My contacts disappeared from my iPhone 4S. While I was using it. What do I do?

I was looking on fb and received a text reply and noticed that it showed the phone numer instead of the person's name. I ten went to my contacts, and there were NONE. What gives?

Hi ARhea71,
Welcome to the Support Communities!
The article below may be able to help you with this.
Click on the link to see more details and screenshots. 
iCloud: Troubleshooting iCloud Contacts
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3998
iOS: Using Facebook, Twitter, and other social network accounts
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5500
Cheers,
- Judy

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