Los Angeles Sep 9 (IANS) American singer-songwriter Nicole Scherzinger used to give blood just to get money.
The former Pussycat Dolls singer s family couldn t afford to pay for her to go to college so she took on a lot of low-paid jobs and found other ways to boost her income reports femalefirst.co.uk.
"To put myself through college I did everything from working on a make-up counter to singing opera at an Italian restaurant called Macaroni Grill. The poorest I ve ever been was at college and I used to give blood to get money " Scherzinger told Cosmopolitan magazine.
"For food I used to make these pancakes where you just added to water because they were filling " she added.
The 39-year-old feels very proud of the lengths she went to in order to follow her dreams.
"We couldn t afford for me to go to vocal or dance lessons so in primary school I found out that if I went to a specific secondary school that was in the projects in Kentucky I could get into the performing arts school I wanted to go to " Scherzinger said.
"I love my family and they have lots of love but I never had anybody to buy me a car or put me through school. I did all that myself by working so that s gratifying in itself making it happen on your own " she added.
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