Selena Gomez
LOS ANGELES – APR 27: Selena Gomez at the We Day California 2017 at The Forum on April 27, 2017 in Inglewood, CA Photo by kathclick/Bigstock.com
Birth Name: Selena Marie Gomez
Place of Birth: Grand Prairie, Tarrant, Texas, U.S.
Date of Birth: July 22, 1992
Ethnicity:
*father – Mexican
*mother – Italian, possibly other
Selena Gomez is an American singer, actress, producer, businessperson, and fashion designer. Her roles include the films Another Cinderella Story, Ramona and Beezus, Monte Carlo, Spring Breakers, Getaway, Rudderless, Behaving Badly, The Fundamentals of Caring, In Dubious Battle, The Dead Don’t Die, A Rainy Day in New York, and, in voice role, Hotel Transylvania, and its sequels; and Dolittle (2020); and the series Barney & Friends, Wizards of Waverly Place, Selena + Chef, and Only Murders in the Building. She has released music as part of the band Selena Gomez & the Scene, including the songs “Who Says” and “Love You Like a Love Song,” and as a solo artist, including the songs “Come & Get It,” “Good for You,” “Same Old Love,” “Hands to Myself,” “Love You to Love Me,” and, in a featured role, “Calm Down.” She founded the film/television production company July Moon Productions, cosmetics company Rare Beauty, and makeup, clothing, handbag, and fragrance lines. She has been a UNICEF ambassador, and worked with charities focusing on mental health and gender, racial, and LGBT issues.
She is the daughter of Mandy Dawn (Cornett), a stage actress, and Ricardo Joel Gomez. Her father is of Mexican descent, with roots in Monterrey. Her mother was adopted by Debbie Jean (Gibson) and David Michael Cornett, and was raised in Texas. Selena has stated that, later in life, her mother found out that, by birth, she “has Italian roots.” It is not clear if her mother is of fully or partially Italian background; she has been referred to as both in press reports. Selena’s mother’s adoptive parents are mostly of British Isles descent. David was born in Texas, and is the son of Ernest William Cornett and Helen Elizabeth Spangler. Debbie is the daughter of J. C. Gibson and Lois Maybell Pierce.
Selena’s parents separated when she was five years old, and her mother later married Brian Teefy.
She was named after Tejano singer and actress Selena Quintanilla-Pérez. Selena has released a Spanish-language EP.
Selena’s paternal grandfather is named José Ricardo Gómez.
Selena’s paternal grandmother is named María Eugenia “Mary” Ramos.
Sources: http://www.nydailynews.com
https://www.latimes.com
Selena mentions her mother’s Italian background – http://www.youtube.com
Genealogy of Selena Gomez – https://www.geni.com
Genealogy of Selena Gomez (focusing on her mother’s side) – https://familypedia.wikia.org
Gomez in 2011, PHOTO BY DFree/BIGSTOCK.COM
For some reason justin bieber has a thing for mexican girls, lol. (not offending anybody). first jasmine v, supposably, and now selena gomez. Lol, awesome
http://www.myspace.com/selenagomez/photos/2701889#%7B%22ImageId%22%3A2701889%7D
First yeah she is Mexican. Her last name is GOMEZ you should of known right then and there that’s NO white person’s last name. You wish she was full white but she’s not. Her daddy is Mexican. Her mother is Italian. I swear people need to look up the race before they speak. Even on her Facebook she has Mexican family on there. Get over it lol. It’s a done, sealed deal.
Gomez can absolutely be a white persons surname. Most of surnames Mexicans have are influenced by their Spanish ancestors. Go to Spain and they have the same common last names; Lopez, Gomez, Rodriguez etc. Unless you consider Spainards not white, then yes there is no white people with Gomez as a last name. But I, since Spain is in Europe consider them white. No to mention also people in Portugal and the Phillipines sometimes have Spanish last names.
Yeah of course. But if her dad is Mexican and mother Italian what does that make her? Answer this one question!
I don’t understand your question. That would make her mixed? More so Mexican since her mom is half Italiand English, making Selena a quarter Italian.
Right! So that does not make her full white. That makes her mixed with Mexican since her dad is Mexican. Just like if your dad is white and mother is Italian you would be white and Italian. Simple as it goes.
I wasn’t saying she wasn’t white. I was referring to you saying white people don’t have last names like Gomez. Hence what I said in my other post.
I was saying she is basically Mexican. And ok. But I’m saying like american white people don’t have names like Gomez.
Actually, it wouldn’t be white and italian, it would be just white because whites are of European descent and Italy (Italian people) is in Europe. Just saying.
Yeah. I was using it as example lol.
u people r dumb as shit.mexican is NOT a race its a nationality.there is white pll in mexico,native ppl,and mestizos so shes probably more than hafl white,like way more like pprobably 75% u ppl should search the ethnics in mexico in wikipedia
Her dad is MEXICAN or LATINO whatever you prefer. She is more of her dads side which her dad is FULLY MEXICAN her mom is Italian.
JACKASS
i dont like white girls cause they look i dont k,, they dont have nice color i like selena gomez shes amazing beautiful all what all want,,, her color is totaly perfect an besides shes beautiful so beautiful face she have :) love you selena gomez
if i were justin biber i’d never leave you alone NEVER
latino girls are so sexy hotttttttt all they are :)
Melanie, the last name Gomez can absolutely be a White last name. It’s origin is Spanish (from Spain, a White nation). However, I must disagree with your assertion that Mexican last names have anything to do with any Spanish “ancestors”. Whenever the Spaniards colonized any place, they changed the local people’s name to Spanish names. This was usually done either when they were baptized (they were given a Christian – i.e. Spanish – name), or to a lesser extent they were given the name of their “encomendero” (a local Spanish landlord that was assigned land and Indians with which to exploit the land) or through a variety of other ways. For example, Filipinos also have Spanish last names, yet they are racially Asians. People of Equatorial Guinea (in Africa), also have spanish last names, yet they are racially Black. Some Latin Americans have Spanish ancestors but these are a small minority. Depsite whatever Latin American countries official statistics might say about “mestizos” (people of mixed Spanish and Indian ancestry), most Mexicans, Central Americans, etc. are actually purely American-Indian by race, but are simply hispanicized by culture. The term “mestizo” is nowadays applied to anyone who speaks Spanish or is westernized in culture, with “Indian” being reserved for people who live in tribes or speak indigenous languages such as Nahuatl, or Mixteco. This causes very misleading statistics, but no one seems willing to correct this for a variety of reasons. Firstly, because Latinos often show shame for their indigenous ancestry and prefer to emphasize Spanish ancestry (White ancestry is considered more presitigous in Latin America), and also because the politicians of Latin America prefer to forge a national identitity and disregard race. Hope I helped out.
I responded to your post a bit further down Melanie. Sorry for the confusion.
“Her last name is GOMEZ you should of known right then and there that’s NO white person’s last name.”
Wtf. Gomez is a Spanish name. From Spain. Which is in Europe.
She’s Latina, now let’s move on.
People are so fucking stupid. If her DAD is Mexican. & Her Mother is Italian What the fuck does that make her. WHY is this such a discussion on her race? She’s Mexican and Italian and English. Give it up you stupid fucks.