Born July 22, 1992
Gomez made her very first television debut as one of the children on the kids TV show Barney & Friends. She reached stardom with her role as Alex Russo on the Emmy Award–winning Disney Channel series Wizards of Waverly Place. Gomez has also starred in the television movies Another Cinderella Story, Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie, Camp Rock, and Princess Protection Program. She was born in Grand Prairie, Texas to Ricardo Gomez (of Mexican descent) and Mandy Teefey (of Italian descent). Gomez has also pursued other projects, including a music career with her band, Selena Gomez & the Scene, and the successful launch of her own Kmart fashion line, Dream Out Loud.
After the finale episode of her show, Wizards of Waverly Place, Selena Gomez escaped to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico on a romantic vacation with her boyfriend Justin Bieber. The couple was first spotted south of the border on Jan. 6, but kept a low profile over the weekend where they stayed as Las Ventanas al Paraiso, a luxury resort frequented by celebrities. Gomez also invited some of her own friends to tag along including half-Honduran, half-Mexican Secret Life of the American Teenager...
With Wizards of Waverly Place coming to an end, it’s even more of a reminder that the young Latina, Selena Gomez, is growing up. Even the way she’s dressing proves to us that she’s no longer a little girl. While the starlet went for a gas run, she was dressed like a stylish young lady, so much so that we’d like to steal her style – except for less money.
With Disney Channel sitcom Wizards of Waverly Place ending its four season run tonight at 8 p.m. (EST), one question is left unanswered: which young wizard will win the wizard competition? Cuban-American actress and Selena Gomez’s TV mom Maria Canals-Barrera shared with Latina.com exclusively about who her character Theresa Russo is rooting for to win the final competition, playing a Latina mother on television, and what she really thinks about Gomez’s boyfriend Justin Bieber...
At the end of the year, we took a look at all of our fashion forward celebrities to see who was the most fashionable of 2011, and while the competition is tough, we finally narrowed it down to the one fashionista that made no fashion faux pas this past year. Although she is young, the beautiful Selena Gomez is up there with the best of them when it comes to show-stopping fashion ensembles that range from sexy and hip cocktail dresses to fun and classic pieces.
It's been a remarkable year for Latina Magazine! In this, our 15th Anniversary Year, we featured several A-list Latina stars on our covers (Salma Hayek, Zoe Saldana, Jessica Alba)—and one issue featured the man of every Latina's dreams (Pitbull!). And for the first time in our history, we proudly featured 15 of Hollywood's biggest Latina stars on a...
2011 was full of chart-toppers and hip-shakers from the hottest Latino artists. We decided to take a retrospective look at the songs that got us dancing and singing along. From Jennifer Lopez to Pitbull and Demi Lovato to Selena Gomez, they’re all here! These are the songs that were stuck in our heads this year and were infectious enough to influence the music scene for the better. See if your favorites made the list...
From Jennifer Lopez to Zoe Saldana to Selena Gomez, A-list Latinas were the best dressed Hollywood stars at dozens of events this year. Here are our picks for the 10 Best Latina red carpet looks of 2011!
Heartbreaking news for Selena Gomez and her family. According to E! Online, the part-Mexican singer/actress canceled two concerts scheduled this past weekend because her mother reportedly suffered a miscarriage. The website is reporting that Gomez’s rep cited a “family emergency” as the reason for the concerts being canceled.
A source close to the website said that Gomez’s mother, Mandy Cornett, suffered the...
It’s less than a month away from the series finale of Selena Gomez’s Wizards of Waverly Place. The Emmy-winning Disney show, which helped catapult the part-Mexican teen singer/actress to superstardom, will end on January 6, 2012. When news first broke that season four would be the show’s last, Gomez spoke exclusively to Latina about it.
“That’s going to be the hardest thing I’ve ever had to do,” Gomez, then 18, told us. “It’s hard for me to say goodbye after a season. I cried when season three was over...
—Spanish Duchess De Alba attended the premiere of Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol with Tom Cruise on her arm! According to Blogamole, the 85 year-old hit the red carpet with the movie star who she had befriended when he was filming Knight & Day with Cameron Diaz in Spain. She attended that premiere as well.
—Nicole Richie...
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