Selena

She was a performer, designer and singer and broke barriers in the field of music. The dual nature of her role as the Mexican American celebrity was conventional and modern. She brought Tejano to the mainstream by inventing new ways. Her tragic death cut a hole in her growing popularity and, as often happens the moment a brilliant, warm superstar dies young, she left many to mourn all the possibilities that were not realized. As time passed, the Selena's fans were pushed to work even harder to ensure that Selena's achievements would not be forgotten. The tragic death by shooting of Tejano singer Selena caused a resurgence in the Latino community that can be seen as similar to the deaths of Elvis Presley and John Lennon. Selena's songs, the singer who was wildly popular across Latino Communities across North America touched people young as well as old. She was a flamboyant, sexually attractive stage performer sometimes hailed as Selena the Latina Madonna Selena was nonetheless thought of as a role model her family. Off stage, she was active in anti-drug campaigns as well as AIDS awareness programmes.