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Leah Dizon

September 30, 2007 on 5:33 pm | In Pinay Model, Pinay Entertainer | 1 Comment

Leah Dizon or ” リア・ディゾン - Ria Dizon, ” as she is known in Japanese circles was born as Leah Donna Dizon on September 24, 1986 in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. This Filipina is known for being a model, singer (J-Pop), and a TV personality in Japan. Her ethnicities include Chinese, Filipino and French. Leah Dizon received moderate success in America including the cover features of various import car magazines. However, her modeling career in the United States gained her much attention and a fanbase overseas, predominantly in Asia. One year after her pictures were posted up on the internet, she already had 2,000,000 hits from search engines. Following the advice of her fans, Dizon sent a demo tape with model photographs of herself to a talent agency in Japan and in April of 2006, after being accepted, she immediately moved to Tokyo. In October 2006, she released her first photobook titled Petite Amie (Girlfriend in French), which was ranked as the third best selling photobook of that year. On February 14, 2007, she released her first CD single and DVD package, Softly under the record label Victor Entertainment,which peaked at number #7 in the Oricon Weekly Chart. At the same time, she also released her second photobook titled Hello! Leah.

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