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Singer Lauren Winans loves being a girl.

The West Virginia native, who now lives in Nashville, has worked with several organizations in the fashion and beauty industry and even has her own custom lip color by SeneGence/LipSense, called Luv It, named after her single “You’re Gonna Luv It” and another inspired by her latest single “Better at Breaking.” The new lip color is called Heartbreaker.

“I love makeup and hair. I am super, super girly,” she said. “When Heartbreaker came out … that sold out and they had to order more.”

Her beauty isn’t the most important thing she wants to be known for, however. She wants her singing voice to be heard.

“I had a show at Opry Mills Mall. There was this group of little girls in the front,” she said. “It reminded me of when I loved Britney (Spears). I’m not a huge pop star yet. The fans, they keep you going.”

Winans is counting on the fans when she performs at the Harley-Davidson Bowling Green Birthday Bash, which will be Friday through Sunday at the store, 251 Cumberland Trace Road.

“It’s our 11th year here. We’ve got a great lineup this year,” said Kristen Mesker, store riding academy manager. “We’re going to have some kids activities. It’s family friendly. We’ll have food vendors. We may have a few surprise guests show up.”

There will also be lots of music. The bash will kick off Friday with Winans singing “The Star-Spangled Banner” followed by the band Gypsy Drifter from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. At 7 p.m., there will be a meet and greet with singer Casey Jamerson before he performs at 8 p.m.

On Saturday, Wide Open Road will perform from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., followed by Dwight Dixon at 2 p.m., Tanya Davis at 3 p.m., Leon Medica at 4 p.m., Jeff Caron at 5 p.m., Johnny Neel of the The Allman Brothers Band at 6 p.m., Beau Braswell at 7 p.m. and “The X-Factor” winner Tate Steven at 8 p.m. Afterward, all the singers, except Wide Open Road, will perform four songs as a group.

On Sunday, Mystery Cowboys will perform from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. followed by prize giveaways. There will also be a drawing for a Harley-Davidson Sportster at 3 p.m.

“It’s free to register. You can register once a day Friday, Saturday and Sunday,” Mesker said.

The bash will shut down at 4 p.m., but the celebration won’t be over. There will be a ride and cruise to Scottsville benefitting the Center for Courageous Kids.

“This is our first year for a benefit ride. We wanted a main charity to support,” Mesker said. “We’d like to make this an annual event.”

Registration for general tickets are $35 for the rider and $15 for the passenger. VIP registration, which includes a meet and greet with singer Chris Janson, riding in the front of the cruise and VIP parking at the Center for Courageous Kids, is $100 for the rider and $25 for the passenger. Cars are also welcome to ride. A plate lunch will be served. Janson and the Gypsy Drifters will perform. Tickets may be purchased at Harley-Davidson, Center for Courageous Kids, and radio stations WUHU and The Beaver.

With her West Virginian roots and her move to Nashville, one may think that Winans chased a country music dream, but she didn’t.

“I am very pop. The biggest thing that affected my music was WVAQ (FM) because they played Britney Spears and Jessica Simpson,” she said. “I’ve always been a huge Britney fan. I listened to it quite a bit.”

Leaving her family was hard. Winans, who is in her early 20s, has been in Nashville for four years.

“You’re pulled in so many different directions. I’m so close to my family, I didn’t want to pick up and move to California,” she said. California is “not so much of a home for me as Nashville is. It’s so much harder to break into pop in Nashville, but I chose this one.”

Her family enjoys visiting there.

“They love it here. I see them every couple of months and sometimes twice a month. My parents knew I wasn’t going to be their normal child,” she said. “They understand, though, because I’ve been this way since I was a baby. The fact that it’s 71/2 hours away, it’s not bad. We meet in Lexington a lot, though.”

One of the first songs Winans remembers singing is Olivia Newton-John’s “Physical.”

“My mom was an aerobics instructor when I was growing up. I was a big ‘Grease’ fan,” she said.

All of her songs are based on her real experiences, Winans said. One song she wrote, “Carousel,” was recorded by Christian artist Jason Walker. She describes songwriting as “very chill.”

“It depends on who the other co-writers are. People sit in a room together talking about life,” she said. “Not everybody is a perfect fit when it comes to songwriting.

“I really, really love to write songs. I’m a typical girl, so I sing about girl power, heartbreak, getting even,” she said. “A lot of my stuff is written with men. I think it’s funny to write with these big men about being girly. If you’re a guy or girl, you can relate somehow.”

Another thing she loves is her pit bull, Piggy.

“He was all pink when he was born. He was in my music videos,” she said. “He’s a big part of my life, but a lot of places don’t let him in. They think he’s scary. I like to bring light to the breed. He’s a very good dog.”

Winans has also done some television. She will appear in “Snapped: Killer Couples” on the Oxygen network in late summer or early fall.

“It’s a reenactment crime series. It’s true crime stories about murders between couples,” she said. “I got to ride a horse for the first time. A lot of things I have never done I got to do in this show.”

The wake-up calls for the show were at 3 a.m., but Winans didn’t mind.

“When you’re doing something you love, it doesn’t seem like a pain to do the early stuff,” she said.

Winans is looking forward to performing.

“I love charities and stuff to do with children,” she said.

She hopes to one day become a pop star like her idol Spears.

“To even have a song cut, everything I have done is such an accomplishment,” she said. “I’m hoping that I can be a successful song writer. At this point and time, I need to have a successful songwriting career to be completely happy.”

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