July 25th, 2007
Little Known Fergie Facts
- Her birthday is March 27, 1975, making her sun sign Aries.
- As a member of girl group, Wild Orchid, she hosted the FOX Family series Great Pretenders, on which teenagers lip-synched and pretended to play instruments to tunes.
- Her sister’s name is Dana Ferguson.
- She appeared in many commercials as a child.
- Fergie appeared in more first-run episodes of Kids Incorporated (1984) than any other cast member: She was in over 100 shows from 1984 to 1989. She was also the only series regular to make a complete and continuous evolution from “littlest” (youngest) to “biggest” (eldest) performer in the lineup.
- There’s only one person between her and Kevin Bacon. She had a role in Grindhouse, which also starred Tim Robbins. Robins starred with Bacon in Mystic River.
- She was chosen as one of People magazine’s 50 Most Beautiful People in the World, May 2004.
- Her former music group ‘Wild Orchid’ is considered a one hit wonder (’Talk to me’).
- She once told an interviewer that she loves sleeping in men’s boxers.
- She loves to buy expensive bags & shoes.
- She is a huge Miami Dolphin’s football fan.
- Her new hit single, “Glamorous”, is a dichotomy of how she grew up and how she lives now.
- She loves to make up words.
- She sang backup vocals for some of Martika’s songs.
- She had known she wanted to be a solo singer since she was seven years old.
- Alanis Morrissete dressed like her in a video of her cover of the Black Eyed Peas’ pop single, My Humps.
- Fergie is good friends with Hilary Duff’s Boyfriend Joel Madden of the band Good Charlotte.
- Fergie is a natural blonde and has blue eyes.
- Fergie first major crush was Ryan Lambert from Kid Inc.
- Fergie was chosen as one of People Magazine’s annual 100 Most Beautiful People in the World, in May 2007.
- Fergie ranked 93 in FHM magazines’ 100 Sexiest Women in 2005. The year before she ranked 85.
- Her favorite Black Eyed Peas song to perform is “Let’s Get It Started”.
- She got her ear pierced as a treat to herself after she quit her addiction to methanphetamine.
- Fergie admitted that she peed herself in the middle of a performance in Australia.
- She was scheduled to play Stevie Wayne in The Fog, a 2005 horror movie. Due to creative differences, she pulled out and Selma Blair replaced her.
- She was only asked to lend her vocals to the Black Eyed Peas song, “Hey Mama”, but Will and the rest of the members of the band were so impressed with her, they asked her to join.
- She’s a model for Candie’s clothes and shoes.
- She is 5′4″.
- Her debut solo album, The Dutchess, went platinum in both America and Japan.
- She has starred alongside her boyfriend, Josh Duhamel, in one episode of Las Vegas, the NBC dramedy he is a regular in.
- She is one of Quentin Tarantino’s favorite singers. He likes her so much, he invited her to star in Grindhouse, a 2007 movie directed by him.
- Former member of the band “Wild Orchid” which she fronted with fellow “Kids Incorporated” (1984) star Renee Sands and Stefanie Ridel.
- 36C bust measurement. (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine)
- Ferguson discovered rising actor and singer Eric West in 1996.
- Apart from Fergie, her other nickname is Stace.
- Her parents are Terri Gore and Patrick Ferguson.
- Named #88 in FHM magazine’s “100 Sexiest Women in the World 2006″ supplement. (2006).
- She has been romantically involved with Josh Duhamel since 2004.
- She loves singing karaoke at her house
- Ranked #10 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2007 list.
- Fergie’s second single is “Fergalicious”. The music video is very similar to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. It was also used in the movie Epic Movie, in which the song features in a scene spoofing Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
- She had a nervous breakdown once.
- The bridge featured on the cover of the single “London Bridge” is not in fact London Bridge but Tower Bridge. This is presumably because the actual current London Bridge is of no particular architectural significance, and consequently most Americans identify Tower Bridge as London Bridge. This mistake is also made in the ending of the video for the song.
- Fergie released her first solo single “London Bridge” on July 13, 2006 and it reached #1 in the US music chart.
- Fergie once admited that she was a wild party girl when she was 13.
- When Fergie joined the Black Eyed Peas in 2003 she decided to dye her hair brown and blonde streaks.
- She thinks her feet are the best feature on her body, not her stomach.
- She was the voice of Sally Brown in 1984’s It’s a Flashbeagle, Charlie Brown and a few other Peanuts shows in the 80s.
- She has a role in 2006 film Poseidon, a remake of the 1972 Poseidon Adventure movie, playing a ship entertainer named Gloria. Fergie sings “I Won’t Let You Fall,” which she describes as a dramatic power ballad. She wrote the song with Will.I.Am and other band members. She also sang the song, “Bailamos”, on the movies soundtrack.
- She had one-episode roles in such sitcom faves as Married With Children, California Dreams and Mr. Belvedere.
- In July 2003, she had a guest role on the Rocket Power special, Reggie’s Big Beach Break, on Nickelodeon, voicing a fictitious pop music star named Shaffika.
- Has Mexican and Native American ancestors.
- She dated Justin Timberlake before he even met Britney Spears.
- She recorded the remake of the song “True” with fellow bandmate Will.I.Am for the soundtrack to 50 First Dates.
- She once sang a version of Lionel Richie’s Say You, Say Me to a clown wearing a rainbow wig on the show, Kids Incorporated.
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