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As a teenager, Rihanna attended Combermere school, one of the oldest schools in Barbados. But due to her rising stardom, her time spent at the school was brief. Even so, she made a lasting impression on the students, faculty, and staff while she was there.

As part of a dare from her friends, she entered the school’s beauty pageant. In an interview with the Daily Mail, Rihanna shares her experience as a pageant contestant. “I kind of laughed at these stupid pageants,” she tells interviewers. “But my friends at school dared me to do it, and my military training came in handy for learning to balance books on my head for the catwalk.”

Her training paid off because she eventually won “Miss Combermere” after belting out her rendition of Mariah Carey’s “Hero”. Music producer, Evan Rogers, noticed her musical talent while on vacation in Barbados at the time. And once the pair met and began working together, the rest would be history.

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