50 facts about Aubrey O'Day: wanted to be a super star since she was born

O'Day began performing at age five. "I lived on the stage, and even at six, slept behind the seats of the theatre," she stated in an interview. Learn 50 facts you didn't know about Aubrey O'Day.

1. She pursued her love of performing through the years with various leads in many musical productions, including Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz, Carmen in Fame, Sandy in Grease, Liesl in The Sound of Music.

2. She was also part of Tzeitel in The Fiddler on the Roof, Mimi in Rent, Elphaba in Wicked, Val in A Chorus Line, and the list goes on and on.

3. In 1992, she received her first honor, the SCETA Distinguished Theatrical Performance Award

4. Other rewards include the Desert Theatre League's Outstanding Juvenile Performer in 1995, the Starmania Nationals' Junior Pop Vocalist in 1996, the California Arts' Scholar in Music and in Dance twice in 1997, a nomination for the Desert Theatre League's best supporting actress in 1998, the Desert Theatre League's Best Actress in 1999 and was one of the top five finalists for the 98.7 Be a Star Contest.

5. Aubrey stared in the hit T.V. show "Making the Band 3″.

6. Was chosen personally by renowned hip-hop artist and producer Sean 'P. Diddy' Combs, for a spot in The Band later named, Danity Kane.

7. Before graduating from UC Irvine, she spent a semester at sea.

8. While touring the world in such places as Japan, China, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Thailand, India, Tanzania, South Africa, Brazil, Cuba and many more, she worked with many service organizations.

9. Since then she has started one of her own organization, called FAN (Fight AIDS Now).

10. She has also donated her time to Responsibility being a Big Sister and to The Pink Project, which is an organization that donates to RAINN and LABCA.

11. She also walked in the Celebrity Catwalk Charity to raise funds and awareness for National Animal Rescue.

12. Aubrey has wanted to be a super star since she was born!

13. Oprah has already compared this rising star to some of today's top icons, Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan and Britney Spears.

14. Most recently featured on the cover of Complex magazine.

15. She also has graced the covers of Jadore, Image, Palm Springs Life, King, Right On, Dub Magazine, Curve, Envy, and Paper Magazine.

16. Additionally, Aubrey has done features for GQ, In Touch, Us Weekly, Blender magazines Hot 100, Stuff magazines Hit List and Maxim's Top 100.

17. Most recently, Aubrey was able to live her dream by starring as Amber Von Tussle in Hairspray n Broadway.

18. Aubrey Morgan O'Day is an American singer-songwriter, member of the duo band Dumblonde, actress, fashion designer, reality television personality, fashion model and a former member of the girl group Danity Kane.

19. In 2011, she signed a solo record deal with SRC/Universal Motown Records, and released her debut EP Between Two Evils in 2013.

20. O'Day began performing at age five. "I lived on the stage, and even at six, slept behind the seats of the theatre," she stated in an interview.

21. According to her mother, when O'Day was four, she was at a performance of The Nutcracker and started to cry. Her mother asked her what was wrong and O'Day replied, "I'm sad that I'm sitting here and not up on stage." O'Day recalls that moment as the one in which she "officially" realized her love for entertainment.

22. She also appeared in Annie.

23. O'Day's childhood leaned heavily toward auditions and acting gigs more than school.

24. The Notorious B.I.G. and Sean "Puffy" Combs were her primary influences as a child.

25. O'Day attended La Quinta High School in the early 2000s. She later majored in political science and drama and graduated with a degree in political science from University of California, Irvine, and is a member of the Alpha Chi Omega sorority.

26. O'Day was discovered in 2004 on the MTV reality show Making the Band 3, founded by Sean "Diddy" Combs, and emerged as the show's breakout star.

27. O'Day landed the role of Amber Von Tussle in the Broadway musical Hairspray on July 16, 2008.

28. She appeared in the 2009 comedy American High School costarring Nikki Ziering, and is currently reading scripts for consideration in starring in feature films.

29. Recently, she has been pursuing a solo music career, and has been in the studio with Shanell Woodgette, as well as producer Maestro, recording a remastered version of Sharam's remix hit "Party All the Time".

30. She released a track titled "Never Fallin", and also joined the cast of Jerry Mitchell's musical Peepshow in the role of "Peep Diva" at the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada from September 2009 to late December 2009.

31. Additionally, O'Day was featured on the Donnie Wahlberg single "I Got It."

32. On the April 23, 2009, finale of Making the Band, O'Day revealed that she would have her own reality television show for which she would be filming in the spring of 2010.

33. The show entitled All About Aubrey premiered on March 7, 2011, on the Oxygen Network.

34. O'Day's debut single, the Adonis-produced "Automatic" was released on April 12, 2011 & has sold 50,000 copies to date hitting the top 20 on iTunes pop charts in less than 2 hours.

35. O'Day recorded over 50 songs for her debut album on SRC/Universal Motown, which was supposed to come out in late 2012.

36. In 2008, O'Day ranked #86 on Maxim's Hot 100 list, #81 on Blender's 100 Hottest People list, and posed for the magazines.

37. She walked the catwalk at Heatherette's Fall 2007 runway show at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week held on February 6, and recorded a song with R&B singer Cupid written and produced by D. Harold; Mischke, and T. Thomas, whose title is "Do Yo Dance" and was the new single from Cupid's album Time for a Change.

38. In January 2008, O'Day briefly became the face of Famous Stars and Straps.

39. She later made a cameo appearance in Estelle's music video for "Pretty Please" in August 2008.

40. Further utilizing her success, she started her own clothing line called Heart on My Sleeve, which features T-shirts and accessories available only online.

41. In late 2008, O'Day made a guest appearance on the reality show 50 Cent: The Money and the Power.

42. In 2013, she was a guest judge for episode eight of RuPaul's Drag Race season five.

43. While competing to be in the band, O'Day formed a strong connection with fellow contestant Aundrea Fimbres.

44. The two made it through two seasons together, and gained a large and loyal fanbase before Combs chose them to be in the group, O'Day first and Fimbres last.

45. Viewers named the two "the AUs" and "Aubrea" (portmanteux of their first names put together), and O'Day declared Fimbres her best friend in the Season 2 finale of the series.

46. O'Day even got Danity Kane's bar codes from their albums tattooed on the back of her neck.

47. O'Day's friendship with Fimbres, however, later became distant.

48. As of 2010, O'Day and Fimbres have reunited on numerous occasions and have stated that they always remained friends.

49. On The Wendy Williams Show on August 12, 2008, O'Day stated that she previously dated DJ Cassidy. She dispelled rumors of ever having plastic surgery or dating boss Sean Combs.

50. During the 2008 presidential election campaign in the United States, O'Day supported Barack Obama for President.

Source: facebook.com/Aubrey-ODay, Wikipedia.org