Pamella D'Pella

Pamella D'Pella was born on August 22, 1967 in Chicago, Illinois although she grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio. Since the age of four, Pamella has always wanted to be a "movie star". She would sit in the window, singing and reciting to passersby. As a young child, she overheard a conversation between her mother and her voice teacher telling her mother that she was tone deaf and would never be able to carry a note, so between the ages of 9 through her graduate school years; she avoided musicals or anything that required singing. She was a cheerleader from seventh grade through her college. While cheering for the University of Cincinnati she went Professional. Professionally cheering as a Ben-Gal for the Cincinnati Bengals for two years. She broke barriers by becoming one of the first Black cheerleaders at Mt. Healthy High School and with the Cincinnati Bengals. She was very active through her teenage years: she was an athlete, a cheerleader, and, naturally, an actor! At the age of 16, she was crowned Ms. NAACP and was the first Black "Cincinnati Junior Miss" she went on with that title to win for her city, "Junior Miss Ohio Physical Fitness", 2nd in talent, and 4th in the State. Not