Perrie Edwards

## Season History

**Perrie Louise Edwards** was a housemate on *Celebrity Big Brother 2 (UK)*.

## Biography

**Perrie Louise Edwards** (born 10 July 1993) is an English singer. She rose to prominence as a member of the girl group Little Mix, who achieved nineteen top-ten singles and five number-ones on the UK Singles Chart, before going on hiatus in 2022. Her vocals, head voice and use of vibrato and falsetto has garnered critical acclaim. Edwards is a patron for CoppaFeel! and became the first female ambassador for the brand Supreme Nutrition. In 2021, Edward's launched her fashion brand, Disora.
Perrie Louise Edwards was born on 10 July 1993 and raised in South Shields, Tyne and Wear. She was named after Steve Perry from the rock band Journey. Her parents Deborah Duffy and Alexander Edwards divorced when she was a child and both remarried. Her mother married Mark Duffie from New Zealand, and her father married Joanna Wells. Edwards has an older brother called Jonnie Edwards and a half-sister named Caitlin Edwards.
As a child Edwards attended Radipole Primary School in Weymouth, Dorset before moving back to South Shields. She attended St. Peter and Paul RC Primary School, and Mortimer Community College in South Shields, and later transferred to Newcastle College, where she received a BTEC in Performing Arts. As a preteen she lived two years in Hamilton, New Zealand. Edwards was born with oesophageal atresia, which is responsible for the bisectional scar on her stomach, and anosmia. As a child she underwent several operations because of the condition.
In 2011, at age 17 Edwards auditioned for The X Factor with "You Oughta Know" by Alanis Morissette. After she failed the first bootcamp challenge to progress through to the Girls category (solo females aged 16–24), she was placed into a four-piece group named Faux Pas with Jesy Nelson. Jade Thirlwall and Leigh-Anne Pinnock were in another group called Orion. Both groups failed to progress through the next stage. A decision was made by the judges to bring back the four to form a new four-piece group called Rhythmix and they progressed to the judges' houses. They eventually reached the live shows and were mentored by Tulisa Contostavlos. On 28 October 2011, it was announced that the group's name had been changed to Little Mix. On 11 December 2011, Little Mix were announced as the winners, making them the first band ever to win the British version of the show.
Edwards released six albums and one greatest hits album with the group, *DNA* (2012), *Salute* (2013), *Get Weird* (2015), *Glory Days* (2016), *LM5* (2018), *Confetti* (2020) and *Between Us* (2021). Since their debut, the group have been cited for helping the girl band renaissance in the UK. They have gone onto become one of the best-selling girl groups and one of Britain's biggest selling acts. In December 2021, the group announced they would be going on a hiatus, after the Confetti Tour in 2022, to allow its members to pursue solo projects.
In November 2022, Edwards' estimated net worth was revealed to be £17.5 million, appearing on the Sunday Times Rich List, for the first time. In March 2023, Edwards signed a recording contract with Columbia Records. Later that month, her clothing brand Disora became one of only 6% of brands to sell a size 18 and above. In May, Edwards announced her partnership with BetterHelp, a virtual counseling and therapy company to help people gain access to therapy.

## References

1. ↑ Perrie Edwards (in English) (20 October 2023). Retrieved on 20 October 2023.