If anyone in the group occupied the frontwoman position, it was her, as noted byThe Sun.

You have to admire her chutzpah!

Then, after her folks split up, her mother remarried and the family relocated to Louisville, Ky. “No one else in my family was creative, a performer,” she told theIndependent.

Nicole Scherzinger as a young girl

“Maybe it was God’s will?

I just knew that it was going to happen.”

“I used to sign all my yearbooks in school: ‘Remember me when I’m famous.'”

Nicole Scherzinger as a young girl

Those early inclinations turned out to be right, as Scherzinger did grow up to become world-famous.

But at the start, she was just a girl with lots of big dreams.

In fact, she’s quite the opposite at her core, thanks to the nature of her upbringing.

Nicole Scherzinger as a young girl with her mom

“I was very conservative,” she recalled in an interview withThe Guardian.

“I had really strong religious beliefs.”

How did Nicole Scherzinger end up in Eden’s Crush?

Nicole Scherzinger in costume as a young girl

That was due to Scherzinger’s mother, who made up her mind that she seize a different opportunity.

Scherzinger had no choice but to heed her mother’s instructions.

“She just kind of pushed me out the door anyway,” she continued.

Nicole Scherzinger

“They were rolling their eyes anyway, they only let me take two steps into the room.”

“All I had to go on was my talent for singing.”

Our girl was on her way up!

Nicole Scherzinger as part of Eden’s Crush

“I just rolled up my sleeves, got in the studio and turned out these records.”

“I pretty much executive-produced those records,” she continued.

“That music felt like my music.”

Nicole Scherzinger with the Pussycat Dolls

Still, that’s a pretty good run!

“I had started losing my voice,” she toldCosmopolitan.

“It’s sad to see how I wasted my life,” she continued.

Nicole Scherzinger giving the peace sign in 2004

“Now that it’s crunch time, I’m scared.

I hope [people] get me.

I hope they see the truth and the heart of what I do.”

Nicole Scherzinger with the Pussycat Dolls

She added that she also hopes that people care about her work as an independent artist.

She eventually dropped her debut albumKiller Lovein 2011, which was fairly well-received, as noted by theBBC.

She also tried her hand at acting that year inMen in Black 3as Boris’ girlfriend.

Nicole Scherzinger in 2006

She was on the program for two years, but wasn’t invited back after that.

Perhaps that’s why shewasn’t invitedto audition for the film version?

But the couple called it off permanently in 2015, though the split was amicable.

Nicole Scherzinger in 2007

“I think it’s quite natural when people separate and go their own ways,” she continued.

Still, despite her wishing the best for Hamilton, she admitted they no longer speak.

That was a project that Nicole Scherzinger knew that she absolutely couldn’t miss out on.

Nicole Scherzinger

“And my name is Sina.”

We’re so sorry for your loss, Nicole.

“Nothing else will ever happen to you, because you’re dead,” she continued.

Nicole Scherzinger in 2009

“And that’s a huge awakening, because that means you get one life.”

Scherzinger posted a tribute to her cousin on herInstagrampage, and she begged for the perpetrator to come forward.

Given that they hadover 23 million folks tune inafter theSuper Bowlin 2020, that really is pretty amazing.

Nicole Scherzinger

“We love our job and it’s not like going to work,” she continued.

“It’s just going to have fun and hanging out with your friends.”

That sounds like a dream job!

Nicole Scherzinger on the red carpet in 2020

Louder again for the people in the back!

They also scheduled a comeback tour for 2021, according to theirwebsite.

The girls really are back and better than ever!

Scherzinger even found love with former rugby player Thom Evans, according to a post on herInstagrampage.

Who knows what the future holds next for her!