Ariana Grande born June 26, 1993, is an American singer, songwriter and actress. Her music, much of which is
based on personal experiences, has been the subject of widespread media
attention, while her four-octave vocal range has received critical
acclaim. She has received many accolades throughout her career, including
two Grammy Awards, one Brit Award and 27 Guinness World Records, amongst
others.
Now, Let’s clarify some things: 1) She is not Italian, but an American of
Italian ancestry. 2) Mexicans are mainly mestizos, but a significant minority
of them look European, with their main European input being Spanish, and
Spanish people are phenotypically very similar to Italians, so she easily
passes/looks like someone from Spain. 3) Ariana Grande looks typically Italian.
People might perceive her as “brown” because of the tan and makeup which gives
her an exotic look. Remove it and she looks like a standard Italian girl.
What People Say:
Xuanzi Zerene (Еремей Сенько)
There’s a slight difference between Americans of Italian ancestry and
Italian-Americans. She definitely identifies as Italian-American, the other
downplays her identity in this case. Just a note.
Just pointing out that these terms aren’t 100% the
same. Italian-American highlights (in this case) her identity and identity
as an “ethnic American” (in the sense of ethnic as “not the majority Anglo-American”) American
of Italian ancestry/descent isn’t per se strictly untrue, but using it as the
primary description implies in a way that she is an Anglo-American, but just
happens to just have some Italian forebear. This is very true for some people,
but not in her case. Yes, it’s a small thing. Just pointing it out!
Valentin Mundrov
I understand she identifies as Italian-American. She is also an American
citizen and there’s that. A minor issue I’d say. No need to go further.
Jason Ford
“There’s no difference. American of Irish descent means the same thing
as Irish-American.”. I beg to differ, people such as Rhianna, Me, and many
others are of Irish descent but are not Irish-Americans. It’s a good chance Shaq
is of Irish descent too but he’s not Irish-American.
Stephen Binion
My wife is also an American of Italian extraction. We lived in Spain and
she was indistinguishable from the crowd. She made a Spanish friend that was
half German by bloodline and people would hear English spoken and thank my wife
for showing her American friend around. Only they thanked the American not the
Spaniard.
My wife wouldn’t stand out in any Latin country with a large percentage
of European bloodline.
Vanessa
There’s no such thing as Italian features since ethnic Italian can be
any skin color from Black to White and look like anything.
How does she look Italian when ethnic Italians can be any skin color
from Black to White and also look stereotypically African or Asian as well? So
there’s no such thing as Italian features.
Sasha Gacesa
She looks like a 100% Italian girl; I would even say a typical one. Hair
color and quality, eyes, body language. all very Italian including her smile.
All you have to do is to spend a couple of years in Italy and you would
see what I see; a pretty much typical Italian girl. The way her hair is
curling, the shape of her face, something that you learn to notice if you live
there only. I’m able to recognize couple more nations with no other data
but appearance. Perhaps this sounds exaggerated but it’s actually pretty simple
to achieve.
Vincent Vega
Whatever she is or claims to be, she definitely looks Italian, Mexican,
Spanish (Spain of course), Greek, or even middle eastern. For the record, Mexico
is as big of a melting pot as the United States. There’s a lot of European and
middle eastern influence and heritage, just like anywhere else.
