Writting A Paper On Selena..Help?

Question

So Im Writting a paper for my spanish class on Selena. The topic is about her dreams and how she overcame them and the difficulty of being a Latin American Female during the time. I pretty much have a good start on the paper and know what i want to write but any tips or points, extra bits of information would be GREAT! We watched the movie in class all week and have been talking about her and ive done some research but your input would still be great! Thanx ;)

Answer 1

Hola Cheerbabe,

Did you know her full name was Selena Quintanilla Pérez?

I have found 2 sites with tons of information in...Spanish
Just look:
'El comienzo de Selena como cantante fue a sus nueve años, cuando ella comenzó un grupo llamado "Selena y los Dinos". El nombre de los "Dinos" salió de una banda en la cual su padre cantaba. Ella comenzó a cantar en el restaurante de su padre "Papa Gayos".De ahí la cantante hizo un comercial a los doce años. Selena al principio tuvo mucha dificultad al empezar a cantar, porque en ese entonces no se veían a mujeres cantar y mucho menos tan chicas. Selena graba su primer disco en 1984 titulado "mis primeras grabaciones."

Much more here:
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selena

And on her website:
http://www.q-productions.com/home.html

Answer 2

When she died I taped hours of video off of Spanish TV on her, tons of interviews, specials, etc., but really I got learned more about her in the movie than I did in about 4 hours of TV specials. It helped that her father had strict control over the film. But here are some things that come to mind (sorry it was 12 years ago...)

1. A friend of hers saying what a prankster she was
2. Different people saying she didn't just smile, she laughed
3. That she and her husband were building a huge house/ranch and she wanted to have a bunch of animals. Her husband had to explain to her that the animals wouldn't get along like a big family, some would try to eat the others.
4. That when she and her brother and sister were younger they liked michael jackson, and donna summer.
5. That they wrote bidi bidi bom bom one day after a show when they were just jamming

I wish I could remember more, but it's been a loooong time. It's about that time of year again isn't it.... I still feel sad on March 31.

Answer 3

I am a huge Selena fan. I have tons and tons of concert footage, interviews and whatnot. I ran a Selena website for years (my website was once featured in the Houston Chronicle). I have since shut it down due to time management, but I would be happy to answer your questions about Selena. Just email me at [e-mail]