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Kristin Cavallari

Kristin Cavallari, born on January 5, 1987 in Los Angeles, California, is an American television personality. She gained widespread popularity for her roles in television shows such as 'The Hills' and 'Laguna Beach'. Cavallari has also ventured into the fashion and beauty industries, launching her own fashion brand True Religion Women. more

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“When people think about this religion, they'll say "voodoo" this and "voodoo" that in the way the Hollywood movies show it: the sticking of pins in dolls. It's very different than Vodou - which is a religion that comes to Haiti from our ancestors in Africa. I want to differentiate it from the stereotypical, sensationalized view that we see of the religion.”

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“It seemed from the media that we were being told that all Haitians had AIDS. At the time, I had just come from Haiti. I was twelve years old, and the building I was living in had primarily Haitians. A lot of people got fired from their jobs. At school, sometimes in gym class, we'd be separated because teachers were worried about what would happen if we bled. So there was really this intense discrimination.”

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