Mariah Carey graduated from Harborfields High School in Greenlawn, New York. Mariah Carey was frequently absent because of her work as a demo singer for local recording studios; her classmates consequently gave her the nickname "Mirage". Her work in the Long Island music scene gave her opportunities to work with musicians such as Gavin Christopher and Ben Margulies, with whom she co-wrote material for her demo tape. After moving to New York City, Mariah Carey worked part-time jobs to pay the rent, and she completed 500 hours of beauty school. Eventually, Mariah Carey became a backup singer for Puerto Rican freestyle singer Brenda K. Starr.
Serena Williams is the younger sister of former World number 1 Venus Williams. They have played each other in 23 professional matches since 1998, with Serena Williams winning 13 of these matches as of October 2009. As of July 2009, they have met in eight Grand Slam finals, with Serena Williams winning six times. Between the 2002 French Open and the 2003 Australian Open, they met in all four Grand Slam singles finals, the first time in the open era that the same two players had contested four consecutive Grand Slam finals. The pair have won 11 Grand Slam doubles titles together.
Although originally intended for a September 2008 release, Ciara's third studio album, Fantasy Ride was released, after a number of delays in May 2009. In the United States, it opened with first week sales of 81,000, which caused it to debut at number 3. The album has sold over 200,000 copies in the United States and over 300,000 copies worldwide.
Jessica Alba was born in Pomona, California to Catherine Alba (née Jensen) and Mark Alba. Her mother is of Danish and French Canadian descent and her father is Mexican American, though both of his parents were born in California (on the December 1, 2009 episode of Lopez Tonight, George Lopez announced that a DNA test showed Alba to be 87% European and 13% Indigenous American). Jessica Alba has a younger brother, Joshua. Her father's Air Force career took the family to Biloxi, Mississippi, and Del Rio, Texas before settling back in California when she was nine years old. Jessica Alba described her family as being a "very conservative family—a traditional, Catholic, Latin American family" and herself as very liberal; she says she had identified herself as a "feminist" as early as age five.
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