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In August 2003, The Cheetah Girls premiered on the Disney Channel.

Based on Deborah Gregory's series of the same name, the film was a first of its kind for the network, and starred four diverse young women who made it their mission to win their high school talent contest.

The group consisted of Raven Symoné, Kiely Williams, Sabrina Bryan and Adrienne Bailon. And the film was so successful, the four of them formed a real-life band, toured the world and filmed sequels, before Symoné left to pursue a solo career.

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Here's what the cast has been up to since.

Raven Symoné

The Cheetah Girls- combined with the success of her Disney sitcomThats So Ravenand prior work onThe Cosby Show- catapulted Raven Symoné's career.

She played the role of Galleria "Bubbles" Garibaldi in the first and second film, but bowed out of the third.

Her character's absence was explained when the other girls mentioned she was at college - but the real reason for her departure was more pointed.

In an Instagram Live video with her co-star Kiely Williams, Symoné described the girls as being "clique-ish" and said they often made her feel "excluded and ostracised".

Since then, Symoné has pursued several successful projects.

From 2003 to 2007, she starred inThat's So Ravenwhich was reported to be the highest-rating original program in the Disney Channel's history. The show earned Disney two Primetime Emmy Awards nominations for Outstanding Children's Program.

Recently, she's been a panellist onThe Viewand was a series regular on Fox'sEmpire.

In 2017, Raven teamed up with Disney again forRaven's House,a sequel toThat's So Raven.The show was recently renewed for a sixth season.

In 2016, the actor announced she's gay.

"While it was a selfish thing for me to keep my secret to myself for as long as I did, I am very happy that I’m out, if only to help someone else feel comfortable," she toldVarietyin 2019.

"It is about that one person who you’ll never see or meet who watches the show and feels that confidence to just say, 'Hey, guess what? I’m gay. And if you can’t accept me, it’s okay, because I see Raven pushing through.'

"That feels good. It’s a hard journey, though. It’s difficult."

In 2020, Raven married Miranda Maday, a trained birth doula who has also worked as a social media manager. The pair have a YouTube Channel.

Adrienne Bailon

AfterThe Cheetah Girlsdisbanded in 2007, Bailon signed a record deal with Island Def Jam Records and pursued a solo music career.

She released two songs that were used on theConfessions of a Shopaholicsoundtrack.

Famously, she dated (and dumped) Rob Kardashian. She even appeared onKeeping Up With The Kardashiansfor two years before their split in 2009.

Bailon remains good friends with the family, however, and was photographed with Kim and Kourtney Kardashian in 2021.

The Disney star is now a mum. She welcomed her son Ever James in August 2022.

Bailon's journey to parenthood has been, admittedly, difficult, sharing in January 2023 how she went through eight IVF fertility treatment cycles in a six-year time period.

"I had my last embryo," she recalled onThe Jennifer Hudson Show.

"They were like, 'You can either put it your body' - which I had done before, and I had miscarried multiple times - or 'would you consider surrogacy?'"

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