1. SeLENA gOMEZ
Artist Of The Month
By Zuha Pathan

2. Born in Grand Prairies Texas, Selena Marie Gomez is an astonishing singer with many talents. It all started out when her mother, Mandy Teefy gave birth to an amazing entertainer. Selena Gomez is born on July 22, Her mother is Italian and her father is Mexican. She is best known for Alex Russo from Wizards of Waverly Place.

3. Her Music
Selena is a pop singer and some of her top ten hits are: A Year Without Rain, Who Says, Naturally, Love You Like A Love Song, Round and Round, Tell me something I don’t know, Falling Down, Magic, Send It On and One and the same. Her band name is Selena and the Scene. Some original pop song artists include Madonna, Michael Jackson and Richard Hamilton.

4. How it Began…
It all started when Selena first auditioned for ‘Barney and friends’. She stared in it as Gianna and her best childhood friend, Demi Lovato played a role as well. This is how both best friends started their friendship. In the episode a brass band was coming to town. Angela (Demi) played the trumpet and wanted to be in a marching band. Gianna (Selena) was a very enthusiastic girl who enjoys dancing and listening to music.

5. Selena and Demi On Barney

6. Her Acting Career Her Films
Selena Gomez did many little roles. She had a minor role in ‘Spy kids: Game Over’ and ‘Dr.Seuss Horton Hears a who ’. In Spy kids 3, Selena plays as the owner of the water park. In Horton Hears a who, she’s the voice of the mayor’s 96 daughters. Selena also has some lead roles in a couple of movies. In Another Cinderella Story, Selena stared as Mary Santiago. Another Cinderella Story is about the original tale of Cinderella with a twist. Selena won a young artist award in 2009 for Another Cinderella Story.

7. Selena also starred in Princess Protection program in 2009 with her best friend Demi Lovato. The story had a very interesting climax and story. The summary starts when a kingdom is under dictatorship. When Princess Rosalinda (Demi) is told to leave by her mother, Rosie is brought to the princess protection program where princesses around the world are disguised as normal people. Rosie is then taken to Louisiana with General Joe Mason, a secret agent, where she has Carter (Joe mason’s daughter) (Selena) as a roommate. Together, they try to blend Rosalinda in as an American teenage girl. In 2009 Princess Protection Program won a Teen Choice award for the Choice Summer TV Star Female.
Teen Choice Awards

8. Selena’s Show
Selena Gomez also has a main role in Wizards of Waverly place. The T.V. show has a base problem which is: The Russo family isn’t a normal family. The three siblings, Justin, Max and Alex (Selena) have magical abilities because they are wizards! All 3 siblings are competing in a family wizard competition to see who is going to be the family wizards and keep their powers forever! Wizards of Waverly place is a hit TV show, which won many awards such as the Primetime Emmy Award. The cast has also been nominated many times.

9. Wizards Of Waverly Place

10. Awards
Selena (alone) received many awards in 2011 such as the Nickelodeon Argentina Kids' Choice Awards for the most favorite International singer. She also won an award for the teen choice award for Female Choice Hottie. She won Teen Choice Award also, for the Choice Red Carpet Icon – Female as well as the Choice Summer TV Star Female.

11. Her Influences
Selena is influenced by Cheryl Cole. "She's a big influence on me." Selena told people at an interview. "I picked up her CD and they gave me Girls Aloud things and a DVD of her, and her music got me through my whole movie (which was being filmed).”

12. From all the information I’ve presented to you, you can see that Selena is a very talented girl. She an astounding actress and an out-standing singer as you can tell from all her accomplishments