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Sarah Nicole Harding (born 17 November 1981, in Manchester) is an English singer in the girl group Girls Aloud and has recently gone into modelling, who grew up in Stockport, Cheshire, England. She is the oldest member of Girls Aloud
Harding, who changed her name from Hardman due to poor relations with her father [citation needed], attended Hazel Grove High School and Stockport College, along with Chelsea Norris, worked as part of the promotions team for 2 nightclubs in The Grand Central Leisure Park in Stockport. Harding was also a regular singer at Karaoke nights in the Puss and Boots pub and did some vocals for Project G on some unreleased tracks [citation needed]. Whilst working as a waitress and barmaid in Manchester, she entered the UK talent-search show Popstars: The Rivals.
Project G was a band for which Harding provided backing vocals, long before Girls Aloud came along. She did some photoshoots for promotion but no album, nor known singles exist. Some tracks that have leaked onto the internet include "Searching" and "Dont Wanna Be Alone".
Harding also entered FHM's High Street Honeys, the magazine's national beauty contest, and her pictures appeared in the first Top 100, but she later withdrew, upon achieving success on Popstars. A year later, she was voted one of the Top 30 sexiest women in the world, by readers of the same magazine. In 2005, she entered the same Top 10 at Number 8, slipping to Number 15 in 2006.
During Popstars: The Rivals Harding sang:
In the finale of the "Popstars" show, she was picked as the final member of the five-piece group, Girls Aloud, that formed the female half of the eponymous 'rivals'. She defeated Javine Hylton for the final place, in a result that provoked a measure of surprise and controversy.
As a member of Girls Aloud, Harding has taken part in many events and TV shows, such as the August 25 2006 episode of The Friday Night Project. Sarah co-hosted the show with Cheryl Cole and Kimberley Walsh.
Outside of Girls Aloud, Harding signed a £100,000 deal to model Ultimo lingerie, following the likes of Penny Lancaster, Rachel Hunter and Helena Christensen. Reports claim that Sarah was chosen to model the underwear range after she was seen wearing a bikini on holiday in the papers [1].
Harding has filmed a cameo appearance in a British independent film called Bad Day, due for release in 2007. She plays a brunette girl called Jade Jennings who sits in the back of a cab and swears down the phone. The film also stars Donna Air and Claire Goose [2].
Harding once blagged a first-class flight to Dubai with good friend Danielle Lloyd[3]. They later fell out when Harding had fancied Arsenal footballer Freddie Ljungberg, and yet Lloyd who was with her ended up going out with him[4]
Harding's love-life has been in constant speculation since becoming famous. She met her ex-boyfriend Mikey Green on Popstars: The Rivals, who went on to become a member of the boyband Phixx, and after going out for two years, they split up, got back together and split up again. She was also linked to Liverpool F.C. footballer John Arne Riise [5] and the actor Stephen Dorff, a rumour denied by Sarah during a short interview on Radio 1 with JK & Joel on July 13, 2006. She now dates showbiz journalist Joe Mott from the Daily Star.
On September 10 2005, Harding was one of the celebrity bridesmaids for Jordan's wedding to Peter Andre in Berkshire.
Sarah is also friends with Oasis singer Liam Gallagher. In the forthcoming Oasis rockumentary "Lord Don't Slow Me Down" Liam invites Girls Aloud to a concert during an Oasis photoshoot.
