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Nicole Scherzinger is the newest X Factor judge, and arguably this year's standout star. She's killing in the fashion stakes, airing her sexual innuendos on national television, coining the term 'Jah-mazing', and responsible for both James 'effing' Arthur and Rylan 'let's have it up' Clark. Here are ten things we found out about our newest American import with the tongue-twister surname. 1. Nicole Prescovia Elikolani Valiente was born on June 29, 1978, in Honolulu, Hawaii and raised in Louisville, Kentucky. Her father is of Filipino descent and her mother is of half-Russian, half-Hawaiian descent. Nicole took her stepfather's surname after he adopted her. 2. Prior to worldwide fame, Scherzinger got into acting and has appeared in episodes of television shows such as My Wife and Kids, Sabrina the Teenage Witch (more) »
- By Cheyenne Bunsie
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