Asia Natillano was hailed as the newest member of the popular all-female group Pussycat Dolls, last Tuesday, April 24, when she bested other hopefuls in the reality show The Pussycat Dolls Present: The Search for the Next Doll.
Asia has Filipino blood. Her father is Joe Bataan, The King of Latin R&B, who is half-Filipino.
Asia was an 18 year-old single mom and a Knick City dancer before she joined the competition. As winner, she will be the youngest member of the dance group and the second with Filipino blood. The first is Pussycat Dolls's lead vocalist Nicole Scherzinger.
Meanwhile, first-runner up Melissa Anne Leoni Reyes is another Filipina. However, unlike Asia, Melissa is pure Filipino since her parents, Tony and Belle, are natives of Baliuag, Bulacan.
The Pussycat Dolls popularized the song "Don't Cha," "Stickwitu," "Buttons," and I Don't Need a Man." They also had a successful tour in the Philippines last year.