Selena Quintanilla-Pérez

Selena Quintanilla-Pérez

Octavian Kress, Staff Writer

Selena Quintanilla-Pérez is an American singer, spokesperson, songwriter, fashion designer, and an actress. In her time she won 67 awards for songs such as: “Dreaming of You”, “Como la Flor”, “Bidi Bidi Bom Bom”, “Amor Prohibido”, “If I Could Fall in Love”, and many more. She also owned her own fashion store with her assistant and fan club leader, Yolanda Saldívar. She then became the biggest Latino-American sensation in the U.S. and is still known for her songs today. Selena did find a lover named Chris Pérez and married him. She was born on April 16, 1971 and died March 31, 1995.
On March 31, 1995 in a hotel, Selena Quintanilla- Pérez was shot by Yolanda Saldívar after having a disaggreement with Yolanda about the firing off the employees. Yolanda shot Selena in an artery, chasing Selena down to the lobby calling out cus words. Selena was trying to get assitance from the lobby. Following her from the lobby was a 392 foot long trail of blood. The lobby desk person called the medics and local police. Saldívar then ran to her pickup truck and attemeped an escape, and then the police showed up. One in a half an hours later, Saldívar got out of he truck and surrenered. Selena was now in the hospital. After 50 minutes of surgery the wound was unfixable, and she had lost too much blood. Selena was then pronnunced dead.
As a child, her and her dad, Abraham Quintanilla, would always spend more and more time together, then finally her songs were heard and then she became an overnight sensation. Her songs were not just in Español they were also in English such as the songs sung in Spanish like: Techno cumbia, Amor Prohibido, Como la flor, bidi bidi bom bom and much more. Songs in English such as: dreaming of you, missing my baby, and I could fall in love.
Selena was beloved by all here fan club members and fans but when she was murdered in Corpus Christi, Texas all her fans were sadden and on April 16th in Corpus Christi, Texas they have a day called Selena day. Selena is now remembered through here songs and her fans.