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Beyoncé shocker: from losing her virginity to being called Dumbo - 10 outrageous facts

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BEYONCE turned 34 yesterday: new book Beyoncé Running the World: A Biography takes a looks at the outrageous truths behind the myth, from losing her virginity and suffering from depression to her Rihanna rivalry and being nicknamed Dumbo.</div>
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Sexy superstar Beyonce Knowles looks like she has it all. But the truth is never that simple.</div>
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She may be a modern music, fashion and beauty icon but Queen Bee has faced major trials and tribulations in her life.</div>
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Even now, at the peak of her success, rumours swirl about the state of her marriage to music titan Jay Z.</div>
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A fascinating book by the former editor of Star magazine and showbiz expert Anna Pointer celebrates the life of this extraordinary woman but also takes a look a the sometimes harsh realty beneath the glittering exterior.</div>
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Beyonce: Running The World: The Biography is an eye-opening read and Anna has selected 10 remarkable facts about the real woman behind the myth, exclusively for <a href="http://newsnewsblog.blogspot.com/">NewsNewsBlog.blogspot.com</a></div>
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<i><b>Scroll down for the 10 shocking facts about Beyonc</b><b>é</b></i></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">CUTY-LICIOUS: Beyonce as a toddler</td></tr>
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<b>1) SHE WAS TEASED AT SCHOOL</b></div>
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Despite her beauty, Beyoncé was terribly insecure as a child.</div>
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Growing up in Houston, she got teased about her ears which she jokes ‘were bigger than my head’, and earned her the nickname Dumbo.</div>
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Bey also says she was a ‘chubby kid’, and grew so convinced that other girls would cut off her long hair that she wore her hair in a bun for the first six months of middle school.</div>
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<b></b><b>2) HER NAME COMES FROM HER MOTHER'S MAIDEN NAME</b></div>
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Her name derives from her mum Tina’s maiden name, Beyincé.</div>
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Tina wanted to keep the name going when she married husband Mathew Knowles so they named their firstborn Beyoncé.</div>
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But the young starlet-in-the-making hated her name and it became yet another reason for kids to pick on her at school.</div>
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<b>3) PARENTAL PROBLEMS</b></div>
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The strain of trying to make Beyoncé a singing success proved too much for her parents and they separated when she was just 13 - with Tina saying Mathew was too ‘obsessed’ with their daughter’s career.</div>
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The split badly affected the youngster and she turned to her church in Houston, where she was frequently seen crying.</div>
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Though Tina and Mathew did eventually reconcile, they broke up for good in 2010 after 31 years of marriage.</div>
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<b>4) SHE SUFFERED FROM DEPRESSION</b></div>
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After two of the original members of Destiny’s Child, LeToya Luckett and LaTavia Roberson left the band amid a swirl of controversy, it hit Beyoncé very hard.</div>
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She struggled to eat and shut herself away in her room, later admitting she suffered depression for two years.</div>
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LeToya and LaTavia claimed Beyoncé received special treatment in the group and that Tina Knowles ordered them to have tanning sessions to darken their black skin.</div>
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On the counter-attack, Beyoncé questioned their singing skills and even branded LeToya ‘tone deaf.’</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">BEAUTY-LICIOUS: Beyonce on her I Am Sasha Fierce tour</td></tr>
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<b>5) EARLY DAYS WITH JAY-Z</b></div>
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Beyoncé first got together with Jay-Z after sparks flew on a Vanity Fair shoot in 2001.</div>
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But their courtship was very innocent at first and for the first 18 months it was conducted solely over the phone.</div>
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The pair were extremely wary of creating a media circus - especially as Jay-Z hailed from a difficult background.</div>
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He was once a crack dealer on a tough New York estate and even shot his brother in the shoulder after believing he had stolen his ring.</div>
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<b>SCROLL DOWN FOR POINT NO 6: LOSING HER VIRGINITY</b></div>
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<b>6) LOSING HER VIRGINITY</b></div>
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Beyoncé’s first boyfriend was a boy called Lyndall Locke, a boy from her church group who she began dating aged 12.</div>
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They were an item for seven years, but she was less than complimentary about him in later years, saying their first kiss ‘sucked.’</div>
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Lyndall later admitted cheating on the star - citing the somewhat lame excuse that he didn't feel worthy of her!</div>
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However, it’s thought that Beyoncé decided not to lose her virginity to him - and that she waited until she was with Jay-Z for that to happen.</div>
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<b>7) THE INVENTION OF SASHA FIERCE</b></div>
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Her stage persona Sasha Fierce was dreamt up by her cousin Angie when they were kids as a way of helping her cope with crippling nerves whenever she performed.</div>
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The name stuck around for years - until Beyoncé made the decision to kill Sasha off in 2010.</div>
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<b>8) ANIMAL RIGHTS CONTROVERSY</b></div>
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Fashion forward she may be, but Beyoncé has had frequent run-ins with animal rights group PETA, who regularly criticise her for wearing fur and skins.</div>
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On one occasion, two activists posing as competition winners ambushed her in Nobu restaurant in New York and filmed the encounter.</div>
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Asking her why she felt the need to wear fur, Beyoncé replied that she felt ‘uncomfortable’ to be put on the spot and resolutely ignored the rest of their questions.</div>
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As her angry mum Tina stepped in, the pair were escorted out of the restaurant by staff.</div>
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<b>9) IS SHE JEALOUS OF RIHANNA?</b></div>
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Beyoncé’s marriage has come under vast scrutiny in the past few months and her husband has been linked to many famous women over the years - including his young protégée Rihanna.</div>
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Though the two women have both denied rumours that they don’t get on, Beyoncé reportedly once banned any of Ri-Ri’s music from being played at a clothing launch for her House of Deréon range in Toronto.</div>
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<b>10) BOOTYLICIOUS IS A REAL WORD</b></div>
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A true cultural phenomenon of our times, Beyoncé’s invented word ‘Bootylicious’ was even added to the Oxford English dictionary in 2008.</div>
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But she later admitted she found the word ‘really irritating.’</div>
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<i><b>Beyoncé Running The World: The Biography by Anna Pointer (Hodder & Stoughton, £16.99) is out October 9</b></i></div>