Fill in the Blanks Whitney Houston biographyOnline version Choose the right word to complete the paragraph. by BELEN BASANTES 1 television remained become African singer Jersey discovered When mother Baptist legendary audiences nightclub was photographer Born on August 9 , 1963 , in Newark , New , Houston almost seemed destined from birth to a . Her and cousin were both figures in American gospel , soul and pop music . Cissy Houston was the choir minister at New Hope Church , and it was there that a young Houston got her start . Even as a child , Houston was able to wow ; she later told Diane Sawyer that a rapturous response from the congregation at New Hope had a powerful effect had given me . Around the same time , she was by a who was awed by her natural beauty . She soon became an extremely sought - after teen model , one of the first American women to appear on the cover of Seventeen magazine . But music her true love . she 19 , Houston was discovered in a by Arista Records' Clive Davis , who signed her immediately and took the helm of her career as she navigated from gospel to pop stardom . In 1983 , Houston made her debut on national , appearing on The Merv Griffin Show to sing " Home " from the musica l
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