Celebrities Who Worked as Cheerleaders

Cheerleading has become very popular nowadays. Before cheerleading was popular among sports like soccer and basketball. But now it is popular in game of cricket and other different processions. It includes tumbling, dance, jumps and stunting to direct event's spectators to cheer on sports teams at games and matches. It is headed by an athlete who is called cheerleader. It is another guidance of these leaders the entire team performs.

Though it seems to be quite easy task but actually is not. It requires special skill and practice. They perform in groups with special kind of strong beats music. Cheerleading is actually very important for lifting the moral of the teams. It gives special kind of energy and spirits when it is cheered for their own nation. It also relief the tension of the players.

They perform various kinds of stunts, dance gymnastics. When one hears the name of own country while cheering the whole nation stood by them. For that many celebrities has also worked as cheerleaders to feel the pressure of playing for own nation. It includes:

Popular Celebrity Cheerleaders

These were names of some celebrities, who had worked as cheerleaders and had given their precious time to enjoy the rally.

1. President George W. Bush cheered for both Philips Academy Andover in Andover, Mass. and Yale University
2. Cameron Diaz was a cheerleader at Long Beach Polytechnic High in Long Beach, California.
3. Halle Berry was cheerleader for the Bedford High Bearcats in Bedford, Ohio
4. Madonna was a cheerleader at the University of Michigan
5. Mandy Moore The singer and actress Amanda Leigh Moore was once a cheerleader in Pop Warner, a youth football and cheerleading organization in the United States. She was a cheerleader for five years.
6. Meryl Strep was a cheerleader for Bernard’s High School in New Jersey.
7. Paula Abdul was also head cheerleader, and went on to become a cheerleader for the L.A. Lakers basketball team. She also worked on the choreography for the team's routines.
8. Samuel L. Jackson cheered for the Morehouse College Maroon Tigers
9. Sandra Bullock was a cheerleader at Washington Lee High, in Arlington, Va.
10. Tristan Rein spent her time cheering on the Miami Heat before she decided to become America's favorite Bachelorette
11. Dwight D. Eisenhower, the 34th president, was a cheerleader during his high school years in Abilene, Kansas.