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NEW YORK — She's only 16. Yet Selena Gomez sounds আরো seasoned and pragmatic than some নায়িকা three times her age.
"It's smart to have a backup plan. I'd প্রণয় to go to culinary school. I find cooking very therapeutic. I have zero time to ever do it, but once I have a house of my own, one day, I'll have time to do that," she says.

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Selena Gomez

D.O.B: 22 July 1992
Home town: Grand Prairie, Texas, USA
Star sign: Cancer

How'd she get so famous at only 16 years old?

Even though Selena is only 16, she wasn't simply an overnight success. She's been working hard on her career since she was seven. Yep, seven! Selena's big break came when she spent her seventh birthday at a casting for Disney's Barney & Friends. The hard work paid off, because not only was she প্রদত্ত the role of Gianna, she also met her best friend Demi Lovato, and they've been besties ever since Demi asked Selena "to sit on my জ্যাকেট and draw with crayons with...