I was admiring the beautifully lustrous black hair of Nicole Scherzinger of the PCD. She has Philipino and Hawaian lineage--though there is also some European in the mix. Because she looks so European looking, I always thought the SE Asian lineage must be far less than the European (as in photos like this)

http://pub.tv2.no/multimedia/na/archive/00208/Pussycat-Dolls-wp10_208045a.jpg - http://pub.tv2.no/multimedia/na/archive/00208/Pussycat-Dolls -wp10_208045a.jpg

http://images2.alloy.com/images/195x284/pussycatdolls_nicole.jpg - http://images2.alloy.com/images/195x284/pussycatdolls_nicole .jpg

http://www.mahir.se/guest/pussycat.jpg - http://www.mahir.se/guest/pussycat.jpg

However, when Nicole was in the band Eden's Crush, she looked very different:

http://www.hoopwizard.com/gallery/edens_crush2.jpg - http://www.hoopwizard.com/gallery/edens_crush2.jpg

http://rexnavarrete.blogs.com/photos/2002/dsc01248.JPG - http://rexnavarrete.blogs.com/photos/2002/dsc01248.JPG

http://www.nso-media.net/coppermine/displayimage.php?album=random&cat=5&pos=-2458 - http://www.nso-media.net/coppermine/displayimage.php?album=r andom&cat=5&pos=-2458

http://www.nso-media.net/coppermine/displayimage.php?album=150&pos=1 - http://www.nso-media.net/coppermine/displayimage.php?album=1 50&pos=1

So the obvious question is: did she have plastic surgery on her eyes? If so, you have to say it turned out really well.

Well, newbie...for every 100 posts you make about hair, you get to make one one off topic post...oops...I see you've only made 2

her hair is gorgeous! I hope to have mine like that with my new extensions.  She looks like a totally different person in that second set of pics looks much better now I think.

fatmoogas wrote: Well, newbie...for every 100 posts you make about hair, you get to make one one off topic post...oops...I see you've only made 2

You're a charmer, FM.

The European in her is Russian which may have attributed to her bone structure. She looks gorgeous then and now. I don't think she's had any surgery. She wears alot more eyeliner now certainly and doesn't go over the top with straighteners and highlights.

Thanks, HFO. I agree that she looks good before and after, but I'm not so sure that there hasn't been cosmetic surgery there. She definitely looks Asian before and European afterwards. Anyway, it's not a criticism. Maybe the reality that we have to face is that the best jobs in all sectors mostly go to WASPS (or European waspy look-alikes).

She is smiling widely in all the Eden's Crush photos. I'm still not convinced though. I always thought she looked more Asian but I can see what you mean.

She has enough lid to exaggerate though. Notice in the one of her singing when she was in Eden's Crush.

Leaving the earlier question to one side, here are some great Nicole hair pics.

http://www.hotflick.net/flicks/2003_Chasing_Papi/2003_Chasing_Papi_281.jpg - http://www.hotflick.net/flicks/2003_Chasing_Papi/2003_Chasin g_Papi_281.jpg

http://spezial.tvspielfilm.msn.de/tvs_cover/templates/tvscov_2205.jpg - http://spezial.tvspielfilm.msn.de/tvs_cover/templates/tvscov _2205.jpg

I think she has a great voice--as well as great hair!

I agree. Her voice is brilliant and her hair is just way too gorgeous and makes me jealous.