Paula Abdul grew up in the San Fernando
Valley, California. At the age of eight old, she began dancing lessons. Van
Nuys High School was her high school. She was also the head cheerleader as well
as the class president. Following her graduation in 1980 she started the Cal
State-Northridge campus, majoring in TV and radio. After joining the L.A.
Lakers cheerleaders, she became head cheerleader/choreographer after only a few
months, eventually dropping out of college to dance and choreograph full-time.
The Jacksons recruited her to choreograph their 1984 film "Torture"
the first of many films and videos she choreographed. After the release of her
debut CD "Forever Your Girl" she began to sing and was soon a
well-known artist and performer. The time she spent as an American Idol judge
(2002) has helped her become a popular performer/dancer. Her father, Harry
Abdul, is Sephardic Jewish from Syria. Her mother is Jewish and was born in
Canada. Her parents have been in Syria, Brazil, and Canada - and this varied background
has resulted in wildly numerous stories being reported in the media about her
ethnicity or religion. The daughter is Harry Abdul, a former Brazilian
livestock trader and Lorainne Abdul, who was a former assistant to Billy Wilder
in film direction. She has been singing and dancing since she was 7 years old.
old, while on an excursion in America. She also took tap dancing lessons too,
which is how she received a scholarship at a the tap dancing school. Later in
her life she attended Cal-State-Northridge College where she pursued a degree
in Broadcast radio. She was a candidate for the Los Angeles Lakers NBA
cheerleading team. This led to her earning $50 per game her freshman year.
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