Editing Cameron Diaz (section)

==Early life==
Cameron Michelle Diaz was born August 30, 1972,<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=Vogue Italia|url=https://www.vogue.it/en/people-are-talking-about/obsession-of-the-day/2015/08/tom-ford-born-between-august-24th-and-30th|title=Tom Ford and people born between August 24th and 30th|date=August 24, 2018|access-date=October 20, 2018|archive-date=October 20, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181020223922/https://www.vogue.it/en/people-are-talking-about/obsession-of-the-day/2015/08/tom-ford-born-between-august-24th-and-30th|url-status=dead}}</ref> in [[San Diego]], [[California]], to Billie ({{nee}} Early), an import/export agent, and Emilio Diaz,<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=People|url=https://people.com/celebrity/cameron-diazs-family-pays-tribute-to-her-father/|title=Cameron Diaz's Family Pays Tribute to Her Father|author1=Fleeman, Mike|author2=Jordan, Julie|date=April 23, 2008|archive-url=https://archive.today/20181020105345/https://people.com/celebrity/cameron-diazs-family-pays-tribute-to-her-father/|archive-date=October 20, 2018|access-date=October 20, 2018|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref> a foreman of the California oil company [[Unocal Corporation|Unocal]].<ref name="people-slideshow">{{cite magazine|url=https://people.com/celebrity/becoming-cameron-diaz/|title=Becoming Cameron Diaz|magazine=People|first=Serena|last=Kappes|date=May 20, 2004|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120530060936/http://www.people.com/people/gallery/0,,639320_3,00.html|archive-date=May 30, 2012|access-date=February 26, 2019|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref name="time2009">{{cite magazine|url=https://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1924149_1924152_1924198,00.html |title=Leaders & Visionaries - Cameron Diaz |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |date=September 22, 2009 |first=Joel |last=Stein |access-date=December 24, 2014 |quote=...where her dad worked on pipelines for Unocal... |archive-date=December 25, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141225031650/http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0%2C28804%2C1924149_1924152_1924198%2C00.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Diaz has an elder sister, Chimene.<ref name="people-slideshow" /> Her father's family is Cuban, and Diaz's forebears had moved from Spain to Cuba.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.urbancinefile.com.au/home/view.asp?a=594&s=interviews |title=CAMERON DIAZ: A Life Less Ordinary: Interview |publisher=Urbancinefile.com.au |access-date=5 March 2010 |archive-date=October 28, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141028220858/http://www.urbancinefile.com.au/home/view.asp?a=594&s=interviews |url-status=dead }}</ref> Diaz stated that her direct [[Spaniards|Spanish]] ancestors were originally from [[Cadiz]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://x.com/LaVozdeCadiz/status/1880204821996675570?mx=2|title= Cameron Díaz descubre sus raíces gaditanas|language=Spanish|date= 17 January 2025|accessdate= 22 February 2025}}</ref> Later, they settled in [[Ybor City]], [[Tampa]], Florida, before moving to the [[Los Angeles]] area, where her father was born.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WohVWRTSOHE |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/WohVWRTSOHE| archive-date=2021-12-11 |url-status=live|title=YouTube interview about her Spanish-Cuban roots |publisher=Youtube.com |date=June 28, 2011 |access-date=November 16, 2012}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.urbancinefile.com.au/home/view.asp?a=594&s=interviews |title=Cameron Diaz: A Life Less Ordinary: Interview| date= n.d. |publisher=Urbancinefile.com.au |access-date=March 5, 2010 | first= Paul |last= Fischer | archive-date= October 28, 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141028220858/http://www.urbancinefile.com.au/home/view.asp?a=594&s=interviews | url-status=live}}</ref> Her mother has predominantly [[English people|English]] and [[Germans|German]] ancestry.<ref name="ref0801">{{cite news|last=Jenkins|first=David|title=Girl, interrupted|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |location=London |date=January 9, 2003|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/4729585/Girl-interrupted.html|access-date=March 6, 2008|archive-date= October 29, 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141029023929/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/4729585/Girl-interrupted.html | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Cameron Diaz: Hollywood crowd-pleaser |work=[[BBC News]] |date=July 29, 2005 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/film/4717013.stm |access-date=January 12, 2008 | archive-date= October 8, 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141008234105/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4717013.stm | url-status=live}}</ref>

Diaz was raised in [[Long Beach, California|Long Beach]]<ref name="time2009"/> and attended [[Los Cerritos Elementary School]], and then [[Long Beach Polytechnic High School]],<ref name="Yahoo Movies">{{cite web|title=Cameron Diaz|url= https://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800020297/bio|publisher=[[Yahoo!|Yahoo! Movies]]|access-date=June 9, 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060410101557/http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800020297/bio | archive-date= April 10, 2006}}</ref> where she was a schoolmate of [[Snoop Dogg]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/bp/snoop-dogg-recalls-high-school-days-cameron-diaz-221306772.html|work=Yahoo!|title=Snoop Dogg Recalls High School Days With Cameron Diaz, Talks 'Reincarnated' Film|date=March 15, 2013|access-date=September 24, 2018|author=Johnson, Billy Jr.|archive-date=September 25, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180925142120/https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/bp/snoop-dogg-recalls-high-school-days-cameron-diaz-221306772.html|url-status=live}}</ref> She recalled her upbringing as frugal, stating: "I had amazing parents, they were awesome. We weren't privileged{{em dash}}very much the opposite. My family would collect [soda] cans to turn in for extra money, because $20 meant something to us. But we were very happy."<ref>{{cite web|work=[[Special Broadcasting Service|SBS News]]|location=Sydney, New South Wales|url=https://www.sbs.com.au/news/cameron-diaz-s-thrifty-upbringing|title=Cameron Diaz's thrifty upbringing|date=April 22, 2014|archive-url=https://archive.today/20181020110315/https://www.sbs.com.au/news/cameron-diaz-s-thrifty-upbringing|archive-date=October 20, 2018|access-date=October 20, 2018|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

While still attending high school, Diaz signed a modeling contract with [[Elite Model Management]] at age 16<ref name=bi>{{cite news|work=[[Business Insider]]|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/celebrities-who-started-as-models-2014-2|title=20 Actors Who Started Their Careers As Models|last=Michalski|first=Jennifer|date=February 19, 2014|access-date=October 20, 2018|archive-date=October 20, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181020223907/https://www.businessinsider.com/celebrities-who-started-as-models-2014-2|url-status=live}}</ref> and appeared in advertisements for [[Calvin Klein]] and [[Levi's]].<ref>{{cite web|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/bad-teachers-cameron-diaz-5-205451|title='Bad Teacher's' Cameron Diaz: 5 Things You Didn't Know|date=June 24, 2011|last=Powers | first=Lindsay |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130323140105/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/bad-teachers-cameron-diaz-5-205451|archive-date=March 23, 2013|access-date=October 20, 2018|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref> The following year, at age 17, she was featured on the cover of the July 1990 issue of ''[[Seventeen (American magazine)|Seventeen]]'' magazine.<ref name=bi/> Diaz also modeled for 2 to 3 months in [[Australia]] and shot a commercial for [[Coca-Cola]] in [[Sydney]] in 1991.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://livewellnetwork.com/photos/Cameron-Diaz:-34-Fun-Facts/8147941?photo=8 |title=Cameron Diaz: 34 fun facts |publisher=[[Live Well Network]] |access-date=February 14, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006093536/http://livewellnetwork.com/photos/Cameron-Diaz%3A-34-Fun-Facts/8147941?photo=8 |archive-date=October 6, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.novafm.com.au/article/cameron-diaz-got-alcohol-poisoning-sydney|title=Cameron Diaz got alcohol poisoning in Sydney|access-date=February 14, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140907064136/http://www.novafm.com.au/article/cameron-diaz-got-alcohol-poisoning-sydney|archive-date=September 7, 2014|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Meares|first=Joel|title=The Other Woman's Cameron Diaz debunks myths about monogamy and living in Australia|url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/movies/the-other-womans-cameron-diaz-debunks-myths-about-monogamy-and-living-in-australia-20140416-36qjx.html|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|publisher=Fairfax|access-date=April 16, 2014|date=April 16, 2014|archive-date=April 16, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140416083947/http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/movies/the-other-womans-cameron-diaz-debunks-myths-about-monogamy-and-living-in-australia-20140416-36qjx.html|url-status=live}}</ref>