Leigh-Anne Pinnock

“I never let anyone tell me anything growing up and I knew I wanted to be a singer. I would say to every single person that entered my life, 'I'm going to be a singer, I'm going to be on billboards and I'm going to smash it!' You have to put it into the universe, you've got to be positive and not let anything hold you back.”

“No matter how far you think you have come, racism exists.”

“Pharrell is so hot.”

“During the first couple of years of being in the band, I did feel invisible. I remember crying to my manager regularly, I just couldn't seem to find my place and didn't know why.”

“I really wanted people to see that just because I'm successful doesn't mean I'm not going to be affected by racism.”

“We all worry about being beach body ready. It's one of those really annoying things worrying about having the perfect bod. But really what is the perfect body?”

“If anything, I'm now so proud of my skin.”

“Know your power, believe in yourself and don't let anyone dim your light.”

“Do not let anything hold you back - especially the colour of your skin, that's ridiculous and it shouldn't be anything to hold you back.”

“I hope I can help one person and change things, my work will be done.”

“I would never represent a brand that didn't represent different shapes and sizes.”

“I feel like if I had more diversity in my team I'd have been better equipped to deal with the experiences I had.”

“I know there are girls of colour out there who have felt the same as me. We have a massive problem with racism, which is built into our society.”

“I wanted everyone to feel included by In 'A' Seashell as far as possible.”

“We know there aren't enough dark-skinned women that are being represented so that was something I really felt like I needed to talk about.”

“When I walk into work and I see a predominantly white room, I'm like, 'But why?' It doesn't need to be like this. There are Black people that can do these jobs and should be having these opportunities as well.”

“I reckon we work better in front of big crowds.”

“If we want to wear a jumper and it says something weird on it and everyone says 'what are they wearing,' we don't really give a crap.”

“These sorts of conversations should be second nature, it shouldn't be hard to talk about race.”

“I have always loved fashion and I have always used it to express myself.”