Birth Name: Selena Marie Gomez
Birth Place: Grand Prairie, Texas, United States
Date of Birth: July 22, 1992
Ethnicity: Mexican, English and Italian
The singer and actress was born in Grand Prairie, Texas. She starred on the Disney Channel Original Series, Wizards of Waverly Place.
In an article at Nydailynews.com it mentions that her father, Ricardo Gomez is of Mexican descent and her mother, Mandy Cornett has Italian heritage. In an interview Gomez stated that her mother is half Italian, the other half may be English as the surname Cornett is English.
Gomez’s parents separated when she was 5 years old and Mandy later married Brian Teefy. Gomez is able to speak some Spanish but not fluently. Her nationality is American.
Source:
- http://www.nydailynews.com/latino/
- http://www.philstar.com/ArticlePrinterFriendly.aspx?articleId=525614
- PHOTO BY dFREE/BIGSTOCK.COM
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dutch..black…chinese…vietnemese…filipino..cuban…white…
scottish…armenian…mexican…irish…italian….puerto rican…ETCC. were all frickkeenn human so get over your self on whos race or ethnic group is better ..cuz WE ALL ARE BEAUTIFUL not tryna sound corny n shit but reallly why hate ahah not gonna make your race any better. think about it if im mexican of course ima say yeaah mexico all the way..or if im filipino ima be saying filipino pride..its normal but just be happy with were your from without disrespecting other peoples roots. im sure you sure as hell dont like people dissin yoursss…wtv jus sayen dont curr if ya hate im outtieezzz xP
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She takes more after her Mexican me thinks
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she is really cute
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shes hottttt id hitt (;
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i love selena gomez and i def could see her italian and mexican roots(:
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