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  • Selena Quintanilla Will Be Honored by M.A.C. With Posthumous Makeup Collection

    Selena Quintanilla was murdered 20 years ago. The Tejano singer will soon be honored by the cosmetic company M.A.C. They have created a new makeup collection made up of several products, all touting her name.

    “Selena’s talent and beauty, inside and out, have left a colorful, meaningful impact in the world that has continued to grow over the last two decades,” M.A.C creative director James Gager said in a recent interview. “We have heard the passion and enthusiasm from her fans and wholeheartedly agree that her legacy embodies M.A.C’s philosophy. We are so excited to announce a Selena-inspired M.A.C collection debuting in the latter part of 2016.”

    Selena Quintanilla’s sister, Suzette Quintanilla, said the late singer always wanted to launch her own line of cosmetics.

    “I am so excited that M.A.C Cosmetics will be releasing a collection in honor of my sister Selena,” Suzette said. “Helping to create this collection brings me back to all those late-night conversations on our tour bus when she spoke of having her own makeup line one day. If Selena were here she would be beyond ecstatic to have this happening. History is being made.”

    Selena Quintanilla was gunned down back on March 31, 1995 by her fan club president Yolanda Saldivar. Her family has long been intent on keeping her memory and her music alive.

    A new generation of music fans will soon be introduced to Selena Quintanilla’s music via a hologram.

    “By no means is this something that’s creepy or weird,” Suzette Quintanilla said in an interview with Billboard earlier this year. “We think it’s something amazing. A lot of the new fans that did not get to experience what Selena was about hopefully will be able to get a sense of her with this new technology that’s going to be coming out.”

    The cosmetic line by M.A.C. honoring Selena Quintanilla will likely be a huge hit with Latinas, as well as young women of many ethnicities. The line was inspired by a Change.org petition started by Selena Quintanilla’s fans.

  • Yolanda Saldivar: Selena’s Murderer 20 Years Later

    Yolanda Saldivar has been a side note in the past few days as the nation observes the 20th anniversary of the murder of Selena Quintanilla, also known simply as Selena.

    The 23-year-old Tejano superpower was shot and killed in 1995 by Yolanda Saldivar.

    Yolanda Saldivar’s name isn’t as important as Selena’s in this time of remembrance, and may even be shunned, but it is interesting to take a look back on that time, 20 years ago, to one of the most shocking crimes in music history.

    Yolanda Saldivar‘s story is perplexing. Saldivar, who was 35 at the time was an unassuming woman who was a huge fan of Selena’s. So much so, that she was the president of Selena’s fan club.

    However, things turned dark for Yolanda Saldivar when members of Selena Quintanilla‘s family confronted her about missing money from the fan club and Selena’s fashion boutiques on March 9th.

    Two days later, Yolanda Saldivar put down a $100 deposit on a pistol, which she picked up later that month.

    Yolanda Saldivar then told Selena that she had been raped in Mexico. Selena took her to a local hospital in her hometown of Corpus Christie, Tx. The doctors suggested that Saldivar should visit a hospital in San Antonio.

    When Selena took Yolanda Saldivar back to the hotel Saldivar was staying in, an argument about the missing money erupted between the two.

    It was then that Yolanda Saldivar shot Selena in the back, severing an artery. Selena ran from Saldivar, but she passed out in the lobby from the blood loss and died.

    At Yolanda Saldivar’s trial in 1995, defense attorneys for Saldivar tried to make it look like an accidental action by a woman who was distraught and desperate. However, employees at the hotel brought that theory down, saying that Yolanda Saldivar ran after Selena with the gun drawn.

    In October of 1995, Yolanda Saldivar was sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole after 30 years.

    When asked if she had any final words, Yolanda Saldivar said, “No, sir,” then hung her head and began to cry.

    Yolanda Saldivar still sits in prison while Selena’s friends, family, and fans observe the anniversary of her murder, and she has 10 more years before she even has the possibility of parole.

    Do you remember when Selena was murdered by Yolanda Saldivar?