7/01/2008

American Idol Cutie Paris Bennett is Pregnant

19-year-old American Idol alum, Paris Bennett is engaged and pregnant. The season five finalist — who made it to the top five in 2006 and earned the nickname "Princess P" from fans, announced the news on her Myspace page.

"Yes, I'm engaged and with child. It's a girl and her name will be Egypt," Bennett wrote. The baby is due in October, which is right before Paris' holiday album is to be released.

Bennett's mother, Jamecia, also confirmed the news to the Minneapolis Star Tribune saying, "She has a ring," and when asked who the father is, she replied, "he chooses not to be in the public eye." The soon to be grandmother also says, "I'm proud of how she did it, I was 16 when I got pregnant" Jamecia told the paper that Queen Latifah has already sent her well-wishes and may attend the August baby shower.

Paris is lives in Atlanta and she is also the granddaughter to R&B songstress Ann Nesby.

"You're the princess, but I'm the Queen," Bennett says Latifah told her daughter.

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