GENERAL INFO
Full name: Aaliyah Villegas
Nicknames: Ali or Leah
Gender: Female
Race: Mexican And Filipino
Birth Date: July 31, 1995
Age: Seventeen
Sexuality: Bisexual
APPEARANCE
Height: 5'5
Scars/Tattoos/Piercings:
[*]Scars: Nothing serious, just the usual scraps and scratches you get from being a child
[*]Tattoos: She currently has four tattoos and is planning on getting another one soon.
[*]Piercings: She has ears pierced and her belly button
Standing at a height of 5'5 and weighing around like a 130lbs her body is of healthy portion. Her hair is thick and in her opinion beautiful. In its natural state her hair is a mixture of waves and curls with a dark brown color that at times appears to be black. Usually straightening her hair it falls down a couple of inches down pass her bosom. Soft eyes the color of a milk chocolate brown are always looking perfect with the use of eye liner and mascara. On occasions a little eye shadow is used to give her eyes a special pop but not often. Being a girl who tries to strive for that natural look not much else is used on daily basis besides some lip gloss and a light blush.
Due to the ethic background her skin is a natural copper that gives her a tanned look all year round. When it comes to her skin she doesn't mess around and due to all her skin care regimens you won't find any blemishes on her skin.
When talking about her fashion sense that is a tricky question as she doesn't have a defined style. In her wardrobe you could probably find traces of every kind of style. Whether were talking preppy or sporty, flirty or edgy, or everything in between chances are she has it. At heart she is fashionista who loves all types of clothes and likes to mix up here and there. No matter what style of clothing she is rockin she always has to accessorize with some kind of jewelry or hat or something.
PERSONALITY
Coming off to others you can tell right off the back that Aaliyah is anything but shy. She has as her father calls it an "extroverted personality". She can be emotional at times and is the type of person who reacts more on impulse then reason. Where as some would call her conceited she just sees herself as confident. It's not her fault people don't understand a leo's pride. Aaliyah is a straightforward and uncomplicated individual. When she knows what she wants she pursues it with complete enthusiasm and a creative spirit. Aaliyah lives in the moment she isn't one of those people with a five year plan drawn out for her life. The unpredictability of life is what keeps life interesting in her opinion so she likes to stay open to all opportunities and changes. She doesn't dwell on the past or fixate on the future she is just living for the now.
Being quick tempered and stubborn, her first instinct is to be blunt and rude when she feels disrespected. Even though she won't admit it she is does care about what people say and think about her. Sometimes she is too sensitive to personal criticism and when she feels threatened, she can go into a sudden rage. Being stubborn she will hold onto a belief or stick to a course of action through thick or thin.
Aaliyah is one of the best friends a person could have. She has that unique ability to lift up anyones spirits and provided that optimistic encouragement even in the darkest of times. Her enthusiastic charm has a way of drawing people in and once she pulls you in your pretty much stuck with her. Although her pride in herself can cause her to be vain and somewhat self-centered at times she is never to self-absorbed to help out those who need her. She is crazy generous towards her friends and will get them anything under the sun, hell if she could give them the sun she would if it would make them happy. Her people she chooses to befriend she puts full faith and trust and them which makes her gullible and has lead to her getting hurt in the past. She tries to turn a blind eye to the bad she sees in people because she knows that know one is perfect and at the end of the day if the good out weighs the bad than that is all that really matters. Her motto when it comes to fights with friends is to forgive but always remember. Life is to short to hold grudges but that doesn't mean that she is going to give you an unlimited amount of chances to get your shit together.
Hobbies: Partying, Shopping, Gymnastics, Social Networking
Wanted Occupation: Aaliyah hasn't really decided what she wants to be for the rest of her life although she has narrowed down her choices. She's thinking maybe she'd go into the fashion industry and become a model or maybe a designer. Or she has been considering taking up culinary arts in college and becoming a chef or something and creating her own chain of restaurants. Then again she likes animals and just might become a vet or some other kind of person who works with the cute animals. So yeah she is still having a hard time choosing her future career but although she doesn't no what she wants to be she knows she is going to do something with her life.
HISTORY
Relationship Status: Looking but haven't found anyone yet
Family: At home there is herself, her mother, grandmother and her baby Ghost. Her father lives in New York with his new wife, their son and her older brother.
Known Languages: English and Spanish
Home Life ~ Childhood
Aaliyah was born in the summer of 1995 on the last day of July. Adding a new addition to the household of four that was her parents, brother and grandmother. Her father works in market managing at a top firm and her mother back then was a simple housewife. What lead up to the divorce of her parents is something to this day that Aaliyah can not understand or explain. All she can say for sure was when she was born they were happy, in love and together and some time down the road that changed and sometime after her ninth birthday her parents announced they were separating. About a month before her tenth birthday the divorce was finalized and her father and big brother Andrew moved to New York living her, her mother and grandmother in Canada.
Home Life ~ Nowadays
Since the divorce her father and brother still live in New York and in the time that passed they have doubled their family out in the Big Apple. About three years ago Aaliyah's father remarried and around a year ago her new step mommy gave birth to a little boy named Toby. Aaliyah doesn't exactly know how she yet feels about her extended family but since her father's marriage she hasn't since him once in person. When she was younger during the long breaks she would either fly out to New York to stay with her brother and father or her brother would come stay at her place with their mother and grandma. When summer break came around they'd spend one half of the summer with mom and the other half with dad before splitting up again before school started. In the past couple of years her Andrew has been the only one catching flights as Aaliyah doesn't feel comfortable staying with her father anymore at this point. This is caused a strain in their relationship that Aaliyah is not yet willing to fix.
Unlike her father who has managed to settle down her mother has been more busy enjoying the life of a single women then thinking about finding a new husband. In the time since her father's marriage Aaliyah's mom has had a countless amount of "new boyfriends" all well above her in age. Taken to the life of a "sugar baby" her mom basically goes out with old men in order to get the things that she wants. Aaliyah can't lie in the beginning she actually okay with what her mother was doing as she figured it was just her way of dealing with things but as of recently she isn't exactly sure what she thinks of her mother.
Her mom spends most of her time nowadays out with her sugar daddies which just leaves Aaliyah and grandma. About a year ago Aaliyah's grandmother was diagnosed with having dementia. With her mother usually away this makes her grandmother Aaliyah's major responsible and with her mental condition it hasn't been easy. There was times when her mother had brought up the idea of putting her grandmother in a home but Aaliyah just couldn't do that to the old woman she loved so much. Recently though things have gotten a lot easier because her grandma has gotten a personal health aide who takes care of her for most of the day so Aaliyah only has to watch after her grandmother at night.
School Life ~ Freshman and Sophomore Year
Freshman year for Aaliyah was oddly enough a really great year. She entered Degrassi with her pre-school bestie Elena and they planned to rule Degrassi together. Of course them being only a couple of freshman that didn't really happen but in some ways for them it did. By the end of grade nine might not have been queen bees but they were popular. Which for just a couple of niners was quite the accomplishment. There entry into the world of the popular kids happened when they joined the cheerleading squad. Although grade nines getting on the squad was said to be that of the impossible due to Elena's determination and Aaliyah grade A tumbling skills they actually made it happen. Being a cheerleader and on top of that ninth grade cheerleaders they were swept into the popular scene. Of course still being only freshman they went through some hazing here and there but that only came from the other cheerleaders and it was expected. Elena and Aaliyah had each other and they weathered the storm together.
As tenth grade came around things began to change for both girls in the means of a new year and some new body changes as well as a hormone boost. During this stage of their lives both girls became more boy crazy than usual and that craziness would end up being what destroyed their friendship. Like all girls they developed crushes and the one time they ended up crushing on the same guy the claws came out. In the end of their battle however Aaliyah had gotten the guy and Elena wasn't happy about it. She started some many rumors about Aaliyah that the two ended up having a full blown brawl in the halls on the last day of the fall semester. When the spring semester started back up things had change and changed for good. Elena turned the panthers against her and managed to steal her boyfriend in the process. The two girls were basically at a war for that final semester of school always firing and returning fire. The majority of the rest of that year was pretty hell with few good times in between. That is until the final weeks of school when Aaliyah finally put an end to the battles but winning the war. She got her once boyfriend kicked off of all his sports teams and expelled from school by planting steroids in his locker and bag. She replaced Elena's new besties shampoo with nair and the girl ended the school year with a baldy like Michael Jordan's. As for Elena she got her parents to send her away to reform school after expressing her worry for her "friend's" wellbeing as she felt Elena was involved in some risky behavior that could end badly for her. As summer came around Aaliyah left the popular scene alone and just did her best to stay away from the drama.
School Life ~ Present Time
Junior year is much of a blur for Aaliyah. Between home life drama and then how sophomore year ended she at first did her best to stay under the radar but after a while she just stopped caring. She allowed some of her former friends back into life as she couldn't pull off being a loner. While she didn't rejoin the panthers she still remained popular among those who knew her just because she was and still is a cool chick to be around. Instead of just going to house parties she got a fake id and started hitting the club scene and she has ever since been in love with it. Due to her grandmother's health problem she doesn't go out enough but when she does she loves to do it all, expect for the hard drugs because she isn't ready to die or get dropped into a cell or rehab just yet. Senior year has so far been a typical year and she is just trying to keep the drama to a minimal, of course this being Degrassi that isn't exactly likely.