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Leigh-Anne Pinnock is a member of British four-piece girl group Little Mix. Group was formed exclusively for the eighth series of The X Factor in 2011 and became the first, and so far, only group to win the competition.

Early life

Leigh-Anne Pinnock was born on (1991-10-04) 4 October 1991 (age 32),[1] and raised in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire,[2] Pinnock is of Barbadian and Jamaican ancestry.[3]

Career

Before joining Little Mix, she worked as a waitress in Pizza Hut.[4] Her first audition was "Only Girl (In the World)" by Rihanna.[5] In February 2015, Pinnock launched a Tumblr fashion blog called "Leigh Loves".[6] In December 2016, it was confirmed that she has been dating English professional footballer Andre Gray.[7] In an interview with Glamour magazine in March 2019, Pinnock opened up about dealing with racism and comments on Twitter while feeling "invisible" for the first three years as the only black girl in Little Mix.[8] In April 2019, Pinnock began her own swimwear range with Gabrielle Urquhart, titled IN'A'SEASHELL.[9][10] Later that month, Pinnock, alongside Thirlwall, signed to Sony/ATV via joint venture TwentySeven as published songwriters.[11] She also became the new face of the sports brand Umbro.[12][13]



  1. ^ "Leigh-Anne Pinnock – 4th October". Capital. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  2. ^ "High Wycombe-born pop star Leigh-Anne Pinnock looks set to top album charts for first time with Little Mix". Watford Observer. 22 November 2016.
  3. ^ Reporter, Marwa Hamad, Staff (27 November 2013). "Little Mix want to make their mark". GulfNews. Retrieved 3 May 2017.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ Porter, Billie (17 February 2015). "Pimp My Ride: Little Mix". Wonderland.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference auditions was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ Duff, Anna (18 March 2016). "Little Mix Girl Leigh-Anne Pinnock Talks Her Other Job". Look.
  7. ^ BROOKS, GIDEON (14 January 2017). "Burnley star Andre Gray on putting his troubled past behind him and climbing up the league". Express. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
  8. ^ Smith, Josh (15 March 2019). "'I would search "Leigh-Anne, the black girl in Little Mix"': Leigh-Anne Pinnock emotionally recalls actively looking for online racist hate". Glamour. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
  9. ^ "Little Mix Leigh-Anne Pinnock to 'promote self love' with bikini line". metro.co.uk. Retrieved 2019-04-17.
  10. ^ King, Lollie. "Leigh-Anne From Little Mix Is Launching A Swimwear Line For All Your Beachy Needs". Bustle. Retrieved 2019-04-17.
  11. ^ Halperin, Shirley; Halperin, Shirley (2019-04-04). "Little Mix Members Sign With New Sony/ATV Venture TwentySeven Music Publishing (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 2019-04-17.
  12. ^ "Little Mix Star Leigh-Anne Pinnock Signs to Umbro as Face of SS19". PR Newswire. 18 March 2019. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
  13. ^ "Leigh-Anne Pinnock is the new face of sports label Umbro". People. 15 March 2019. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
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