Founder/President of Gamillah, Inc.


Basic Info:
Manuela Testolini Nelson
~Born and raised in Toronto, Canada
~Father= restauranteur born in Italy
~Mother= hotel manager born in Egypt
~Earned a degree in Law and Sociology from York University in Toronto
~Involved in many charitable causes
~The last sentence reads "She is married to Prince Rogers Nelson."

It looks like an interesting website...It now has a few pics and more info then before. Check it out.
http://www.gamillah.com
[Edited 3/23/06 22:11pm]

PurpleKnight said:

FYI, that pic was taken at the BET Awards Show on Nov. 1, 2005.

Maybe I'm over-analyzing, but I think the statement "She is married to Prince Rogers Nelson" is an interesting choice of words. No mention of his vocation, no hint that he's a big celebrity. Many people who read the name "Prince Rogers Nelson" might not associate that with Prince.

PurpleKnight said:

yeah..she does...expect for the beaver gring.




oh..im feeling frisky this morning...let me at em..let ME at EM!!!

CandaceS said:

I am feeling that is intentional because she is obvious not trying to make this a "Prince thing". Maybe if she were doing things in the music business she would make it more obvious? Probably is easier for her to do her business wihtout always people talking about P to her.??

DenmarkDude said:

I agree DenmarkDude. I had the same feeling.

AWESOME!!!!!Thanks for the update!!!!

Website is nice. I find it interesting that she should choose "gamillah" and "salaam" over "bellezza" and "pace" (sorry italians, if I messed that up! I took Italian a looong time ago )

why do you think this is?

bizarre said:

Probly because Gamillah is arabic so it is the same theme ?

Now I see the attraction. A thinking man/woman's diva.

I never knew much about her prior to seeing the Gamillah site (other than the usual salacious gosspip surrounding how she met her husband), but I must say her aims are very impressive. Prince has finally abandoned the ceaseless chase for bimbos and gotten himself a woman with her own purpose in life.

Moongirl here!

I don't think the woman he had to me was no dumb they to me seemed to want to have a start in there career because most of them had dreams and goal of there on before they met him I have to assume.

How do you know if they were dumb or not? Beside We don't know if mani already had this plans before she met prince or not.

Beside I feel most of p discoveries he found want to do entertainment and to live there dreams and now they seem happly with the lives they have now.


For example not to bring this up! But Mayte I feel or assume she already had some of her goals down before she met P. Now she trying to show everyone what she can do.

Plus I feel she is doing a great job myself.

So that all I have to say.

Love,Moongirl

Moon said:[quote]Moongirl here!

I don't think the woman he had to me was no dumb they to me seemed to want to have a start in there career because most of them had dreams and goal of there on before they met him I have to assume.




huh?

Ottensen said:

Uhm but excuse me?

I don't think this gamillah thingy would have been accomplished if it were NOT for Prince being in her life. This site, organization did not exist before she was married to him.

I mean, come on now. Most rich wifes HAVE to do their charitable thingys. What else are they doing to do, WORK?

Happy4Me said:

yeah...i thought the same thing...i'd give this girl more props if she was doing this stuff prior to being mrs. nelson..

koodoos to her for doing something positive though.

The bio section states she "divides her time between Minneapolis, Minnesota and Toronto, Canada." No mention of Los Angeles, where Prince seems to be pretty much all the time these days.

DenmarkDude said:

I meant that her mom is egyption, so that's why she chose to name the company gamillah, but why not choose an italian word? Seems a bit weird with all the arabic vibe and none of the italian one...
to be frank the whole egyption business makes me think of that interview with P and Mayte (was it oprah?) where Mayte said that they had met in a past life..and there was a connection to egypt.

I mean Mani is obviously CANADIAN so it just seemed a bit queer to me.

and...It's funny that her site seems to address the separation rumor going around the fansites. Why else would anyone reading her biography on that site know or even care who she is married to?

bizarre said:

yeah i know what you are saying but i notice when i first saw the site it had a different word than "salam" but i dont remember what it was. maybe it is the point to change it sometimes for different languages ?

as for the biography i know that is standard practise to say where someone lives and if they are married or have children/family. just my opinion. plus you are still considered married even if you have a separation no ?

DenmarkDude said:

Yea I agree with you about the biography part, but I don't know any previously separated person who adds the "married to" part in their biography...don't know how that works. But anyway...I've heard a few people spotted her at the Tamar show in Minneapolis...who knows

sosgemini said:

I think it's kind of unfair not to give her props because she is able to accomplish this because she's married to Prince. It's true, but not in a negative sense. Many people would be able to accomplish more good if they had the time and resources (i.e. $$$$$) to do so. I applaud Mani for her efforts. She could have easily spent her time and P's $$$$ getting her hair, nails, facials done every other day and engaging in all sorts of meaningless self-serving activities.

tmo1965 said:

I agree with everything you just said.

tmo1965 said:

I agree!


But, she does that 2






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[Edited 2/26/06 20:06pm]

tmo1965 said:

i did give her props..i said i would give her *more* if she was doing this prior to meeting prince.

Why would someone with a degree in Law and Sociology go to work at Paisley Park in retail?

Maybe to make sure that it is legal to sell stuff to society.... pun intended.
Didn't Mani work at paisley during the summers for finance this educational endeaver....???? Somebody had to pay tuition.

DenmarkDude said:

actually I think it would be standard practise to state something like 'she is currently married with 2 lovely dogs and living in Canada' Not to mention the specific person.

I'll give her props when I see something actually happen. So far i've heard nothing but her making the rounds of festivals and getting free stuff at sundance.

of course...she was probably planning to give all that swag to the inner city children.

kxm911 said:

Good point!

bizarre said:

and become an "assistant" LOL, I never knew any lawyers that wanted to be someone's assistant...so I think we all know the answer to that one.

Even if she does have a Degree in Law, it doesn't mean she is a Lawyer.
She has to take the BAR Exam for that to be, and I've never heard it
mentioned that she has.

and become an "assistant" LOL, I never knew any lawyers that wanted to be someone's assistant...so I think we all know the answer to that one.[/quote]

York University in Toronto

one of these degree programs is the one she followed.
http://www.yorku.ca/web/f...asp?id=468
http://www.yorku.ca/web/f...=469[/url]

it doesn't prepare you to be an attorney. it stresses the importance of the law in civic matters and social work.


at least that how i understand them.

this one does that http://www.yorku.ca/web/f...asp?id=467

sorry to be such a nerd. your have to remember that university programs and their names and meanings differ for each country.





which is not to say that i'm impressed or even give a damn in her venture. just thought i'd share and try to be fair.
[Edited 2/28/06 13:15pm]

mymocha said:

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i know that hon, i was being sarcastic! I am a paralegal, so believe, I KNOW how the legal field works.