3 Interesting Facts About Demi Lovato

Demi Lovato looked beautiful at the 2012 People's Choice Awards. She wore a classy peach gown with embroidered bodice detail. The 19-year-old received the award for Favorite Pop Star. She is still so young, yet is receiving a lot of attention for her talent.

Here are three interesting facts about the pop singer:

She Suffered from an Eating Disorder

Demi sadly suffered from an eating disorder when she was younger. Some of the kids at her school were making fun of her weight, so she decided to stop eating to lose weight. Luckily, she is much more confident about her body these days. She recently slammed Disney on Twitter for making an eating disorder joke on an episode of "Shake It Up." During the episode, one of the characters said, "I could just eat you up, if I ate."

On her Twitter page, she said, "I find it really funny how a company can lose one of their actress' from the pressures of an EATING DISORDER and yet still make joke about that very disease. #nice." Well, it looks like Demi's voice was heard because Disney pulled that episode of "Shake It Up."

She Met Selena Gomez on "Barney and Friends"

The "Sonny With a Chance" actress was first seen on the popular PBS show, "Barney and Friends." She was 10 at the time and had a lot of fun singing and dancing on the show with other children. Demi actu! ally met one of her best friends on the show, Selena Gomez. I bet they occasionally reminisce together about those innocent days.

She Prefers Older Guys

Demi is not a girl who typically goes for guys her own age. She prefers dating the older ones. She recently ended a relationship with Wilmer Valderrama, who is 12 years her senior. The former Disney star also had a brief hookup with Ryan Philippe, 37, last year.

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