Dakota Jordan Pike also known as Dakota Lamas was born and raised in Los Angeles, California, with her two siblings, A.J., and Shayne Lamas. At the young age of just 6 years old, Dakota competed in pageants, reigning titles such as Miss Photogenic and Miss Congeniality. Dakota discovered her fierce ambition and love for entertainment when she landed a GUESS campaign that ultimately lead her to find her passion for acting as well as singing. By the time Dakota hit her teen's, she was writing and recording an album. Her first single was featured on the beginning and closing season finale of Leave it to Lamas, her family's reality show on E! Network where she was the blue-eyed beauty, moral compass, and "normal" one of the Lamas clan.