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Sarah Nicole Harding (born 17 November 1981, in Ascot, Berkshire) is an English singer in the girl group Girls Aloud who grew up in Stockport, Cheshire, England.

Early career

Harding, who changed her name from Hardman due to poor relations with her father, attended Hazel Grove High School and Stockport College, before joining Girls Aloud, along with Chelsea Norris, worked as part of the promotions team for 2 nightclubs in The Grand Central Leisure Park in Stockport. Sarah was also a regular singer at Karaoke nights in the Puss and Boots pub and did some vocals for Project G on some unreleased tracks. Whilst working as a waitress and barmaid in Central Manchester, she entered the UK talent-search show Popstars: The Rivals.

Photo shoot

She also entered FHM's 'High Street Honeys', the magazine's national beauty contest, and her pictures appeared in the first Top 100, but she later withdrew, upon achieving success on Popstars. A year later, she was voted one of the Top 30 sexiest women in the world, by readers of the same magazine. In 2005, she entered the same Top 10 at Number 8, slipping to Number 15 in 2006.

Girls Aloud

At the finale of the "Popstars" show, she was picked as the final member of the five-piece group, Girls Aloud, that formed the female half of the eponymous 'rivals'.

As a member of Girls Aloud, Sarah took part in many events and TV shows, such as the August 25 2006 episode of The Friday Night Project. Sarah co-hosted the show with Cheryl Cole and Kimberley Walsh, and she did an impression of former Girls Aloud manager Louis Walsh on the show. She also dressed up as Alan Carr's Topical Barometer.

Other work

Outside of Girls Aloud, Sarah has signed a £100,000 deal to model Ultimo lingerie, following the likes of Penny Lancaster, Rachel Hunter and Helena Christensen. Reports claim that Sarah was chosen to model the underwear range after she was seen wearing a bikini on holiday in the papers.

Sarah has also filmed a cameo appearance in a British independent movie called Runners With Cars, which is due for release in 2007. Sarah plays a brunette girl called Emma who sits in the back of a cab and swears down the phone. The movie also stars Donna Air and Claire Goose.

Personal life

Sarah's love-life has been in constant speculation since becoming famous. She met her ex-boyfriend Mikey Green on Popstars: The Rivals, who went on to become a member of the boyband Phixx, and after going out for two years, they split up, got back together and split up again. Sarah is also rumoured to have had numerous flings with Calum Best, son of the late footballer George Best. She was also linked to Liverpool F.C. footballer John Arne Riise ;, Manchester United footballer Alan Smith and the actor Stephen Dorff, a rumour denied by Sarah during a short interview on Radio 1 with JK & Joel on July 13 2006. She has also been rumoured to have been linked to Mani from Primal Scream and formerly of The Stone Roses.

On September 10 2005, Sarah was one of the celebrity bridesmaids for Jordan's wedding to Peter Andre in Berkshire.

References

External links

• Sarah Harding Online
• Goddesses Aloud - Sarah Harding Fansite (requires membership to view forums)

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