Vital Statistics

Full Name: Avril R. Lavigne
Birthdate: September 27, 1984
Star Sign: Libra
Parents Mom: Judy Lavigne; Dad: John Lavigne
Siblings: One brother named Matt [19] and a younger sister named Michelle [14] - Avril is the middle child
Hometown: Napanee, Ontario, Canada
Shops at: Tillys, Pacsun, Hot Topic, or any skateshops
Piercings: Belly button and ears
Favorite Food: Pixie stix (does that count?) and pizza
Hobbies: Writing songs, skateboarding, singing (obviously)
Music: Sum 41, Alanis Morissette
Favorite Brands of clothes: Dickies, Osiris (shoes)
Hair color: Brown (now blonde)
Eye Color: Blue
Height: 5'3" (163.3 cm)
Shoe Size:: 7
Martial Status: Single
Pets: 1 dog, a miniature schnauzer named Sam
Nationality: Canadian
If She Wasn't A Singer, She'd Be: A Police Officer
Favorite Actor: Tobey Maguire
Favorite Actress: Sandra Bullock
Favorite Musicians: Sum 41, Beach Boys, Alanis Morissette, Goo Goo Dolls, Matchbox 20, System of a Down
Favorite Colors: Red and Black
Favorite Place To Tour: New Zealand, Sardinia, Amsterdam
Favorite food: Pizza (a lot of olives please!!)
Favorite letters: A and S
Favorite music videos: Her own video "Sk8er Boi" , another one "Complicated", and Blink 182's "All The Small Things" and "Rock Show"
Favorite Movies: Miss Congeniality and 8 Mile
Pronunciation
AVRIL - av-REEL
LAVIGNE - lav-een
What's in a Name?
Since I take French in school, I decided to ask my French teacher what Avril's name really means.
Avril = April
La = The
Vigne = vineyard/grape vineyard

Interesting Facts
• Avril was parodied in Good Charlotte's video, "Girls and Boys".
• Michelle Lavigne appears in the Sk8er Boi video.
• Avril got free Osiris sneakers at the mall where the Complicated video was shot.
• Avril's cousin, Martine Filion (29) travelled to Ottawa (from Napanee) just to see Avril perform.
• Avril fixed her hair in braids all around her hair when she was in 11th grade.
• Avril's a hopeless romantic. She can't wait to get married and wear a veil.
• Avril is good friends with Pink and Vanessa Carlton.
• Avril's brother, Matt, accompanied her to New York City when she was still starting out.
• Once, in New York City, a man thought that Avril was a hooker. She's been carrying around a pocket knife ever since that incident.
• She wasn't the most popular girl at school.
• One of Avril's favorite countries is England.
• Avril's favorite song off her album is Losing Grip.
• Avril taught herself to play her dad's 6 string guitar when she was 12.
• Avril plays the guitar live for the songs Complicated and Naked.
• You can see Deryck Whibley frequently at Avril's concerts.
• Avril does all her own make-up.
• Justin Timberlake and Eminem are big Avril fans.
• "Let Go", her CD, was originally called "Anything But Ordinary".
• Avril's most embarrassing moment was when her mom went to pick her up at a party when she was 14.
• Avril chooses to wear a watch on her right arm.
• She sang her first church solo when she was 10. She sang NEAR THE HEART OF GOD, "She sang like a song bird" remembers her mom, gushing, like only a mom does. (YM October 2002)
• Listed in Teen People's "What's Next" 2003.
• She frequently says that she is has not claimed to be punk.
• Avril's manager, Terry McBride is also the manager for Dido.
• Avril got her record deal at age 16.
• She played on a hockey team at age 10.
• Hilary Duff dressed up as Avril on Halloween.
• Avril gets kicked out of clubs and bars frequently.
• She likes to play her acoustic guitar better when she first writes her songs and than she likes to play the electric during her concerts the best.
• She brings along a joke book while her and the group travels.
• She plays the guitar during her songs Complicated, Mobile and Naked.
• She has a crush on Tobey Maguire, Eminem, the "Sk8er Boi", and the guys in her band.
• Avril plays a Gibson-Les Paul Studio in Black.
• Her middle name is rumured to be Romona.
• Her fav. article of clothing are her Converse sneakers.
• She was signed to Nettwork at age 14 when she was at a bookstore.
• Avril does NOT do all of her own make-up. She sometimes gets help from professionals during concerts. She says she does it different everytime. She is also into pumpkin-flavored lipgloss!
• Avril's High School was called 'Napanee District Secondary School'.
• At the age of 12 she won a radio competition to duet with Shania Twain.
• She likes the UK alot but she finds it expensive and she doesn't like the weather!
• Avril can fit into the suitcase which she takes on tour with her.
• She got suspended from school three times for skipping lessons and starting fights.
• Her middle name is Ramona.
• She gave Steve from Sum41 a wedgie recently at a club in NYC.
• Her favourite items of her official merchandise are the ties+hoodies.
• She cannot eat her favourite food pizza because it is bad for her voice+vocals.
• She won $1000 at a talent contest when she was 15.
• She uses a camo lunchbox as a wallet.
• She won't pay $6 for a sandwich.
• When she was looking in a BMW car showroom her dad said why don't you buy one, but Avril got angry and said she just wanted a used jeep!
• Her next single after I'm with you will be Losing Grip.
• Her next album should be out by next Xmas.
• She keeps her skateboard in NYC because she says its like carrying a plank of wood around with you all day.
• She says she could pull off a backside ollie kickflip when she was in High School.
• She can ollie over her miniature schnauzer, Sam.
• Avril was a loner in high school.
• One day in school Avril got yelled at by a school boy that said GIRLS CAN'T FISH.So right after that they found Avril near a lake fishing with a bunch of girls who caught 78 cat fishes.
• Avril doesn't like copy-cats. She is flattered that girls dress like her, though!
• Avril doesn't like to follow trens and wears whatever she wants.
• Avril is not always acting up and breaking rules, she shows repect toward many people,even on stage. • Not too long ago, Avril got kicked out of a bar because Sum 41's Dyreck and her were causing a big commotion inside. Both were giving each other weggies and Deryck broke down a wooden door because the bathroom door got stuck on him. • Avril celebrated her 18th birthday at a surprise hockey party in NYC.
• Eminem,Justin Timberlake,Pink,and Sum 41 are all big fans of Avril.
• Jimmy Fallon made a little joke at the Video Music Awards by pretending he was Avril. On stage he wore a red weg, tie, and that WHITE tanktop and sang Compilcated. Avril reportedly danced around and was screaming from the audience, "GO AVRIL GO" "ROCK ON!"
• Avril is frightened of growning up. She says she wished she was 16 again. She was mad because time went so fast and now shes 18. She is afraid of taking care of herself and not being spoiled much.She said she'll do fine as long as she has her wonderful fans and her boy group of sk8ters.
• Avril plans to go to San Antonio, Tx in May to sing her heart toward her fans in Texas.
• Avril once kissed a boy on the cheek in 1st grade....don'y worry it was in a play.
• Avril thinks kids these days are curious of how the business goes when your a singer thats why she is always telling the truth about what goes on.
• When Avril was just 10 she would go with her dad and feed the homeless.
• Avril taught her self how to skate, when she was just 14.
• Avril uses peach lipstick or tanish white. Avril uses chapstick most of the time.
• If Avril would make a sandwich to eat it would have: olives, lettuce, tomatoes, pickles, mayonnaise and ham/or turkey meat.
• Avril loves pizza that has lots of olives on top.
• Avril's Favoritesodas are: Coke, Grape, and Root Beer
• Avril likes to watch South Park. (YESSSSS! That show rules ;)
• AVRIL THINKS LIBRA GIRLS ROCK!
• Avril paints her nails black and clear. Ones black the others clear. Just like Carson Daly. (ehh...LOL.)
• Avril loves ties so much, she carrys 30 pairs with her no matter where she goes.
• Avrils likes to open presents.
• Avril hopes to get a dragon tat on her back or on her left arm.
• Avril wears fake tats.
• Avril doesn't like to start fights she thinks its STUPID! But she always has to protect her self and her rights.
• Avril liked the fact that she got to sing on top of a car in her "Sk8er Boi" video. "I use to do that when I was a kid and get yelled at after each time I did it." Avril giggles. "I would also dance and scream my lungs out on top of my bed singing to my idols songs."
• Avril use to play around when she was younger fooling people to think that she had a broken leg. She would wear fake casts and put sticks under her arms and walk around like she was hurt. Then they would take her home from school and take her to the doctor and the doc would say nothings broken.
• Avril was called a badass sk8er during her junior years.That is kinda why she made that "Sk8er boi" song, she also did it because at school PREPPYS would make fun of the sk8ers.
• Avril was not only good at skate boarding and singing. She was good in Art.
• Rumors spreaded across that Avril was dating one of her band mates and that she was hugging Sum41's Deryck in an improper way.
• Avril likes to zig zag around papers but she is not into cursive. She likes to print mostly.
• Avril likes stars. Like the ones all over her site.
• Avril likes to wear black and white stripe socks. • Avril has two piercings on her left ear and one on her right ear
• Avril has asthma.
• Avril is a vegetarian.
• She was named the MVP of her hockey team when she was 12.
• Like any other Artist Avril works out. She does 50 push ups a day but not Sundays. She skateboards, goes rock climbing, rides the bike for 1 hour a day and does 100 sit ups. (THATS A LOT) (LOL)
• Avril Knew at the grammies she wasn't gonna win, she told one MTV reporter, " Na I am not gonna have it..I am not gonna win." "I am just here to perform and do my thing..also for the Afterparties!" Avril laughs. Well who cares about a gold statue to us Avril is still our Punk Princess!!
• Avril said next year she might wear a dress to one of the awards.
• Avril is now working on a new album and plans to have the lyrics more better than ever.
• Avril's never before seen school video was shown non stop on Inside Edition for 1 week. It was award best celeb childhood video of the month.
• Avril likes Good Charolette's new video " Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous"
• Avril likes the band Simple Plan and had them open up a gig for one of her tour stops.
• Rumors spread that Avril might do a song with a famous rocker from a band on her next cd. (Umm Sum41's Deyreck???????)
• Avril wears a tat that says KEY on her right or left knuckle on her hand.
• Avril is planning to start her own line of skateboards, including her band mates own line too. (Wow lets see what happens) First ties now Skateboards!?! COOL!
• Her favorite drink is Slush Puppy.
• An interviewer asked Avril what posters were on her wall. She responded, "Posters? I've got platinum disks!"

(from alavigne.com)