I want to be remembered not only as an entertainer, but as a person who cared a lot,

and I gave the best that I could.

I try to be the best role model that I possibly could.

Selina Quintanilla Perez

Selena was a true superstar of the Latin music industry, known as the Queen of Tejano,

a special type of folk music with both Mexican and European elements.

In her brief time here on earth, she built a massive fan base, sold over a million records,

and then sold so many million more records when she died. Right before she was murdered,

Selina was on the cusp of taking her career to new heights. She was working on an English

crossover album that she

hoped would take her to the top of the pop charts, which it would, and expose her talents

to an even wider audience, which it did. But Selena's life and career were cut tragically short

when she was murdered on March 31st, 1995 by the president of her own fan club, a deranged, delusional parasite of a woman named Yolanda

Saldivar. Selina was only 23 years old. Selina had met Saldivar, a nurse from San Antonio,

11 years her senior, four years earlier in 1991. Yolanda was obsessed with her from the very beginning, establishing and managing

the Selena fan club, earning both the singers and her family's trust, and eventually becoming

Selena's friend and confidant. Yolanda centered her entire life around Selena, which wasn't

hard for her to do. She didn't have any friends or a romantic partner when she met Selena.

Yolanda turned her home into what essentially was a creepy shrine dedicated to the singer, and she tried to get rid of

anyone she thought stood in the way of their relationship. All the while, Selena's biggest fan

was stealing tens of thousands of dollars from her non-profit fan club and later clothing boutiques.

When she finally got caught, instead of admitting what she had done, she just kept telling

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