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Shakira: Latin America
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In 2000, Shakira started dating Antonio de la Rúa, the son of then president of Argentina Fernando de la Rúa, a romance that made headline news throughout Latin America. In March 2001, he proposed to her. De la Rúa and Shakira remain engaged.[26] She currently lives in The Bahamas. Shakira's future mother-in-law Inés Pertiné claimed the wedding would take place in September 2007 in the mansion which Shakira owns in the Dominican Republic (though this didn't happen). She ... said that Shakira has already ordered Argentinian designer María Pryor to design her wedding dress,[27] and by Shakira herself in Mexico.[28]
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In June of 2006, Shakira started her biggest world tour to date, the Oral Fixation Tour, which lasted through July of 2007. The Oral Fixation tour had 111 dates and visited many European, American, African and Asian countries.
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In September 2002, Shakira won the now-defunct International Viewer's Choice Award at the MTV Video Music Awards with "Suerte". In October of that year, she won 5 MTV Video Music Awards Latin America for Best Female Artist, Best Pop Artist, Best Artist—North (Region), Video of the Year (for Suerte), and Artist of the Year. At Aerosmith's MTV Icon in 2002, Shakira performed "Dude (Looks Like A Lady)". Also in 2002, Shakira joined the likes of Celine Dion, Anastacia, Cher, and the Dixie Chicks for VH1 Divas Live Las Vegas.
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Michael Haussman has directed music videos for such artists as Madonna, Kanye West, Jennifer Lopez, Justin Timberlake, Chris Cornell, Shakira, Britney Spears, Eric Clapton and B.B. King. His videos have won MTV and VH1 awards. "TAKE A BOW", his first Madonna video, won both the MTV Video of the Year Award and the prestigious Museum of Modern Art Award. Kanye West's "JESUS WALKS" and Shakira, "LA TORTURA," were nominated for numerous 2005 MTV awards, including best video, Shakira "LA TORTURA" won Latin MTV's 2005 Music Video Of The Year. His latest video for Justin Timberlake "SEXY BACK" is the longest running number one video for MTV 2006.
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Shakira seemed destined for immediate success. At the age of ten, her singing was described as similar to a goat (a compliment in Latin America, one that Christina Aguilera has aspired to without success). She competed in the weekly children's television singing competition "Vivan Los Niños," Spanish for "Love Live the Boys," but lost when it was discovered that she was not a boy at all, but rather a scrawny girl with only a big buldge in her pants.
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"Shakira embodies the feelings and aspirations of today's youth and she personifies the Latin movement in the United States," said Randy Melville, vice president, multiculturalism and strategic initiatives for Pepsi-Cola North America. "By being fully immersed in two distinct cultures, Shakira has become an ideal spokesperson to convey Pepsi's message to youth."
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