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Cindy Filo’s childhood home was next to both a Seventh Day Adventist church and a nightclub. Both had a big impact on her life. But a cordless microphone at the latter gave Cindy the opportunity to perform untethered from a young age. She wowed crowds across the Pacific as the hilarious and cheeky Cindy of Samoa, becoming renowned for her impersonations of queens like Tina Turner and Whitney Houston. But there was a point where Cindy decided to quit the pretending and untether her true self.