Singer and former beauty queen CeCe Peniston sat with DJ Vlad for her first VladTV interview. In the first clip, CeCe described moving from Dayton, Ohio to Arizona after her father retired from the military when she was 9-years-old. While she started singing in the church at 13, she realized she had talent and a passion for being on stage after her teacher encouraged her to audition for a school play when she was 11. 

CeCe described being crowned Ms. Black Arizona and Ms. Galaxy, and how beauty pageants prepared her for the music business. She explained how singing background for Overweight Pooch led to her securing a solo deal. Watch to rest to find out how her song, “Finally,” started off as “a poem that became a song that became a career.”