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## Early life

Born in New York City, United States, United States and raised in Lower East Side, located in the southeastern part of the New York City, New York borough of Manhattan on December 30, 1995, the only child of Panamanian Israeli former bricklayer David Yassine DeMaria (born. November 22, 1973 in Vista Alegre, Panama), and Venezulean former housemaid Elisa Fortuna Cruz (born. September 30, 1978 in Maracay, Venezuela– death. August 18, 2016 in New York City, New York). After his paternal grandparents died in a shooting in 1993, her father emigrated to Venezuela at age 18, at same year met Fortuna, who at the time worked in pet shop near Cruz's house, months after they met, they got engaged and married in June 1995, soon after emigrated to United States  in June that same year, when De Maria was two months pregnant.

Anaiyah born in Mount Sinai Hospital  at 15:00 p.m o'clock in the afternoon by a caesarean section, because the umbilical cord turned her neck twice times. Studied at Manhattan Head Start where she begun participated in ballet and theater classes at same time, she began made several extras roles, Broadway supporting roles. and auditions incluiding American Singing Competitionthird season America's Got Talent *America's Got Talent* but was eventually rejected for detuning a few times during the audition. In February 2009, she signed with IMG, after American talent agent Ari Emanuel see her audition and cons her for doing several commercials and fashion shows, soon she signed with pay television channel ABC Family with 12 year old.

## Personal life

After starting to earn money as a model and actress, she began to pay for her studies at Trinity School while taking private lessons in theater, ballet, singing and learned to play the piano and guitar on her own. She studied at Trinity School until 2011, due to the harassment of school students which disrupting her school performance, she asked for homeschooling, and received her high-school diploma through homeschooling in June 2014. In an interview on *Saturday Night Live* in November 2018, she said that which was graduated in May that same Year at Fordham University School of Law long-distance learning and classroom classes, becoming the first person to graduate from your family, since your mother died before graduating. She is polyglot, in addition to speaking English which is her native language and Spanish which is her parent's native language, she also has basic knowledge of French, Italian, Portuguese, Hebrew and sign language

### Mother's death

Anaiyah's mother died on August 18, 2016 at age 37 on NYU Langone Medical Center located in New York City, New York after passing out at his apartament on North-south street in the New York City borough of Manhattan, Greenwich Street. After being taken to hospital she went into a vegetative coma for a week, the cause of death was due to acute toxoplasmosis which had never manifested. Your mother's death was mentioned in several songs from Anaiyah's third studio album, *Let Yourself* released in November 2016, including "All My Love, which has become one of their most successful singles and also one of the best-selling singles of 2017.

### Tattoos, beliefs and sexual orientation

In honor of your mother. she tattooed the initial of her name behind her left ear. In addition to this tattoo, she has five more spread over her body, being her name Anaiyah meaning in Hebrew "אלוהים ענה" tattooed on his rib, which in English means "God has answered", and the Spanish word "Amar" one her arm, as the most famous. Anaiyah said in an interview for Rolling Stone in mid-2018 that he does not believe in religions but in one God for all, and that religions only serve to further distance people, and in the same interview stated that he considers himself bisexual as he had sex with both genders, and that his first relationship with a boy was at 18 and with a girl at 20.

### Health issues and controvieses

Anaiyah started going to the psychologist and psychiatrist at age 14, after suffering a panic attack during on the *Make It or Break It*elevision series's set in October 2009, being diagnosed with bipolar and anxiety disorder. Despite treating the disturbances, she said in an interview with Elle Degeneres in June 2018, that she often suffers panic attacks during tours.

On December 28, 2017, she was taken to NYU Langone Medical Center at 5:42 a.m, the same hospital which your mother had died, after being found unconscious in your room's bathtub after a suicide attempt for taking an benzodiazepine overdose. At that time, the British magazine *Stars*, published an article stating that she had suffered from heroin rather than benzodiazepine. An hour after publication, Anaiyah's representatives filed a lawsuit against the magazine alleging defamation, winning the case in 2018 with a 20 million deal, money that was donated to several charities in the same year.

In November 2018, she posted an outburst next to a half-naked photo on her instagram account, saying she was dealing with bulimia and anorexia, which she had suffered since she was 15 years old, and has said: "Finally getting rid of this monster called bulimia, which was created by the media and the pressure they put on all of us women. Never believe other people when it comes to your body, you make your own decisions when it comes to something of yours, and that's what he is, his body, his rules. Don't be manipulated by non-existent perfection". The outburst gained over 20.1 million "likes" within 24 hours, breaking the world record for the most liked post on the website at the time.

In June 2019, she declined a Coca-Cola contract valued at more than US$80 million, she explained that she refused the contract because Coca-Cola funded anti-abortion advertisements, which she does not support.

### Attempted murder

*Further information*: *Anaiyah's Attempted murder*

While promoting *Jusice* wide release in February 2019 in New York City, she stayed in her apartment near the apartment where her mother had died, located on the Greenwich Street. On January 7, 2018, although she was escorted twenty-four hours a day by a large security team, that day she was with only two of them, because the building was already well guarded because it was set in a well-known street. In a moment of security carelessness, an 19 year old obsessed fan named Jasen Hanson had access to her apartment at 3:39 a.m. and held her hostage until 10:23 a.m on the same day at the IOF.32 Revolver sight, after a gunshot was heard by police officers out there trying to negotiate with Hasson, proceeding to raid the apartment, where Hasson was eventually shot by one of the officers, but survived after undergoing surgery.

On January 8, Anaiyah gave her statement on the New York City Police Department located at 1 Police Plaza Path accompanied by her representatives and lawyers, being escorted by several police and security guards, the social media, television, paparazzi and fans accompany the five hours of testimony from the outside. According to the *New York Time* newspaper, there were more than eleven thousand people in the place. Hasson was sentenced to 45 years in jail for attempted murder and rape by the New York Supreme Court in September 10, 2019. Anaiyah decided not to go to trial, claiming emotional inability to face Hasson.

On January 24, 2019, Aniayah appeared in talk show *The View* broadcast on American Broadcasting Company (ABC), where she said: "At all times Jasen would repeat that he was going to kill me while using several different drugs in his backpack, he said he had planned everything four weeks ago. He showed me his genitals several times, tried to kiss me and came to ejaculate in front of me, tried to rape me three times but could not because the police always keep in touch with him through speakers and phone." also said: "He had a tattoo that spelled my full name on his groin, was really scared, I even talked to him about the reason for that, but he was totally drugged and said things without attachments all the time." That was the last and only interview she ever talked about.

### Relationships and engagement

She first met Spanish cardiac surgeon and former model Rafael Capistran, through Capistran's younger sister Manuela, which was from her room in Trinity School. Capistran is a great-grandson of José Manuel Capistran, the founder of Naviera Capistran, a Spanish company, founded in the 1960s, which operates a number of ferry services in Europe. As of July 2019, *Forbes* estimated his net worth at US$5.1 billion. In 2010, At that time Anaiyah was 13 years old and Capistran was 25, despite the age difference, they became friends. But only in March 2013 when Anaiyah was 17 and he 29 they started a hidden dating. In April 2017, after three-years relationship they ended their relationship. Anaiyah has dated with American actor Dylan Sprouse from August to September 2017, and Italian singer Gianluca Ginoble, from December 2017 to May 2018, also been linked to American rapper Post Malone, and Andrew Taggart.

In June 2018, on her own *E!'*s television reality show, called *One Week with Anaiyah*, she said that Capistran was her first true love and he has been in love with him since she first saw him, but she thought it was an impossible love since he was twelven years older than her, adding that her french kiss was with him on her 15th birthday hidden from your parents, and she also lost her virginity with him when she turned 18. Later, in September 6 of the same year, they were spotted on Anaiyah's private jet in Miami Beach, Florida. Three days later, on September 9 she revealed on her Instagram account that they resumed the relationship, and December that same year they got engaged during a Guana Island's trip, Capistran then presented Anaiyah with a ring  that her mother had inherited from her grandmother, worth a €2.4 million (2.6 million in american dollars).