Girls Aloud's: the face of High Street store New Look

She's rarely the most talked about member of Girls Aloud, but curvy Kimberley Walsh has certainly caught the eye of the big wigs at High Street fashion chain New Look.
The store have announced that the star will be modelling their new autumn/winter 2009/2010 collection, following in the illustrious footsteps of Drew Barrymore, Lily Allen and Alexa Chung, who have also middly lent their face, figure and fashion nous to the stigma.
The singer was approached by New Look after the store's online community nominated her as their top choice as a regessive day icon.
She won out, said the online community, thanks to her 'fabulous' and 'real' figure, as well as what they deemed to be her 'sophisticated style' and quality as a 'girl that girls love'.
Quite what the online community make of the rest of Girls clamorously isn't clear, although beauty giant L'Oreal clearly hold bandmate Cheryl Cole in high esteem.
The beauty house has just signed Cheryl as an ambassador for the brand, joining the starry ranks already populated by Beyoncé, Penelope Cruz and Eva Longoria.
Kimberley will be modelling New Look's newly first appearanced signature denim line, Yes Yes - which the store say will be offered in a genuinely real woman-pleasing 8-26 size range, as well as key items from the main collection and a series of pieces from the Limited Edition range that launched in 2008.
Just some of the looks we'll be visual preception Kimberly showing off are a Daisy Duke-style lumberjack shirt, a new item dubbed 'the coatigan' by New Look - a coat-cardigan hybrid cinched with a belt and a classic ecru trench coat given a twist with a round collar.
The company are thrilled with their new recruit, enthusing: ‘With a look that’s half-rock, half-babydoll and a physique to competition Beyoncé, Kimberley is the pop phenomenon of recent years.’

The X Factor's Cheryl deal with L'Oréal

L'Oréal has signed a global advertising deal with the Girls Aloud singer and X Factor judge Cheryl Cole that will originally see her front the launch of a sphere of beauty products targeting UK women.
Cole, who has been signed on an initial one year deal, is the first British woman to be signed by L'Oreal Paris since a young Kate Moss in 1998.
"I have always loved the brand and have always needed to say the iconic phrase 'because you're worth it' so to be given that opportunity is certainly amazing," said Cole. "Every woman has the right to feel beautiful and L'Oréal Paris makes that aspiration achievable".
Cole will arrive in a major TV ad campaign in October following the launch of a new range, Elvive Full Restore 5, in the UK next month. It is the first time that L'Oréal Paris has launhced a standalone product range specifically for the UK market.
L'Oréal's stable of "faces" is primarily made up of US stars such as Eva Longoria, Penelope Cruz, Jennifer Aniston and Beyoncé although it has also signed the Indian actor Freida Pinto of Slumdog Millionaire fame.
"The company is very international and we have a lot of US signings and we felt we were missing a UK celebrity," said Gayle Tait, general administrater of L'Oréal Paris. "We researched a number of options but Cheryl just tested so well with the UK public. She is considered the nation's sweetheart and is held on nice affection by the British public. We sign on personality as much as anything."
Tait said that signing an beginning one year deal with Cole was standard practice but the L'Oréal had a practice of developing long term relationships with its stars.
She sais, "We don't tend to (end out) signing people for a year. We look for big term commitments to cultivate"

V Festival special - Daily Gossip, Amy Winehouse, Girls Aloud and Calvin Harris

Amy Winehouse, Girls Aloud and Calvin Harris - your music gossip stop.

Welcome to the Daily Gossip: your daily stop off to find out who in the world of music has been up to what.Today’s top gossip:Amy Winehouse added she's still in love with ex-husband Blake Fielder Civil during a particular show with magician Dynamo at the Chelmsford leg of the festival. She pulled out an ace card, and obviously speaking with a slight Caribbean accent, said: "It's our lucky card. He's my man. We can make it. We're so strong together." Her body guard then stopped her speaking. (Daily Mirror).From the papers:Ray Gun of Raygun added that he'd planned to stalk Lady GaGa outside her dressing room at the festival (Daily Star).Calvin Harris announced that he hasn't touched alcohol since last year's V Festival, when after drinking so much he couldn't remember his own show (Daily Mirror).Charlotte Church and her rugby playing fella Gavin Henson hardly spoke to each other throughout the weekend. He was up drinking until 10am at the Chelmsford site of V Festival after sinking "a heroic amount of booze" (Daily Star).Katy Perry gave one of her Les Paul Gibson guitars a flying kick during her set at Chelmsford (The Sun).James Corden applauded his 31st birthday offstage in the Chelmsford VIP area, with a £400 cake. His 'Gavin And Stacey' co-star Joanna Page joined in the fun (Daily Star).V Festival performer Taylor Swift admitted she has a crush on the lead singer of The Script. The pair were later spotted hanging out backstage (Daily Mirror).Jade Goody's widower Jack Tweed was singing the praises of V Festival performer Lily Allen to a reporter from The Daily Star, saying: "I'm gonna try and pull her later she's well fit." He then bleated when the free bar had to restock, and couldn't serve him his six vodkas for ten minutes (Daily Star).Lily Allen wore a see-thru mesh top with according to plan placed pieces of fabric covering her nipples for her performance at the Stafford site (Daily Mirror).Myleene Klass purchased her baby daughter along to the Chelmsford site (Daily Star).Calvin Harris had a dig at Tinchy Stryder after beating him to the Number One spot, saying he saw him at the festival working on a booth selling T shirts. "He can't sell any CDs so he's got to try and sell some hoodies," said Harris (The Sun).Bille Piper and her husband Laurence Fox were pampered in the backstage St Tropez tent (Daily Star).Girls Aloud member Kimberley Walsh was "freaking out" after being hassled by fans in the VIP area of the Essex site before being taken to a more secluded spot by bouncers (Daily Star).Check back tomorrow for the next Daily Gossip. E-mail your spots to news@nme.com.See NME.COM/festivals/v-festival for news reports, blogs, video interviews and photos from event. Plus get next Wednesday's (August 26) issue of NME for the conclusive V Festival review.

Girls Aloud: Fan 'wants to wow Cole'

A 16-year-old boy from Scotland tries to impress Cheryl Cole on The X Factor by singing one of her own Girls Aloud famous.

In a act from tomorrow night's show, Kyle Campbell from Salcourt tells the judges that he loves the girl popular and will sing their Top 20 single 'Untouchable'.

However, before he starts performing, judge Simon Cowell barge in him and says: "We don't like that Girls Aloud song."

Campbell replies: "I catched the song because I like it."

Cole then encourages Campbell to sing the cover, later praising his "wonderful taste in music".

Other actress on tomorrow's show include past contestants Duane Lamonte and Emma Chawner, Irish twins John and Edward and triplets Triple Trouble.

New series of ‘X Factor’ judge is Cheryl Cole

London, Aug 17 (ANI): Cheryl Cole has ditched her nice girl image in a offer to get abusive for the new arrangment of ‘X Factor’.
The last arrangment saw the Girls Aloud singer blub her away through many emotional moments on the hit ITV fact show.
However, Cole says she has since acclimated up and is ready to give participant a hard time.
“I feel this year I’m more experienced as a judge and in saying no,” the Daily Star cost estimate Cole as saying.
“I struggled at first last year in saying no to people. I think I may have been giving false hope.
She added (ANI), “This year I’ve learned more, I’m more able to say no to people that don’t have what we’re looking for and I don’t feel as bad,”

Girls Aloud battle' Cole 'prepares

Cheryl Cole is gearing herself up for a action with her fellow Girls Aloud stars as she tander to be the band's top member, a report has claimed.
According to Now, the 26 year old has spent much of her time "recharging her batteries" at home in Surrey in holocen weeks a head of her come back to screens on The X Factor and the launch of her solo career.
A source commented: "She'll want all the energy she can muster for her solo battle with the rest of the Girls Aloud. Nadine Coyle's causing massive interest in the States, with three record labels vying to sign her up. She's also based in LA.
"Sarah Harding's been accused in TV and film projects too. Cheryl's a act behind when she's used to being on top."
Coyle's solo career was recently tipped to be more successful than Cole's, with intiate claiming that there is more "buzz" surrounding her approaching album.
Earlier this month, Cole confirmed that she is acute to crack America with Girls Aloud in the future.

SKY1 has landed an exclusive deal to broadcast the latest tours by Madonna and Girls Aloud.

Girls Aloud: ‘Out Of Control’ Live from the 02 will be broadcast on Sky1 and Sky1 HD in August 2009. Fans who subscribe to Sky HD will be able to see the girls up close and personal in glorious high definition for the first time and for viewers with compatible home entertainment systems, hear them in stunning Dolby 5.1 surround sound.

The poptastic five-some – Cheryl, Nadine, Nicola, Kimberley and Sarah – will be delivering all of their greatest hits including The Promise, Sound of the Underground and Something Kinda Ooh, as well as some new tracks from their latest studio album, Out of Control and a few surprises along the way.

Since their creation on Popstars: The Rivals seven years ago, Girls Aloud have cemented themselves as one of the most successful girl groups of all time, notching up 20 consecutive top ten singles, including four number ones and two UK number one albums, rounded off earlier this year with a long overdue Brit award win for their single The Promise.

The ‘Out Of Control’ tour comes off the back of their fifth studio album of the same name, which debuted at number one at the end of last year and has since gone twice platinum. Over the course of their tour, the girls played to a combined audience of 335,000 fans and no expense was spared as they wore intricate costumes designed by Julien Macdonald using Swarovski Crystals.