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Desire: Making Your Dreams Come True
Healthy Wealthy nWise
Paula Abdul is a singer and choreographer who started her life as a poor child from a broken home. She began dreaming about song and dance at the age of four when she saw Gene Kelly on television performing "Singing in the Rain". Paula began taking ballet lessons for free at age seven by cleaning the mirrors and floors of the dance studio. Her mother did not know about the lessons.
Paula Abdul began choreographing musicals before she took her first dance class. When she was five years old, she conducted childhood friends from her condominium, inviting the adults to see the show. While her mother was cooking, Paula would practice her moves by holding onto the kitchen sink.
Paula Abdul's mother was always upfront about the hardships of life as a performer. She frequently saw dreams shattered in would-be stars while working as a personal assistant to Billy Wilder. Paula knew she'd have to find success on her own without the help of her mother.
Paula Abdul was accepted to Juilliard on a dance scholarship while she was still in high school. After traveling to New York for the first time, she decided she didn't want to live that sort of life. She knew she wanted to dance, but to get a dancing career, she would have to have an agent. While teaching at cheerleading camps, she decided to try out for a spot as a Laker Girl for the Los Angeles Lakers. She knew competition would be tough, because she didn't have the body of a typical cheerleader.
Out of nearly 1000 auditioning, Paula Abdul was chosen for one of only 12 spots as a Laker Girl. In her rookie year, Paula was asked to take over and form a dance squad. When season ticket holders saw the changes Paula had made to the squad, they started calling her for corporate events.
Paula Abdul eventually landed movie roles such as "The African Anteater Dance" seen in "Can't Buy Me Love" with Patrick Dempsey, and at the age of 17, she began choreographing for the Jackson Five. Paula won a choreography award for her work with ZZ Top and Duran Duran. She went on to work with most of the major recording artists of that era choreographing their tours, videos, and live performances.
Paula Abdul even got to work with her Gene Kelly, her idol since childhood, during the last two years of his life. During the same year, she was chosen to choreograph the Academy Awards, and she received an Emmy nomination. In secret, so not to give up choreography job leads, Paula began making recordings starting with a song called "Straight Up." Her voice became one of the hottest in her time.
Paula Abdul disappeared in 1995. She was in a plane crash, but paid off the media not to release the story. She needed time to focus on her health without putting her career in danger. Today, Paula can be seen with Simon Cowell on the hit reality television show "American Idol." Thousands of singers are dwindled down to just one winner through public auditions. Paula is considered the "judge with a heart" next to the often blunt Simon Cowell. She likes to give constructive criticism in a positive way. You can read Paula's foreword in the book "Chicken Soup for the American Idol Soul."
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