Shakira Birthday, Real Name, Age, Weight, Height, Family, Facts, Contact Details, Boyfriend(s), Bio & More
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PERSONAL INFORMATION
REAL NAME
Sharika Isabel Mebarak Ripoll
NICK NAMES
Shaki
BIRTHDAY
BORN ON DAY
Wednesday
NEXT BIRTHDAY ON
Sunday
BIRTHPLACE
Barranquilla, Colombia
AGE
47 Years 11 Months 20 Days
NATIONALITY
PROFESSION
ZODIAC
AQUARIUS
ALSO NOTED FOR
Songwriter
FEATURES
Hair color Dyed Blonde, eyes color Dark Brown
Physical Stats
WAIST
24 ''
Hip
37 ''
DRESS SIZE
4 ''
HEIGHT
5'2''(feet & inches)
1.5748 meters
157.48 cm
WEIGHT
53 kg
116.6 lbs
Shakira Family Members
Parents
MOTHER
Nidia Ripoll
FATHER
William Mebarak Chadid
CHILDHOOD IMAGE
FAMILY IMAGE
Shakira Marriage, Affairs and Children
AFFAIR
Antonio De la Rua
AFFAIR
Gerard Pique
Child(ren) of Shakira and Gerard Pique
Milan (22 January, 2013) (Son)
Sasha (29 January, 2015) (Son)
Fame & Address
DEBUT
FAMOUS FROM/AS
Pies Descalzos (Film 1996)
www.facebook.com/Sharika-171594686207178
twitter.com/LadyThriller69
www.instagram.com/shakira
Official Website
www.shakiramedia.com
Education, Net Worth & More
RELIGION
Roman Catholicism
SCHOOLING FROM
La Ensenanza School, Barranquilla
QUALIFICATION
Graduate
FAVOURITE ACTOR
Hugh Grant
FAVOURITE SPORT(S)
Skateboarding and Frisbee
FAVOURITE FOOD(S)
Pancakes with jam
FAVOURITE BOOK(S)
The Prophet (Khalil Gibran)
NET WORTH
220 Million
SHAKIRA PICTURE
More Information
Career of Shakira
She started her career with album Magia. Her first international tour, named simply the Tour Pies Descalzos was in March 1996. Her album Dónde Están Los Ladrones was entirely produced by herself and Emilio Estefan, Jr. Her album She Wolf was certified double-platinum in Colombia and Mexico.
Some Lesser Known Facts About Shakira
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She received an offer from Steven Spielberg for a role in his film 'The Mask of Zorro' but she refused as she was not confident about her English. Eventually, the role went to Catherine Zeta Jones.
- She would opt for a career as a psychologist or an astronomer if wasn't a singer.
- Does Shakira takes alcohol? No. She does not have any kind of addiction neither alcohol and not even coffee or tea.
- Is Shakira in the habit of Smoking? No.
- Shakira is non vegetarian.She likes to eat seafood.
- She was just two years old when she saw a tragedy in her home. Her oldest half-brother died in an accident when he was on his motorcycle and a drunk man hit him with his car.
- Her first song was about her father's grief at the loss of her brother. The song was 'Tus Gafas Oscuras'.
- She started creating magic in her teenage. She represented Colombia at the Festival Vina del Mar and ended with the third rank with her own song "Eres".
- She learned the skill of belly dance from her Lebanese grandmother.
- Her face was an inspiration of several dolls for the Doll manufacturer Mattel.
- She is a philanthropist and started a charitable foundation, Barefoot, to help children in her native Colombia escape violence. She also received a Humanitarian award for her work.
- She is multilingual and is fluent in five languages which are Italian, English, Portuguese, Spanish and Arabic.
- She is honored with a 5-meter (16-foot) iron statue in her home city on Colombia's Caribbean coast.
- She loves painting but that does not mean that she has painted her body with lots of tattoos. She does not have any tattoo on her body.
- She is very intelligent, with an IQ of 140. An average person has an IQ of 100.
- She does not like her ears that's why she always tries to hide them with her hair.
- Once a fanatic fan attacked her with a bag of cement and she had to run from there.
- She does not have much attachment to jewelry.
- She is mad about chocolates but does not like candy.
- She appeared in a small role in Ugly Betty and Wizards of Waverly Place, both of the times she played herself.
- President Obama invited her to The White House in 2010 to discuss early childhood development and in the next year, she was appointed as a member of the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics.
- She has a star of her name on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
- The legendary singer combined with another legend Jennifer Lopez to perform at the Super Bowl Halftime Show on her birthday. Both the singers rock the stage but at one point they gave tribute the late basketballer Kobe Bryant who died on previous Sunday in a helicopter crash along with his 13-year-old daughter.
- She has three pets in her home. The three dogs whose names are Coquito, Chan, and Gordita.
- With her love for music she also likes to play games like golf, tennis, basketball, and swimming.
