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Ricky Martin visits Cambodia to fight human trafficking

justingirl1989 — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 05:58:03 -0700

Ricky Martin has done an extraordinary amount of charity work in his attempts to bring attention to child trafficking. While a lot of celebs sign on to champion a cause and never do much more than attend a few fancy dinners, a select few remain devotedly committed to their cause – and Martin is definitely one of them. On Saturday he went to Siem Reap, Cambodia, where he met with young victims of human trafficking that were used for sexual exploitation. The stories shared are truly heartbreaking, and highlight how incredibly important this cause really is.

Martin held infants and listened to a 14-year-old rape victim’s song during his visit to a shelter in the northwestern city of Siem Reap, home of the famed Angkor temples. “She sings like an angel,” Martin said after the girl finished a song she composed about the plight of trafficking victims. The girl was among 65 victims sheltered at the rescue center of Afesip, a French non-governmental group working to combat human trafficking in Cambodia.

The pop star also held the 3-month-old daughter of a 22-year-old woman who was sold by her father to a brothel and is now HIV-positive. The woman broke down in tears as she urged Martin to keep fighting against human trafficking. “I’m not going to stop,” Martin said, pounding his fist on his knee as he sat on a tiled floor. “All of you are my heroes. You are a gift of my life.”

Martin, who arrived in the country Wednesday, met with Interior Minister Sar Kheng and visited various projects run by non-governmental organizations fighting child trafficking and sexual exploitation.

[From Yahoo! News]

Ricky Martin first learned about the horrors of child human trafficking in February when he attended a U.N. conference about it. Since then he has actively campaigned to bring attention to the cause in Latin America. He said that Cambodia is a model for change, as they already have over 200 NGOs devoted to ridding the country of the crime. Martin said he plans to take the information he learned in Cambodia home and use it to “motivate people, organizations, governments in Latin America.” Cambodia and Thailand are still the worst havens for child human trafficking in the world, but Martin is right, they’ve made some important inroads. He’s had a ton of publicity in Latin America for his attention to this cause, and hopefully will stick with it and help bring on much-needed change.

source: celebtichy.com

Ricky Martin Welcomes Twin Boys

justingirl1989 — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:27:44 -0700

Ricky Martin welcomed twin boys a few weeks ago via a surrogate mother, his rep reveals. The 36-year-old Latin sensation will take a year off to be a full-time dad and raise the twins. Interesante!!!!!

“The children, delivered via gestational surrogacy, are healthy and already under Ricky’s full-time care,” his rep said in a statement. “Ricky is elated to begin this new chapter in his life as a parent and will be spending the remainder of the year out of the public spotlight in order to spend time with his children.”

Congrats to Ricky and his two new sons!

Earlier this month, American Idol alum Clay Aiken, 29, and music producer pal Jaymes Foster, welcomed a baby boy also through artificial insemination.

It seems artificial insemination is the new “it” thing in Hollywood these days!

http://justjared.buzznet.com/2008/08/20/ricky-martin-twins/

Ricky Martin launches human rights hotline

justingirl1989 — Fri, 02 May 2008 05:36:18 -0700

Puerto Rican pop star Ricky Martin hit the streets of Washington D.C. earlier this week to raise awareness for his anti-trafficking hotline.

Through his own Ricky Martin Foundation, the UNICEF goodwill ambassador has launched the Llama y Vive campaign, or Call and Live, a toll-free hotline that provides services for victims of trafficking and exploitation.

The initiative aims to reach 100,000 Latinos in the U.S. capital with prevention messages, and give legal advice to victims through the Spanish-language telephone line.

Call and Live has already been implemented in Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Peru and Nicaragua, where it has received more than 55,000 calls, triggered 60 police investigations and the rescue of at least a dozen victims. It is now set to expand to five more Latin countries.

Martin, 36, says, “Once you have all this information, if you do nothing, it’s like allowing it to happen.”

http://icydk.com/2008/05/01/ricky-martin-launches-human-rights-hotline/

Aguilera Congratulates New Dad, Ricky Martin

dirrtyhoney — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 01:46:58 -0700

Christina Aguilera has congratulated fellow new parent Ricky Martin, after the pop star announced he is the father of twin boys. The Puerto Rican chart-topper revealed his big news last week, explaining the babies were born to a surrogate mother.

And Aguilera, who welcomed son Max into the world in January, is thrilled.

She tells Usmagazine.com, “Congratulations! It is the best thing you will ever do in your life. I’m sure he is such a proud papa!”

And she reveals she can’t wait to get pregnant again with husband Jordan Bratman: “(Being a mother) just gives you a whole new sense of purpose, and it’s just the most amazing thing. I was in awe of the entire experience of pregnancy; the entire journey was just incredible.”

Source: Contact Music

Ricky Martin Is Now a Daddy

lovely bones — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:14:44 -0700

He's daddy to not one but two baby boys, twins.

According to UsMagazine.com:
"The children, delivered via gestational surrogacy, are healthy and already under Ricky's full-time care, Ricky is elated to begin this new chapter in his life as a parent and will be spending the remainder of the year out of the public spotlight in order to spend time with his children."

Nobody Wants to Be Lonely - Christina Aguilera and Ricky Martin

cosmic kisses — Fri, 23 May 2008 04:05:21 -0700

Ricky Martin(Then and Now)

xmeghanx — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 10:16:05 -0700

Enrique Martín Morales (born December 24, 1971), is a Grammy Award and Latin Grammy Award-winning Puerto Rican pop singer who rose to fame, first as a member of the Latin boy band Menudo, then as a solo artist since 1991. He has sold over 55 million albums around the world, charting twenty one top-ten hits on the U.S. Latin Charts, eight of which reached number one, and a total of over thirty hit singles
Then

Now

HOT OR NOT? PART 3 - Musicians

scotlandrulz — Fri, 23 May 2008 06:00:10 -0700

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anamariababe — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 03:48:21 -0800

My Top 10 Celebrity List - Celebrities I wish to meet...(in no order)...

justinsrecovery — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 14:39:25 -0800

1. Jenny McCarthy.............My hero, a dedicated mom who dug for answers and got them
2. Ellen DeGeneres............Inspiring, funny, down to earth and just plane full of fun & laughters
3. George Lopez................Funny and seems to bring upon this party-like energy.....
4. Peter Facinelli...............Great actor, down to earth and seems charismatic
5. Jim Carrey....................Funny, fun to watch (great facial expressions, lol)
6. Ashley M. Greene.........She plays "Alice" so well, my fav. Cullen Vampire!
7. Ricky Martin.................Unbelievably talented soul with a big heart
8. Robert Pattinson...........C'mon, he's Edward!
9. Kristin Stewart..............Absolutely brilliant actress with inspirational talent, a chameleon
10. Milla Jovovich............."The Messenger The story of Joan of Arc"; took my breath away her
acting ability is phenomenal; she goes so inside of herself to portray the character, love her.
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