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Taylor Swift

Taylor Swift is a great role model. In this article, you will earn all about when she started to became famous, when she became famous, fun facts and her current success!! Read on to find out about this amazing role model.


Taylor Alison Swift was born on December 13, 1989 in Reading, Pennsylvania to her parents Andrea Finlay and Scott Swift. Taylor had an interest in musical theater and began performing in productions for the Berks Youth Theatre Academy. Soon, Taylor was interested in country music and sometimes she performed in local festivals. She won a local competition with a performance of LeAnn Rime’s “Big Deal.” Taylor Swift’s mom wanted to name her Taylor because if you see her name on a business card, you wouldn’t know if she was a boy or a girl. A computer repairman taught her how to play three chords on the guitar when she was 12, and came out with the song “Lucky You.” Taylor Swift grew up on a Christmas tree farm in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. Taylor Swift is a singer-songwriter. She grew up in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania Taylor then moved to Nashville, Tennessee, when she was 14 to pursue a career in country music. Taylor was inspired to sing by her grandmother Marjorie Finlay who was an opera singer. All the steps she took when she was young, really paid off when she started to become famous.

In 2012, Taylor Swift voiced Audrey in The “Lorax”. In 2010, she was in the movie “Valentine’s Day”. She also wrote original music for a few films, too- including “The Hunger Games”. Taylor Swift met her best friend Selena Gomez backstage at a Jonas Brothers concert. When Taylor Swift was 12, she wrote a 350 pages long novel while she was on vacation. Her favorite musicians were: Shania Twain, Faith Hill, Tim Mcgraw, the Dixie Chicks, Patsy Cline, Loretta Lynn, Tammy Wynette and Dolly Parton. When she started to become famous she got bigger and bigger all over the world.

Taylor Swift’s net worth is around $200 million. Taylor has 5 albums out right now including Taylor Swift, Fearless, Speak Now, Red, and 1989. Taylor Swift’s Rhode Island house costs $17 million dollars. Taylor paid it all in cash!!! Taylor Swift was on the cover of TIME magazine in January 2015. Taylor Swift sang on a Victoria’s Secret Fashion show in November 2014. Taylor Swift was the only woman to ever top herself on Billboard with the same song on the same album!! So far Taylor has won seven Grammy Awards, and six Country Music Association Awards. She has walked away with The Nashville Songwriters Association’s Songwriter or Artist five times!! That is a lot for one artist in only a couple of years of being famous! The Style music video has 30,363,607 views on Youtube in the first 2-3 weeks.

Taylor Swift has 2 cats, one named Meredith Grey and one named Olivia Benson. Taylor’s favorite show is Grey’s Anatomy so she named both of her cats after characters on the show. Did you know that Taylor’s mom named her Taylor because if you saw her name on a business card, you wouldn’t know if it was a boy or a girl? Taylor’s parents assumed she would go into a financial major, but she didn’t! This young popstar’s PRIVATE JET costs around $40 million dollars! Taylor Swift hugs people when she meets them because everybody knows how to hug. Taylor designed her own shoes in 2013 during RED tours. They are called Keds. Taylor’s favorite colors are white, purple, navy blue and glitter colors. Some of her best friends are Selena Gomez, Demi Lovato, Karlie Kloss, Abigail Anderson and many more. Some of her hobbies are watching movies and songwriting. Taylor Swift has a fear of sea urchins and getting arrested or framed. Along with all this fun information, she is really kind when it comes to fans, charities and wrecks from hurricanes and tornadoes.

She showed her kindness to the Victorian Bushfire Appeal by joining the concert for Sydney’s Sound Relief concert. Taylor Swift donated $100,000 to the Red Cross in Cedar Rapids, Iowa to help the victims of the Iowa flood of 2008. Taylor Swift donated her prom dress, which raised $1,200 for charity, to DonateMyDress.org. In 2009, Taylor performed on BBC’s Children In Need concert and donated $13,000 to the community. In response to the May 2010 Tennessee floods, Taylor donated $500,000 while a flood relief telethon hosted by WSMV a Nashville TV station. Taylor Swift donated one of her signed guitars for a silent auction for a Wounded Warrior Project Benefit Dinner. On May 23, 2011, she performed a benefit concert for victims of recent tornadoes in the United States southeast region. The concert raised more than $750,000. In July 2011, she donated $250,000 to Alabama football coach Nick Saban’s charity Nick’s Kids to aid in the tornado relief efforts of West Alabama. On September 21, 2007, Taylor started a campaign to protect kids from people that are bad online. Taylor teamed up with the Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen to help with her campaign. As you can see, Taylor Swift does many many things for charities.

Taylor Swift is a growing popstar everyone can look up to. Everyday, she gets bigger and bigger. She does a lot of charity work and really respects her fans. These are just some of the many reasons why you should look up to her. Taylor Swift is a great role model.

(Before you do this, take a long hard look at the paragraphs above then come back, do this and DO NOT look back at the paragraphs until you are done.)

(Hint: The shorter lines means it is TRUE. The longer lines mean it is FALSE.)

True Or False?

Taylor Swift’s lucky number is 15. __________.




Taylor Swift’s cat’s names is Olivia and Meredith. _______.




Taylor’s full name is Taylor Alison Swift. _______.




Taylor’s birthday was December 9, 1990. ____________.

Unscramble The Words!

LORTYA _____________




EREMIHTD ____________




IVAILO ___________




CEMEDBRE ____________




LREO DLEOM _______ _______

Answer Key

True Or False?




Taylor Swift’s lucky number is 15. ___False____.




Taylor Swift’s cat’s names is Olivia and Meredith. ___True___.




Taylor’s full name is Taylor Alison Swift. _____True_____




Taylor’s birthday was December 9, 1990. ___False__.

Unscramble The Words!

LORTYA _____________= TAYLOR




EREMIHTD ____________+ MEREDITH




IVAILO ___________=OLIVIA




CEMEDBRE ____________=DECEMBER




LREO DLEOM _______ _______= ROLE MODEL