Taylor SwiftMariah Martin

½ OrangeJanuary 13th, 2012

Taylor SwiftShe is a singer, songwriter, musician, record producer, and actress.She is with Big Machine labels. She has been in the “The Jonas Brother's 3D Concert Experience”,

“Hannah Montana the Movie”, and “Valentine’s Day.”Some of her most recent songs include “Mean,” “The Story of US,”

“Sparks Fly,” and “Ours.”

Background She was born on December 13, 1989. She was born in Reading, Pennsylvania, but she was raised in Wyomissing,

Pennsylvania. Andrea Gardner, a stay at home mom, and Scott Kingsley Swift, a

stockbroker, are her parents. She has a younger brother, Austin. She grew up on a Christmas-tree farm. She didn’t fit in at school and was bullied. In the fourth grade, she won a national poetry contest. When she was ten, a computer repairman showed her how to play just

three chords on a guitar. This is what got her interested in learning guitar. Shortly after, she wrote her first song titled “Lucky You.” At the age of twelve, she spent the entire summer writing a 350 page novel which. To this day, is still unpublished. She used writing songs as an outlet because se didn’t fit in at school and was bullied. She wrote songs to express her emotions. She started performing at local karaoke contests, festivals, and fairs.

Fun FactsWhen she was 14, her family moved to Nashville to support her in her dreams of becoming a singer and a songwriter. They visited Nashville many times in a month before making the big move. There, she went to

Hendersonville High School, but was homeschooled for her junior and senior years. In 2008, she got her high school diploma. Her first major show was at the Bloomsburg Fair. This is where people really started to notice her.

She plays a 12 string guitar and has since she was 12.13 is her lucky number.She writes songs without changing the names about people

they are about.She is very neat, organized, and tidy.She loves Lay and Order: SVU. If she wasn’t in the music industry, shed want to be a forensic detective.She was the youngest to win Entertainer of the Year at the VMA’s in 2009.

Songs and MoviesSome of her songs include A Place In This World, Back

To December, Better Than Revenge, Breathe, Breathless, Changes, Cold As You, Crazier, Dear John, Enchanted, Fearless, Fifteen, Forever & Always, Haunted, Hey Stephen, If This Was a Movie, Innocent, Jump Then Fall, Last Kiss, Long Live, Love Story, Mary's Song (Oh My My My), Mean, Mine. Never Grow Up, Our Song, Ours, Picture To Burn, Safe and Sound, Should've Said No, Sparks Fly, You're Not Sorry.

She was also in the “The Jonas Brother's 3D Concert Experience”, “Hannah Montana the Movie”, and “Valentine’s Day.”

Rule playerShe is a good girl who plays by the rules.Although some disagree because they think

she was too young and not deserving of being the youngest to win Entertainer of the Year in 2009.

People were just jealous because they have been working for it so long and she got it easily.

ImageHer image is very clean and respectable. She

shows kids that you can reach your dreams and reach your goals if you try. She shows kids to not let bullying get to them and stand up for yourself. She shows that she is a women and can fight a fight and get what she wants.

EndorsementsBig machine labels.LEI JeansCoverGirl NatureLuxe cosmetics Milk

Stand Together Stand Together is a group to help prevent

bullying. I think it would be really good for her to endorse this because she knows first hand what it’s like to be bullied and how important it is to put an end to it.