While growing up in poverty, she earned money by singing in local bars. Raised her three younger siblings after her mother and stepfather died in a car accident in 1987.  Her stepfather, Jerry, was an Ojibwa native; when she changed her name from Eileen, she chose "Shania," which is Ojibwa for "I'm on my way." Won the 1999 Entertainer of the Year Award at both the Academy of Country Music Awards and the Country Music Association Awards. A vegetarian; she was the first celebrity to be named Sexiest… Show more Vegetarian Alive by PETA, in 2001. Signed on with Stetson Fragrances in 2005 to develop and market a fragrance line.  In 2010, she founded the charity Shania Kids Can, which aims to help underprivileged school-age children. Was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame in 2011.  Starred in the documentary series  Why Not? With Shania Twain on OWN in the spring of 2011. Penned the memoir From This Moment On in 2011. ~ Rovi

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