Selena Quintanilla-Perez, was an American singer, songwriter, spokesperson, model, actress, and fashion designer. She was called the Queen of Tejano music, her contributions to music and fashion made her one of the most celebrated Mexican-American entertainers. Selena was born on April 16, 1971 and died of a gunshot wound on March 31, 1995. Furthermore, in the 1980s, Selena was often criticized and was refused bookings at venues across Texas for performing Tejano music—a male-dominated music genre. However, her popularity grew after she won the Tejano Music Award for Female Vocalist of the Year in 1987, which she won nine consecutive times. Selena signed with EMI Latin in 1989 and released her self-titled debut album the same year, while her …show more content…
Pérez and Selena hid their relationship, fearing Quintanilla, Jr. would try to break it up. Selena's sister Suzette, found Selena and Pérez flirting with each other and immediately informed their father. Quintanilla, Jr. took Pérez off the bus and told him his relationship with Selena was over. Selena and Pérez continued their relationship despite Quintanilla, Jr's disapproval; yet Quintanilla, Jr. saw Selena and Pérez romantically together again on the bus after he informed them of his disapproval once more; he pulled over and an argument between Quintanilla, Jr. and Selena ensued. After his dismissal, Pérez and Selena secretly continued their relationship. On the morning of April 2, 1992, Selena and Pérez decided to elope, believing Quintanilla, Jr. would never approve of their relationship. Selena thought Quintanilla, Jr. would have to accept them if they were married, and would not have to …show more content…
Quintanilla, Jr. later approached Pérez, apologized, accepted the marriage, and took Pérez back into the band. Aside from music, in 1994 Selena began designing and manufacturing a line of clothing; she opened two boutiques called Selena Etc., one in Corpus Christi and the other in San Antonio. Both were equipped with in-house beauty salons. She was in negotiations to open more stores in Monterrey, Mexico, and Puerto Rico. Yolanda Saldívar, managed both boutiques after the Quintanilla family were impressed with the way she managed the fan club. The Quintanilla family appointed Saldívar, as manager of Selena's boutiques in early 1994. Eight months later, Selena signed Saldívar as her registered agent in San Antonio, Texas. After the agreement, Saldívar moved from San Antonio to Corpus Christi to be closer to Selena. In December 1994, the boutiques began to suffer after the number of staff for both stores had decreased. According to staff members, Saldívar often dismissed employees she personally disliked. Employees at the stores regularly complained about Saldívar's behavior to Selena, who dismissed the claims, believing Saldívar would not negatively impose
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In the article “The Myth of a Latina Women: I Just Met a Girl Named Maria”, Judith Ortiz Cofer uses her background as a Puerto Rican to highlight the disrespect that Latina woman face in a society that does not understand their value. Overall, Cofer argues that the derogatory views placed in the Hispanic culture has led to the creation of various stereotypes that cause Latina women to have a lack of opportunities, to be mistakenly categorized, and be devalued. Cofer proves her point through various life experiences in which she has been stereotyped, as well as through her personal background.
Maria’s first role was in the film “Ruletero a toda marcha”,as a nurse. She also was in another film “El rey del tomate”, which also starred Eulalio González.The film “My Memories of Mexico”, Maria got her first credited role it was minor. Other films Velasco starred in we're Los derechos de los hijos, El revólver sangriento, and El
Influence information and source: Ozuna is 25 years old March 13,1992. San Juan, Puerto Rico. Yomary Rosado Marrero Ozuna's mother. Jacob Andrés Ozuna Meléndez is ozuna dad. Ozuna First song was igual Como Tú (2012). Ozuna began writing songs at age 12. He made his debut as a singer in 2012 with the song "Imaginando". In 2014, he signed a recording contract with Golden Family Records and began to publish his songs on YouTube. In that same year, he started his ongoing popular streak with the song "Si No Te Quiere", originally featuring rapper D.OZi. This song was
There are many times throughout the book that I believe they are directed toward God or the supernatural. For example, as the father and son are on their journey on the road they get 'lucky' quit a few times. When they were starving they found a house full of food and later on found a flare gun and blankets. Each of these times that they seemed to get 'lucky', I believe that they were miracles from God. Another thing is when the father found the flare gun on the boat and said that the boat was named "Pajaro de Esperanza" which means bird of hope. In the bible the dove symbolizes a bird of hope and that could have been a sign that they were going to be okay. Something else is when the father is dying and looks at the book it says "He watched
She was born in 1970. She has lived in United States since then. In 1976 she started the school life. She has been being in the dancing life since 1988. She has already made movies since 1985. She has got a good life since 2005. In 1997 she has become famous Latina. She has been working as an actor since 1986. She has loved music and dancing since she was a child. She has been married for six
In some cases, particularly in a minority group, talking about one’s sexual lives are not common. Nonetheless, many people believe that when it comes to sex, people has the freedom to make choices to who and when to be sexually active. Most of the time, race, gender, and sexuality shaped sexual agency by influencing their decisions towards their sexual lives. In this essay, I will discuss how Filipinas and Latinas are influenced by their race, gender, and sexuality when it comes to their sexual agency.
Maria Izquierdo was born in 1902. She was born in in San Juan de los Lagos, Jalisco, however, she spent her childhood in Torreon, Coahuila. She got married in 1916 at age 14 but shortly divorced in 1927 eleven years later. She went to school at the San Carlos Academy of Mexico city, where she was taught by Manuel Toussaint and Rufino Tamayo in 1928. After this, she enrolled in the National College of Visual Arts, but she was still also being taught by Manuel Toussaint and Rufino Tamayo until 1933. "Information about María Izquierdo, Great Mexican Painter." Explorando México. Explorando Mexico, n.d. Web. 03 Nov. 2016.
Meta description: A multicultural and multicolored tradition in downtown L.A., La Fiesta de las Flores’ tropical pageantry is a celebration of the Mexican-American community.
The film Selena, directed by Gregory Nava is a fantastic portrayal of Selena, American singer, songwriter, spokesperson, model, actress, and fashion designer. Selena is known as the queen of Tejano music and to this day she is one of the top selling Latin artists. She started out at the age of ten in her family band Selena y Los Dinos which gave her the confidence to be able to rise to stardom. Growing up Selena only spoke english but later on her father pushed her to learn to sing in spanish which made her music all the more beautiful. Tragically, Selena was murdered by her own friend and manager Yolanda Saldívar On March 31, 1995 over an argument about the theft of money.
As a child Jennifer loved to sing and dance and immediately her parents recognized her talent and enthusiasm for performing so they the enrolled her in dance classes. Her mother, Guadalupe, said "Jennifer always loved to sing, but she was also a great actress and knew that she would have a bright future ahead of her.” Jennifer grew up, very close to her family, she even bought her mother a Cadillac with the
To help me understand and analyze a different culture, I watched the film Selena. The film tells the life story of the famous singer Selena Quintanilla-Pérez. Not only does it just tell personal stories from her life, it also gives insight to the Mexican-American culture. Her whole life she lived in the United States, specifically in Texas, but was Hispanic and because of that both her and her family faced more struggles than white singers on the climb to her success. Even though the film is a story about a specific person, it brought understanding into the culture in which she lived. Keeping in mind that these ideas that I drew about the Mexican-American culture is very broad and do not apply to every single person in the culture, there were very obvious differences in their culture and the one that I belong. Mexican-American culture identifies with their family rather than individualized or spiritual identities and the culture has gone through significant changes because of discrimination and the changing demographics of the United States.
To elaborate, Abraham's restaurant was based on Mexican food and even though Selena could not speak fluent Spanish her father pushed her to sing in Spanish because that was part of her culture and who she was.To add on, a lot of Selena's fashion was inspired by a lot of Hispanic themed cultures. Her performing clothes reflected her Mexican heritage by the colors and designs.
“And this is where the needle got stuck in my finger.” The diminutive woman sitting in her broken chair chuckles as she points to the now-healed scar on her left pointer finger. “But don’t worry,” she says in a reassuring manner in her thick Portuguese accent, “the blood was very little.” Camila Rodriguez meditates briefly in that moment, smiling as she reflects on her first time at a sewing machine, some thirty years ago, shortly after her arrival in America. At the age of thirty-one, she accompanied her husband, who started Charles River Park Cleaners, a hybrid of a dry cleaning shop and a tailor service.
After all of that happened I knew that my whole family was going to change because of this terrible incident. That was the saddest thing about that because La’maya really brought my family together. I don’t know why, but it did and that was a exciting thing for me. This really was a blessing for my family because before her my family didn’t really hang with each other they were always arguing and just boring. But after the baby passed everything changed. The day after I found out I didn’t cry until I got to school and I had a basketball game that day. I didn’t want to play basketball or nothing. I just wanted to go home then go home and get back in the bed. But that didn't happen I went to the basketball game and for some reason I just felt