Shakira -- Megastar, UNICEF ambassador

 Love this girl!!!

She is a Latin Pride.

 

Monday's Connector of the Day – Shakira

Posted: 1725 GMT

Shakira is the highest-selling Colombian artist of all time, having sold more than 50 million albums worldwide.
Famous for her hit record ‘Hips Don’t Lie’, (a collaboration with Wyclef Jean) –it was the most-played pop song in a single week in American radio history, with 9,637 broadcasts.

Shakira's famous dance moves help raise awareness for children's charities

Growing up in Barranquilla, on the Colombian Caribbean coast, when she was eight years old, Shakira's father declared bankruptcy. Losing most of their possessions, the young Shakira thought the world had ended, until her father took her to a local park where she witnessed the sight of orphans living there, taking drugs and sniffing glue.
At that moment Shakira made a vow to herself that one day she would become a famous artist and help these kids.
Like her hips, she didn’t lie: she became a stratospheric hit worldwide – acording to Forbes Magazine, the 4th highest-earning woman in music for 2008 – and she did not forget her promise to the children.
At just 18 years old, she founded The Pies Descalzos Foundation – named after her 3rd album – which helps deprived children get access to good education. Their work is based close to Shakira’s birthplace.
Shakira broadened her humanitarian work through the Barefoot Foundation – named after her distinctive belly dancing stance – with a mission to support the same universal education goals.
Not stopping there, as UNICEF Goodwill ambassador, Shakira has taken her humanitarian work worldwide.
A belly-dancing Latin bombshell, and philanthropist raising millions for children’s charities – Shakira is our connector of the day.