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Avril Ramona Lavigne (pronunciation: /ˈævrɨl ləˈviːn/; AV-ril lə-VEEN; born 27 September 1984) is a Canadian singer-songwriter. She was born in Belleville, Ontario, but spent most of her youth in the small town of Napanee. By the age of 15, she had appeared on stage with Shania Twain; by 16, she had signed a two-album recording contract with Arista Records worth more than $2 million. In 2002, when she was 17 years old, Lavigne broke onto the music scene with her debut album Let Go.

Let Go made Lavigne the youngest female soloist to reach No. 1 in the UK, and the album was certified four-times platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. By 2009, over 16 million copies had been sold worldwide. Her breakthrough single, "Complicated", peaked at No. 1 in many countries around the world, as did the album Let Go. Her second album, Under My Skin, was released in 2004 and was her first album to peak at No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard 200, eventually selling more than 10 million copies worldwide. The Best Damn Thing, Lavigne’s third album, was released in 2007, becoming her third No. 1 album in the UK Albums Chart and featuring her first U.S. Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 single, "Girlfriend". Lavigne has scored six number-one singles worldwide, including "Complicated", "Sk8er Boi", "I'm with You", "My Happy Ending", "Nobody's Home", and "Girlfriend". With more than 30 million copies of her albums sold worldwide, Lavigne is one of the top-selling artists releasing albums in the U.S., with over 10.25 million copies certified by the RIAA. Her fourth studio album, Goodbye Lullaby, was released in March 2011. Goodbye Lullaby gave Lavigne her fourth top 10 album on the U.S. Billboard 200 and the UK Albums Chart and her third No. 1 album in both Japan and Australia. Three months after the release of Goodbye Lullaby, Lavigne began work on her fifth album, which will be released on Epic Records following her departure from RCA Records.

Kathryn Chandria Manuel Bernardo also known as Kathryn Bernardo (born March 26, 1996) is a Filipina actress. She is best known for her role as Mara in the Filipino drama, Mara Clara. Kathryn is currently a contract artist with Star Magic and most recently starred as Ana Bartolome in the 2011 drama film, Way Back Home. She now casts as the main protagonist of Princess and I as Princess Areeyah or better known as Mikay.

Bernado was born in Cabanatuan City, Nueva Ecija and was a school student of the OB Montessori Center Inc. in Greenhills

Bernardo began acting in 2003, appearing as Young Cielo in It Might Be You. She has acted primarily in television but has also appeared in several movies. Her first breakthrough was "Mara Clara" with her Co-star Julia Montes. The actress is currently working on Princess and I, an upcoming romance-drama television series, following on from the success of the television series, Growing Up in 2011.

Mara Hautea Schnittka , better known by her stage name Julia Montes (born March 19, 1995 in Quezon City), is a Filipina actress and commercial model of German-Filipino descent. She was a cast member of Goin' Bulilit before appearing as Clara in Mara Clara. Studied in Blessed Hope Christian School. With Direk Sheila Noreen Gamo, she auditioned for "Eat Bulaga" but failed. She then auditioned for Goin' Bulilit.

Montes was born in Pandacan, Manila to Gemma Hautea and Martin Schnittka, a german. Her father left her since she was a baby and only her deaf mother raised her, with the help of her grandmother, Flory Hautea.

She studied High School in Blessed Hope Christian School and graduated in the year 2011, with good grades. She sings and dances at ASAP ^{[disambiguation needed ]}.

Montes started acting since 2004, appearing in commercials like in Nido Milk, Her first TV series in on Hiram ^{[disambiguation needed ]}, an ABS-CBN drama series. Then, after on, she moved on in the child sitcom, Goin' Bulilit in ABS-CBN, using her name as Mara Schnittka from 2004 to 2008.