DEAR STACY: There was a young girl rapping at the Olympics opening ceremony. Please tell me something about her. She was mesmerizing. — John G., Binghamton, NY

DEAR JOHN: Although she is just 12 years old, MC Soffia (nee Soffia Gomes da Rocha Gregorio Correa) has been at her performing career for six years already — somehow managing to remain in school at the same time. She raps about Brazil's racial problems and history of slavery with songs such as "Africa." The Sao Paulo native has made an amazing journey from her early days when she was bullied by white kids. She's certainly getting the last laugh.

DEAR STACY: Whatever became of cute Pia Zadora? — MaliaGrace20

DEAR MALIAGRACE: The 5-foot-tall Zadora, 63, has been married to Las Vegas police Detective Michael Jeffries since 2005. They met when she contacted police to help her with a stalker incident. Jeffries is her third husband. In 1993, she split from Meshulam Riklis, a wealthy Israeli businessman 32 years her senior, who helped make her a household name after marrying her and paying for her movie "Butterfly." She was married to Jonathan Kaufer from 1995 to 2001. Zadora was on "Celebrity Wife Swap" last year and "Celebrity Ghost Stories" in 2013, and continues with her cabaret act.

DEAR STACY: I saw Kimberly Estrada on an old episode of "Castle." Can you tell me if she is the daughter of "CHiPs" star Erik Estrada? What has she been doing lately? — Carol B., Frankfort, IL

DEAR CAROL: Kimberly Estrada is of no relation to Erik Estrada. She's Eurasian — father Spanish, mother Chinese — born in Washington, D.C., and raised in Maryland. In recent years she has added behind-the-scenes movie work to her resume, as a producer on the film "The Ganzfeld Experiment," starring Billy Zane, Dominic Purcell and Rumer Willis. Erik Estrada does have a daughter, 16-year-old Francesca, an aspiring actress.

DEAR STACY: Whatever happened to Juliet Prowse? — Tennie M., Chattanooga, TN

DEAR TENNIE: The beauty — whose dancing was once labeled "immoral" by Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev, and who appeared in numerous TV shows and films, including "Can-Can" and "G.I. Blues" — died of pancreatic cancer at age 59, in 1996.

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