Early Life
Diana DeGarmo was born in Birmingham, Alabama, but was raised primarily in Snellville, Georgia. She is the youngest child in her family. She has Italian, French, and Native American ancestry. DeGarmo began singing at a young age, including the 1997 Georgia Music Hall of Fame Awards, and in Atlanta-based stage productions of Annie and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. At age ten she was part of the Cartoon Gang on The Cartoon Network, appearing in various bumper segments. As a third grader she was a Coca-Cola Kid during the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Ga. The next year she sang at Opryland USA during the Christmas season. In 2002 she was named Miss Georgia Teen and was also a finalist on the NBC talent search program "America's Most Talented Kid."
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