Nicole Scherzinger
Scherzinger in 2011
Birth Name: Nicole Prascovia Elikolani Valiente
Place of Birth: Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.
Date of Birth: June 29, 1978
Ethnicity:
*50% Filipino [Ivatan]
*25% Ukrainian
*12.5% Hawaiian
*12.5% Polish
Nicole Scherzinger is an American recording artist, dancer, television personality, and actress. She was the lead vocalist of The Pussycat Dolls, a band whose members also included Carmit Bachar, Kaya Jones, Ashley Roberts, Jessica Sutta, Melody Thornton, and Kimberly Wyatt, as well as Asia Nitollano. She has also been credited as Nicole Kea.
She is the daughter of Rosemary Elikalani (Frederick) Scherzinger and Alfonso A[lueta] Valiente, Jr. Her father is Filipino, from the Batanes Islands in the Philippines. Her mother has Native Hawaiian, Ukrainian, and Polish, ancestry. Her mother was a professional hula dancer. Nicole’s surname comes from her stepfather, Gary Scherzinger, who has German ancestry. She was raised partly in Louisville, Kentucky.
Nicole’s paternal grandfather was Alfonso Arca Valiente (the son of Salvador Valiente y Batiforra, or Salvador Batiforra Valiente in Filipino, and of Adriana Arca e Idel, or Adriana Idel Arca in Filipino). Nicole’s grandfather Alfonso was born in Kauai County, Hawaii, to Filipino parents, the former from Basco, Batanes. Salvador was the son of Gaspar Valiente and Martina Batiforra. Adriana was the daughter of Domingo Arca and Máxima Idel.
Nicole’s paternal grandmother was Joaquina “Jojo” Alueta y Ferido (or Joaquina Ferido Alueta in Filipino, the daughter of Juan Alueta y Amarante, or Juan Amarante Alueta in Filipino, and of Aniceta Ferido y Figura, or Aniceta Figura Ferido in Filipino). Joaquina was a Filipino emigrant, from Manila. Juan was the son of Francisco Alueta and María Amarante. Aniceta was the daughter of Mateo Ferido and Raymunda Figura.
Nicole’s maternal grandfather is John Irvin Frederick (the son of William F. Frederick and Stella Bolka). John was born in New York. William was born in Pennsylvania, the son of Polish parents, William Frederick/Fredrick and Frances Vencowski/Viencoski/Vinskowski. Stella was born in Pennsylvania, to ethnic Ukrainian parents from Ulucz, Poland, Michael Bolka and Catherine/Kathryn.
Nicole’s maternal grandmother is Katherine P. Lenchanko, now Katherine Frederick (the daughter of John Ivan Lenchanko, Sr. and Angeline Kawailani Kea). Katherine was born in Hawaii. John was the son of Nikita Demidovich/Dimidovich Lenichenko/Lenitchenko/Lesnichenko and Praskovia/Paraskovia Kuzminichna/Kuzminisha Zenchenko. They were ethnic Ukrainian emigrants, who were Russian Orthodox Christians from the Kiev region, a village called Berezno. Nikita was one of 165 Russian and Ukrainian immigrants in Hawaii who wished to return to his native country, and sent an application for that. Pictures of, and information about, Nicole’s maternal great-grandfather John, and his family, can be seen here and here (Nicole’s great-grandfather is at the center of the picture at the second link, leaning on his father).
Nicole’s great-grandmother Angeline was the daughter of John Louis Kea/Mano and Margaret Dionicia/Dionisia Namakaokalani “Maggie” Iopa, and was of Native Hawaiian background.
01/05/2019 – Nicole Scherzinger – The Art Of Elysium’s 12th Annual Celebration – Heaven – Arrivals – Private Venue – Los Angeles, CA, USA – Photo Credit: David Gabber / PRPhotos.com
Sources: Nicole’s maternal grandfather, John Irvin Frederick, on the 1940 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Nicole’s maternal great-grandfather, William F. Frederick, on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Nicole’s maternal great-grandmother, Stella Bolka, on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Obituary of Nicole’s maternal great-grandmother, Stella (Bolka) Frederick – https://www.legacy.com
Genealogy of Nicole’s mother (focusing on her own mother’s side) – http://www.myheritage.com
Obituary of Nicole’s maternal great-grandfather, John Ivan Lenchanko, Sr. – http://archives.starbulletin.com
are you people slow or something?? nicole scherzinger looks exactly like what she is: HALF FILIPINO (from her father); QUARTER RUSSIAN/ QUARTER HAWAIIAN (from her mother.
to me, her filipina side dominates (as it should, since she is majority filipino) and looks mixed with white (features) and some hawaiian to bring the skin tone darker than it would be for just half filipino/half white.
and why are people saying crazy mess like filipinos are mixed with black? the phillipines is an island nation in SOUTHEAST ASIA! it is quite tropical there, so people have tan skin just like people in cambodia, thailand, etc.
i have seen filipinos and they look nothing like nicole. nicole looks black
SHE LOOKS BLACK FORM LIPS AND NOSE NOT HER SKIN COLOR AND MOST PHILLIPINOS HAVE BLACK AND ASIAN MIXTURE.
She kind of looks similar in the face to Beyonce and Keri Hilson who are both African Americans. On tv she has played black mixed roles ie. My wife and kids
her nose is definitely not Black it’s White.. have you ever seen a Black nose!? WTF
yes i agree with you bob. she look hella black
She does not seem to have something asian, but it seems Black, Hawaiian and Russian
She is Asian, she is Filipino. And Filipinos come from the Philippines which is from Asia.
omg I know! I think she does not look Filipino!
Since when are Filipino’s considered Hispanic??? PI is a country/group of islands in ASIA! Just because some have Spanish lastnames doesn’t mean they should claim they’re or be considered Hispanic. If you weren’t raised that way & born into that culture, stop lying to yourselves & others. You may have distant Spanish blood, but that isn’t how you were brought up. People should/need to be proud of their own culture & ethnicity…stop fronting, smh.
I think some of you want her to be part black…which is whatever, but just because she has “dark skin” in that picture or in videos, etc., doesn’t mean it’s natural, most celebrities use bronzers & whatnot.
Lol@the person who used haole…it’s funny because when I was working on the mainland, I had a call to Hawaii & the guy said some people get offened when you call them haole, he said someone told him it’s the same as calling a black person the “N” word, hahaha…yeah right.
she is pretty she looks half back to me but who cares skin complexion dont matter
yeah she looks half black and half something else idk