Leona Lewis
Leona Lewis
Leona Louise Lewisis a British singer, songwriter and animal welfare campaigner. She was born and raised in the Islington, London, where she attended the BRIT School for Performing Arts and Technology. Lewis achieved national recognition when she won the third series of The X Factor in 2006, winning a £1 million recording contract with Simon Cowell's record label, Syco Music. Her winner's single, a cover of Kelly Clarkson's "A Moment Like This", peaked at number one for four weeks on...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionPop Singer
Date of Birth3 April 1985
CityLondon, England
I call myself a vegetarian with vegan tendencies.
I believe I could have had a career in the music industry without 'X Factor,' but it was an amazing platform that propelled me to where I am now.
I am, and always will be, proud to be a Hackney girl.
When I was really little I would sit in the back of my dad's car when he'd be playing old-school music. He'd turn down the music and turn around and I'd be singing and know all of the words but I didn't even know how to talk. From then on I've always wanted to be a singer.
I'll never go against my morals.
I would love to sing opera.
I want all of my songs to do well whether I've written them or not.
I suffer from arachnophobia. I don't mind the tiny spiders so much, it's the ones with their legs covered in thick hair.
I never dress to shock.
I love Thandie Newton. I love her fashion sense as she is just really classic.
I get road rage. I can't drive because I cuss people out.
I don't think I have the right to give someone advice when I don't know them.
I was the only one at stage school who wasn't white.
I'm glad I was never in a band.