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2012 Top 10 Most Beautiful Female Teenage Celebrities
 Bridgit Mendler, Age 19 years:
Bridgit Claire Mendler was born on December 18th, 1992.She is an American
actress, singer, musician and songwriter. She first rose to fame in the 2009
made for television film
Labor Pains, alongside Lindsay Lohan. In 2009, Mendler became a recurring
character for the Disney Channel Original Series Wizards of Waverly Place,
alongside Selena Gomez and
David Henrie, the latter of which was her on screen love interest. In December
of that year, Mendler made her theatrical debut in the film Alvin and the
Chipmunks: The Squeakuel,
released on December 23, 2009. Following the positive reception to her character
on the "Wizards", Mendler became the star of the Disney series Good Luck
Charlie, which
premiered in April of 2010. In 2011, Mendler appeared in the film Good Luck
Charlie, It's Christmas.
She starred in the Disney Channel Original Movie Lemonade Mouth, in which her
character Olivia performs numerous songs. Two singles were released from the
soundtrack
featuring Mendler's vocals, with both charting on the Billboard Hot 100. In
2012, Mendler released her debut album Hello My Name Is, which featured a pop
sound. It debuted at
number 30 on the Billboard 200, and has sold over 50,000 copies as of November
2012. Her Debut Single off the Album "Ready or Not", was a success becoming her
first
international Top 40 hit, which peaked at number 78 on the Billboard Hot 100.
In 2010, Mendler became the star of the Disney Channel Original Series Good Luck
Charlie, centering around a teenage girl who makes videos for her baby sister to
watch as she
gets older. Adam Bonnet, Senior Vice President of original programming for
Disney Channel, says Disney Channel executives "just fell in love with" Bridgit
Mendler, who stars as the
series' protagonist, a teenager named Teddy Duncan. "She has all the attributes
of a Disney star", said Bonnet. Mendler first heard about Good Luck Charlie in
late November
2008. After several rounds of auditions and cast reads, she finally secured the
part in January 2009. Mendler recorded the theme song for the series, titled
"Hang In There Baby".
There series premiered on April 4, 2010, and has since been met with a positive
critical reception and viewership. The series premiered to 4.6 million viewers,
making it the
highest-rated series premiere for a Disney Channel Original Series since The
Suite Life on Deck in 2008, and the week's highest-rated cable program.
Maclean's reported that
overall, the first season "has been doing about as well as Disney�s more
successful shows � The Suite Life and so on". The series has, as of November of
2012, aired three
seasons, and was renewed for a fourth in July of 2012.
 In 2011, she starred as Olivia White, the lead role in the Disney Channel
Original Movie, Lemonade Mouth. On the film's plot line, Mendler stated "You
have the stories of these five
separate kids who come together and form a band. From the first song to the last
the group grows and progresses and the music reflects that." Mendler performed
numerous
songs for the film's soundtrack, which was released on April 12, 2011 by
Hollywood Records. The first single released from the soundtrack, titled
"Somebody", was released on
March 4, 2011. It went on to sell over 6,000 copies in its first week of
release, according to Nielsen SoundScan. It went on to peak at number 89 on the
Billboard Hot 100 and at
number 12 on the Billboard Top Heatseekers chart. The soundtrack's second
single, "Determinate", charted in numerous other countries and peaked at number
51 on the Billboard
Hot 100. Lemonade Mouth was watched by 5.7 million viewers on its premiere
night. ranking as the No. 1 TV Telecast among Kids 6�11 (2.3 million/9.4 rating)
and Tweens 9�14
(2.1 million/8.5 rating), and cable's No. 1 original movie of 2011 among Total
Viewers. With DVR viewing included, its total was 7.1 million viewers. In an
interview with Kidzworld
Media, Mendler confirmed that there will not be a sequel to Lemonade Mouth,
commenting: "There�s not going to be a sequel to Lemonade Mouth, unfortunately.
We had such a
great experience working on the movie, and they tried to figure something out
for a sequel, but everyone at Disney felt like the movie had completed its story
in the first movie. It
was a great experience, and I loved working with the cast members and still see
them frequently."
Later in 2011, Mendler had the supporting role of Appoline in the straight to
DVD film Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2, starring George Lopez and Emily Osment. The
movie had a mixed
critical reception, but went on to sell nearly 30 million copies by the end of
2012. Mendler recorded the song "This Is My Paradise" for the film, which was
released as a
promotional single on January 11, 2011. The video of the song was recorded in
Beverly Hills, California, in November 2010 and directed by Alex Zamm. On
December 17, 2010. It
premiered on the Disney Channel on December 19, 2010. Later that Winter, Mendler
also appeared in the Disney Channel Original Movie Good Luck Charlie, It's
Christmas!, which
premiered on December 2, 2011 on Disney Channel, almost ten years after Disney
Channel's last Christmas-themed original movie, 'Twas the Night in 2001. The
song "I'm Gonna
Run to You" was co-written and performed by Mendler, and was also featured in
the film. It was released on iTunes on November 12, 2011. It was watched by 7
million viewers,
the premiere also delivered 3.3 million Kids 6-11, 2.4 million Teens and 1.4
million Adults 18-49. The movie became no. 1 live-action cable movie of 2011 in
total viewers and the
no. 1 live-action scripted telecast across all TV in Kids 6-11. Mendler later
co-wrote and sang the Disney's Friends for Change Games anthem called "We Can
Change the World".
On March 31, 2011, it was confirmed that Mendler had signed with Hollywood
Records, and had begun working on her debut album. While filming for Good Luck
Charlie, Mendler
was also working on songs for the album. In the Summer of 2012, Mendler
confirmed that the title of her official debut single was "Ready or Not". The
single premiered on August
3, 2012 and was released for digital download on August 7, 2012. It was released
for radio airplay on August 21, 2012. It had commercial success in numerous
countries,
including the US where it peaked at number 78 on the Billboard Hot 100. It is
also reached number 28 on the Pop Songs chart based on radio airplay, and number
3 on the Top
Heatseekers chart. Mendler's debut album, Hello My Name Is..., was released on
October 22, 2012. It debuted at number 30 on the Billboard 200 and at number 20
on the Digital
Albums chart. By its second week of release, the album had sold an estimated
18,000 copies. Mendler performed at Family Channel's Big Ticket Summer Concert
on August 26,
2012. She performed songs from her debut album Hello My Name Is..., and the song
"Somebody" from Lemonade Mouth. On October 2, 2012, the Disney Channel Holiday
Playlist was released. It includes Mendler's cover of the Demi Lovato and Joe
Jonas Christmas song, "My Song for You", and it features her Good Luck Charlie
co-star, Shane
Harper. She has lately been performing acoustic versions of her songs from Hello
My Name Is... on Vevo. The songs she performed so far are "Blonde", "Forgot to
Laugh", "5:15",
"Ready or Not", and "Hurricane". Mendler recorded the song "You're Something
Beautiful" which was featured in the one-hour special episode of Good Luck
Charlie, "Special
Delivery".
In an interview with Elvis Duran in September 2012, Mendler admitted that she is
dating her Good Luck Charlie co-star, Shane Harper. When asked, "Is it Spencer
from Good Luck
Charlie?" that she is dating. She responded, "It wasn�t one of those�'you meet
on a set and date instantly', it took two years." Mendler later portrayed his
girlfriend in the music
video for his 2012 song "Rocketship". Mendler preformed on The X Factor (USA) on
December 13, 2012.
Her official website is
http://www.bridgitmendlermusic.com
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Dated 17 December 2012
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