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Christian Serratos
Christian Serratos, Selena Quintanilla.Michael Lavine/NETFLIX; Vinnie Zuffante/Getty Images
Serratos - who embodies the late singer in the Netflix series,Selena -told PEOPLEthat she has loved Quintanilla since she was a young girl.
Serratos said of Quintanilla, “This woman was a pioneer. She was way before her time. Transitioning into mainstream pop music was not easy for a Mexican woman in the ’80s, but she did it gracefully and with such strength. It’s something that I really look up to.”
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Selena Gomez
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03of 15Jennifer LopezSCOTT DEL AMO/AFP/GettyJennifer Lopezplayed the lateMexican singerin the movieSelenaand felt a special connection with thereinaof Tex Mex. “I felt she had a sense to live in the moment, that you’re not promised tomorrow,” Lopez toldBillboard.“For me, that was the biggest lesson. That affected me in my life far more profoundly than the movie did in career terms.”
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Jennifer Lopez
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Jennifer Lopezplayed the lateMexican singerin the movieSelenaand felt a special connection with thereinaof Tex Mex. “I felt she had a sense to live in the moment, that you’re not promised tomorrow,” Lopez toldBillboard.“For me, that was the biggest lesson. That affected me in my life far more profoundly than the movie did in career terms.”
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05of 15Demi LovatoDemi Lovato.Kevin Winter/One Voice: Somos Live!/GettyLovato, a longtime admirer of the Texan legend, wore aSelena-inspiredpurple jumpsuit on tour anddressed as the singer for Halloween. They listened to Selena’s music as a child, tellingHuffPost: “I was really young when she passed, so I didn’t know much about her until I got a little older, and when I saw the movie there was just some sort of connection. There is something about the movie that was really inspiring to me.”
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Demi Lovato
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Lovato, a longtime admirer of the Texan legend, wore aSelena-inspiredpurple jumpsuit on tour anddressed as the singer for Halloween. They listened to Selena’s music as a child, tellingHuffPost: “I was really young when she passed, so I didn’t know much about her until I got a little older, and when I saw the movie there was just some sort of connection. There is something about the movie that was really inspiring to me.”
06of 15Victoria ‘La Mala’ OrtizJerritt Clark/GettyMexican singer Victoria ‘La Mala’ Ortiz has said: “If 2Pac and Selena had a child, it would be me. I have old school influences with a new spirit.”
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Victoria ‘La Mala’ Ortiz
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Mexican singer Victoria ‘La Mala’ Ortiz has said: “If 2Pac and Selena had a child, it would be me. I have old school influences with a new spirit.”
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Kacey Musgraves
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08of 15Edward James OlmosAraya Diaz/WireImageOlmos played the singer’s father, Abraham, in the filmSelena. “It was the saddest movie I’ve ever filmed, to be honest with you. I’ve never had a more difficult film to film,” Olmos toldET. “It was too close to the time when she was actually killed. It was only 13 months. Nobody wanted to film it. The parents didn’t. We didn’t. Nobody wanted to. We’d rather she be alive. But we had to.”
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Edward James Olmos
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Olmos played the singer’s father, Abraham, in the filmSelena. “It was the saddest movie I’ve ever filmed, to be honest with you. I’ve never had a more difficult film to film,” Olmos toldET. “It was too close to the time when she was actually killed. It was only 13 months. Nobody wanted to film it. The parents didn’t. We didn’t. Nobody wanted to. We’d rather she be alive. But we had to.”
09of 15Eva LongoriaStephane Cardinale/Corbis/GettyWhenLongoria got her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame alongside her idol in 2016, she paid tribute to the singer on social media: “She was the reason I even dared to dream that a better life was possible … Selena was proud of being from Corpus Christi, Texas. And that made me proud to be from Corpus. She blazed the way for all of us and I will be forever grateful to her for not only that but for the pure joy I felt when I got to see her perform. Her smile, her charisma, her beauty put every single person who watched her under a spell.”
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Eva Longoria
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WhenLongoria got her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame alongside her idol in 2016, she paid tribute to the singer on social media: “She was the reason I even dared to dream that a better life was possible … Selena was proud of being from Corpus Christi, Texas. And that made me proud to be from Corpus. She blazed the way for all of us and I will be forever grateful to her for not only that but for the pure joy I felt when I got to see her perform. Her smile, her charisma, her beauty put every single person who watched her under a spell.”
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Daddy Yankee
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11of 15Becky GJP Yim/GettyIn an Instagram post from 2015, Becky G paid homage to theDreaming of Yousinger: “Selena is one of my biggest inspirations. Beyond just her music, her way of being with her family and fans was so special and so relatable. Every show, interview, and song had something special. Thankful for the path she had created for young women like myself to be ourselves.”
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Becky G
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In an Instagram post from 2015, Becky G paid homage to theDreaming of Yousinger: “Selena is one of my biggest inspirations. Beyond just her music, her way of being with her family and fans was so special and so relatable. Every show, interview, and song had something special. Thankful for the path she had created for young women like myself to be ourselves.”
12of 15Kim KardashianKim Kardashian/Instagram; Arlene Richie/Media Sources/The LIFE Images Collection/GettyThoughKim Kardashian’sHalloween tribute to “My fave Selena!“stirred up controversy, Quintanilla’s sisterSuzette gave it her stamp of approval: “She looked real Latina. I loved it.”
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Kim Kardashian
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ThoughKim Kardashian’sHalloween tribute to “My fave Selena!“stirred up controversy, Quintanilla’s sisterSuzette gave it her stamp of approval: “She looked real Latina. I loved it.”
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Beyoncé
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Jackie Cruz
Orange Is the New Blackstar Cruz gave kudos to Google for its Selena Doodle. “Always believe that the impossible is always possible. Today the #SelenaDoodle honors Selena’s legacy and the music that made her a legend,” she wrote on Instagram. The Dominican-American singer also paid homage to Selena with herown renditionof Selena’s hit “Como La Flor.”
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Cristela Alonzo
Comedian Alonzo tweeted: “Let’s talk the Selena Google Doodle because she represents SO MUCH of what is right in the ongoing #representationmatters convo…I’ll speak for myself: Selena is a big icon in the Latino community, especially w/the Mexican-American community because she was one of us.”
source: people.com
