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  • She started her musical career on YouTube after posting her first cover (Price Tag) when she was only 13 years old, and it was her mother’s request. Alessia signed a recording contract when she was 16 years old.
  • She prefers Instagram over other social media networks, and she even announced her debut album through it.
  • Cara has always been very creative because she was involved in theater, played guitar and wrote poetry as a child. She is talented in so many ways!
  • Alessia is from Canada. She grew up in an Italian home on the outskirts of Toronto.
  • She is quite shy unlike other celebrities. She is still shy to sing in front of the crowd, and that’s why she first decided to make videos on YouTube to ease her way into it.
  • The singer has a tattoo – a paper sailboat. She chose this image because paper sailboats seem frail, but they float when being put on water. This tattoo is a reminder for Cara that she is strong, even though she seems weak and small.
  • Alessia can do impressions very well, including Iggy Azalea, Lorde and Ariana Grande.
  • Her astrological sign is Cancer. Cara always says that she is very much a Cancer in a sense that she is shy and closed off. She likes being at home, cuddling in her bed and spending time with her friends and family.
  • Cara is all about empowerment. That’s because one of her goals is to empower other people with the music she writes and songs she sings. Alessia wants to spread the message to help them.
  • Taylor Swift likes her performance of “Bad Blood”.
  • Her debut song “Here” is based on a real story, and it’s autobiographical.
  • Her 5-song debut EP was released in August, 2015.
  • Alessia Cara still doesn’t think she is famous.
  • She never cried during any movie.
  • If she didn’t have a successful music career, she would like to become a radio DJ.
  • Alessia is a feminist.
  • She can speak a little Spanish.
  • The first CD she ever bought was the one of Black Eyed Peas.                                                                                                    

AGE, HEIGHT, WEIGHT ETC:

WHO IS IT?:R/B SINGER

OCCUPATION:SINGER, SONGWRITER

REAL NAME / BIRTH NAME:ALESSIA CARACCIOLO

NICK NAME:ALESSIA CARA

AGE / HOW OLD?:CARA WAS BORN ON JULY 11, 1996

BIRTH SIGN:CANCER

FROM: (PLACE OF BIRTH):BRAMPTON, ONTARIO, CANADA

RELIGION:UNKNOWN

NATIONALITY:CANADIAN

RACE / ETHNICITY:WHITE / CANADIAN-ITALIAN

ALESSIA CARA EDUCATION:ALESSIA WENT TO CARDINAL AMBROZIC CATHOLIC SECONDARY SCHOOL CARA, BUT AFTER GRADUATING SHE DECIDED TO DEVOTE AT LEAST 1 YEAR TO HER MUSICAL CAREER INSTEAD OF GOING TO COLLEGE.

✎ MEASUREMENTS, BODY:

BODY MEASUREMENTS:34-26-35 IN OR 86-66-89 CM

BUILD:AVERAGE

HEIGHT / HOW TALL?:1.57 M OR 5 FT 2 IN

WEIGHT:50 KG OR 110 POUNDS (APPROXIMATELY)

DRESS SIZE:12 (US) OR 42 (EU)

SHOE SIZE:5 (US) OR 35.5 (EU)

HAIR COLOR:BROWN

EYE COLOR:DARK BROWN