Christina Milian Biography
Singer and actor Christina Milian has been working since her childhood. She has had two Billboard top five hits and has appeared in several films. She has often been compared to other popular young female stars, such as Whitney Houston, Britney Spears, or Beyoncé, but Milian has taken this in stride. "It's funny that everyone calls me 'the new' everything," she told Lina Das in the London Daily Mail. "I just like to think of myself as me."
Milian is the daughter of Cuban immigrants. Her parents, Don and Carmen, both moved to the United States when they were children. She grew up in New Jersey and Maryland, and knew from an early age that she wanted to act and sing. Her first acting role, which she won when she was eight, was in a National Geographic school film about temperature. When she was nine years old she began taking voice lessons, and also appeared in her first commercial, an ad for the Wendy's fast-food chain.
However, Milian's talent did not necessarily make her life easier. When the family moved to Maryland, she found that her Cuban origins confused her schoolmates, who assumed that everyone had to be either white or black. "What are you?," they would ask, according to Das. "Black or white?" As a result, Milian hated school and was suspended several times for fighting over these incidents. In addition, some of the other students were jealous of the fact that she missed school in order to participate in auditions, and of the fact that she appeared on television. Milian told Lauren Brown in CosmoGirl! that when she was in middle school, other girls would say to her, "My boyfriend saw you in a commercial and now he likes you---so let's fight."
Milian is the daughter of Cuban immigrants. Her parents, Don and Carmen, both moved to the United States when they were children. She grew up in New Jersey and Maryland, and knew from an early age that she wanted to act and sing. Her first acting role, which she won when she was eight, was in a National Geographic school film about temperature. When she was nine years old she began taking voice lessons, and also appeared in her first commercial, an ad for the Wendy's fast-food chain.
However, Milian's talent did not necessarily make her life easier. When the family moved to Maryland, she found that her Cuban origins confused her schoolmates, who assumed that everyone had to be either white or black. "What are you?," they would ask, according to Das. "Black or white?" As a result, Milian hated school and was suspended several times for fighting over these incidents. In addition, some of the other students were jealous of the fact that she missed school in order to participate in auditions, and of the fact that she appeared on television. Milian told Lauren Brown in CosmoGirl! that when she was in middle school, other girls would say to her, "My boyfriend saw you in a commercial and now he likes you---so let's fight."
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Born Christina Milian on September 26, 1981, in Jersey City, NJ; daughter of Don (a laboratory technician) and Carmen (Milian's stylist).
Contact Information
Address: Record company--Def Soul Recordings, 160 Varick St., New York, NY 10013
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