After finishing in third place on the show they signed a joint deal with Syco Music, owned by Simon Cowell, and Epic Records, L.A. After elimination during the "boot camp" portion of the process in Miami, Florida, Cabello was called back to the stage along with other contestants Ally Brooke, Normani Kordei, Lauren Jauregui, and Dinah-Jane Hansen to form the girl group that would later become known as Fifth Harmony.
Career 2012–2016: The X Factor and Fifth HarmonyĬamila Cabello auditioned for The X Factor in Greensboro, North Carolina with Aretha Franklin's " Respect", however, her audition was not aired because the series did not get the rights for the song. She later earned her high school diploma. She attended Miami Palmetto High School but left in the 2012–2013 school year, while she was in 9th grade, to pursue her singing career. Cabello acquired American citizenship in 2008. įor most of her early life, Cabello and her family moved back and forth between Havana and Mexico City, before relocating to Miami, Florida, in the United States, when Cabello was aged five. She also has a younger sister named Sofia. Her father was born in Mexico City and is a Mexican who moved to Cuba.