Cheryl Tweedy

Cheryl Ann Tweedy (born 30 June 1983 in Newcastle-upon-Tyne) is an English singer and member of the group Girls Aloud.

Career

Throughout her childhood Cheryl Ann Tweedy 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 Metro Centre. Boots Group PLC (LSE: BOOT), known as Boots, is the dominant pharmacy chain in the United Kingdom, with outlets in most high streets throughout the country. ... Mothercare is a British retailer which specialises in products for expectant mothers and in general merchandise for children up to 8 years old. ... The Evening Chronicle is a daily, evening newspaper produced in Newcastle upon Tyne, covering Tyne and Wear, southern Northumberland and northern County Durham. ... This page is about the shopping center; for the stop on the Washington Metro, see Metro center (Washington Metro). ...

Cheryl appeared in two British Gas adverts, an SCS advert, and an Eldon Square Christmas advert with younger brother Garry. Logo as private enterprise Logo under state ownership British Gas was formerly the name of the United Kingdoms monopoly gas supplier. ... Eldon Square is a shopping Centre in Newcastle upon Tyne in the United Kingdom. ... Christmas is a Christian holiday held on December 25 which celebrates the birth of Jesus Christ. ...

Cheryl 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. Countries which had a version of Popstars Popstars is an international reality television program and a precursor to the Idol series. ... Girls Aloud are one of the most successful girl groups in the United Kingdom. ...

Nightclub Incident

On 11 January 2003 Tweedy was involved in an altercation with a nightclub toilet attendant, Sophie Amogbokpa, in the Drink nightclub in Guildford, England. Tweedy was subsequently charged with racially aggravated assault and assault occasioning actual bodily harm. During her trial Tweedy claimed She acted in self defence (claiming she had been punched first) and denied using racially abusive language. January 11 is the 11th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A toilet attendant is a person whose job is to maintain standards in a toilet and, for pay toilets, to collect the usage fee. ... Guildford is the county town of Surrey, England, as well as the seat for the borough of Guildford and the administrative headquarters of the South East England region. ... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location (dark green) within the United Kingdom (light green), with the Republic of Ireland (blue) to its west Languages English Capital London Largest city London Area – Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population –mid-2004... An African-American man drinks out of the colored only water cooler at a racially segregated street car terminal in the United States in 1939. ... Aggravated assault is a form of violent crime. ...

The jury found her guilty of assault occasioning actual bodily harm, but cleared her of racially aggravated assault^[1]. The judge sentenced her to 120 hours of community service and ordered to pay her victim £500 in compensation, as well as £3000 prosecution costs. Many critics felt that the sentence imposed was too lenient for what She had done. Some also believed that Tweedy's record company were planning to drop her if the sentence was harsher. community service refers to service that a person performs for the benefit of his or her local community. ...

Tweedy faced criticism not only for the initial incident, but also for her subsequent public statements apologising to her fans, record company and bandmates but controversially refusing to apologise to Mrs Amogbokpa herself. Mrs Amogbokpa then attempted to launch a civil court action against Tweedy, however this never materialised.

Tweedy admitted She had acted incorrectly and claimed to regret the incident, which took place under the influence of alcohol. she was angered by claims she was racist, citing her friendship with Javine Hylton on Popstars as apparent evidence She was not. Javines debut album, Surrender Javine Dionne Hylton, more commonly known as simply Javine is a British singer who has had a string of hits in the UK singles chart. ...

Trivia

• She is currently engaged to Arsenal player Ashley Cole. Cheryl and Ashley are set to marry on 15 July 2006^[2].
• She came second in the FHM 100 Sexiest Women poll in 2005, beating the likes of Britney Spears and her bandmates Sarah Harding and Nadine Coyle, only finishing behind Kelly Brook. In 2006, Cheryl finished sixth.
• Cheryl won a Sun Online poll in January 2006 to find the celebrity people would most like to see topless on Page 3.
• She also won the title of "Sexiest Footballer's Wife" in the FHM Bloke Awards in 2006, despite not being married at the time of the poll.
• Mike Skinner from The Streets claimed that his song "When You Wasn't Famous" was about Cheryl, a claim denied by a Girls Aloud spokesperson. Skinner later retracted the claim, saying he only dedicated the song to her because Girls Aloud were at the same taping of Top Of The Pops^[3].
• She is sometimes referred to in the press as "Chezza" (see Hezza).
• English singer Lily Allen has a song titled "Cheryl Tweedy". In the song Allen states She wished she looked like Cheryl Tweedy.
• Cheryl signed a deal worth a reported £200,000 in July 2006 to become the face of Coca-Cola Zero for its UK launch^[4].