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Actress/singer Demi Lovato celebrated her 18th birthday surrounded by close family and friends on Friday (August 20). Demi believes to give is better than receive, so she bought a fabulous Mediterranean style home for her and her family.

Demi revealed she is planning to live by herself in a separate house in the backyard on her family’s brand new property just outside Los Angeles in California. Ah! There’s nothing like making your own family happy!

“I just bought a house,” Demi said. “For me to give [that] to my family on my birthday, that was the best present. It’s got pretty much everything you could possibly imagine in it. It’s the most beautiful, homey-feeling house. I love it.”

Demi also got a very special gift from her half-sister, actress Madison De La Garza, who stars as Eva Longoria’s daughter in the hit TV show “Desperate Housewives”. The 8 year-old bought Demi a iPhone 4 with her own money.

Of course, Demi is very proud of her sister. She said, “She bought me an iPhone 4 with her own money!” Madison just loves her big sister. She told HollywoodLife, “Demi is the best sister in the whole world. She is just so nice and gives me advice. She’s an amazing sister and I couldn’t have a better one!”

Aww! Sweet!

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Actress Demi Lovato has been outspoken about the effects bullying can have on a person. The Sonny With A Chance star has spoken about her past experiences as a target of the emotional and verbal abuse. She has made a public service announcement (see it here) to educate and inform how isolating and devastating the aggressive act can be.

The 17 year old Disney star has joined teensagainstbullying.org in part because she is inspired by her younger sister, 8 year old Madison De La Garza, who stars on Desperate Housewives. Lovato wants to keep her sister’s self esteem positive as she grows up.

“She’s getting to that age where she could start becoming insecure,” Lovato says. “I want to be able to help other girls around her age come into their own with a strong confidence in their skin, their size, who they are and everything about themselves.”

Lovato, who quit public school when she was younger, was home-schooled because of the pressure from bullies.

“Bullying is a very serious thing to me, I’ve witnessed it first hand — I was bullied myself when I was 12,” she says.

Demi is comfortable being a role model and using her fame to help others through what can be a really rough time in their lives. Just one more reason to adore Demi!

[image: NY Post]