Why we love Tulisa Contostavlos
Tulisa Contostavlos is a firecracker. Well, she had to be to survive in a band with the likes of Dappy and Fazer - she was permanently flanked by a pair of overgrown teenagers, however talented they may be. Anyway, their band N-Dubz - which brought Tulisa to everyone's attention - scored three MOBO Awards, including Best UK Act, and a number one for their aptly-titled Number One collaboration with Tinchy Stryder, before splitting up in late 2011.
These days, Tulisa Contostavlos has got a whole new host of egos to deal with, including the enormously overgrown teenager that is Simon Cowell. The faux-drarms merry-go-round that is The X Factor clearly doesn't faze her (Fazer - get it?), though, as she nabbed a victory in her debut year, leading Little Mix to the crown, the first group to achieve the feat.
March 2012 saw Tulisa star in several videos, some of which she'd probably rather forget. Her debut single Young was well-received, though, and had her N-Dublets eagerly awaiting her debut solo album.
Tulisa Contostavlos has an unusual heritage of Irish and Greek (ahh Contostavlos makes sense now), so we're imagining Greek Salads with Guinness, and taramosalata with four-leaf clovers. You may also be interested to know that Tulisa is actually a cousin of her band-mate Dappy and thinks his hats are as stupid as everyone else does. See, families don't hold back, eh?
Tulisa Contostavlos had a hard upbringing growing up on a tough estate in Camden and came into contact with drugs, violence and mental health issues from an early age. She used to spend most of her time caring for her sick mum, recently making a documentary to raise awareness for her illness. Not just a pretty face – there’s a heart under the hoodie. You still wouldn’t want to her to catch you checking out her cleavage across the pool table, though. She says she is proud of what she has achieved today and also proud of her FHM cover shoots. So are we, Tulisa. So are we.
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