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Leona is proud to a a hackney girl, leona has spoken to the Hackney Gazette about hackney and X Factor, this is what they say.
Stamford Hill’s Leona Lewis said she was “proud to be a Hackney girl” the week she became a superstar by winning The X Factor final.
The stunning 21-year-old star clinched a sensational victory over student Ray Quinn in the final of the TV talent show on Saturday night.
She pledged not to forget the millions of fans who tuned into watch her become crowned the first female X Factor winner.
She told the Gazette: “Thanks so much to my fans from Hackney. I am really proud to be a Hackney girl and appreciate all the support you have given me.”
The former Pizza Hut waitress is set to become a huge star after beating 100,000 hopefuls to land a £1million record deal.
She is now hot favourite to clinch the Christmas number one spot with the cover of the ballad, A Moment Like This, which was previoulsy a hit in the US for the first American Idol winner, Kelly Clarkson.
More than 50,000 people had downloaded the track within 30 minutes of its release on the web on Saturday night.
Music mogul Simon Cowell believes Leona can go on to be a global superstar to rival Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey.
Born in Islington, Leona grew up with dad, Joe, 46, a youth offending officer and mum, Marie, 42, a social worker.
She went to Amber Primary School in Blackstock Road, Finsbury Park, and studied at the performing arts academy, Italia Conti, in Goswell Road, Islington.
After leaving school, Leona took a number of jobs to make ends meet while pursuing her singing dream.
When she auditioned for the third series of The X Factor, she was working as a receptionist in a mortgage brokers in Lower Clapton.
Her former colleagues at Metropolitan Mortgages in Median Road were stunned to see her walk through the door on Monday.
Her former boss, Michael Marks, 57, said: “I feel thrilled to bits for her and I think she deserves everything because she is an amazing talent.
“But the door is finally shut on her job,” he joked. “I think I would have to throw her out the door if she tried to come back.”
Leona has brought a £120,000 home in Stamford Hill with her boyfriend, Lou Al-Chamaa, a 23-year-old electrician.
Just days before the final Leona gave her fans a treat with a homecoming gig at Hackney Empire on Monday night last week.
Hundreds of fans lined Mare Street for a chance to glimpse their new singing hero.
Source: Hackney Gazette
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ur so kool!
keep rocking the mic because i think you’re amazing!
I think you are absolutely AMAZING! The U.S. is falling in love with your voice.. please visit us in California, U.S.A.!! I think you are so beautiful and humble. Can’t wait for you to become a HUGE star.
ur the one with the best voice from the xfactor
hiya i love near hacknet do u no where green lanes live thats where i live
hiya leona i think ya amazing and a amazing voice and plz can i have ya addey and i am ya no 1 fan bbz
Leona seriously babe your amazing ma mummy iz ill and I really want to sing so she can see it and be proud. Your a real inspiration to people like me who want to live the dream. And family means so much to it’s more for them than it ever could be 4 me. Luv Ya 4eva and keep doing what your doing xxxxxx (could you get back to me and gove me your addy plz)
I grew up in nearby Walthamstow, and although living in Dorset now, will never forget my Eastend roots. It is important to remember where you started life and be grateful.
Don’t change Leona, you have a delightful personality and innocence about you, a superb voice and I wish you all the luck in the world with your career.
you are the greatest and i really like you see you soon katie-leigh age 10
hi lena lewis you are the graetest and i really like you see you soon love from katie-leigh
leona let me just say that all the gypsys love you and play your music evry day your one of a kind and have a good talent…
hey remember me i got my photo taken wid ya in morrisons 30-05-08 ur dad was dere tooo im bare proud to be a hackney gurl luv ya xx
Hey guys, I just saw a website where you can meet Leona, there’s an auction and I’m totally going to put in a bid. I saw it at London’s Heart on 106.2 website!!Love you Leona!!!
Hi Leona
I am writing on behalf of my 7yr old daughter. She is such a fan of yours..u are her inspiration. She is also called Leona, (not that it matters..)but she finds all the ways she’s similar to you and would like you to know that she is also mixed race..(me being from Trinidad.)
I am hoping to bring her to see you in concert at the O2.
She had a project to do about Role Models and she did hers on you.
She is also very musical, goes to theatre school and dreams of one day performing with you…lol
I wish that she can meet you one day.
All the best and lots of love
Cindy and Leona