It is largely happenstance--so many factors beyond anyone's individual control. She definitely has a certain charisma--and this too is beyond individual control--that I think attracts attention. (And I realize that sounds like a backhanded dis, but insofar as it is, I'm including myself and most people I know among the dissed.) Did you happen to take a peek at the video I posted last entry (this is the video)? It was the first song of hers I came across, and while part of the appeal--beyond the song itself--of the video was the location and the dancers, a huge part of it was definitely Dona Onete herself.