When I first started out, I got criticism for the way I looked. I think, now, it's a good thing because, why would you want to look like everyone else?
Sophie Ellis BextorPhilately is normally a boys' hobby but for some reason it was in vogue at my junior school. Between the ages of eight and ten I collected avidly. I'd pore over my Stanley Gibbons book, obsessively checking my collection's value. I always hoped I'd stumble across a really valuable one, a Penny Black or an Inverted Jenny, but it wasn't to be.
Sophie Ellis BextorIn real life, I'm not super-posh but if that's the stereotype, I really don't care. It could be worse.
Sophie Ellis BextorThe X Factor' is great entertainment, but it doesn't prepare people for getting chewed up and spat out by the music industry.
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