Post by -S.H.E & Fahrenheit Adik- on Nov 8, 2008 19:26:44 GMT 8
Ren Jia-Xuan, more commonly credited as Selina, is a member of the Taiwanese girl-band S.H.E. On June 11, 2004, she graduated from the National Taiwan Normal University with a Bachelor of Education degree, majoring in Civic Education and Leadership. In September 2006, Selina released her first book, Selina Loves Beading, which taught readers how to use beads to make designs.
Background
On August 8, 2000, HIM International Music held a 'Universal 2000 Talent and Beauty Girl Contest' in search for new artists to be signed under their label. Her younger sister (Kimi Ren) really wanted to join but she was too young. Instead, Selina joined the contest in her place. The contest had about 1000 contestants and after many tiring rounds of competing, seven contestants were left for the 'Cruel Stage' round. The three members of S.H.E were formed from here. Following the competition, the record company gave all seven contestants an audition. Selina Ren was the actual winner of this contest. She caught the judges' attention in the first round by singing Coco Lee's 'Before I Fall In Love' and entered the final round with no trouble with 'The Closest Stranger'.Selina Ren also sing "Reflection" by Christina Aguillera. Due to her nervousness during the final round, Selina was called twice, and when she was announced the winner, she was doubtful because there were other contestants who did not get called on. However, all three future members of S.H.E were signed together under HIM International Music. The name "Selina" initially had two possible spellings: Selina and Selena. Ren Jiaxuan eventually chose "Selina" simply because she would be able to dot the i.
Collaborations
Selina's voice earned her duets with Tank, a soloist on HIM's roster ("Solo Love Song"), as well as Lee-Hom Wang ("You Are The Song Inside My Heart"). The collaboration with Lee-Hom had been successful thus creating a rumour saying that Selina was seducing Lee-Hom. A crying Selina held a press conference to clear up the misunderstanding, as well as the rumour that Selina received a car from Huang Zi Jiao.
In her childhood, she hated dogs; however, after being introduced to Hebe and Ella who both kept dogs, she started keeping her own dog as well. Her dog’s name, Pinky, reflects her colour preference for pink. Her height is 163 cm and she weighs 45kg.
The name Selina was chosen by her company after taking a personality test; it represents “gentleness”.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selina_Ren
