Shakira's Head-Turning Transformation

Like other chart-dominating pop stars, Shakira doesn't really need a last name. But there's more to know about the pop diva than her catchy songs and her supernaturally gifted hips. This is the stunning transformation of Shakira.

On Feb. 2, 1977, Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll was born in the small town of Barranquilla, Colombia. The child of a Lebanese jeweler and a native Colombian woman, Shakira enjoyed a relatively calm middle class life until her father went bankrupt and had to sell everything they owned to pay off his debts. That, along with the tumultuous conditions in Colombia at the time, left a lasting impact on Shakira, and understandably so.

She shared in an interview with The Guardian,

"When you're born in a country where there is huge social strife, and a few people have a lot and a lot of people have nothing, you grow up intolerant to that inequality."

On Fridays, Shakira and her Catholic school classmates would go into the impoverished neighborhoods of Columbia in order to tutor young children, most of whom lived in squalid conditions. She told The Guardian,

"It was so unfair that some kids were able to go school and university, but for others that wasn't an option. I had to succeed, make money, become someone relevant in society, because I felt that only that way could I do something." Keep watching to hear about Shakira's Head-Turning Transformation!

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Growing up in Colombia | 0:13
Destined for fame | 1:16
The first song | 1:57
Landing a record deal | 2:49
Starting a charity | 3:42
Learning English for Laundry Service | 4:53
"Hips Don't Lie" | 5:43
Her faith restored | 6:26
Handpicked by Obama | 7:12
Her most difficult job | 8:01
Vocal cord scare | 8:49
Super Bowl-bound | 9:38
Farm livin': The life for her? | 10:09

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