Taylor Swift is the biggest star in the music industry right now, judging by the numbers of her best-selling 1989album. While we are well aware of many aspects of T. Swizzle’s life based on her song lyrics, there’s plenty about Taylor Alison Swift that you don’t know.
1. She is super associated with Nashville aka Music City but Swift was born and raised in Pennsylvania first, on a Christmas tree farm. How scenic!
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2. She once won a local talent competition performing LeAnn Rimes’ “Big Deal.”
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3. She wrote a poem called “Monster in My Closet” and won a national poetry contest. She is the poet laureate of her generation, so…
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4. She hosted Saturday Night Live and was the first host to pen her own opening monologue. That’s a wow moment right there. She wrote her “My Monologue Song.”
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5. Her cats are Meredith Grey, named after the Grey’s Anatomy character, and Olivia Benson, named after an SVU character. Tay is known for her love of crime procedurals! I wonder if she FaceTimes with her many BFFs during episodes?
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6. She once surprised a fan at her bridal shower. Does that count as one-upping the bride?
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7. She competed in horse shows as a child.
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8. Her dad Scott is a financial advisor (lots of bankers in her family tree), while her brother Austin is an amateur photographer.
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9. She appeared on a 2009 episode of CSI. Told ya she loves those crime shows.
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