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America Ferrera's Secret Name Change

October 11, 2008


Fans know America Ferrera as Ugly Betty, but to friends back home in Woodland Hills, Calif., she's Georgina!

A former classmate tells Star, "She went by her middle name in school." Managers made her go back to "America" for her first role, in Real Women Have Curves.

And the rest is Hollywood history!

Which name do you like better: America or Georgina? Tell us below!


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America most definately sound better.
-- Chaun

Georgina I shall call her that now..I used to have a friend with that name at school in LA..is it her..LOL.Sunrise middle school
-- vanilla

Girl your beautiful with any one of those names. but i like America.
-- TigerLily

I wanted to take the name CUBA Gooding but as you know that is already taken so I settled on the name Russia Rains
-- Ms Ferrera

girl u nt ugly!
-- angel

AMERICA SOUNDS BEST. KEEP IT!
-- SAVANNAH

georgina
-- Anonymous

Both are uncommon but beautiful names - I wouldnt have wanted to be called America when i was in school either - just plain confusing
-- Mike Harris

I think Georgina is a very nice name, glad she changed it back
-- lara

America
-- c

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