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Natalia Tatiana dos Santos
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D A T EXO FXB I R T H
February 6
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23
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30% Portuguese || 10% Spanish || 15% Russian || 45% Angolan
S E X U A LXO R I E N T A T I O N
"What can I say? I like what I like - girls, guys. As long as you're an actual human being and catch my eye or attention, I'm down for the cause. I like sex. I do sex really well."
Pansexual
O C C U P A T I O N
"Not trying to toot my own horn or anything, but a lot falls under this category. I'm a trained dancer, singer, model, and a bit of a record producer. Comes with the business. Also, what can I say? When most people figure out that my mom is an investor, an American record label isn't one of the things they would actually think her to be interested in."
Recording Artist
5'6 : 125 lbs
S K I NXT O N E
Light brown
E Y EXC O L O R
Honey brown
H A I R
Naturally dark brown, long, and rather curly. Dee has experimented once or twice before what with her hair having been honey blonde earlier in the year last year, but once her fifth album dropped last October, she dyed her hair back to its natural color. She's usually keeping it straightened to some degree or with casual waves, but occasionally and especially on her laziest days, she allows for her natural curls to shine through.
G E N E R A LXA P P E A R A N C E
When you're thinking of what a young, successful sex icon in the music industry looks like, Natalia dos Santos will always come to mind. After all, she's one of Hollywood's most sought-after celebrities under thirty and it is not hard to see why. Standing at just a smidgen over the average height of women her age, Natalia is held up by rather long, smooth and toned legs from years of ballet. More than that, she was a rather active child and that can be seen in the rather nimble, flexible limbs she makes sure to keep toned every day. After all, she has an image to uphold as a trained dancer and as the one who helps choreographs her own routines, and if there is one skill of hers you know Natalia will respect to the utmost, it is her dancing. By the time she had turned sixteen, Natalia had managed to take after their mother in that she has what is considered to be the perfectly proportionate hourglass figure: a surprisingly full and per bust, a tiny waist emphasized by not so narrow hips, and a rather firm and well-rounded bottom. Natalia takes pride in keeping her lust-worthy curves and even more-so in the smooth, blemish-free complexion her mother notes as "peanut-butter brown," complimenting the almost golden tint to her brown eyes. Long and practically silky dark brown hair cascades down her back in a waterfall of soft curls, a sloping shoulder peeking out through the veil of her dark mane. Almost teasing, much like the woman can seem to be on any given day. There are other instances where her beauty is even more pronounced or those little things she normally wouldn't call to your attention, such as her earlobes being pierced, the double cartilage piercing on her left ear, the piercing on the left side of her nose, and even the freckles that can be found on various surfaces of her body. Something she feels especially self-conscious about when pointed out, but make her oh so appealing to anyone that manages to find them.
Their feathers are too bright, their songs too sweet and wild."
Something that Isabel dos Santos and Natalia's manager both seem adamant to ignore or to remain completely ignorant to is the fact that Nat will not EVER bow down easily to anyone's wishes, not anymore. Not like when she was younger. She is rebellious like that. You can't bottle the four winds into a jar or even tie down the clouds, so why would you even think you can control her? Natalia gave herself over to allowing people to control her until she one day chose not to and has been a force to be reckoned with ever since. She may seem rather chilled and ready to hang with the crew any given day, but Talia is no gentle breeze or dreamy zephyr. She is a tempest filled with an inner force and power, which can be a little scary when you first come into contact with her. It's intimidating and intense, which is why she is far more willing to allow her brother to be the public face of the family. She has no need to pretend to like everyone and is rather blunt about things like that. Natalia knows the politics of an upper crest culture decided, however, it is she who decides whether or not she shall adhere to the strict code.
More than that, Natalia has served as a bit of an enigma. The only people that can ever get the most concrete read on her and her motives are her family and even then, that is questionable. She's such a private figure, lending to a desire to keep most of her life to herself. Not to say that she can't be an open person, but she has never fit the bill of just one thing. More specifically, she can never fit just one people. Natalia is the type to make friends with people of all types and backgrounds, but never exactly stay with one or two people. It's not in her nature. She is always on the move - no, she is always ready to go. To just up and leave and go somewhere new, but always have an attachment to the old. To the familiar. It speaks to her being unpredictable and a bit spontaneous, yes, but also to the fact that she is still looking to belong somewhere. Even if she tells you that she doesn't care. She's far more intelligent than most people give her credit, considering the geeky image she shed from her youth, but Nat has always been quietly smart. Always a bit controlled too, even when her mother or step-brother thinks she's being reckless or impulsive. She has calculated the moves she makes, the way in which she talks and walks to the point that they are all like second nature. She never reacts too emotionally, she can't...or won't - it makes no difference. Even with her signs of anger, which is always boiling below the surface and never above, she is smart about her actions. She won't be abrasive like her step-sister, or even her younger self. She'll just speak and she's fucking perceptive that she can wind up saying something that is rather mean despite you thinking she was too chilled to do so.
As stated before and is needed to be reiterated just for those classmates in the back who remember the geeky child from elementary and the beginning of middle school, Natalia is not the same little girl they might remember. No longer is she the girl who didn't know what to do with the curves on her skinny body or the glasses that seemed a bit too big on her little face. No, she is a powerful and confident young woman more on her way to becoming a sex icon than she probably would care to be. Natalia is so sure of her sex appeal, so comfortable and at home with it that it has become a part of her very nature. Everything she does oozes with sensuality to a certain degree, even when she's simply sitting around at home in boy shorts and a top she has stolen from her last flavor of the month. She's seductive without having to run the mile to prove it to you and she owns it. Unlike in her youth, she's not meek and weak. In fact, if you ask her mother, she's an indomitable force with a penchant for getting her own way to some degree. Not that she doesn't work for what she wants. Whether or not you see it makes no difference to Natalia, but she has proven more and more over the years how ambitious she truly is.
Beneath her wall of cool, however, is a young woman who is practically unraveling at the seams and it is almost as if no one even notices what with how quickly she'll be ready to push them away. While her parents might have pushed for their children to be independent, Natalia has taken it to the point that she never allows anyone to care for her. Doesn't see the point. Beneath the confidence lies a deep-set self-loathing that she isn't keen to admitting to. Being hyper-sexualized the second her singing group formed did something to Nat and with her mother focusing all of her affection on her brother and most of her career-focused ferocity on Natalia most of the time, she became the worst kind of internalizer. She will suffer in silence before she allows anyone to help her and she's so stubbornly fixed on seeing herself as nothing more than a sexual object to be ogled at in public, that she could fall apart right now and wouldn't care. And be adamant that no one else would either.
✦ Dancing ✧ Her grandmother ✦ Dubai ✧ Freedom and adventure ✦ Fried plantains ✧ The high she gets when she's on stage ✦ The Dodgers ✧ Kissing ✦ Partying ✧ Portugal ✦ Cooking and taking over the kitchen ✧ Singing ✦ Fyodor Dostoevsky ✧ Beyonce, The Weeknd, Sam Smith, Jojo, Kehlani, Nicki Minaj, Fetty Wap, Teyana Taylor, & Zara Larrson ✦ The Night ✧ Moschino ✦ Sleeping in over-sized shirts she's probably stolen from one of her male friends ✧ Sex ✦ Fireworks ✧ Dimples ✦ Lazy Sunday mornings ✧ Luanda ✦ Vodka ✧ Seafood ✦ Flirting ✧ Being in front of an audience ✦ Acro Yoga ✧ Lace and silk ✦ Being flexible ✧ Video games ✦ Vanilla coke ✧ Cuddling ✦ In & Out ✧ Pies {Apple is her favorite} ✦ Waffles ✧ When someone messes with or pets her hair ✦ When someone wraps their arms around her waist from behind ✧ Samosas
D I S L I K E S
✦ Restaurants that try to skimp out on food proportions ✧ Cigarettes ✦ Staying in one location for too long ✧ Her parents ✦ Bullies and bigots ✧ Losing ✦ Hangovers ✧ Infringement upon her territory ✦ Motels ✧ Rejection ✦ Slut-shaming ✧ Being alone ✦ Being sober or awake at 3 in the morning ✧ Acknowledging her feelings ✦ Sprinkles ✧ Feeling trapped or out of control ✦ When people need drinks or narcotics to have a good time ✧ Anyone messing with her friends or family ✦ Cheaters ✧ Waking up earlier than nine in the morning {unless there's an awesome plan involved} ✦ Twizzlers ✧ Being underestimated ✦ Not feeling worth it or worthy ✧ Not having plans on Friday night ✦ Abuse of any kind ✧ Spiders ✦ Drawn out lectures by party poopers ✧ Cocaine ✦ Paparazzi ✧ Feeling weak or helpless
F E A R S
Natalia's greatest fear is not being good enough. Whether it's in the music industry or in a relationship, she's terrified of seeing everything she could want in life but not being good enough. It is why she is willing to play this sex icon role and why she's more comfortable with being the girl you lust after, but not the one you wake up to. She's still getting used to being sincere in hyping herself up and will appear as cool as she can when met with criticism, but she's always holding on to the traumatic bullying she endured back in middle school, which makes it hard for her to be open to deeper romantic relationships despite wanting those connections. Of course, her intimidating display of stoicism and ability to disconcert people leave little room for people to see that. She also fears failing. As anyone will tell you, Nat doesn't depend on people often and still feels wary when her step-father puts money into her account, so she works hard to not need assistance. She's also terrified of spiders, not being able to breathe, and will probably punch you if you ever try to put her in a tight, enclosed space that's dark.
S E C R E T S
✦ She was in a physically abusive relationship prior to the end of her World Tour earlier this spring. ✧ Just like the tabloids have said with no actual proof but speculation, Nat has actually been involved in a threesome. ✦ Suffering from depression and is taking anti-depressants ✧✦
A S P I R A T I O N S
Natalia's most apparent goal is to become one of the leaders of the R&B world. As anyone would tell you, the genre has been lacking, particularly in terms of artists of color with actual lyrical genius and if there's one thing critics have been noting about Natalia is that her manipulation of words is profound. That, combined with her breath control and range, has her only steps closer to accomplishing her goals after three albums. One aspiration that she never actually talks about is taking over the restaurant chain her mother has started in her building empire. Oon Dah is a premiere restaurant in Luanda, Angola and when Isabel dos Santos moved to America, she opened a few in California. When she is not on tour, Natalia takes over it as the head chef, and she wants to one day concentrate solely on the food, combining the cuisine of Portugal, Angola and California.
the most massive characters are seared with scars.”
Lisbon, Portugal {Newborn - 5 yrs. old} || Luanda, Angola with sporadic travel for school to Switzerland{5 - 12} || Los Angeles, CA, USA {Present}
H I S T O R Y
There are many instances in life when you hear about someone who was born in the lap of luxury and honestly, it's not as impressive as the first couple of times. After all, if you're born when the family already has billions and are simply eating off the golden spoon they're feeding you with, you haven't done anything remarkable. You're just...there. Which is why most people are a bit more excited when discussing Natalia dos Santos' story simply because she didn't just be born. No, she came out belting at the top of her lungs. Granted, that was more wailing than singing, but as her mother would tell you, Natalia was a singer from day she arrived on the Earth. However, she was a dancer from the very beginning. After all, in all of her pregnancies, Isabel complained the most about her little Nat because her baby girl was very active in the womb, consistently, twisting herself into random positions that made it hard for Isabel to even get a good night's rest. But she was the first girl, sweet as can be, and she was loved.
It would be two years later that everything would change for her, but for the first two years of her life, Natalia was the apple of her father's eye. She went everywhere with him, met new artists with him, and was generally everywhere he was. Especially when it pertained to listen to music. While Andre was interested in people and very vocal about that at a young age, Natalia was transfixed with music, particularly slow jams and R&B. That and food, but definitely music at the time. They soothed her during her fits and she would swear to this day that she knew all the words to every song she loved. And unlike what anyone would tell you, she didn't hate it when her father's mistress gave birth to a little girl. In fact, she was excited that she was getting another girl in the family. They could jump Andre when Deanna got older, and she and Andre would keep Dee safe. Then when Nat turned three, her career basically started. She was modeling for one of Dimarco Industries', her Portuguese father's company inherited through the years, clothing line for toddlers and did a few small acting roles, though her biggest one would be in 2000 when she was eight in a television film. In between then and attending a private performing arts school, Natalia would study ballet, tap, and jazz along with a bit of gymnastics. However, when she turned twelve, things began to change for her. She had been experiencing bullying at her private school in Switzerland and when she came home crying one day with actual bruises and more tears than before, Isabel immediately pulled her out. Isabel and Ricardo thought a bit of tough love and fighting classes would smooth things over, but Andre knew better. Fighting classes would ensue, but Nat would be home-schooled from then on. It was also then that she noticed how much her father seemed to care more about Deanna than her. It was a dramatic thought, but it still has stuck with her. It didn't help that it was the year that her mother's affair with her soon-to-be father-in-law was discovered and her parents' hasty divorce. Apparently, her parents' marriage could only survive her father's infidelity, not Isabel's.
So, like her mother did even in the midst of getting married and being introduced to a new family, Nat distracted herself with things that she knew bound herself to her father. Singing and dancing. Of course, Isabel's investment in the label would continue to the point that she had more say in the company than Ricardo, practically taking it out from under him. Natalia would keep up her modeling and walk her first runway for the Boutros line under Dimarco Industries, but in 2005, she would be a part of the second and eventually, most successful girl group on Divide Records. The Stunners would garner both international success and presence, amassing a strong base from the teen and pre-teen demographics. And Natalia was their lead and could rightfully say that she had her father's attention. She wrote one quarter of the songs the group was known for and was the lead dancer in all of their routines. Being compared to the likes of Destiny's Child, the group was known for delving into an array of topics that were both edgy and clean, which fit the demographic her mother wanted them to reach. They would partner with the likes of Justin Bieber, Cobra Starship, and even the Pussycat Dolls with Natalia being featured alongside Nicole Scherzinger. However, after three platinum-selling albums, two world tours, and even walking the runway as a group for a teen brand, the group would eventually dissolve. However, both Deanna and Isabel weren't finished. And as anyone else will tell you, once Natalia picked up that solo mic as R&B crooner, Trinity, the rest was history.
Years later, Natalia is the top-selling, Grammy-winning artist of Divide Records. Slowly but surely, she has squeezed herself out from under her mother's thumb and changed up her sound a bit, more edgier, darker and more suggestive than before. She has produced her own sounds with the help of top notch male producers, a feat which is rather uncommon in female artists. She has featured on issues for LOVE Magazine, Essential Magazine, both Teen Vogue and Vogue, Playboy, and still seems to continue rising in fame. All of the people who doubted her in elementary and middle school are still aghast at the powerhouse vocalist with underground music influences she has become. The sex icon she technically already is. At the same time, not even her family understands how much of herself she has sacrificed. How it's very rare and only with them do you see the softest side of her. How much she can't find it in her to trust everyone because being a sex icon isn't all that her step-sister and even half-sister think it's cracked up to be when everyone wants you to shed off more layers of clothing the older you get. How absolutely worthless she feels sometimes. But of course, Natalia has become so accustomed to shutting her own feelings away from herself, she doesn't even see that the one who is doing the most damage to her own psyche is herself.