Beyoncé Knowles: Life in Pictures
Beyoncé Knowles
Girls Tyme
When Beyoncé and a few friends teamed up to form the band Girl’s Tyme, they started out small. They performed in the hair salon of Beyoncé’s mom, Tina (pictured). Mother and daughter would eventually launch a clothing line. (Rick Loomis / Los Angeles Times)
Bills, bills, bills
After the fearsome foursome lost on “Star Search,” Beyoncés father, Matthew, quit his job to manage the group full time. But that put a financial strain on the Knowles family -- that is, until Columbia Records signed the girls. (Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times)
“Dangerously in Love”
Beyoncé found great success as a solo artist, garnering five Grammys after releasing her debut album, “Dangerously in Love.” (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times)
Sorry, fellas, shes taken
Jay-Z and Beyoncé have been an item for a while now, and judging by the lyrics to their song 03 Bonnie & Clyde, they’re in it for the long haul:
Jay-Z: All I need in this life of sin, is me and my girlfriend.
Beyoncé: Down to ride ‘til the very end, it’s me and my boyfriend. (Frank Micelotta / Getty Images)
House of Deréon
Beyoncé is a gorgeous diva, and like so many gorgeous divas before her, she likes fur. Not only does she wear it, she has it in her clothing line, House of Deréon (pictured).
To confront the singer over the issue, PETA got original. It bid on a meal with her at an auction and won. Two PETA members met her at a restaurant, but Beyoncé refused to discuss the matter with them, and the PETA members were escorted out. (Frank Micelotta / Getty Images)
“Bootylicious”
Beyoncés body is, for lack of a better term, bangin! The star has always been celebrated for her full, womanly figure.
For her role in “Dreamgirls,” she dropped about 20 pounds by living on water, cayenne pepper and maple syrup for 14 days. In an interview with the Daily Star, she assured fans that shed be bootylicious again in no time:
“OK, I lost a whole lot of weight for this movie, but I sure am enjoying putting it back on. I’m going to be eating for America over Christmas to get some more junk in my trunk.” (Stephen Chernin / Associated Press)
