wee hours of the morning
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