Selena's favorite things and hobbies


Favorite color: purple and black

Favorite food: thin-crust pizza with double pepperoni

Other foods she loved to eat: burgers, tacos, tortillas, arroz con pollo (chicken with rice). In general, she liked Italian and Mexican food. 

Favorite fast food places: Pizza Hut, WhatABurger, Jack in the Box 

Favorite restaurants: Hi-Ho Restaurant and Olive Garden, both in Corpus Christi, TX . Also, she loved Mi Tierra Restaurant in San Antonio, TX. 

Favorite drink: Coca Cola

Favorite lipstick color: Chanel Brick Lipstick

Favorite make up brand: MAC

Favorite flowers: long stemmed white roses 

Favorite hobbies: designing clothes and making arrangements to clothes such as putting rhinestones 
on bustiers, caps, and belts.

Cars she owned: charcoal gray BMW M3 (stolen), red Porsche (currently displayed on the Selena Museum in Corpus Christi, Texas)

Pets she owned: Selena brought home five dogs. Chris always wanted a pet snake and that is why they got a Python. 

Collections: she collected Fabergé egss and displayed them on a cabinet in her living room.

Hairstyles: She did her hairstyles by herself most of time. Some hairstyles include : hair down, low bun, curly up-do, half up half down with curly hair, big up-do.

Hair: Selena had black hair which was sometimes frizzy. She took pills because she believed they were good for it.

Eyes: Selena had dark brown eyes which were a bit slanted. She was a fan of false lashes and liked to wear eye shadows in earth tones.

Lips: Selena had full lips. She loved to apply red shades of lipsticks, which made her teeth look whiter and enhanced her big and beautiful smile. Other colors she wore included brownish lip colors and lip glosses.

Nails: She liked to have long pointy nails, sometimes false nails. She usually used red and white nail polish colors.

Make up Brand: MAC Selena. Released in October 2016. The make up colors were inspired by Selena's own makeup kit. Her sister Suzette went though all the colors that Selena had in her make up kit so that she could carefully base the MAC make up on the  colors that Selena used.

Clothing line: Selena Etc. (discontinued)

Boutique: Two Selena Etc boutiques. One in Corpus Christi (opened in January 1994) and a bigger one in San Antonio opened in October 1994. Both boutiques were closed in 2009. 

Nicknames: preciosa, buffy, la reina, La Reina Del Tex-Mex/ de la Música Tejana, The Queen of Tex-Mex/Tejano Music, The Mexican Madonna.

Meaning of the Selena name: moon

Second Last Name:  Zamora

Maiden Name: Pérez

TV appearances/ performances: Johnny Canales Show, Furia Musical, Padrísimo, Puro Tejano, Sábado Gigante, Noche de Carnaval, Cristina Show, 

Theater performances: Mariachi singer on the 1995 movie Don Juan DeMarco with Johnny Depp and Marlom Brando. She appeared singing during a restaurant scene.

Telenovela performance: Dos Mujeres, Un Camino (1993)

Places she traveled to: New York, Las Vegas, Santa Monica, Los Angeles, Miami, Chicago, Mexico, El Salvador, Jamaica, many cities in Texas, etc.

Risks she took: eloping with Chris Perez even though her father was against it, recording +20 English songs during her career, deciding to record a pop contemporary album only in English, starting her own business which consisted of two boutiques with beauty supplies, hair and nail services, and her own clothing line designed by her and designer Martin Gomez.

Dreams: having 5 children, having her own boutique, becoming a clothes designer, having her own farm with horses and other  farm animals, becoming an international crossover artist

Personality: She was always laughing and joking around. She was very charismatic and always accepted challenges and dares. Howeve, she was also stubborn. Once she made up her mind, it was very difficult to change it.





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