<http://schema.org/articleBody>
"Get ready to have your mind blown, because you&amp;#039;re about to realize that you&amp;#039;ve been fooled your entire childhood. Sanrio \u2014 the company behind that adorable cat we all love named Hello Kitty \u2014 has just revealed that she is not a cat. You&amp;#039;re probably thinking: What do you mean? She&amp;#039;s a cat \u2014 that&amp;#039;s why her name is &amp;quot;Hello Kitty,&amp;quot; duh! But it turns out, she is actually based on a a real person, a young British girl named Kitty White. University of Hawaii Anthropologist and Hello Kitty expert Christine R. Yano, who has studied Hello Kitty for years and even wrote a book about Hello Kitty, discovered this shocking revelation from Sanio while prepping for a Hello Kitty exhibit at the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles. Yano told the Los Angles Times: &amp;quot;Hello Kitty is not a cat. She&amp;#039;s a cartoon character. She is a little girl. She is a friend. But she is not a cat. She&amp;#039;s never depicted on all fours. She walks and sits like a two-legged creature. She does have a pet cat of her own, however, and it&amp;#039;s called Charmmy Kitty.&amp;quot;  If you&amp;#039;re curious about who Kitty White is, according to Yano, she is a twin in the third grade, a Scorpio, and happens to really love apple pie. MIND BLOWN. This article originally appeared on Seventeen.com. More from Seventeen.com: Check Out the Vans x Hello Kitty Collab! 14 &amp;#039;90s Faves Making a Comeback! 5 &amp;#039;90s Shows to Binge Watch on Netflix Right Now "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
<http://www.cosmopolitan.com/lifestyle/news/a30521/hello-kitty-is-not-a-cat/>