London, Apr 28 : Cheryl Cole, who's known for her exquisite feminine style, has revealed she used to be a tomboy.

The Girls Aloud babe told Hello! magazine that as a teen she wore baggy jeans and jumpers - then discovered "girlie clothes and high heels".

She also admitted that hubby Ashley Cole still prefers her dressed down in a tracksuit than the glammed look.

"He thinks I look cutest in a casual tracksuit with my hair pulled back at home," The Sun quoted Cole, as telling the magazine.

London, April 23 : Girls Aloud babe Cheryl Cole is reportedly being helped out by top songwriters to boost her solo stardom.

The Grammy-winning singer was allegedly in the studio with RnB maestros Soulpower, who have previously inked songs for Whitney Houston, Pink, Destiny's Child and Victoria Beckham.

The 25-year-old was said to have been recording with the Danish duo Soulshock and Karlin without her fellow `Girls'.

London, Apr 21: Britain's Got Talent judge Amanda Holden says she would love to look like Cheryl Cole.

Amanda, who admits having botox, finds Cheryl gorgeous and is waiting for a new kind of cosmetic surgery which can alter her face to that of Cheryl's.

"When I'm 50 I'll have an eye-lift. And maybe by then they'll have invented a procedure where I can peel off my face and put someone else's on," The Sun quoted Amanda, as telling Closer magazine.

"Then I'd be able to look like Cheryl Cole! She's gorgeous," Amanda added.

London, Apr 14: Pop star Cheryl Cole's troubled brother Andrew Tweedy found himself in soup one more time, after he stole a car and crashed it badly.

Tweedy and the Audi car's owner Lee were drinking at a mutual friend's house when the incident took place.

According to reports, Tweedy took Lee's car keys, ran away with the vehicle, and later sent the owner a message telling that the vehicle was with him.

"Lee, I have taken your car, sorry mate," the Sun quoted the message as reading.

London, Apr 12 : British TV producer Simon Cowell and Girls Aloud star Cheryl Cole were among the targets of the Manchester terror plot.

Security sources say terrorists wanted to strike at packed X Factor auditions in the city next weekend, the Daily Star reported.

The hugely popular event will see thousands of young - and old - wannabes trying to impress show chiefs. And as many as 100,000 potential pop stars will pack Manchester United's Old Trafford stadium.

Washington, Apr 7: Girls Aloud star Cheryl Cole has beaten supermodel Kate Moss and Victoria Beckham to be voted as the best-dressed woman of the year and style icon of the decade.

In the poll conducted by television channel The Style Network, Cole was voted as the ‘Best Dressed Woman of 2009 along with the style icon accolade.

The survey involving 3000 women also showed that women were seen as at their most stylish when aged between
25 and 30.