Christina Aguilera Biography

Christina Aguilera Early Life

Aguilera was born in Staten Island, New York to Fausto Wagner Xavier Aguilera, a U.S. Army sergeant, and Shelly Loraine Fidler, a Spanish teacher. Aguilera's father was born in Guayaquil, Ecuador, while her mother, a Newfoundlander, is a Canadian who has German, English, Irish and Dutch ancestry. Aguilera's parents met while her father, Fausto, was serving at Earnest Harmon Air Force Base in Stephenville, Newfoundland, Canada. They were both Catholics. Her parents married when her mother was 20 years old and her father 31. Aguilera lived with her father and mother until she was 6 or 7 years old. When her parents divorced her mother took her and her younger sister Rachel to her grandmother's home in Rochester, Pennsylvania, a blue-collar suburb of Pittsburgh. According to Aguilera and Fidler, her father was very controlling, as well as physically and emotionally abusive, which was reflected in her songs, "I'm OK" in Stripped, and "Oh Mother" in Back to Basics. Since then, Fidler has married a paramedic named Jim Kearns, and has changed her name to Shelly Kearns

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Christina Aguilera News

How Christina Aguilera got her groove back

12/12/2008

All eyes were on Christina Aguilera when she strutted down the red carpet in a tight, strapless Monique Lhuillier gown at the Grammy Nominations Concert Live on December 3, reports In Touch this week. The beaming 28-year-old star seemed to be enjoying the attention, having finally lost the last of the 40 pounds she gained while pregnant with son Max.

According to the report at first, the 5'2" star refused to starve herself to get slim and said she was happy to take her time ... (read more)

Christina Aguilera Breastfeeding Two Year Old Max

06/10/2008

Christina Aguilera has a plan for hanging on to her ample post-pregnancy bosom. Christina “loves her fuller cleavage,” which she credits to breastfeeding, and she “wants to keep it as long as she can,” according to a Star Magazine spy. The “Fighter” singer is so enthralled with her E-cup cleave she’s decided to keep breastfeeding her five month old son Max until he turns two.

“Christina knows lots of women breastfeed until their kids are two years old-she even heard that Demi Moore ... (read more)

Christina Aguilera talks about losing her baby weight

03/11/2008

Since giving birth to son Max two months ago, Christina Aguilera has undergone a fierce weight loss regimen.

As it turns out, nursing her little boy is the real secret behind newly slimmed-down mommy Christina.

“I think they say that when you're breast feeding, you know, your weight kind of slims down. It's a little easier,” Christina told Access Hollywood. “It's like a workout within itself. It’s very tiring actually and you find yourself snacking more often.”

But before ... (read more)