DANCING THROUGH THE WORDS:SHAKIRA

          Shakira Isabelle Mebarak Ripoll, or known as her stage name Shakira, was born on February 2, 1977. She is 37 years old. She was born at Barranquilla, Columbia. She works as a singer, songwriter, a record producer, dancer, philanthropist, entrepreneur, and model. She is in business since 1990 until now. She has a net worth of $200 million. Her zodiac sign is Aquarius. She partnered Antonio del Rual from 2000 to 2010. And Gerrard Pique from 2010 up to present. Her parents are Nidia Ripoll and William Mebarak Ripoll.

          Her music genres are pop, Latin pop, rock en espanol, dance and folk. She can play guitars and drums. She's labeled in Columbia, Epic-live Nation, RCA, Sony Music Latin. She won MTV Video Music Awards, 2 Grammy awards, 8 Latin Grammy awards, 7 billboards music awards, 28 billboard Latin music awards, nominated in Golden-Globe Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame and she is one of the best-selling artists of all time for her songs "Whenever, Wherever" and "hips don't Lie". She is also the 58th most powerful woman in the world by Forks, as of 2014.

          She wrote her first poem at the age of 4 entitled Crystal Rose. As she was growing, she idolized her father that was writing stories on a type-writer. Because of this, she also asked one for a Christmas gift. She got a typewriter when she was seven and started making poems. Her poems eventually evolved into songs. She wrote her first song at eight and signed her first record deal at the age of thirteen.

          Now, she participates in the Pies Descalzos Foundation, for native Columbia. She is also a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador. But before she became this famous, she saw poor Colombian children and said "One day, I'm going to help these kids when I become a famous artist".