Maria Aragon, the new internet sensation

Lady Gaga's original "Born this way".



Maria Aragon's rendition of "Born This Way"

A combination of You Tube and tweeter, made Maria Aragon from a complete uknown into a world singing sensation overnight.

The world's latest Internet sensation, 10-year-old Maria Aragon, gained instant international fame after Lady Gaga watched this video on You Tube and tweeted to her 8 million Twitter followers with the message "this is the reason i made music. i almost cried. she is the future"

This video uploaded on February 16th, 2011, shows Maria Aragon's very own way of singing Lady Gaga's latest single "Born This Way".

Todate, the video has been viewed more than 16 million times.

Better still, Lady Gaga has invited Maria Aragon to sing a duet at a concert in Toronto in March 2011.

Maria Aragon or Maria Lourdes Aragon (born July 17, 2000) is a Canadian from Winnipeg, Manitoba. She was born and raised in Canada to Filipino parents.

American talk show host Ellen Degeneres took notice of her talent from Lady Gaga's tweet and invited Maria to appear on her show on February 21, 2011.


She performed "Born This Way" on the piano while singing on the show. Her parents were part of the audience and as seen in the video that recorded the show, they cried in joy as they saw their own daughter's talent.


Before the show on an interview with HOT-103 FM, Maria Aragon spoke with Gaga, and was invited to perform "Born This Way" with her at The Monster Ball Tour concert in Toronto in March.

Maria Aragon confirmed she was invited to sing with her on Ellen.

Aragon is a fifth-grade student at the Isaac Brock School in Winnipeg, Canada. She lives with her brother, two sisters and her parents.

All the best Maria..


This is Maria Aragon's rendition of another Lady Gaga's smash hits - Poker Face.

This has many similarites like Justin Bieber success story.