Get To Know... Perrie Edwards
Full name: Perrie Louise Edwards
Birthday: 10 July 1993
Star sign: Cancer
Birth place: South Shields
Ethnicity: British/Irish/Swedish
Relationship status: Taken (engaged to footballer Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain)
Children: One boy named Axel (born 21/08/2021)
Pets: Two dogs, Hatchi & Travis
10 Facts About Perrie
Fact #1. Perrie grew up in a musical household: her father played at clubs in various rock bands and her mother performed soul music. They named her after Steve Perry from the rock band Journey.
Fact #2. Perrie suffers from a rare birth defect called oesophageal atresia, and has had to undergo multiple operations for the condition in childhood and adulthood. She often proudly displays the surgery scar on her stomach.
Fact #3. Before The X Factor, Perrie achieved a BTEC in Performing Arts at Newcastle College
Fact #4. Perrie was rejected by boys and bullied by peers for her freckles in school, so she asked her mum if she could have her freckly skin "peeled off" and replaced. She now loves her freckles and doesn't feel the need to hide them anymore.
Fact #5. Perrie lived in Hamilton, New Zealand for two years as a teen, and can count to 10 in Māori
Fact #6. She is a patron for the breast cancer charity CoppaFeel!
Fact #7. Perrie has no sense of smell due to a rare medical condition called congenital anosmia
Fact #8. She underwent surgery in 2012 to remove her inflamed tonsils, which caused her voice to drastically change. She's admitted that she wishes she could re-record her old vocals on Little Mix's first album.
Fact #9. Perrie opened up about her struggles with anxiety and panic attacks in 2019, and did an interview about her mental health Glamour that same year
Fact #10. Perrie launched her own global luxury fashion brand, Disora, in October 2021. The brand aims to be ethical, sustainable, inclusive, unisex, and to make premium designs accessible to a wider audience. Its first collection sold out within 48 hours.
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