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Shania Twain: Las Vegas
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Forbes magazine rates Oprah above all celebrity women, estimating income last year for Pretty Woman actress Julia Roberts at £34.5million, singer Shania Twain at £33million and pop starlet Britney Spears at £10million. Thanks SonicBS723.
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Once known as Eileen Twain, Shania was urged to change her name. Because of her loyalty to her family's origin, she chose her Ojibwa name, Shania (pronounced shu-NYE-uh), but kept Twain as her last name. Shania has a museum created in her honor in hometown Timmin, Ontario.
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Shania began singing standards in local bars when she was 8 and graduated to fronting rock bands in her teens. Then, when she was 21, her parents were killed in a car accident and Shania became the principal guardian of her siblings. She supported the family by performing in a Vegas-style review in Deerhurst, Ontario.
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Shania back in 2005 as part of promoting her new perfume "Shania" appeared at a Las Vegas convention. Rumors of this appearance have floated around the net, but no one posted any real news from this event. However, back in July 2007 two pictures were posted on the net, go here to read the blog post. Shania Twain was the first to ride a her beautiful horse into the Paris Hotel and Casino Convention Center. Shania was promoting her new perfume.
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