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Cheryl was born in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. Throughout her childhood she performed in a large
number of modelling and fashion shows. She entered ballroom competitions, sang, acted and won a
ballet competition. She won the following competitions as a child: Boots bonniest baby, Mothercare Happy
Faces Portrait competition, Best Looking Girl of Newcastle, The Evening Chronicle 'Little Miss & Mister' and
Most Attractive Girl at the MetroCentre. She appeared in two British Gas adverts, an SCS advert, and an
Eldon Square Christmas advert with younger brother Garry. In addition to Garry, Cheryl has another two
brothers and a sister.

She was working as a waitress when she entered the UK talent-search show Popstars: The Rivals. In
the final show she received the most votes in the poll to choose the girls for the all-female group Girls
Aloud, and was thus the first to be picked for the group.

Consequently, her cachet in the tabloids has been huge. For example, during a recording at Top of the
Pops, Mike Skinner of The Streets dedicated his song "When You Wasn't Famous" to Cheryl, leading to
much media speculation and many believing the song was about her. Skinner later corrected everyone
everyone by saying that he only dedicated the song to her because Girls Aloud were at the same
taping of TOTP. Cheryl co-presented the August 25, 2006 episode of The Friday Night Project along with
Kimberley Walsh and Sarah Harding, where she did impressions of Sharon Osbourne and Big Brother 7
winner Pete Bennett. Sometimes referred to in the press as "Chezza", she has gained celebrity status
through her role in Girls Aloud. She also earned a place in FHM's "100 Sexiest Females" list for the past
four years. 2003 (24), 2004 (22), 2005 (2) and 2006 (6) and 2007 (7).

In July 2006 Cheryl signed a deal worth a reported £200,000 to become the face of Coca-Cola
Zero for its UK launch. English singer Lily Allen has a song titled "Cheryl Tweedy", in which Allen states
she wishes she looked like Cheryl Tweedy, which Allen has later claimed to be ironic and should be seen
as more of an insult as opposed to a compliment. Recently, Cheryl branded Lily Allen a chick with a dick.

During the Germany 2006 World Cup where Cheryl was supporting fiancé Ashley Cole, she was
continuously photographed with the wives and girlfriends of other England football stars, and
a media frenzy occurred over their partying and shopping sprees. The British media deemed
them the "WAGS" (wives and girlfriends), and criticized their antics. Cheryl later said the other
"WAGS" lived off their partners' money, and did no work themselves, whereas she had had a career
with Girls Aloud before meeting Ashley, and did not "borrow his plastic" when she went shopping.
She spared Victoria Beckham, stating that she's "witty" and "ambitious" and that they
have a lot in common, particularly their careers in girl bands.

Even before marrying Ashley Cole, Cheryl won the title of "Sexiest Footballer's Wife" in
FHM's 2006 Bloke Awards, and as Cole's fiancée she was a prominent "WAG" (acronym for "wives
and girlfriends") during the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany. She and Cole were married at
Wrotham Park, just north of Barnet, Hertfordshire on 15 July 2006 - although they were to
marry at Highclere Castle, Berkshire (according to a guard at the premises). When the two
changed their plans, Tweedy and Cole had asked the staff there to lie to the press and not to
disclose the fact they weren't actually getting married there. Cheryl had a dress designed by
Roberto Cavalli, reportedly worth £110,000 (€145,000), flown to England. The wedding was paid for
by OK! Magazine, with whom the couple signed a £1 million deal to publish pictures of the
wedding. Cheryl appeared on Comic Relief Does The Apprentice in 2007 to raise money for
Comic Relief.
This is Cheryl's first stab at fame, but she has been singing since she was 12, and has met ageing rocker Tom Jones!

Her other jobs have included being a cocktail and cafe waitress.

She reckons her most embarassing moment was when a train door shut on her head!

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