Trivia About Selena Gomez

Selena Gomez

Born: 22 Jul 1992

• Selena says that John Corbett, who played her father in the 2010 film Ramona and Beezus, caused her to change the way she signed autographs. She used to just write an "S" and draw a heart next to it, but Corbett looked at it and said, "What is that?" From then on, Selena started signing her full name. 
• During the National Council of La Raza's ALMA Awards, Selena Gomez won the award for comedy for her performance in Wizards of Waverly Place.  
• Selena signed TI-Nspire graphing calculators for patients at City of Hope, a research center located in Duarte, California that treats cancer, diabetes and other life-threatening diseases, for use in their math and science courses.  
• Her favorite sport is basketball.
• Selena attended public school until fifth grade and she use to get into trouble for talking during class (Usually because she was trying to help other students with their tests). She prefered to sit in the back row because she didn't fit in with the popular kids that sat in the front of the class.  
• Selena says that the best gift a guy ever gave her was a CD of Frank Sinatra love songs. 
• She took part in Disney Channel's Earth Day celebration
• She wears a purity ring that says "True Love Waits". 
• She and best friend Demi Lovato have matching guitar pick necklaces.
• Disney filmed a music video of Selena singing her version of "Cruella De Vil" for the bonus extras on the "101 Dalmatians: Platinum Edition" DVD. The video made it TV premiere on February 10th, 2008. 
• Selena is featured in Disney Channel's 2007 New Year show Happy U Year.
• Selena's favorite candies are Snickers and Good & Plenty. 
• Her favorite band is Fall Out Boy. Another band she likes is Paramore and she says that she would love to do a collaboration with them one day. She also likes Christina Aguilera and the Jonas Brothers. 
• Selena's name matches Selena Gomez, a Latino singer.  
• Gomez got the acting bug from her mother, who did local theater in Dallas. 
• Selena is represented by Creative Artists Agency and Jamie Freed of Nine Yards Entertainment. 
• Gomez is the brand ambassador of UNICEF