30
Quick Facts About Shania Twain
I Bet You Didn't Know...
 1.
Shania means 'On My Way' in Ojibwa.
2. Born Eileen Edwards on
August 28th 1965, to Clarence and Sharon
Edwards in Windsor Ontario.
3. Jerry Twain met and
married the single Sharon later on in
life, thus the Twain name.
4. Second oldest of 5
brothers and sisters.
5. Shania's parents sadly
died in a car crash in 1987, Shania was
only 21.
6. Shania's brothers and
sisters are: Jill, Carrie-Ann, Mark, and
Darryl.
7. Shania worked in her
dad's reforestation business six months
out of 12 between ages 17-21.
8. Shania's first
performance was in 1st grade show and
tell where she performed "Country
Roads".
9. Shania is a former
McDonalds employee.
10. Her first album (Shania
Twain) only contained 1 of her own songs,
"God Aint Gonna Getcha for that".
11. The Woman In Me was
written almost entirely by Shania.
12. "You Win My Love"
was written by husband John "Mutt"
Lange.
13. The Woman In Me has
sold more than 12 million copies
worldwide.
14. Shania has been a
vegetarian since she Married Mutt.
16. Shania first met Mutt
on the phone.
17. Shania and Mutt first
met in person at 1993's Fan Fair.
18. While working on
"The Woman In Me" they fell in
love and were married on December 28th
1993.
19. The Woman In Me may be
one of the most expensive country albums
ever produced.
20. Shania's name for Mutt
is love, and Mutt's name for Shania is
Woody, because her old hairdo reminded
him of Woody Woodpecker.
21. It took a 5 hour
fitting to get the black velvet pants in
the "I'm Outta Here" video to
fit Shania's specifications.
 22.
Shania has a German Sheppard named Tim
that goes everywhere with her, and also
doubles as her guard dog.
23. Shania designed her
own tour bus for her '98 tour.
24. She will also bring
along one of her horses (retired show
horse) with her on tour.
25. Shania's "Don't
Be Stupid" video only took about 10
hours to film, as opposed to the average
14 hours for a video.
26. Part of the video for
"Any Man of Mine" was shot on
Bo and John Derek's ranch in St. Inez.
27. Shania is Irish and
French-Canadian and was raised with the
Ojibwa Indian Culture.
28. "No One Needs To
Know" was featured in the movie
"Edie and Pen" Starring
Stockard Channing.
29. She sang back vocals
on the Sammy Kershaw song "Haunted
Heart".
30. The first song Shania
sang to Mutt was the chorus of "Home
Ain't Where His Heart Is (Anymore)".
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