Pussycat Dolls lead singer is proudly Pinay

The Philippine Star 12/02/2005

She’s lead vocalist of The Pussycat Dolls. And she’s proud of her Filipino roots. Sultry, outspoken Nicole Scherzinger was born in Hawaii, but traces her roots to Batanes Islands.

In a recent interview with MYX in Bangkok, Nicole says she’s a Lea Salonga fan and grew up listening to the music of the Tony award-winning performer.

Nicole adds that although she has never been to the Philippines, she’d love to visit the country and "be around people that kinda look like me." Her pride in being Filipina stems from the fact that just like her family, Nicole thinks Filipinos have a lot of heart. In fact, Nicole has taken it upon herself to represent the Filipinos in the States, where she grew up. Aside from Nicole, other members of the song-and-dance group are Jessica Sutta, one-time captain of the Miami Heat dance troupe; Carmi Bachar, the La Vida Loca girl on Ricky Martin’s world tour; Hollywood dancers Ashley Roberts and Kimberly Wyatt; and stunning singer Meloy Thornton.

The Pussycat Dolls have just released their debut album under MCA Music. Their album boasts of two chartbusters, the carrier track Don’t Cha dominated the radio charts for months and the sophomore outing Stick with U is also doing well. It maintains its No. 1 slot in the countdown of Magic 89.9, RX 93.1 and Mellow Touch 94.7.

she pinoy

I thought she was Latina or part spanish

Hah!!! i knew she wasnt latina or morena...i just wasnt too sure what she was though.

In terms of vocal power, Filipina seems to be much better than their Asian counterpart.

and she's brown too! take that chinese/spanish supremecists! Just kidding lol. but seriously, she is hotter then her white co-singers

watever!

I believe the correct term is Pinay

PCD are $hit anyways, how could they go from a song like "Don't Cha" to "Stickwitu" talk about irony.

@IniTiaL V. U are Female :shocked:

Probably sometimes.

Looks Latina or Indian.

he was saying -she- was pinay, but whatever.



i hate every single pussy cat doll.

dats coz she's part russian/hawaiian/filipino. But she still looks a bit filipina to me, ive seen some girls who look a bit like her, not a lot but some in da phils.

^ not really I first thought she was from India no offence


I still like pussy

She looks plain white to me....if she din't say she was part..i prob wouldn't have noticed.

she does'nt look like Filipina atall.... yeah she looks asian indian....

I think both of her parents are Filipinos except one of her parent have russiian blood..so shes mostly Filipino and she grew upin hawaii..I think she used to be in a band called Eden's Crush, and there was this other white girl there who looks totally anglo-saxon but is proud of her Filipina side as well..Her name is Maile Misajon (a very Filipino surname)..the reason why Nicole has a foreighn-sounding surname is because he adopted his stepfather's surname who was Polish..but anyways, i think she look a lot like Filipino, she didnt even looked "Mestiza", i thought those colored eyes were just contacts...

take a look at her before she becoma a pussycat doll

too much make-up


I think Lee Hyori is far more attractive and hotter than her


´Don´t Cha´ is a crap song

they should use her voice for better songs

Beauty is the eyes of the beholder. I think Hyori Lee looks like the typical asian....pretty maybe but nothing dat wud make her stand out to me. Whereas Nicole looks diff. from typical pinay, she can pass for latina, indian, and she has more of an exotic look along the lines of jessica alba or jLo. She juz looks a bit weird in dat last pic of her.

Hmmm... I just goggled Hyori Lee and the girl's hot but i see tons of hot asian girls like that where im from.

I dunno man the song is pretty cathcy and i cant say no to a song that will give you chance to grind with chicks in the club . And judging from the video i think shes the only one singing in the group.

BTW that dude in your sig,whos grinding his bandmate, grabbing that guys balls????

I googled Sharon Cunetta











that´s not grinding, and it´s not his bandmate, they´re two seperate khippop-artists, just doing a 2-second thing to sweep up the audience. it looks worse when it repeats the whole time.

here´s the performance, pretty cool, pretty straight except for those 2 seconds

http://www.youtube.com/w/Taebin-and-Seven-...k&search=Taebin

I don´t think Hyori looks only hot, she´s really pretty too.


http://www.youtube.com/results.php?search=...s=Search+Videos

She's half whitey, and the Pussycatdolls suck.
So what...............

im sorry are u korean? I think koreans put too much make-up including guys, i mean whats up with the purple lipstick man? ive seen some korean popstars (guys) wearing purple lipsticks plus theyre hair always look like ugly wigs..whats up with that..Filipinos dont put too much make-up thats why when they put it, everyone just thinks she's from other race like Latina or Indian, Filipinos prefer make-up that is natural, the natural0looking the better... anyways i really dont think Nicole looks like something else..she kinda reminds me of Filipino beauty queens (check her stickwithu video)..she looks typically filipina..

Check out here Cameo role as a Puerto Rican Beauty Queen..the girl that shouted "IM THE REAL MISS PUERTO RICO!" and then stumbled.. haha funny!

Nicole Kea As an actress...

yea nicole has a more ambigous, interesting and exotic look than hyori lee. Hyori lee looks typical pretty asian chick, as in she wouldnt stand out much but nicole can pass for latina as well as a hot asian chick.

whats wrong with "just" looking like a pretty asian chick?

nothing wrong with that but it isn't that interesting, seriously...i like nicole's look more.

i think that pinay in pussycat dolls is hella hot. she has that fiery agressive fil-am look. hindi sha mahinhin. in 'pinas someone like her would be like a porn star. out here she's just a normal asian ho.

nicole's soo pretty, she reminds me of ginzing a bit

she's very pretty. she kinda reminds me of vanessa minillo, too.

GAWDDD.... Nicole is one HOT HOT HOT pinay

I just wish MTV keep playing their videos every 30min.

no way. she doesnt look indian at all. unless u count the remote tribes of the northeast that are mixed with mongoloids but i still doubt it.

thanks for hijacking the thread.

but yea, as i aid. i'm not fond of the pussy cat dolls. i love the fact she's proud of being filipino though.

I love her brown skin.

Isn't Nicole Russian, Hawaiian and Filipino?

She grew up in Hawaii but both of her parents are Filipinos, with her mom having some russian ancestry..In short, Shes FILIPINA more than anything...and shes proud of that, as stated in the E! news...

Ehh...she's not that great.



That is a pretty lame, sh*tty song i must say.
And the gay dances in their video clips aren't helping either



Nicole can pass as other ethnicities simply because she IS mix of different ethnicties.
Big whoop.
She's not pretty though.

And although i'm not a fan of Hyori nor Zezei, i will have to agree that Hyori looks better than Nicole

lol, sure...of course if ur North East Asian u would think so wouldnt u?
And no...Nicole is PRETTY, far better than a lot of chicks ive ever seen and she's far more famous than hyori wateva will ever be. Hyori looks so boring, pretty maybe, but so what? Nicole is pretty AND exotic, something like what Jessica Alba or Vanessa Minillo has. I still get Hyori mixed up sometimes with all those other korean actresses She doesn't have a distinct look, no offence.

walang kwenta si nicole. the don't cha video was like the biggest turn off. not fond of her b/c of that. lol.

mas sexy si nicole kay sa hyori though.

either way amerie and shakira are sexier than both of them, soooo...

Show a pic of hyori, so we can compare.

I'm not a big fan of the NE asian look myself but they do have some pretty girls.

more pics of Nicole Scherzinger
i think shes pretty hot

I'm sorry, but I don't thinks she's hot.

actually i think hyori is also pretty
but since u want pics
here r some random ones i found

Dude, Nicole is hot, that other chic doesn't compare

not really

but her she's hot

u said it! Have u noticed that so many north east asians start flocking here juz to prove that hyori is hotter than nicole? lol, rite...like i said once agen, not everyone goes for the north east asian chinesey eyes, pale skin look. Hyori is typical pretty north east asian, she looks like this chick i noe, oh wait, 3 chicks i noe. nothing wrong with that. But nicole has got the dark, pretty mysterious exotic looks. I juz dont find north east asians that pretty, no offence. Juz to my own opinion, i like south east asian looks. So no need to flame me neone. Btw, i reckon nicole looks better in her vids than pics.

i think the korean chick is hot and nicole is hot. nicole looks more exotic tho. bigger eyes, tanned skin. the korean girl looks damn near perfect with those photoshop pix posted.

i dunno, its hard to say. they r both pretty but no girl is hotter than marie anne umali. well... maybe nina ricci alagao and vanessa minillo, too.

lolz i thought she was india 2..but then my homeboy told me she's filipino..i must say she's a hottie..well if u add a dote 2 her 4 head she may look really india 2 ..not 2 offence india ppl.

trust me she looks desi. this was already a discussion on ratedesi forum where EVERYBODY thought she was a guju chick. someone said she was really flip but most were totally claiming she was indian.

another filo celebrity who looks a bit indian is giselle toengi:






i reckon giselle is prettier than nicole and hyori.

^^i cant see the pic



thanks
btw we're called east asians, not north east asians