Tongan Fitfh Harmony star and X Factor singer visits kingdom

Famed Tongan singer in the United States Dinah Jane Hansen is in Tonga.

Born as Dinah Jane Milika Ilaisaane Hansen Amasio, the 19-year-old is the youngest  member of the Fifth Harmony music group.

The group has 7.5 million certified records sold and it has emerged as the most successful alumni from the X Factor U.S. franchise.

On Friday Dinah took to Twitter and told her 1.79 million followers about her visit to his parents’ homeland.

“Going back to my root”, she tweeted.

She also posted on twitter and said today Sunday 17: “Good morning from Tonga”.

This morning photos with captions posted on Facebook showed Dinah attending a church service together with some of the royal family.

Another photo showed she was posing for photos with Prince Ata, Prince Taufaʻāhau and Crown Princess Sinaitakala and others.

Born and raised in Santa Ana, California, Dinah has been regarded as similar to Beyoncé because of her powerful voice.

One source of information said Dinah’s musical idols included Beyoncé, Leona Lewis, Mariah Carey, and Etta James.

In the 2012 X Factor in the United States Dinah probably would have been put through as a solo singer but this did not happen after she forgot the lyrics of the song, “What Doesn’t Kill You (Stronger) by Kelly Clarkson”, she sang with Diamond White.

Her parents are Gordon from Tefisi Vavaʻu and Milika Hansen from Haʻateiho and Foʻui.

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