Is Dia Frampton a Filipino – Sorry She is Half-Korean

Filipinos are always eager to know the ethnicity of someone who excels on their talent abroad. Such is the case of The Voice contestant Dia Frampton. She impressed the judges (and the millions of viewers) when she performed Kanye West’s Heartless live on stage during the first quarter-final round of the show.

Is Dia Frampton a Filipino? According to an interview with Dia Frampton and her sister Meg by halfkorean.com, Dia is not a Filipino-American. She is Korean-American — born from a Korean mother and American father.

Here a part of the interview:

When was the last time you have been to Korea?
Dia: Last April.

Meg: Dia and I went to Korea on a business trip with our dad. He was actually going to China and we stopped in Korea. We stopped in this little town right next to the airport. We only stayed there for a night. We didn’t get to see downtown Seoul or get to feel the vibe from the city. We stopped by some Korean restaurants that didn’t taste like the Korean restaurants in America. It didn’t seem too clean, we must have been a really bad part of Korea.

Had you been to Korea before that trip?
Meg: Yeah, but it was when we were very little and don’t remember much.

What do people who meet/see you think your ethnicity is?
Dia: Filipino, Hawaiian or somewhere from South America.

Meg: Well, nobody ever says Korean. I don’t think I have ever gotten Korean. It has usually been Mexican or Hawaiian. I got French once and that was my favorite one to get! I get Filipino sometimes, but that is mainly it. I never get any Asian ones. I guess I don’t really have the Asian eyes so that confuses people.

Watch her last night’s performance in here.