Nicole Prescovia Elikolani Valiente Scherzinger (also known as Nicole Kea; born June 29, 1978) is an American singer-songwriter, dancer, model and occasional actress, best known as the lead singer for the Pussycat Dolls. She took the surname Scherzinger when she was adopted by her stepfather.

Scherzinger was born in Honolulu, Hawaii to a Filipino father and a Russian/Hawaiian mother. Her mother Rosemary was eighteen at the time of Scherzinger’s birth and lived in an inner city neighborhood. Nicole’s parents separated when she was still a baby. Her maternal family moved to Louisville, Kentucky when she was six years old, with her sister Ke’ala and her German-American stepfather Gary Scherzinger.

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