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Atikokan teen to see the world as a nanny for her cousin Eileen (aka Shania Twain)

by admin on January 4, 2010

Atikokan’s Katie Cox has landed a job that would likely make her the envy of any 16 year-old-girl. As nanny and tutor to the son of her second cousin, Shania Twain, she will travel with the global country music sensation first to the Caribbean, then to Vancouver for the Olympics’ closing ceremonies before heading to the singer’s home in Switzerland where she will live until April.

“It’s a bit overwhelming, I guess – but in a good way,” said Cox prior to embarking on her travels in mid-December.

Two weeks ago, Cox and her family travelled to Timmins for a family get together with Twain, son Eja, 8, and the rest of the family. Twain “is throwing us all a New Year’s party at a really fancy hotel in Timmins. All of us have to stay there, even my grandparents and aunts and uncles who live there,” said Cox, whose mother Darlene (also from Atikokan) is a first cousin to Shania. (Darlene’s father Donald Fraser, is a sister to Shania’s late mother, Sharon.)

After Twain carried the Olympic Torch in her hometown of Timmins on New Year’s day, Cox joined the singer and her entourage (including new charge Eja) in Toronto for a few days before heading to the Caribbean where the singer has a home. “While I’m there, I’m Eja’s tutor/nanny/companion.” She has also been told that she will on occasion take care of their Caribbean neighbour’s dog when the owner is away. That next-door neighbour is none other than Mick Jagger, lead singer of the Rolling Stones.

After that six week stint in the tropics, the entourage will return briefly to Canada where the songstress will sing at the Vancouver Olympics wrap-up. From there, it’s on to Twain’s home in Switzerland. There, Cox will continue in her nanny capacity (Eja is homeschooled and Cox will assist him) and occasionally when Twain is away, accompany Eja on trips to visit to the boy’s father, music producer Robert John ‘Mutt’ Lange, ex-husband of the songstress.

At the same time, Cox, a Grade 11 student, will continue her own studies via Independent Learning C centre courses she has enrolled in through the Atikokan High School. With this job in mind, she took a co-op course at North Star School last semester to gain some teaching experience.

Staying in Twain’s Switzerland home should be an adventure in itself. Cox and her family visited her home there over a year ago and she said not only does the home boast a “spectacular view of the Swiss Alps,” the yellow, four-level home “is huge, very spacious. Even the kitchen has all these different drawers – some are dishwashers, fridges, etc. It’s cool, because you just never know what you’re going to find. The house is just ‘simply elegant’ I guess you would say.”

Twain’s creativity extends beyond music, Cox says, adding what is likely a lesser-known piece of trivia about the singer: She has a penchant for designing sinks, including all the ones in her home.

Shania Twain broke through to stardom in 1995 with The Woman in Me, an album that sold 12 million copies worldwide; it was surpassed by her 1998 release of Come on Over; her most recent album 2002’s Up was ranked 35th of the top 200 albums of the decade by Billboard Magazine.

She is currently writing songs for a new album, acts as a spokesperson for Roots clothing, and is making a number of appearances over the next few months. (She will appear as a guest judge on American Idol airing January 19. The show was taped back in August.)

Despite all of that however, “I don’t know the celebrity side of her,” said Darlene, the singer’s first cousin who frequently cared for Twain and her siblings while they were growing up. “To me, she’s just Eileen [her given name]. She gets mad if we call her Shania,” she said with a laugh.

Katie has gotten to know her second cousin more so over the last year, because Twain has spent more time in her hometown of Timmins and also in Huntsville, where the family own cabins. “She’s very energetic, very full of life, busy, very artistic, and a really positive person,” said the teen.

Twain first broached the subject of hiring Cox last summer at a family get together in Huntsville where Cox, Twain and Eja shared a cabin. “I thought we were joking around at the breakfast table and she said, ‘Hey, you should come and be Eja’s tutor.’ I said, ‘Yeah I would if my mom would let me…’ It kind of expanded from there and plans unfolded over the summer.”

At least two factors led to Twain offering Cox the job: she needed a nanny and it was obvious that Eja and her young second cousin got along well. “Eja is a lot of fun and very genuine. A complete sweetheart. You’d think because he has everything you could imagine, that he would be very big headed, but he isn’t,” said Cox.

Cox has also gotten to know Twain’s core staff-security guards, personal assistants, and head nanny and said to Twain they are “are more like family than employees,” but as for what her life over the next four months will be like, Cox said she really could not guess.

Twain is known for treasuring her privacy and reportedly lives in Switzerland for that reason. The pace in that country is pretty laid-back, said Cox. The temperatures are comparable to here and the country is French-speaking. “I’ve bought French CDs.” Cox will return home in April, in time for the Outer to prepare for the 12 day spring canoe trip.

Paddling and portaging will be quite a change of pace, yet this particular winter job should make for a few stories to share around the campfire.

http://www.atikokanprogress.ca/2010/01/04/atikokan-teen-to-see-the-world-as-a-nanny-for-her-cousin-eileen-aka-shania-twain/



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It sounds weird, didn't Shania mention about putting Eja on the schoolbus every morning? And now he's homeschooled. Mmm. Thanks for the article Tommy!

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Also to take note of is the date of the article - January 4. So it looks like Shania performing at the Olympics Closing Ceremony has been in the works for a while! It's strange how Shania never mentioned it and why it has been so secretive.

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Also to take note of is the date of the article - January 4. So it looks like Shania performing at the Olympics Closing Ceremony has been in the works for a while! It's strange how Shania never mentioned it and why it has been so secretive.


In the People article, it said 2010 would be an amazing year for Shania. I guess we now know what they meant by that.

 



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Shania is very private, so I am surprised that her cousin/nanny gave such an informative interview. I'm guessing Shania will ask her to kindly refrain from speaking to the media again - even a hometown paper. Nice to have one thing cleared up: Shania is a 'quiet' spokesperson for Roots - I can't believe how much Roots stuff I've seen her wear recently. Awesome job for a 16 year old by the way.

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BTW the fancy, yellow 4 story house sounds like Fred's place, not Shania's - I remember an Enquirer (or something) article about Fred and it showed Fred and Anne Marie's place in Switzerland and it was yellow and about 4 stories. The smaller house Shania moved to a couple of years ago seemed to be a bungalow almost.

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Loonie Echo wrote:

BTW the fancy, yellow 4 story house sounds like Fred's place, not Shania's - I remember an Enquirer (or something) article about Fred and it showed Fred and Anne Marie's place in Switzerland and it was yellow and about 4 stories. The smaller house Shania moved to a couple of years ago seemed to be a bungalow almost.



I also picked up on this detail. As for the home schooling thing, Shania probably chose to do this for practicality.



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Loonie Echo wrote:

Shania is very private, so I am surprised that her cousin/nanny gave such an informative interview. I'm guessing Shania will ask her to kindly refrain from speaking to the media again - even a hometown paper. Nice to have one thing cleared up: Shania is a 'quiet' spokesperson for Roots - I can't believe how much Roots stuff I've seen her wear recently. Awesome job for a 16 year old by the way.



I guess she did not know a muzzle came with the job.biggrin



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I don't know if Tommy had scanned in that photo of Fred and Anne Marie's house, but it is likely around here somewhere. Also - Roots Canada has a 'Roots Buzz' and they take photos of all the celebrities when they drop by their stores - especially the Whistler store.

This is an 'older' article about when Roots found out Shania was in Timmins recently. They didn't see the OTHER photo of Shania in the bright blue Roots hoodie though - just the green one.

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http://buzz.roots.com/2010/01/shania-twain-pays-a-visit-to-her-hometown.html

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Tommy wrote:

Also to take note of is the date of the article - January 4. So it looks like Shania performing at the Olympics Closing Ceremony has been in the works for a while! It's strange how Shania never mentioned it and why it has been so secretive.



I understand virtually nothing about her rationale.no



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Loonie Echo wrote:

I don't know if Tommy had scanned in that photo of Fred and Anne Marie's house, but it is likely around here somewhere. Also - Roots Canada has a 'Roots Buzz' and they take photos of all the celebrities when they drop by their stores - especially the Whistler store.

This is an 'older' article about when Roots found out Shania was in Timmins recently. They didn't see the OTHER photo of Shania in the bright blue Roots hoodie though - just the green one.

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http://buzz.roots.com/2010/01/shania-twain-pays-a-visit-to-her-hometown.html..thanks...



 



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Six weeks in the Caribbean? She should be looking nice and tanned tonight.

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^^^ Thanks for the better link.

Tommy, as for her 'rationale' - I don't think any of the closing ceremony artists were entirely confirmed - and most of them were probably told to keep it a secret. Another reason why Ms. Katie Cox is probably going to have a little 'talk' with Eileen soon. :) Still.... Shania....who can she trust? Family is probably more trustworthy than your best friend/personal assistant.

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Atikokan teen to see the world as a nanny for her cousin Eileen (aka Shania Twain)

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After that six week stint in the tropics, the entourage will return briefly to Canada where the songstress will sing at the Vancouver Olympics wrap-up.

 


The Nanny deceived us!

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How did the nanny deceive us? It was most likely true that Shania was going to perform and she was the one (for some reason) who decided to pull out.

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likely true!!!

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Her name appeared onscreen as one of the performers on the show during the first part of the telecast.

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Her name appeared onscreen as one of the performers on the show during the first part of the telecast.


I missed that.

 



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Loonie Echo wrote:

BTW the fancy, yellow 4 story house sounds like Fred's place, not Shania's - I remember an Enquirer (or something) article about Fred and it showed Fred and Anne Marie's place in Switzerland and it was yellow and about 4 stories. The smaller house Shania moved to a couple of years ago seemed to be a bungalow almost.



 I was just browsing and I feel something needs to be corrected.
You are so obsessed with Shania and Fred being together that you can't even get the facts correct.
The yellow four story house is Shania's. You honestly think Shania moved in with fred into his house when she is worth hundreds of millions and his her own places all over the world lol!! 
The yellow house is the exact same one Shania and Mutt bought in 2007 on Lake Geneva not far from  the place they used to live in the castle.
In fact Tommy has an article and a picture of the  house back in 2007 when they bought it. It is yellow. This is the same place that a Swiss article said Shania is sole owner of now and Mutt changed the name of the title to Shania only after the  split.
This yellow house of Shania's on Lake Geneva cost 16 million and that is where Eja and her stay and is her home base.

I don't know where you come up with your info but the place the enquirer showed of Fred and his ex wife place was like an apartment building or condo building and was brown and brick color.  Heck his wife was Shania's maid and assisant.

Anyway if anyone wants to check the yellow massive place on lake Geneva is Shania's place.

You can find the article of when they bought the place and small picture of it in Tommy's news archive dated on  9/8/07       around September 8th 2007.

also you can also find the picture of their yellow house in National Engquirer June 9th 2008 article in Tommy's archive.

Chow for now!!



-- Edited by EveryBodyLovesKevy on Monday 8th of March 2010 02:28:25 PM

-- Edited by EveryBodyLovesKevy on Monday 8th of March 2010 02:34:28 PM

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Well actually Kevy i think you are obsessed with Shania and Fred being together.You constantly insult Fred, plus you seem to know every house Shaina has ever owned,kind of like a stalker.

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And you are obsessed with me lol!!!
You have spent more time following me around.
I can just picture you sitting with a big beer belly over the computer with your chubby fingers typing with a red face to respond to me lol!!
Have a good time responding to yourself.
Just like your stupid delusional comments about me being someone else on the boards until you are made a fool of are wrong again lol!!
Chow, have a good time talking to yourself and making an fool out of yourself.
Oh and I know you can't read but I just repeated things said in articles and pictures shown in articles. But you are not the smartest cookie in the drawer lol!!
Of course it takes you months to understand anything and read an article.

Now hurry up and get those chubby fingers typing away at me lol!!



-- Edited by EveryBodyLovesKevy on Monday 8th of March 2010 02:47:19 PM

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You can't even make a post without insulting someone,like you did with Loonie.That's why i insulted you.Loonie may have gotten it wrong about the house so you think she is so obsessed she can't get the story right,lol.Your a moron.

-- Edited by kelc317 on Monday 8th of March 2010 02:53:29 PM

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does anyone has any other pictures of her current house online or through a magazine, just curious as to where she lives, and whats the town called??

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You can't even make a post without insulting someone,like you did with Loonie.That's why i insulted you.Loonie may have gotten it wrong about the house so you think she is so obsessed she can't get the story right,lol.Your a moron.

-- Edited by kelc317 on Monday 8th of March 2010 02:53:29 PM


Actually all Loonie talks about is fred and shania together and getting married  lol!!!

And to get the story right you only need good comprehension skills and able to read and keep a good memory. Most people can do that. But I know you can't so I do feel sorry for you.
Maybe you shouldn't insult those way more intelligent than you simply because they can read an article once and remember it lol!!!
Now have a great day.
Because you calling me a moron has to be the most funniest thing I have heard considering who called me a moran lol!!! 
Have a great day Kelc, yoy have some deep issues and an obsession with me.
But Kevy won't be around so I will let you have your much needed last word.



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Sure kevy you won't be around, didn't you just tell everybody your not going to be posting anymore,LOL.How many times have you said that.

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does anyone has any other pictures of her current house online or through a magazine, just curious as to where she lives, and whats the town called??


The town is called Vevey.

National Enquirer (6/9/08)
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does anyone has any other pictures of her current house online or through a magazine, just curious as to where she lives, and whats the town called??


The town is called Vevey.

National Enquirer (6/9/08)
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According to this article the yellow house belongs to Mutt and Marie-Ann.  It says Mutt had Shania's furniture removed so she no longer lives there...it's the dog pound now.

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does anyone has any other pictures of her current house online or through a magazine, just curious as to where she lives, and whats the town called??




The town is called Vevey.

National Enquirer (6/9/08)
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According to this article the yellow house belongs to Mutt and Marie-Ann.  It says Mutt had Shania's furniture removed so she no longer lives there...it's the dog pound now.

Warmest regards as always,
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Re-read it. The yellow house was bought by Shania and Mutt. It says they moved from their chateau to a lakeside home (yellow house) in the nearby by town of Vevey.  After Shania left for Canada, Mutt removed her furniture from the house and put Marie-Anne in charge of renovating it.

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And in the end Shania got the house to herself as Mutt gave her sole title of that house a few months after the split.
tommy has the article of where Shania's name is solely on the title now when they split properties.
Like I said Shania and Mutt bought this place back in 2007 together but now the sole owner is Shania.

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