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It's hard to know what exactly drives a person to become a performer. But Samantha Green can pretty much pinpoint when that moment materialized: sitting in front of the television in her family's house in Caracas, Venezuela. "I remember the first time I saw Naomi Campbell in a Michael Jackson video (In the Closet) and I felt so incredible. That's when I realized 'wow, I can do this'. I would dance nonstop to that song in my living room."
