Country music superstar Shania Twain – born Eileen Edwards on August 28, 1965,
in Windsor, Ontario, Canada - had a tough upbringing in Timmins, Ontario; living
for a while in a homeless shelter and singing in local bars from an early age
trying to make ends meet. When her mother and stepfather were killed in a car
crash, she stayed home to look after her younger siblings but eventually resumed
her singing career with a name change to Shania (an Ojibwa Indian word for ‘on
my way’), releasing her self-titled debut album in 1993. Her big break came when
she started writing songs wit...