Leona Lewis
Lewis in 2008, Joe Seer/bigstock.com
Birth Name: Leona Louise Lewis
Place of Birth: Islington, London, England, U.K.
Date of Birth: 3 April, 1985
Ethnicity:
*father – African-Guyanese
*mother – Welsh, Italian, Irish
Leona Lewis is a British singer, songwriter, actress, model, and activist. She won the third season of The X Factor in 2006, covering “A Moment Like This,” which became a hit single for her. Her songs also include “Bleeding Love,” “I See You,” “One More Sleep,” and the collaborations “Collide” and “You Are The Reason.” She co-starred in the film Walking on Sunshine and on the show The Oath; and was a judge on drag queen singing competition show Queen of the Universe. Leona has sold over 35 million records worldwide. She has supported charities, particularly animal rights and welfare.
Her father, Aural Josiah, is Guyanese. Her mother, Maria Lewis, is said to be of Welsh, Italian, and Irish descent. Leona has said “My mum is Welsh-Italian and white and my dad Joe is Guyanan and black.” A picture of Leona with her parents can be seen here. The ancestry of the population of Guyana is East Indian (43%), African (30%), mixed heritage (16%), and other ethnic groups (11%).
Leona is married to professional dancer and choreographer Dennis Jauch, with whom she has a daughter.
Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk
I know a lot of people think she is pretty but honestly I think she is odd looking. I have seen a lot better biracial women like Alicia Keys, Halle Berry, Mariah Carey etc. but Leona is odd looking, maybe she needs a nose job, her facial structure does not match the rest of her.
The funny thing is, I believe that is the nose job
Joe and Maria Lewis
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/10/29/article-1223512-06E57026000005DC-781_468x307.jpg
“My mum is Welsh-Italian and white and my dad Joe is Guyanan and black”
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/woman/3724938/Leona-Lewis-You-can-do-anything-follow-your-dreams.html
She is beautiful. but she did get a nose job to look more white. Anyway, it seems that black men and white women always make beautiful children.
You can see that she has a slightly hooked nose. Why the hell would she get plastic surgery to get a bone in her nose?
I don’t think it was anything to with ‘looking white’, she just had a big nose that was disproportionate with her face.
@kimmel
Well looking at pics of her as a child, I don’t think her nose was all that big or disproportionate with her face. I think (noneofyourbusiness) was correct, she probably wanted to look more like her mother(which I am by no means saying anything is wrong with that) . Unfortunately, having a broad nose is looked down on as African , and people seem to try and distance themselves from that heritage. It’s been push into the mindset that looking Caucasian is better(I don’t agree, but it is what it is) . Same thing with skin color and hair.
Yea! she’s half guyanese, which means she’s half-caribbean..big up!