Melody Thornton
Thornton in 2009, image via Featureflash / Shutterstock.com
Place of Birth: Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.
Date of Birth: September 28, 1984
Ethnicity:
*African-American (father)
*Mexican (mother)
Melody Thornton is an American singer, songwriter, dancer, and television personality. She is also known as Mel and Baby Doll. She was a main vocalist of The Pussycat Dolls, a girl group and dance ensemble whose members also included Carmit Bachar, Kaya Jones, Ashley Roberts, Nicole Scherzinger, Jessica Sutta, and Kimberly Wyatt, as well as Asia Nitollano. She has also released solo music, and appeared on reality shows Popstar to Operastar, Dancing on Ice, and Australia’s The Masked Singer.
Melody is the daughter of Elia Jaime and Theolph Thornton. She has stated:
A lot of people are not aware that I am 50% Mexican America[n] and my dad is African American. My mom was born in Sonora, however; I do not speak Spanish. I grew up on all the Mexican American cultures though and I embrace that part of me… At times I wish I did speak the language, because there are so many interviews and networks I could be talking to, to represent the Pussycat Dolls and my Latin descent. However, it is a goal of mine, before I have children, to learn Spanish.
Melody’s maternal grandmother was Antonia Campa (the daughter of Joaquin Campa Valenzuela and Gregoria Garcia). Antonia was born in Guisamopa, Sahuaripa, Sonora, Mexico. Joaquin was the son of Francisco Campa Castillo and Angela Valenzuela. Gregoria was the daughter of Apolonio Garcia and Antonia Garcia.
Sources: Birth record of Melody’s maternal grandmother, Antonia Campa – https://www.familysearch.org
Obituary of Melody’s maternal grandmother, Antonia (Campa) Jaime – https://www.dignitymemorial.com
Genealogies of Melody’s maternal great-grandparents, Joaquin Campa Valenzuela and Gregoria Garcia – https://www.familysearch.org
I think that she is pretty and if people think otherwise then that is ok. i would caution your motives for saying something so negative in the first place about someone that seems a little hateful and mean. I actually think when the races mix they make the most beautiful looking offspring. Not to say people of pure races are not beautiful they most definately are but when you take different types of beauty and mix them the result is something different and more enhanced than the original because the beauty of two nations is shown at once. I think it is a good thing and nothing to be thought of as negative. We are all beautiful in our way. Even those of us who say evil things.
shes da prettiest of da group
Melody is great!!
I can’t wait 4 that solo cd Melody. She is the best singer in PCD.
Love Melody! She’s the best singer in Pussycat Dolls..