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NAME:	Shakira
PROFILE:	Name: Shakira Birth Name: Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll Height: 4' 11" Sex: F Nationality: Colombian Birth Date: February 2, 1977 Birth Place: Barranquilla, Colombia Profession: Musician Education: La Ensenanza School in Barranquilla Relationship: Antonio de la Rúa (son of former President of Argentina, Fernando de la Rúa; dated since 2000; engaged in March 2001) Father: William Mebarak Chadid Mother: Nidia del Carmen Ripoll Torrado Half Sister: Ana, Lucy (older; surgeon), Patricia (special education teacher) Half Brother: Alberto (older; lawyer), Edward (younger), Moises (older), Tonino (younger; Shakira's road manager), Robin Cousin: Valerie Dominguez Tarud (fashion designer and Miss Colombia 2006) Claim to fame: Her album Laundry Service with the worldwide hit 'Whenever, Wherever' and single 'Underneath Your Clothes' in 2001 Contact: Click here
GOSSIP:	Is donating $45 million to help areas in Latin America plagued by problems still in existence. (September 2007) Breaks the record for the largest audience at a public concert in Mexico City - More than 200,000 fans came to see her performance, beating the previous record of 170,000 fans of local band Cafi Tacuba in 2005. (May 27, 2007) Along with famous novelist Gabriel Garcia Marquez, she formed the foundation ALAS, the Latin America In Solidarity Action, to combat the awful conditions that kill 350,000 children in the Panama region each year. (December 13, 2006) Will donate the proceeds from a concert in her hometown Barranquilla to build an arts school for 1,800 children who became homeless as a result of Colombia's civil war. (October 7, 2006) Her hit ''Hips Don't Lie,'' featuring rap artist Wyclef Jean, became the most played song in pop radio history. (June 7, 2006) Closed the 2006 World Cup of football at Olympic stadium in Berlin, with a show before the final match in July 2006 Is to become the first pop star to release a single only as a mobile-phone download. (March 20, 2006) Is set to be honored with a giant steel statue in her hometown of Barranquilla. (March 20, 2006) Fired her beauty staff after deciding she had become too obsessed with her appearance. (March 8, 2006) Denies rumors that she and Robbie Williams have been sharing nights of passion in LA, insisting that they are just friends and that she is happily in love with her Argentinean fiance of four years, Antonio De La Rua. (March 3, 2006) Does not think of herself as a feminist, just that she is a strong woman with masculine qualities. Once so concerned about the size of her breasts, she has finally decided against having plastic surgery, insisting she is happy being natural. (January 30, 2006) Is reportedly selling her $6m beach mansion in Miami. (January 24, 2006) Was no. 8 on Blackwell's list of worst-dressed women of 2005. Admits that she is very shy about her body and that her sexy videos do not represent her as the kind of woman she is. (November 15, 2005) MORE SHAKIRA TRIVIA
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