WHITNEY HOUSTON ||| FACTS FILE

name:  Whitney Elizabeth Houston
nick: Nippy, Lizzy
date of birth: 9.08.1963 8:55 PM
zodiac: leo
place of birth: Newark , New Jersey
Marital Status: Whitney was married on July 18, 1992; to singer Bobby Brown. Their daughter, Bobbi Kristina was born on March 4, 1993
Parents: John Houston and Emily "Cissy" Houston
Brothers and Sisters: 2 brothers - Gary and Michael
Height: 5' 8" (173 cm)
eyes: brown
natural hair colour: brown
favourite colour: purple
lucky number: 7
favourite pet: cat
favourite actor: Robert DeNiro, Al Pacino
favourite actress: Jessica Lange
favourite female singer: Anita Baker, Aretha Franklin, Cissy Houston, Cece Winans
favourite male singer: Stevie Wonder, Luther Vandross
favourite song: Alfie by Dionne Warwick, Yesterday by The Beatles
favourite musical instrument: piano
favourite places: Caribbean,Japan, all beach of the world
favourite foods: sushi, tomato soup,"Pop Tarts"
Favorite Cereal: Fruity Pebbles
Favourite drink: Vodkatini
hobbies: swimming, tennis, resting, vacumming
Disklikes: Getting asked the same old questions at interviews
pets: cats: Misteblue and Marilyn, dog: Doogie Howser [Yorkshire terier], rabbits: Flopsy and Mopsy
Favorite Subject: History

» Whitney was named after a character Whitney Blake on a 1960's U.S. soap opera "Hazel".
» Whitney's middle name (Elizabeth) is her grandmother's name.
» Whitney's brother Gary played basketball in Denver Nuggets, for many years his in her background singer at concerts.
» Whitney's mother is legendary soul & gospel singer, she has to Grammy awards for her two gospel albums, she sangs backgrounds for Elvis Presley and Aretha Franklin and many other great musicans.Now she is the director of the choir at New Hope Baptist Church in Newark, N.J.
» Before her solo career Whitney appeared on such television shows as Silver Spoons, Gimme A Break and The Merv Griffin Show, she also started to work as a model appearing in such magazines as Cosmopolitan, Glamour and Seventeen, Young Miss. Recently she appeared at Boston Public.
» The highest note that Whitney can sing is "high C"
» Whitney is a member of the Board of Directors of the American Red Cross - elected 1991.
» Whitney ma własną firmę Brownhouse Production, która otrzymała siedem nominacji do nagrody Emmy za wyprodukowanie Kopciuszka.
» When she worked as an model,Whitney refused to do any work for any company that did business in then-Apartheid South Africa.
» Whitney appeared in a Diet Coke advert, AT&T (True Voice) adverts and Sanyo in Japan (Takin' A Chance), Canada Dry Ginger Ale.
» Whitney is only artist ever to have seven consecutive No.1 singles in the US Hot 100.
» The first female artist to debut at No.1 in Billboards' Album Chart "Whitney".
» "The Bodyguard" is the best selling Soundtrack Album ever, and second best selling album ever.
» Whitney debut album "Whitney Houston" is the biggest selling debut album in the world.
» l Exhale is the longest running No.2 at Billboard Chart.
» Whitney has the biggest collections of American Music Award - 21, no other feamle artists beaten her, only Alabama has more AMA's.
» In 1996 Whitney sang at the wedding of the Sultan of Brunei's daughter's wedding. She earned over 1 million dollars.
» When she was youg chlid she wanted to be a vet.
» Whitney wants to donate all her internal organs to science after death.
» When Whitney was little, she pushed a sharp stick in her mouth and almost severed her tongue off. If doctors can't help Whitney she wouldn't have talked again ever.