The Cheetah Girls (book series)
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The Cheetah Girls is a 16-book novel series created and written by Deborah Gregory. The series, which began in 1999, is about a girl singing group who seek to be discovered and become famous. In the book, there are five girls but in the Disney Channel Original Movies, there are just four.
The Cheetah Girls is a 2003 movie based on the book, which resulted in the spinoff of a girl group by the same name. In 2006 the sequel to The Cheetah Girls, The Cheetah Girls 2 premiered on Disney Channel. The movies star Raven-Symone, Sabrina Bryan, and Adrienne Bailon& Kiely Williams of another girl group 3LW. The popularity of the first movie spawned a real life girl group, The Cheetah Girls, which had the stars of the movie except Raven.
[edit] Cover-Girls
On the book covers, each character is portrayed by a model. The real life R&B girl group Before Dark posed as three of the girls on the book covers.
- Brandi Stewart...Chanel Simmons,
- Arike Rice...Aquanette Walker, (Books 1-4),
- Jeni G....Anginette Walker, (Books 1-4),
- Mia Lee...Galleria Garibaldi, (Books 1-8),
- Imani Parks...Dorinda Rogers,
- Davida Williams...Galleria Garibaldi (Books 9-13),
- The Millen Sisters...Aquanetta Walker and Anginette Walker((Books 5-13)
[edit] Characters
Chanel 'Chuchi' Simmons is a fictitious character. She is of Puerto Rican, Cuban and Dominican descent and is noted for her trademark mini-micro braids. Chanel has a flare for designer clothing and once charged up hundreds of dollars on her mothers credit card. She is fluent in both English and Spanish. She is very body conscious, and developed somewhat of an eating disorder towards the end of the book series. Her interests include hair and singing. She lives with her mother and brother, Pucci in SoHo. She is portrayed by Adrienne Bailon in the Disney Channel Original Movies The Cheetah Girls and The Cheetah Girls 2 .
Anginette Walker is a fictitious character. She is of African-American descent, and is the only member of the group not to narrate a book in the series, and the only main character to be cut out of the movie adaptation. She lets her older twin sister, Aquanetta Walker, do most of the talking, and is very sneaky. She lives with her sister and father on the Upper West Side Her nicknames include 'Angie' and 'Nettie Two.' She loves horror movies, and wants to be a doctor one day. She also loves gospel music.
Aquanette Walker is a fictitious character who narrates in the books "Hey, Ho, Hollywood!", "Growl Power!", "In the House with Mouse" and "Twinkle, Twinkle, Cheetah Stars". Her character is also used in The Cheetah Girls (film). She moved from Houston, Texas to New York with her father when her parents separated. She is noted for having a warm personality, and carrying around hot sauce in her purse. She is the twin sister of Anginette Walker, whom she lives with on the Upper West Side. Aqua is very religious, and attends church every Sunday. Unlike her sister, she is very aggressive, and makes it known when she is unhappy. Her interests include horror movies, animals, and one day becoming a doctor. She has three pets, two guinea pigs and a dog. She is portrayed by Kiely Williams.
Galleria Garibaldi is a fictitious character who narrates "Wishing On a Star", "Woof, There it is!", "Showdown at the Okie-Dokie" and "Oops, Doggy Dog!". She is of Italian and African-American descent. Galleria is the leader of the band, and lives with her parents in an apartment on The Upper East Side. She is the most aggressive of the group, and always speaks her mind, a quality which occasionally gets her into trouble with others. She is the writer of all the girls' songs. She is portrayed by Raven-Symone in the Disney Channel Original Movies The Cheetah Girls and The Cheetah Girls 2.
Dorinda Rogers is a fictitious character who narrates in "Who's Bout To Bounce?", "Dorinda's Secret", "Dorinda Gets a Groove" and "Bring It On!". Although she is only twelve years old (In the books) she attends 9th grade at Fashion Industries High School. She is the smartest of the group, and the best dancer. She is also a foster child, and lives with ten other children in the housing projects of Harlem, New York. She eventually locates her biological sister, Tiffany. The character appears in the movies as Dorinda Thomas. She is portrayed by Caucasian (Spanish descent) actress Sabrina Bryan.
