Leigh-Anne Pinnock opens up about suffering racism: “Why do I feel invisible?”
Leigh-Anne Pinnock has opened up about the racism that she has faced since finding fame with Little Mix in 2011.The group that she formed along with Perrie Edwards, Jesy Nelson, Jade Thirlwall won The X Factor that year, the only girl group to ever win the reality competition show. They went on to have five UK number one singles, selling 75 million records worldwide and receiving over 15 billion streams.Speaking to The Guardian, however, Pinnock has explained that despite this success, she has always struggled with the way she has been treated, compared to her bandmates.“I always used to say, ‘Should I feel like this, having accomplished my dream?’,” she said.