Karla Camila Cabello Estrabao (born March 3, 1997) is a Cuban-American singer, songwriter, and actress.
She rose to prominence as a member of the girl group Fifth Harmony, formed on The X Factor (U.S.) in 2012, signing a joint record deal with Syco Music and Epic Records.
While a part of Fifth Harmony, Cabello began to establish herself as a solo artist with the release of the collaborations "I Know What You Did Last Summer" with Shawn Mendes, and "Bad Things" with Machine Gun Kelly, the latter reaching number four on the Billboard Hot 100.
Camila Cabello Shares How Femininity, Compassion Impacted Her Music Career: I ‘Try to Feel and Empathize’
usmagazine.comProud to be a woman! Camila Cabello embraced girl power as one-fifth of Fifth Harmony before coming into her own as a solo artist and an actress.“I feel like women have feminine qualities, and people, in general, have feminine qualities,” the “Havana” songstress, 25, exclusively told Us Weekly on the red carpet for Variety’s Power of Women celebration on Thursday, May 5. “I guess, like, the feminine qualities that I have that I love that have helped me the most are my ability to feel and empathize and have compassion.”She continued: “I think in my life outside of music too, like, social activism, I feel that same kind of desire to nurture and, like, try to make people feel better.
Women are great at that.”The Cuba native — who released her third solo album, Familia, last month — was honored at Thursday’s event for her work with the Movement Voter Fund as the organization launched its Healing Justice Project.“We’re here together tonight not just to celebrate the power of women, but to strengthen it for the many fights ahead,” Cabello said in her speech from the event, per a transcript from Variety. “Venus [Williams], Kim [Cattrall], Queen Latifah, Amanda [Seyfried and] Drew [Barrymore]: It’s truly surreal to be here alongside you. … Listening to these incredible women makes me feel so fired up and with so much hope for the world.
And it just makes feel like walking out of here, we can friggin’ change the world. We can’t all in one day, but we can a little bit at a time.”The Cinderella star went on to gush about her personal inspirations — including her mother, Sinuhe Estrabao — and how she started working with Movement Voter Fund.“Just like women often feel the weight of the world on their shoulders, every day, organizers
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