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VIBE Magazine Article
PINK
Fuschia shock
Even amid the blinding neon lights of Las Vegas, Pink chews up scenery as she struts through the lobby of the sprawling MGM Grand Hotel/Casino. En route to the Billboard Music Awards being held in the hotel's Grand Garden Arena, LaFace's latest star-in-the-making attracts future fans and music-industry insiders alike.
"I want my hair like that," an adolescent girl says half jokingly of Pink's cropped fuschia tresses. Meanwhile, Chris Stokes, manager of IMx (formerly Immature), compliments the feisty singer on her video for the single "There U Go" - in which a disgruntled Pink sends a motorcycle sailing through the window of her boyfriend's home.
But tonight, our ballsy heroine isn't the cause of commotion. As she watches paparazzi clamor to shoot her pop peers Britney Spears and 'NSync as they step onto the red carpet leading to the hotel, the former club kid and skateboarder becomes something of an outsider.
"I don't know much about those artists, except they were all Mouseketeers," the 20-year-old says with a mischievious giggle while sitting in the hotel lounge, the sound of slot machines droning in the background. Pink says her music has a deeper message than that of other teen idols. "The stuff I say is more extreme, whereas other people try to be politically correct."
Alecia "Pink" Moore grew up in a racially diverse neighborhood in North Philadelphia, where she developed an eclectic taste in music - from Aerosmith to Mary J Blige. The silk "Leaving For The Last Time" and the soulful "Players," which borrows from Fleetwood Mac's "Dreams," reflect that varied taste on her tentatively self-titled soul-pop disc, due out in March.
As the last award is received and the red carpet gets rolled up, Pink, who just finished filming a starring role in the made-for-IMAX movie, Mountain Magic (MacGillivray Freeman), is already preparing for a return trip to the ceremonies. Squinting her sparkling blue eyes determinedly, the singer boldly predicts, "Next time, there will be a pink carpet." -Tracy E. Hopkins

COSMO GIRL MAGAZINE APRIL 2000 ISSUE
Cosmo Girl Rising Star
*PINK*
Pink may have a colorful name & a funky Day-Glo'do to match, but the nickname and dye job aren't just gimmicks to promote her new debut album, "Can't Take Me Home".
The 20-year-old R&B singer has been dyeing her hair for years, and the name for even longer. It all started when she was 7. A boy she had a crush on pulled her pants down in front of everyone at camp, and she started blushing like crazy. "All the kids started yelling...'Her face is turning all PINK'..." she says. It's been her nickname ever since.
Even before the whole camp incident, Pink knew that her future was in music. "My teacher from first grade recently sent me a sticker I made when I was 6 that said 'I want to be a singer when I grow up'," she says. Now Pink's playing with the big boys - she's opening for Puff Daddy on his European tour this spring! So, will the curse of pink-face return? Not if Pink can help it. "I blush at the drop of a hat at everyday things," she says. "But thank God I don't freak out onstage."