Stela Cole

Birth Name: Hollyn Elizabeth Shadinger

Place of Birth: Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S.

Date of Birth: October 21, 1997

Ethnicity: European

Stela Cole is an American singer and songwriter. She is known for representing Georgia in the American Song Contest in 2022. She has also been billed as Hollyn Cole.

Stela was adopted at birth. She was raised in Peachtree City, Georgia.

Her adoptive father is the son of James Norman “Jim” Shadinger and Sara Miller. James was the son of James Norman Shadinger and Mildred Louisa/Louise Cole. Sara was the daughter of John Miller and Louise.

Source: Obituary of Stela’s legal grandfather, James Norman “Jim” Shadinger – https://www.martin-hightower.com