‏Asia Monet Ray‏

At only ten years old, Asia Monet Ray is known as a true triple-threat. Born in Yorba Linda, California, she first took an interest in gymnastics when she was just a toddler. Quickly realizing she had a natural athleticism and a love for movement, Asia's parents enrolled her in figure skating lessons, with dance lessons soon following. As expected, she picked up both sports with ease and went on to win numerous awards in a short amount of time. Eventually, Asia Monet moved on from ice-skating to focus on dance, which she found to be her true passion. Almost immediately, Asia began out-performing her competition which made her a real threat to challengers of all ages, and she quickly became known as a dance prodigy. Asia's hard work paid off and, at the age of five, she made history by becoming the youngest StarPower National Championship winner to ever take the title. Her knack for picking up choreography and her ability to engage an audience have made her well-known within the dance community. As she enters a new phase of her career, it will be her charisma and amazing energy that take her to the next level of stardom.With Asia Monet's status as a true triple-threat, fans everywhere are falling in love with her undeniable talent and charming personality. She made her television debut at six years old when she entered the first season of Lifetime's Abby's Ultimate Dance Competition. Despite being the youngest in the competition, she wow-ed the judges and audiences week after week with her hard-hitting and sassy moves. Asia Monet beat competitors twice her age to make it to the finale, where she placed third overall to two thirteen year-old girls. Afterwards, Asia Monet joined Abby Lee Miller's elite junior competition team on Season 3 of Dance Moms. Fueled by the competition and Abby's tough love approach, Asia Monet proved she was a champion by winning every single competition solo she performed for nine consecutive weeks. Dance Moms has remained one of Lifetime's most watched shows and was nominated for a Teen Choice Award in the Choice TV - Reality Show category.As one of the most popular contestants on Dance Moms, Asia Monet was offered her own docu-series, Raising Asia, which premiered on Lifetime. The series followed the young performer alongside her mom, dad, and little sister Bella Blu. Fans enjoyed getting an inside look at her personal and family life, as well as her journey pursuing a singing and acting career. While she is best known for her dancing, she is now venturing into the world of music. Her debut album titled Asia Monet features five original songs inspired by her family, friends, and fans. The full LP is available for purchase or download on Amazon, iTunes, Google Play, and Spotify, as well as on Asia's website, www.iamasiamonet.com. In addition, she released a Christmas Time music video on Vevo in November 2014 that has hit over 4.4 million views in its first year, and most recently a cover of Justin Bieber's I'll Show You featuring piano prodigy Rio Mangini. The video garnered 75,000 views in its first month. Asia Monet has also performed live concerts at large venues, including Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas and Universal City Walk in California.Things are certainly not slowing down for Asia Monet. She was most recently seen in the highly anticipated series American Crime Story - The People v. O.J. Simpson, as Sydney Simpson. Produced and directed by Ryan Murphy, the limited series features a star-studded cast including Cuba Gooding, Jr., John Travolta, David Schwimmer, Connie Britton, and Sarah Paulson, to name a few. She also gave a moving performance as Jasmine on back-to-back episodes of Grey's Anatomy. Asia Monet has earned a huge social media following with over one million followers on Instagram, where she gains about one to two thousand followers a day. She also has nearly 350,000 Facebook likes and over 175,000 Twitter followers. She is rounding out her triple-threat status with a budding acting career and recently starred in the indie film Sister Code as Young Lexi.Adding to Asia's busy schedule, she recently graced the runway for her second year at L.A. Fashion Week with amazing designers. Modeling is another interest of hers, and she already has several magazine features as well as cover shoots coming this year. When Asia Monet is not busy showcasing her many talents, she enjoys spending time with her family and friends at the pool, the mall, concerts, plays, or reading a good book. Her other hobbies include arts and crafts, as well as songwriting. She also loves taking care of her new puppy, Mochi, replying to fan mail, and shooting video content for her YouTube Channel, Asiamonetray.