Cheryl Cole - Biography

Rate: Cheryl Tweedy has gone from amazing member of Girls Aloud to, well, an even more amazing member of Girls Aloud AND everyone's favourite judge on everyone's favourite Saturday night treat, The X Factor.

Starting out as a young aspiring dancer, Cheryl joined the Royal Ballet summer school aged nine, as well as appearing in a number of TV commercials.

Being the pretty little lady that she is, Cheryl won a number of modelling competitions - from the bonniest baby competition to the hilariously named Little Miss and Mister competition in the local paper.

Cheryl auditioned for reality TV show 'Popstars: The Rivals' way back (actually, it's not that long but it feels like forever ago) in 2002. She sang in front of judges Geri Halliwell, Pete Waterman and, strangely, Louis Walsh. He's now a judge alongside her on The X Factor...

Cheryl married footballer Ashley Cole in July 2006 but the pair, being pretty and famous and all of those other annoying things, haven't really been out of the papers since. Especially when it was reported that Ashley had slept with some hairdresser or something. Is he mad? The pair are still together though.

Now we don't know WHAT happened here but - quite near the beginning of Girls Aloud - back in 2003, Cheryl was convicted of assaulting a cloakroom attendant.

Cheryl was first to be picked to join Girls Aloud.