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
She’s amazing!
She looks Indian to me, not black.
whats your problem about her ethnicity?
she looks, filipino, east-european to me… native-hawaiian looks to me a mix of both… but to sum up: she looks like what she is.
Tbh Nicole doesn’t look very Asian at all. I thought she was black when the PCD started getting famous, she even sings like a black woman. My mom and sister thought she was black too so I ain’t the only one. They were shocked when I told them didn’t have an ounce of black in her at all. Her mom probably slept with a black dude and tried to pass off her Hawaiian “dad” as her real father lls. Filipinos have an Asian look to them and Nicki don’t look Asian at all. She probably half black, wouldn’t surprise me.
@long haired thick light skinned gyal, I agree google the aboriginal population of the phillipines they are BLACK . The Aetas. SO YES there are black phillipinos. Its funny in southern Asia where black people still exist. Nicole even played a moxed balck girl on one of the Dwayne Wayans shows.
Click on the link to learn of the Aetas “the black African australoid aboriginal Phillipinos.
They exist
http://s1.zetaboards.com/anthroscape/topic/925455/1/
are you dumb? they’re not African.
She’s evidently mixed! And beautiful! <3 and talented, I love her
@andrew, I think you the dummy, negritos migrated from anchient Africa to Asian , tons of years ago. YES they used to be Africans and still kept the African phenotype. Its sad how some people convince themselves that blacks never left Africa.
Lol at “black”, her phenotype isn’t common in Africa or in African-Americans.
She looks Indian to me, I remember some people would say she’s white back in the day.
What A Joke. Ask The KKK If She’s White. She Is A Woman Of Color. Anyone With Eyes Can See That. She Does Look Like A Black Woman. I Googled “Is Nicole Scherzinger Black?” And A Lot Of People Thought She Was Black And Were Asking The Same Question.
what are you talking about? She is NOT black!! She looks very much like a filipino woman
She actually doesn’t look Filipino at all. She does look African influenced. Some Filipinos are part Negrito, so maybe that’s why she looks black. If I would see her on the street, and she wasn’t famous, I would assume she was black or at least half black.
Who ever said I thought she white? Learn to read and write properly you illiterate fuck — she gets called “white ass” here.
http://www.xxlmag.com/news/bloggers/2007/09/d-drama-really-is-a-black%E2%80%A6/
@ShawntheGod her phenotype is common in African Americans, there are some that DO look like her exactly. Remember Prince’s ex-girlfriend Vanity, Vanity is half black and half white she looks like Nicole Swerzinger
Vanity
link: http://watchdevil.blogspot.com/2008/01/black-box.html
She looks black to me..
that’s what i fuckin said! no way IN HELL she’s all those ethnicities. guess she’s ashamed of her black ancestry. smh!!!!!
why would she be ashamed to admit she’s black if she was? That just would make her even more exotic and that’s a positive thing. You people are so dumb
@fatkat because she is Asian and there are black negritos living and admixed in the indigenous South Asian populaiton and they hide those people in thier family tress.
only if you are suffering from Prosopagnosia