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2012 Top 10 Most Beautiful Female Teenage Celebrities
 Taylor Momsen, Age 19 years:
Taylor Michel Momsen was born on July 26th, 1993. She is an American actress,
musician and model who portrayed the character of Jenny Humphrey on the CW
television series Gossip Girl and Cindy Lou Who in Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch
Stole Christmas. She fronts the rock band The Pretty Reckless.
Taylor Momsen was born on July 26, 1993 in St. Louis, Missouri. Her parents are
Michael and Collette Momsen and she has a younger sister, Sloane Momsen, who is
also an actress. She attended Our Lady of Lourdes School and was raised Roman
Catholic. She began acting professionally at three years of age with a national
commercial for Shake 'N' Bake. She was then cast in The Prophet's Game. In 2000,
Momsen played the role of Cindy Lou Who in Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole
Christmas, her breakout role. In 2002, she was given the role of Gretel in the
motion picture: Hansel and Gretel, as well as a small part in Spy Kids 2: The
Island of Lost Dreams.
Momsen's career came to a halt for over three years until she received a lead
role in the WB series Misconceptions, which was never aired. Also at this time,
Momsen appeared in the 2006 film Saving Shiloh. She also auditioned for the
title role in Hannah Montana, and was in the top three, but the role was instead
awarded to Miley Cyrus - a decision that Momsen was happy with, in retrospect.
In 2007, she starred in the Walt Disney Pictures film Underdog, as Molly and as
Jennifer in the movie Paranoid Park, directed by Gus Van Sant.
Beginning in 2007, she played the character of Jenny Humphrey in The CW
television series Gossip Girl, which is based on the book series by Cecily von
Ziegesar. Momsen's appearances on the series became increasingly sporadic, and
by the end of the first half of the fourth season, she had only appeared in four
episodes. It was then announced that the actress would be scheduled for an
indefinite hiatus from the show, which ultimately resulted in her leaving the
series as a regular cast member, following the completion of the fourth season
in 2011. Later that year, on August 16, 2011, Momsen told Elle magazine that she
had quit acting to focus on her music career.
However, on October 16, 2012 it was reported that Momsen and Connor Paolo, whose
recurring role as Momsen's stepbrother had also been significantly decreased
following the fourth season, would be returning to Gossip Girl for the final
episode of the sixth and final season.
In June 2008, at the age of fourteen, Momsen signed to IMG Models.
Taylor was the face of British fashion chain New Look for its spring/summer 2010
collection. After weeks of speculation of who was the face of Madonna's 2010
fashion line "Material Girl", Momsen was announced on July 15, 2010. A week
later, Momsen was announced as the model for John Galliano's new women's
fragrance, scheduled to launch in autumn 2010.
 Momsen has stated that "music is where I can be me", saying that "Acting is
easy. I've been doing it for so long and I totally love it. But you're playing a
character instead of yourself. Music is more personal because you're writing it
and you're involved in every step of it." Aged five, Momsen recorded the song
"Christmas, Why Can't I Find You?" for the soundtrack to How the Grinch Stole
Christmas. In 2002, she recorded the songs "One Small Voice" and "Rudolph The
Red-Nosed Reindeer" for the compilation album School's Out! Christmas.
In March 2009 Momsen stated in an interview with OK! Magazine that her band The
Pretty Reckless had then recently signed a deal with Interscope Records. She
co-writes the songs with guitarist Ben Phillips; in addition to lead vocals,
Momsen also plays rhythm guitar. She played her first tour with her band opening
for The Veronicas on their Revenge is Sweeter Tour in spring 2009.
The band's debut album Light Me Up was released on August 30, 2010 in the UK,
where it debuted at number 6, as well as at number 18 in Ireland. The first
single "Make Me Wanna Die" was released on May 30, 2010, where it peaked at
number 16, while the second single "Miss Nothing" which was released on August
23, 2010 peaked at number 39.
The third single released has been "Just Tonight".
Heidi Montag recorded "Blackout", a song written by Momsen. According to Momsen,
she wrote the song when she was 8 years old and recorded it as a demo with a
producer.
Montag released the song as a digital only single, with the music video being
directed by her husband Spencer Pratt. Momsen commented about the recording:
"I'm like, okay, dude, you're singing an 8-year-old's words, but that's cool.
It's so funny because I didn't shop it or anything and I get this call going,
'Did you write a song for Heidi Montag'? And I'm like 'What?'". The track was
later included on Montag's debut studio album Superficial.
On July 27, 2011, Taylor Momsen announced via Twitter that the band would be the
supporting act for Evanescence during the fall of 2011. Throughout 2012, Momsen
and her band toured North America; the second headlining tour, titled the
Medicine Tour, began in March 2012 and culminated with supporting dates for
Marilyn Manson's 2012 world tour Hey Cruel World... Tour. Momsen also appeared
as guest vocalist on the first track of ex Ministry member Paul Barker's 2012
album Fix This. On November 30, 2012 it was announced that The Pretty Reckless'
fourth single "Kill Me" would be released on December 11
Her official website is http://www.theprettyreckless.com
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Dated 17 December 2012
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