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<\/a><\/p>\nTaken from the Summer 2015 issue of Wonderland:<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cWhen I was younger I used to be super, super shy and I would have to communicate with people through my parents,\u201d singer and actress Pia Mia Perez says over the phone, as we swap small-talk from different sides of the Atlantic. It\u2019s 1pm for her and 9pm for me. A couple of hours ago, as I sat down to a telly dinner in front of an another rerun of The Big Bang Theory,<\/i> 522 of @princesspiamia\u2019s almost 400,000 followers favourited her morning Tweet (\u201cWake up and plan to be a hero.\u201d), 313 of them going on to retweet. She also has 1.3 million Instagram fans \u2013 yesterday\u2019s selfie clocked 3,000 likes.<\/p>\n At 18 years old, the girl from Guam \u2013 an island with a population of just 165,000 \u2013 has clearly acquired a more desirable dialogue. \u201cI think social media and the internet is a huge platform,\u201d she says, \u201cespecially for people trying to get their talent out there, it\u2019s very important.\u201d<\/p>\n Her own talent (see last year\u2019s dance-pop debut EP \u201cThe Gift\u201d) initially caught the attention of her school\u2019s musical director during a third grade production of Cinderella.<\/i> \u201cI started singing and I got super-comfortable. I just fell in love with the stage and with music. I felt like it was the easiest way for me to communicate how I feel.\u201d Fast-forward to August 2013 and Mia is having dinner at a friend\u2019s place. That friend is Kylie Jenner and the table is a full-on Kardashian affair, with Kanye sat to Pia\u2019s right. Drizzy is also there (natch), and Pia Mia performs \u201cHold On We\u2019re Going Home\u201d, which Kim films and uploads to Keek \u2013 cue adoring fans and gossip site chat.<\/p>\n