KISS.TO/SHANIA

Birth Name: Eileen Regina Edwards

Birth Date: August 28th, 1965

Birth Parents:Clarence Edwards and Sharon Twain (Gerry Twain later adopted her)

Born in: Windsor, Ontario

Raised in: Timmins, Ontario

Current location: Switzerland (owns a beach house in Florida)

Height: 5'4"

Eye color: Green

Hair color: Brown

Siblings: Older half-sister named Jill, one younger sister named Carrie-Ann, two younger half- brothers named Mark and Darryl.

Stats: 36-24-34

Shoe Size: 6 1/2

Favorite Foods: Pasta. Pastries, especially peach pie

Favorite recreation: Camping, horse riding, guitar

Favorite Movie: Immortal Beloved

Favorite Actors: Jim Carey and Sean Penn

Favorite Actress: Jessica Lange

Favorite Flowers: White & peach roses

Favorite Animals: Otter

Best characteristic: Resourceful

Worst characteristic: Impatient

What shania values most: Family and happiness

DID YOU KNOW?

Born Eilleen Edwards on August 28th 1965, to Clarence and Sharon Edwards in Windsor Ontario.
Shania's biological father (Clarence) left her when she was two.
Jerry Twain met and married the single Sharon and adopted Shania when she was four.
Shania is Irish and French-Canadian and was raised with the Ojibwa Indian Culture.
Second oldest of 5 brothers and sisters: Jill, Carrie-Ann, Mark, and Darryl.
Shania means 'On My Way' in Ojibwa.
Shania's first performance was in first grade show-and-tell where she sang "Country Roads".
Her first public performance was aged 8 at the Mattagami Hotel in Timmins which she was paid $25 for.
Shania started writing her own songs when she was 10.
Shania's parents sadly died in a car crash in November 1987, Shania was only 22.
Shania used to serve customers at McDonalds in Timmins, and is now an honary employee for life.
Shania's dog Tim, is named after her home town Timmins, Ontario.
Shania also has two brown newfoundland dogs and three horses named Dancer, Star and Tango.
< Shania worked in her dad's reforestation business six months out of 12 between ages 17-21.
Shania's first commercial recording was a 1985 duet with Tim Denis called "Heavy On The Sunshine".
She also sang back vocals on the Sammy Kershaw song "Haunted Heart".
Shania's first album recording was at Deerhurst with producer Harry Hinde (of Limelight Records). The album featured 80s style rock.
Shania changed her name when she got a record contract as she was told 'Eilleen Twain' didn't flow well.
Shania had been asked to change her surname but she decided to change her first name instead as she wanted to keep 'Twain'.
Her first album (Shania Twain) only contained 1 of her own songs, "God Aint Gonna Getcha for that".
Sean Penn directed Shania's second video 'Dance with the One Who Brought You'.
Robert John "Mutt" Lange used Shania's first album to work out to.
Shania first met Mutt over the phone.
The first song Shania sang to Mutt was the chours of "Home Ain't Where His Heart Is (Anymore)".
Shania and Mutt first met in person at 1993's Fan Fair.
While working on "The Woman In Me" they fell in love. Mutt proposed in Paris.
Shania and Mutt were married on 28th December 1993 in Huntsville, just six months after they met.
Shania has been a vegetarian since she married Mutt.
"You Win My Love" was written by Mutt and is the only track on The Woman In Me that Shania didnt write.
The Woman In Me is one of the most expensive country albums ever produced.
The Woman In Me has sold more than 12 million copies worldwide.
Cledus T. Judd wrote a song called "If Shania was Mine", a parody of "Any Man of Mine"
Part of the video for "Any Man of Mine" was shot on Bo and John Derek's ranch in St. Inez.
Shania's show horse featured in the video for "Any Man of Mine".
It took 5 hours to get the black velvet pants in the "I'm Outta Here" video to fit Shania's specifications.
"No One Needs To Know" was featured in "Edie and Pen" starring Stockard Channing and "Twister" (Helen Hunt and Bill Paxton).
The "Don't Be Stupid" video took about 10 hours to film, compared with the average 14 hours for a video.
Shania's favourite video is 'Woman In Me'.
Shania designed her own bus for the '98 tour and brought one of her horses (retired show horse) with her.
A strip of Highway 11 in Timmins, Ontario is named "Shania Twain Way".
In 1996 Shania was made a honorary life long member of the Mattagami First Nation of Ojibway Indians.
Shania owns a 4x4 Jimmy jeep with 'TWAIN' on the side.
Shania was voted 43rd in FHM magazine's "100 Sexiest Women of 1998" poll.
Shania was the first country artist to appear in Rolling Stone magazine since Dolly Parton in the 80's
Shania and Mutt have bought a house in Bonita Springs, Florida.
Shania's tour grossed more than $27 million and had over 40 sellouts in 1998.
Come On Over sold 4.87 million (US) units in 1998, which made it the fourth best selling album of the year.
Shania and Mutt have a castel (Ch�teau de Sully) at La Tour-de-Peilz (VD) in Switzerland.
During her Australian tour, Shania's "Come On Over" album hit #1 on the Australian all-formats album chart.
VH1's "Shania Twain: Behind The Music" special when aired in October 1998 became the highest rated VH1-produced program ever.
The "Shania Twain's Winter Break" special received a 10:1 rating in the US. This means around 9.7 million viewers tuned in to the show in the US alone.
CMT Canada's highest ever viewing figures (2.34 million) were reached during 'Shania Sunday'. 1 out of every 13 Canadians tuned in to the special day of Shania programming.
Shania is the first female artist to have back-to-back albums sell over 10 million copies each.
Shania was the first woman to be named Songwriter/Artist of the Year by the Nashville Songwriters Association.
Shania has spent more time in the Billboard Hot 100 than any other artist.
In a Reuters/Zogby poll of the 20th century's best singers Shania came 6th. A high compliment considering that the poll covered the last 100 years of music.
NASCAR driver Tim Fedewa named his car 'Shania'.
Shania was voted 50th in FHM magazine's "100 Sexiest Women of 1999" poll.
While visiting Colorado on her tour, Shania met with five students still hospitalized from the Columbine High School shootings. She brought each of the students a signed photo and portable CD player.
TDIMM is Shania's most successful UK single so far. It entered the Pepsi chart at #3 and spent 7 weeks in the top 5, followed by a further 5 weeks in the top 10 and then 4 weeks in the top 20.
The video for TDIMM was filmed in Victorville, California.
US Vice President Al Gore used Shania's "Rock This Country" to help launch his 1999 presidential campaign. The song is a favourite of his wife, Tipper.
Shania's June 25th 1999 concert in Vancouver was one of North America's highest grossing concerts at $616,615. But higher still was her sold out June 17th concert in Cleveland which made $695,978.
Shania was the first artist in history to have 8 top 20 country hits from the same album.
Come On Over spent longer at the top of Billboard's Country Album charts than any album in its history.
Shania is only the second person (the first was Cindy Crawford) to have featured twice on the cover of FHM Magazine (May 1998 and September 1999 editions).
The 6th Annual Modern Screen Reader Ballot Awards voted Shania as Favourite Female Vocalist. Shania also came 2nd to Billy Ray Cyrus in the All-round Entertainer category.
In Style Magazine named Shania as the sexiest female musician in their "Whats Sexy Now" reader poll. Shania received a massive 52% of the vote!
Shania was ranked the third best country artist of 1999 by VH1 in the UK.
Over 12,500 Brits watched BBC1's late night broadcast of the Miami concert special.
In CMT's Top 100 most requested songs of 1999, Shania featured 10 times. Her rankings were: #91 HIH, #41 TDIMM, #22 WIM, #21 WBHYBBU, #16 LGMET, #13 YWML, #12 IOH, #11 MIFLAW, #4 DBS, #3 AMOM.
The 1999 CMA Awards highlights show on the BBC was watched by 7.2 million Brits.
Shania and Mutt have bought a castel (Ch�teau de Sully) at La Tour-de-Peilz (VD) in Switzerland.
During her Australian tour, Shania's "Come On Over" album hit #1 on the Australian all-formats album chart.
Shania's Come On Over sold more than 9 million copies in 1999!!! Which made it the 3rd top selling album of the year(behind Backstreet Boys "Millenium" & Britney Spears "Baby One More Time")
Shania's Come On Over sold more than 9 million copies in 1999!!! Which made it the #1 selling COUNTRY ALBUM of 1999! TOTAL SALES:16 million!

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