DAWN RICHARD Where she's from: New Orleans, La. Birthday: Aug. 5, 1985 A little about her: Given her upbringing, Dawn seems to have been destined for a music career. Her mother owned a dance studio, while her father was a keyboardist who played in the R&B band Chocolate Milk (which has opened for Michael Jackson, Earth Wind & Fire and other luminaries). Her mother's talent and her father's gigs ignited in Dawn an unquenchable desire to perform. She studied tap, jazz, ballet and hip-hop dance, and was a cheerleader for the New Orleans Hornets before joining the group Angelique, which toured the South supporting singer Anthony Hamilton. "The girls call me the passion in the group," she said in a release from Bad Boy Entertainment. "When I'm on stage, I become someone else. That's when I can be wild, sexy, crazy and passionate. I leave everything at the mic."

AUNDREA FIMBRES Where she's from: Upland, Calif. Birthday: June 29, 1983 A little about her: Aundrea was singing rancheros and other types of songs by the time she was old enough to talk, and by age 8 she was a fixture in her church choir. Roles in school plays followed, and in her teens she began recording in a studio and joined the pop ensemble Intrigue. It was with this group that her love of stage performance fully developed. The youngest in her tight-knit family, Aundrea headed home whenever possible during breaks in the shooting of "Making the Band 3."

SHANNON BEX Where she's from: Portland, Ore. Birthday: March 22, 1983 A little about her: Shannon has been an avid singer and dancer since childhood. She learned a great deal about performing with a group when she became a Portland Trailblazers cheerleader at age 19. She has an eclectic musical taste, expressing admiration for acts as varied as Aerosmith and Garth Brooks. The only member of Danity Kane who sports a wedding ring, Shannon attributes some of the poise and confidence for which other band members have praised her to the bond she enjoys with her spouse. "He's so positive," she said of her husband, a fellow dancer. "He helps me push myself."

WANITA "D.WOODS" WOODGETTE Where she's from: Springfield, Mass. Birthday: Not available A little about her: "I've done musical theater and dramatic stage productions, interned at Power 105 in New York, appeared in commercials and music videos, and toured as a dancer with major recording artists," she said. "I've tried it all, because I like to stay busy." From her earliest days, she's been enamored of every aspect of performance; over the years she's studied modern, ballet, hip-hop and West African dance, undergone intensive voice training, developed her songwriting skills and educated herself about the business. A fan of Mary J. Blige, Stevie Wonder and Jay-Z, among many others, she's equally at home with hip-hop and classic soul.

AUBREY O'DAY Where she's from: San Francisco Birthday: Feb. 11, 1984 A little about her: At age 3, Aubrey stepped onstage - and never looked back. She appeared in productions of virtually every major musical production (including "Annie," "The Sound of Music," "A Chorus Line," "Fiddler on the Roof" and "The Wizard of Oz"). She won a slew of honors for both singing and acting in various talent competitions before attending the University of California at Irvine. Her post-graduation international travels took her to Asia, India and South Africa, among other places, and inspired her to become involved in charitable works. In addition to volunteering in battered women's shelters and refugee centers, and serving as a Big Sister, she founded the organization Fight AIDS Now (FAN). "The stage has taught me the things I value most: compassion, patience and eternal love for anything or anyone expressive and unrestrained," she said.

Source: Bad Boy Entertainment