Outspoken. Brutally honest. Undeniably fearless. If Demi isn't already one of your favourite pop stars, she will be after you read this.
Demi Lovato was born on august 20 1992 in Albuquerque New Mexico. Lovatos mother, Dianna Lavato was a former country music recording artist and dallas cow-boy cheerleader. Lavato is the middle child of three sisters. Her older sister Dallas is also a singer and actress and her younger sister Madison was born in 2002. As a young girl Demi won several talent contests and preformed in many venues like Elsmann centre, she then started her own business career at the age of 10 she became involved in a series regular on the children;s television show barney and friends. After that she then starred on television drama's Prison Break (2006) and Just Jordan (2007) In 2007 she then officially become a "Disney Star" First she got a part on a short tv show called "As The Bell Rings" After her roll on that ending, she starred as the leading character Mitchie Torres on the Disney Channel movie Camp-rock.
In 2008, Lovato covered the Academy Award-nominated song, "That's How You Know" from enchanted on the DisneyMania 6 album. Later on in 2008, Demi began filming her song Disney Channel Original Movie, Princess Protection Program. The film was made in Puerto Rico and Lovato co-starred with her then-good friend Selena Gomez. Demi Lovato was the tsar of her own Disney Channel television show called Sonny with a Chance. The series debuted in 2009, becoming one of the channel's most popular programs and making Lovato one of the brightest stars. Sonny with a chance ran until 2011. On september 23, 2008, Lovato released her debut album, Don't Forget. Several of the songs on the album were co-written by the Jonas Brothers. The album debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 chart.
In promotion of this album Lovato went on tour with the Jonas Brothers on their 2008 Burning Up our as the opening act. On July 21, 2009 Demi Lovato released her second studio album, "Her We Go Again". She went on tour again with the Jonas Brothers the following year and was romantically linked to Joe Jonas around this time. While on tour, Lovato got into an altercation with a dancer. The fight made headlines, and she sought treatment after the incident. Not long after her first tweet, deem bravely admitted, 'I never thought i'd ever feel confident enough to ever do that. Im excited how far I've come since being completely ashamed of my body." The news came sooner after Demi admitted her battle with eating disorders, self harming and her recent diagnosis of Bipolar Disorder on the American news and talk show Good Morning America. Demi explained how her unhealthy relationship with food starting at 8 years old , triggering bulimia began through childhood bullying.
Ever since I was a young girl I felt self-conscious of the way I looked
Exclusive Interview;opens up about her eating disorders, her newfound confidence
"I literally didn't know why kids were being so mean to me and they would say well you're fat."
At the age of 11 is when I started to self-harming, it was a way of expressing my own shame of myself on my own body. There were sometimes where my emotions were just so built up, I didn't know what to do, the only way I could get instant gratification as through an immediate release on myself."
Although her self-harming was not suicidal in intent, Demi admits how concerned she became about her health and even her own life.
" I don't think that I was ever trying to kill myself but I knew that if I'd ever gone too far, that I wouldn't care."
Demi soon became overwhelmed with her workload, and increased popularity and media attention her astounding success and achievements- an actress, singer, songwriter and charity spokesperson, all by the teenager age of 18. She couldn't possibly handle it anymore and thats when she physically struck one of her backup dancers, who was also one of our close family friends.' admits Demi's mother
"I was preforming my concerts on any empty stomach, I was losing my voice through purging, I literally was so emotionally waked out. I was self-medicating. I was no taking medication for depression, and I literally was so emotionally whacked-out that I took it out on someone that meant a lot to me."
Demi states that she regrets the incident tremendously and says that she takes ' one hundred percent full responsibility. the second I came out of my mania and realized what I had done I felt sick.'
We then knew we had to intervene with Demi, and after that Demi immediatly cancelled the remainder of her tour and admitted herself into a women's only addiction centre for treatments where she received an unexpected diagnosis that she had Bipolar Disorder.
Demi now the age of 22 has tattoos all over "Stay-Strong' on her wrists were her scars used to be. She is clearly taking control of her life and her body, bravely allowing the world to see a photo of her beautiful healthy "bikini time body" on Instagram.
I just want any girl/guy out there who struggles with body image or confidence to that it is is possible to fine peace with yourself
Demi Lovato showing off her pearly whites at the age of 3
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