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• Christina is half Latina.
• Christina has an Irish blood as well.
• Christina's father is from Guayaquil, Ecuador.
• Christina use to be fluent in Spanish when she was a little girl.
• Christina's parents met while attending college at Brigham Young University in Utah.
• Christina's parents are divorced since she was 6.
• Christina and her mother used to suffer from the abuse of her father.
• Christina is not close with her father.
• The surname Aguilera, which she is using, is her father's.
• Christina's Mother, Shelly, is an accomplished violinist and piano player.
• Even though Shelly and Fausto both have brown hair, Christina inherited her blonde hair from Fausto's deceased brother Walter, who had blonde hair and blue eyes.
• As a child, Christina was often referred to as 'the little girl with the big voice'.
• As a little girl, Christina used to sing in the bathtub, using the shampoo bottle as her 'make-believe' microphone.
• To release stress, Christina plays ping pong.
• Christina is afraid of the dark.
• Christina puts a cross under her pillow when she goes to sleep.
• Christina is near-sighted.
• Christina hates showing her freckles.
• Christina sometimes uses blue contacts to make her eyes bluer.
• Christina changed her hair color to from blonde to black to look more mature.
• Christina's range is five octaves.
• Christina is classified as Spinto Soprano.
• Christina has been performing since the age of 6.
• Christina's debut appearance on TV was when she appeared on Star Search at age 10. She sang Etta James's 'A Sunday Kind of Love' but was defeated by a Filipino. But on some accounts, they say she was 8 and did Whitney Houston's 'The Greatest Love of All' instead.
• Christina was the youngest to sing 'The Star-Spangled Banner', she was 11. But others say she was 10.
• Casted as part of the Mickey Mouse Club in 1992 when she was 12 with other known celebs such as Britney Spears, Justin Timberlake, JC Chasez, Keri Russell, etc.
• For two seasons, Christina appeared on The New Mickey Mouse Club which furthered her desire to record an album before she graduated from high school.
• If you ever happen to meet Christina, don't call her 'Chrissy'. She can't stand that nickname.
• Christina was made fun and bullied of in school. Christina had to deal with mean, jealous classmates and eventually ended up switching schools because of the harassment.
• If Christina would have went to college, she says she would have studied Psychology.
• Japan was the first country in which Christina hit it big. A duet with Japanese pop star Keizo Nakanishi called 'All I Wanna Do' made Christina a major hit in the Land Of The Rising Sun in 1997.
• Christina recorded the song 'Reflection' for Disney's animated movie, Mulan. The song earned Christina a Golden Globe Nomination for best original song in a motion picture.
• Christina never had voice lessons until she was hired to sing 'Reflection'.
• Christina went to her prom with two guys. And at the dance floor, when the DJ played 'Genie in a Bottle', everyone walked away.
• Christina says her favorite track on her debut album is 'Obvious'.
• Christina was in the car with one of her friends when she first heard her song on a radio.
• People told Christina to change her last name before she made it big.
• Christina was 2000's 10th biggest earning pop act raking in $81 million in U.S. album sales and $13.5 million in tour revenues.
• Christina was the only female guest performer on VH1's Men Strike Back.
• When Christina hosted SNL for the first time, it was the highest rating of that season.
• TLC toured with Christina.
• One of the most expensive video of Christina is 'Come on Over (All I Want is You)'.
• Christina once appeared in Beverly Hills 90210. She played herself and she sang at The Peach Pit After Dark (the club's name on the show).
• Christina recorded her Spanish album 'Mi Reflejo' in Miami, Florida and some in Puerto Rico.
• Aguilera sued Warlock Records, Platinum Recording Group and producers Robert Allecca and Michael Brown to prevent them from releasing 'Just Be Free', a demo compilation she recorded when she was just 14 years old.
• Christina doesn't hate Kelly Osbourne and says that she is an insecure girl.
• Kelly Osbourne hates Christina but recognizes that she has musical talent.
• 'Rhode Ideas', 'Tha Shit', '8 Track' and 'Under her Spell' were supposed to be on 'Stripped'. 'Miss Independent' didn't make it either. It was given to Kelly Clarkson without asking Christina, who had co-written the song.
• Her video for 'Dirrty' costs about $5 million dollars to make.
• In 2003, she made an estimated $29.7 million dollars, in album sales and endorsement campaigns making her rank #14 in Rolling Stone's Wealthiest Singers/Performers for that year.
• The version of 'Beautiful' is actually the demo version. Christina wanted to record it again, because she thought it wasn't perfect. Linda Perry convinced her not to do it, because the song is about not being perfect.
• It was rumored that, originally, Eve was the guest rapper on the song 'Can't Hold Us Down' and not Lil' Kim.
• 'Understand' was first called Understanding. It was produced and co-written by Kwame Holland.
• 'Hurt' was first written by Linda Perry about her father who passed away. Christina changed some of the words so that everybody could easily relate to it.
• Pre-show routine: drink room temperature water, take some breath mints and gum to help open up her throat.
• Christina hates women who let men think for them.
• Christina finds female body more arousing than men.
• Ellen Degeneres and Christina Aguilera placed bid on the same house and Christina won closing the deal at 5.2 million.
• One of Christina's favorite clothing brands is Dolce & Gabbana.
• Christina is a huge fan of Marilyn Monroe.
• When not performing, Christina loves to shop and watch movies.
• Whenever members of the media pit her against former Mousketeer Britney Spears, Christina calls this "Lazy journalism". She insists she loves Britney and her music.