Nicole Elikolani Valiente Prescovia Scherzinger;
June 29, 1978; is an American singer, songwriter, dancer, record
producer, model and actress. Scherzinger is well known as the lead
singer of The Pussycat Dolls. Previously, Scherzinger was a backing
vocalist for the late-1990s rock group Days of the New and was a part of
reality TV girl group Eden's Crush. After the disbandment of the group,
she joined the Pussycat Dolls and became the group's lead vocalist
during their transition into a career in music.
Scherzinger
considers herself to be a devout Roman Catholic. After a three-year
relationship and engagement to 311 singer, Nick Hexum, as well as a
brief relationship with reality TV star, Talan Torriero, Scherzinger
began dating 2008 Formula One World Champion, Lewis Hamilton in 2008.
She had met Hamilton at the European Music Awards in Munich in November
2007. They went public at the Monaco Grand Prix six months later. The
couple split in January 2010 when they had been together for 20 months.
However, in July 2011 Scherzinger’s father, Alfonso Valiente, confirmed
the couple were engaged. On October 21, 2011 it was reported that the
couple had split again. Scherzinger and Hamilton continued seeing each
other, confirmed their reunion on December 2, 2011. The couple blamed
their hectic lifestyles for the on-off relationship.
