Lourdes Leon Archives

Madonna travels with her children Lourdes Leon, Mercy James and David Banda, to visit the Mphandu la Orphanage in the Namitete area outside Lilongwe, Malawi on Thursday (October 29).

The 51-year-old entertainer attended the ground breaking ceremony for the Raising Malawi Academy for Girls.

Madonna recently blogged to urge people to join her cause. “I’m writing to urge you to join me in saving the lives of some of the world’s most vulnerable children. And I’m asking you to do it right away.

Raising Malawi, the organization I co-founded in 2006, is dedicated to ending the poverty and hardship endured by Malawi’s one million orphans. By donating to Raising Malawi, you can literally transform the future for an entire generation. To encourage your involvement, I’ve pledged $100,000 to match your contributions dollar-for-dollar.”

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Madonna plants a Moringa tree at the site of her future academy for girls in a village north of Lilongwe, Malawi on Monday (October 26).

The 51-year-old entertainer was joined by daughter Lourdes, 13, at the ground breaking ceremony and planting of the “miracle tree.”

“Growing up in a privileged life, I took education for granted…but coming to Malawi has taught me a lot of things and (I have) learned to appreciate what life gives,” Madonna said.

“I realized how much they deserve to be educated and so for me the best thing I could do was to build a school, a unique school that will create future female leaders, scientists, lawyers, doctors and if this school is successful it will be used as a model to replicate it in other countries.”

The school will admit 500 girls, ABC News reports, and construction will cost about $15 million.

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Lourdes Leon gets into the Halloween spirit - or maybe she just likes Twilight - by wearing some fun vampire fangs in London on Wednesday (October 22).

Her inspiration may also have come from Lady Gaga, who was spotted wearing plastic fangs at London’s Heathrow Airport in August. Madonna recently told Rolling Stone that Lourdes, 13, is a big Gaga fan!

Madonna also mentioned to RS that Lourdes has been experimenting with style by borrowing clothes from her!

“[Lourdes] wears the same sizes as me now, so she steals my clothes, my shoes, she’s constantly in my closets,” Madonna shared.

Lourdes Leon is becoming quite the fashionista, channeling her mom Madonna from the 80’s film Desperately Seeking Susan, before hopping into the car outside their London home on Tuesday (October 20).

Madonna’s other daughter Mercy James was also seen walking into the car with her nanny.

“My like house is like a Benetton ad,” Madonna joked to Rolling Stone about her multi-cultural family and staff. “I have French nannies, my security guards are Israeli, I have assistants from Argentina and Puerto Rico as well as a Japanese assistant and chef, and another chef from Italy. It’s wonderful. I love it.”

Madonna and her 13-year-old daughter Lourdes, carrying the Harajuku Lovers tote in Kogal, arrive at JFK airport in NYC to catch a departing flight to London on Sunday (October 18).

This past Wednesday, Madonna and ex Carlos Leon threw a surprise birthday bash for Lourdes at a delicatessen in SoHo. Madge brought red velvet cake to the bash!

Here are some snippets from Madonna’s recent Rolling Stone interview:

On Lourdes introducing her to new music: She turned me on to the Ting Tings. There’s a band she loves called Disco Bitch. She’s into My Chemical Romance, and she’s outgrown the Jonas Brothers. She loves Lady Gaga, Ciara, Rihanna, T.I. and Justin [Timberlake]. She lives with the iPod in her ears.

On Lourdes critiquing her: Oh, yeah. My shows, my music, definitely. She’s brutally honest, not just with me, but everyone, about what you’re wearing, who you’re dating, the music you listen to, every choice that you make. She wears the same sizes as me now, so she steals my clothes, my shoes, she’s constantly in my closets. And she’s working on the show now. Now, we feel more like friends, and we fight every other minute. A normal mother-daughter relationship, going through puberty.

On Lourdes’ role on tour: She dresses the dancers backstage. She’s really into hair and make-up, so she does a lot of experimenting. She’s very talented. She could absolutely design her own line of clothes, she’s got great style. Everyone asks her what she thinks of their outfit. Her, not me.

Lourdes Leon, the 12-year-old daughter of Madonna, chews on her gum while taking a walk with her dad Carlos Leon and his blonde girlfriend in the SoHo neighborhood of New York City on Monday (September 7).

The trio did a bit of shopping at the American Apparel store, where Lourdes picked up a few items.

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Jesus Luz wraps his arm around Madonna and two of her kids — David and Mercy – aboard a boat in Portofino, Italy on Monday (August 17). Her daughter Lourdes, 12, was also present.

Yesterday, the 51-year-old Material Mom celebrated her 51st birthday at the Splendido Hotel as she shared breakfast and alone time with Jesus, 23.

At her concert in Warsaw, Madonna’s fans sang her a traditional Polish birthday song, titled “May You Live A Hundred Years.”

“Every time I do a show, and every time I look into your eyes and every time I see your smiles, you changed my life,” she said after her fans sang. “It’s amazing that I’ve been able to do what I do for so many years, thank God, I love my job, I love being able to be here with you tonight. This is the best birthday present ever, so thank you.”

QUESTION: What’s Madonna grabbing?

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Madonna takes all four of her children — daughter Lourdes, 12, son Rocco, 8, son David, 3, and newly-adopted daughter Mercy — to Saturday services at the local Kabbalah Center in London on July 4.

As reported last week, Lourdes just got braces to straighten up her teeth.

Below is the footage of Madonna’s tribute to Michael Jackson, which she performed during her “Sticky and Sweet” concert at London’s O2 Arena on Saturday (July 4).

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