Cheryl Cole: I was obsessed with Beyoncé

Style icon Cheryl Cole once dyed her hair blonde because she wanted to look like Beyonce Knowles. In 1999 – when Cheryl was just 15 – Destiny’s Child were singing about female empowerment and looking hot. ‘Beyonce’s just a star. She’s just got it. She’s everything a woman should be and everything you should want to be as a woman,’ says Cheryl, 26. ‘I was obsessed with her. I remember seeing the video for Bills, Bills, Bills and just going, “Oh my God, who is this girl? I want my hair like hers”. I literally went and got my hair bleached peroxide blonde. It took eight hours and looked horrendous.’ Cheryl loved Beyonce’s OTT outfits, too. ‘I always wanted that urban, baggy jeans look,’ Cheryl tells Stylist. ‘I’d cut things up and experiment, it always went dreadfully wrong.’