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| 1971 - 1981 : A Star is Born Once upon a time, there lived a very loving couple named Ernesto and Yolanda. After being gifted with four little Yolanda, Señora Yolanda Miranda de Sodi gave life to our Maria Ariadna Thalia Sodi Miranda in Hospital de Español on August 26, 1971. She's the fifth and the last Señorita Sodi after Lala, Titi, Gaby and Pachita. After five years, a tragedy came upon this happy family when Señor Ernesto died. Thalia was most affected by this and would not speak to anybody. She made up her own little world and lived in silence. Her memories of this event was later transcribed to her song, En Silencio. Señora Yolanda was afraid that she would never talk again but eventually, after a year, she did. She again lived a normal life. She played baseball with boys and had scars in her legs from playing. In kindergarten, she had her first kiss and first chance to act in front of an audience. She took ballet lessons, gymnastics, and painting. She went to the theatre on weekends to watch Laura act on stage. At the age of nine, she decided to go for her dreams. With the support of her family, she went on to begin her career as a singer with a group named Din-Din. 1982 - 1989 : The Beginnings of the Limelight Din-Din joined a contest, Jugemos a Cantar, and won second place. However, they disbanded afterwards. With Laura in the theatre, Thalia performed in some shows. One of which was Vaselina (Grease) where she was to be one of the chorus but eventually played the lead, Sandra Dee. This was where she met the members of Timbiriche, a young singing group. At 15, she was asked to be part of Timbiriche since Sasha was already moving on to a solo career. She accepted and made seven albums with them. She also had a break in television when she was casted in Televisa's Pobre Señorita Limantour as Dina. Later on, she acted with Adela Noriega in Quinceñaria as Beatriz. After that, she portrayed Alma Suarez for her first starring role (that's not shared with anybody else) in Luz y Sombra with Alberto Mayagoitia. She said a number of times that she did not like that telenovela because of its boring story. In 1989, she left Timbiriche to prepare for a solo career. She went to Los Angeles to train with Florence Riggs, mentor of Madonna. 1990 - 1994 : Making Good Music Alone 1990 was marked when she took the world by surprise when she released her first self-titled album. So surprised was Mexico that they banned Saliva and Pacto Entre Los Dos from being played on air. But with the support of Señora Yolanda and Señor Alfredo Diaz Ordaz, they went to Spain which fell to the charms of Thalia. She became the conductress of VIP Noche, a television show in Madrid. Her happiness is seen when she wrote "Madrid, Madrid, Madrid. Pienso mucho en ti." a line from her song, Madrid. She released her second album, Mundo de Cristal, the following year. Alfredo and Thalia became romantically involved with each other. Their love story wasn't all in roses. It had it's thorns, one of which was since Alfredo was 20 years older than Thalia some people could not accept their love. She was offered by Valentin Pimstein to make three telenovelas and she agreed. The first of these was Maria Mercedes, a street vendor who fell in love with rich Jorge Luis and inherited Santiago's money, to the ire of Luis' mother. It was in this telenovela where Thalia had a chance to act with her sister, Laura. Maria Mercedes was shown in 1992. The next was Marimar, a girl who lived by the sea with her grandparents and fell in love with Sergio, the son of an haciendero and whose life was made miserable by Sergio's family when Sergio married her. In 1993, during the shooting of Marimar in Cuernavaca, Thalia received a sad news -- Alfredo has died of Hepatitis. In the set of Marimar, she cried and cried because everything reminded her of Alfredo. She then released her third album, Love, which had quite sad songs. Two of the songs there were written by Thalia. Sangre and Flor de Juventud, both were noticibly written for Alfredo. Other sad songs were A La Orilla del Mar and Cien Años which spoke of lasting but tragic love. But there were lighter songs like La Vida en Rosa, a spanish/french interpretation of La Vie en Rose, El Bronceador, Love, and Maria Mercedes, the theme of her telenovela. 1995 - 1997 : The Star Shines High and Bright In 1995, Thalia's musical career made a leap forward when she moved from Fonovisa to EMI Mexico. She released a long awaited album, En Extasis. Through this project, she was able to work with the likes of Selena's brother A.B. Quintanilla III (Amandote), Kike Santander and Emilio Estefan Jr. (Piel Morena, Me Fatas Tu, Maria La Del Barrio). She wrote another sad song, Lagrimas, with the help of Aureo Baquiero and translated a french song in Me Erotizas. She was able to record Gracias A Dios, a song written by Juan Gabriel which she sang in Luz y Sombra but in a different musical arrangement. She also made her last Maria, Maria La Del Barrio, a scavenger who was adopted by a rich businessman and fell in love with Luis Fernando, the arrogant son. Fernando Colunga, who portrayed Luis Fernando, became romantically involved with Thalia, a relationship which lasted for two years. There was a point in Maria La Del Barrio when Thalia didn't appear for one week because she fainted in the set and had to stay in bed to rest. Thalia received a star in Calle Ocho, similar to Hollywood's Walk of Fame. But her star was far brighter that it's brillance reached as far as Asia where her telenovelas were shown in 1996. In August, she travelled to the Philippines, where she was met with love and admiration, and Indonesia. Her successful visits to these countries made certain that she is of star quality that is unlike another. And Thalia's star continued to shine brighter in 1997. She was already the queen of the hearts of many but fate decided that crowns fitted her perfectly. She became Queen in many festivals in different countries (Vina del Mar - Chile, Noches de Carnaval - Miami, Fiesta Broadway - Los Angeles, Feria la Molina - Peru) and was also declared Queen of Telenovelas by Mexican President Zedillo and Reina de los Billateros in December. She was not only queen in 1997, she also was a princess, Princess Anastasia that is. She sang Anastasia's themes in Spanish and Portuguese. She received other recognitions from award-giving bodies. Lasting symbols of Thalia is in Paseo de Las Luminarias where her hand and foot prints was immortalized and Museo de Cera where a wax figure of Thalia is in display. She released two albums - Nandito Ako and Amor A La Mexicana. Nandito Ako was a special album for the Filipinos where she sang 4 songs in tagalog, 5 songs in english and a slightly remixed version of Amandote. With all the love that was given to her, Amor A La Mexicana was her answer... a special love the Mexican way. In this album, she had the privelege to work anew with Emilio Estefan Jr. and Kike Santander. |
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| Hello Thalia...My name is Philia and i am 15 years old...I am from Greece.I have been one of your biggest fans since i was 6 years old!I was watching your telenovelas and they are wonderful.I love many of your songs,as well... Keep being powerful,you are my idol! You are wonderful and REALLY beautiful.In my opinion the most beautiful woman ever!!!!!!!I love youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu Bye!!!!!!!!!!!!Kissessssssssss | |
| rolla | |
| dearest thalia, may god bless you in everything i love u without any limit just because i love u i sterted to learn spanish y te amo please reply my message and i will keep in touch i will wait 4 u para siempre | |
| Dear THALIA I`m 21 years old, I`m from Romania, my town is Calarasi. Trying to replace the grief of my parents` separation, I became one of your greatest fans. Then I heard you for the first time (I was 16 years old) and your music made me “jump†from my perambulator in which I have been sitting since I was born. Your music changed my mood in a positive one. I am a happy person now. Starting school at the age of 15 was one of the happiest moments of my life. School wasn`t very simple because in our country, some people have unusual mentalities about disabled people. Anyway, God helped me to pass over all the hardships … the hardest moment was for me when I was 18, my grandmother past away and I had to help myself for a year (my mother was working in another city). A friend of mine called Maria helped me to pass over, she is like a sister for me. I had been working for 2 years in a printing shop but even tough the owner was content of my work, he didn`t want to pay for my work. My hobby for newspapers was born from a vital need of communication. I wanted to be useful, so I had my own newspaper called “Children`s Heartâ€. Unfortunately I managed to publish just 2 numbers, having financial problems. Things were very hard for us as I trained myself to write using my left foot and my computer adapted to my needs. I`m studying now to graduate the 8th form then I want to study for a college. Your music is the “soundtrack†for my activities. Ramona another friend of mine bought all your albums and she is going to perform them on the stage in a school contest (“Quiero hacerte el amor†and “No Me Eseñasteâ€). I hope it wasn`t too boring for you to read my letter and it wasn`t a wasted time. I would like to hear news about you, and I would like to see you coming in Romania and performing for the people that love and admire you. I would like very much to correspond with you and I`m waiting for your answer. I wish you health and a lucky career! I saw a show in which you asked your fans to pray for you, since then you`re always in my prayers! I love you so much, Anca! Anca Maria Botoi | |