@MollieTheSats unfortunately couldn’t attend the awards this evening to accept her award in person, but she did leave a lovely acceptance speech which you can watch below:
Once again, we are proud as a website to have helped contribute to allow her to achieve this award, and thanks to everyone who actually took time out to vote for her – we thank each and every one of you individually 🙂
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Tonight @MollieTheSats will pick up her It’s Me Choice Award – of which we are personally very proud to have brought awareness of the award to The Saturdays fans – and of whom voted for Mollie to pick up this award as an Inspirational dyslexic to both The Saturdays fans and the wider community.
We championed her cause throughout the voting period, and thanks to you, who also voted for her, she actually picks up the awards tonight. The awards take place at a fancy London hotel, tickets for the event cost £250, this isn’t your normal event, so hopefully this will be respected by one and all.
In honour of this special occasion Dyslexia Action have set up a JustTextGiving code that allows you to support those with dyslexia by simply texting DAAD11 plus a donation of your choice to 70070.
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The Saturdays singer Mollie King disguises herself in public by not wearing make-up and ”looking rough”.
Mollie King goes out looking “rough” so she doesn’t get recognised.
The Saturdays singer admits she adopts “risky” tactics to go out in public unnoticed, but it is a form of disguise some of her other bandmates have also adopted.
She explained: “What I tend to do is go out looking absolutely rough and people think it can’t possibly be me. It’s a risky game though.”
Una Healy added: “I always go out without make-up on and I’ll wear a hat to cover up as much as possible – but the odd person will always catch you out.”
Mollie also admitted she was completely clueless about taking care of her appearance when she first joined the band, but was helped out by the rest of the group.
She told Now magazine: “I remember when we first went on tour, supporting Girls Aloud, I didn’t know anything about make-up.
“I’d put on a bit of concealer and Vaseline and carry a bar of soap with me in some Tupperware.
“Rochelle [Wiseman] was like, ‘What are you doing? Don’t you know about cleanse, tone and moisturise?’ ”
Source: ContactMusic
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@MollieTheSats speaks to the Metro in their 60 Second Interview 😀
Why did you want to become a singer?
I’ve always loved singing. When I was about four I loved singing along to Kylie Minogue ‘doing the Locomotion’ and whatever came on the radio. Later on, I saw Take That at Wembley and was amazed by their performance and, as a young teenager, I really loved Britney Spears.
Have you met her?
No, but I saw her concert recently. I get very star struck by virtually everyone. When we first started and did shows like GMTV, I was like: ‘Oh my God, I can’t believe I’m meeting the presenters’ and would ask to get my picture taken with everyone. We saw Timbaland in Los Angeles and I said I was going to ask for a picture and the girls said: ‘Please don’t, you’ll look like such a dork.’ I thought we might never meet him again so went over like a right nerd and said: ‘Hi Timbaland, can I get my photo taken with you?’ He said yes, at which point the other four dived in. So I’m the one who looks like a geek but they’re very happy to get in there. I try to keep my cool but I’m not very good at it.
Why did you turn your back on skiing to pursue pop stardom?
I skied from the age of six to 17 and was the youngest person to be selected for the adult England squad, which I was so proud of, but singing was what I always really wanted to do. When I was on the mountains I was wishing I was a pop singer. I reached the point where to continue with my skiing career I’d have had to move to Austria, leave school and dedicate my life to it. I decided to step away. It was a huge risk; my parents were very worried, because it’s very unlikely your dreams come true when you want to be a pop singer.
What lessons has the music industry taught you?
To harden up. When we released our first single, we got horrible comments on YouTube slating us. I phoned our management in tears saying: ‘Everyone hates us.’ As time goes by, you learn not to take those comments on board. We receive a bit of abuse every day either on Twitter or YouTube but I’m doing what I love for a living and let it all go over my head.
Do you ever Google yourself now?
No, but I have very active grandparents who have just discovered the internet and tell me all the things they’ve read about me. You want to see what the fans think of your new singles and videos but you always get one or two bad comments. Sometimes it sticks in your mind if someone says you look like a chimpanzee. I don’t understand who has time to send stuff like that.
Are you getting another reality show?
We’re talking about doing one in the US. It’s quite daunting. When we did our first one with ITV2, my attitude was I wanted to be a singer, not a reality star, and wanted to be known for being a good performer and to keep work and my private life separate. But if you do a reality show you have to do it properly. The scariest thing is you forget the cameras are there and let your guard down because you become friends with the film crew.
What are the highs and lows of dating a model?
The high is that I’m with David [Gandy] and I like him so much and he’s amazing. The lows are I’m never going to look a patch on him. I wake up and think: ‘He’s so pretty.’ Then I look at myself in the mirror and think: ‘Oh my God, I need to sort my hair out.’ That’s a low.
What’s it like seeing him topless on every bus stop in London?
It’s funny. I pass them and think: ‘There he is again, naked.’ I’m proud of him every time I see one. I text him and say: ‘I’ve just seen you on the side of a bus.’ He’s much cooler about it than I am.
How will bandmate Una Healy’s pregnancy affect The Saturdays?
It’s amazing. We see her belly grow every day and I can’t believe there’s a baby in there. She’s the first of my friends to get pregnant and I’m fascinated. We’re all going to become aunties, which is exciting. It won’t change The Saturdays too much. She’s doing all the rehearsals for the tour – she’s really fit and active.
What are the perks of fame?
Freebies are nice. The best one was a holiday to the Caribbean. I don’t think of myself as being famous. I think I’m lucky to do what I love doing. We were recording and one of the girls went to the newsagent and there was screaming from outside. I thought: ‘Why are they screaming at my friend? Has her skirt blown up?’ and then you remember they’re screaming because they’re fans and they’re excited to see her. It’s still difficult to get my head around.
What ambitions have you got for the band?
World domination. We went to Asia a couple of years ago and would love to go to Europe and the US. It’s a big place. We’re so excited about our arena tour. We want to keep selling albums and keep enjoying it. You see people who don’t enjoy it any more – we’re so lucky we still have that love for it.
The Saturdays’ single My Heart Takes Over is out now. Latest album On Your Radar follows on November 21.
Source: Metro
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@MollieTheSats speaks to the Dyslexia It’s Me charity at last weeks London event launch about her dyslexia and how finding the correct help and support goes a long way!
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Love The Saturdays Style? Here’s your chance, we have partnered with InLoveWIthFashion.com to give you the opportunity to win a LOVE Fashion Dress as worn by The Saturdays! With the ‘All Fired Up’ tour around the corner you now have the opporunity to dress in style!
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@MollieTheSats helped @dyslexiaaction open a new centre in London this week.
The Saturdays star Mollie King told today how she had to “cheat” in school to cover up her difficulty reading.
The singer, 24, spoke candidly for the first time about her struggle with dyslexia and the embarrassment she felt when she was unable to read aloud fluently in front of fellow pupils.
She said: “When you had a go around the class, reading a few paragraphs each from a book, I would sit there dreading my turn.
“I used to have my best friend next to me, whispering the hard words to me. But once I realised what the problem was, I felt much better about the fact that I wasn’t thick.”
Today she backed the Evening Standard’s literacy campaign, saying she would have “loved” a reading mentor like those in our Get London Reading scheme. The campaign has raised £220,000 so far to fund volunteers who give one-to-one reading help to children in primary schools across the capital.
With partner charity Volunteer Reading Help, our campaign has already placed 100 volunteers in 70 schools, with another 100 ready for placement in the run-up to Christmas. King added: “I have been there, so I can really relate to it. I’ve had these difficulties and I got through them.
She added: “I used to have extra tutoring after school, so I could really have benefited from these volunteers. Just knowing there are people who want to help is inspiring.”
She spoke as she opened a new teaching centre, the Help A Capital Child Learning Room in Bloomsbury. “I want to do everything I can to raise awareness and make young people and adults realise it’s not a taboo subject,” she said. “I don’t want anyone to feel they can’t achieve their ambitions if they are dyslexic.
“When I was at school, most people were planning on going to university and becoming doctors or lawyers. I wanted to be a singer and I was laughed at. It was tough but I never let anything stop me. I would like to think that in some way I could encourage young people to achieve their goals.”
The new centre, created by charity Dyslexia Action, will provide lessons for children and adults with reading and writing difficulties.
The Wandsworth-born star went to Surbiton High School and was diagnosed dyslexic at 11 after being assessed by an educational psychologist. At school, said King, “I could read but it was – and still is – a bit of a struggle. My spelling is quite good, but reading is quite slow. I did get help from my school and was allowed to do my exams on a laptop.
“I recently presented the Radio 1 Teen Awards and had to read off an autocue. I had to make sure I knew the whole script beforehand otherwise I would have struggled.”
Source: This Is London
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As you know the lovely @MollieTheSats hosted this afternoon’s BBC Radio 1 Teen Awards 2011, here’s a piece from the Daily Mail, along with a few pictures 🙂
Mollie King hosted the event with TV host Nick Grimshaw. Hardly the diva, The Saturdays band member joked that her several outfit changes were reminiscent of Mariah Carey. On the red carpet, she donned a cute strapless green dress which was clinched at the waist by a brown belt. On stage she wore a black halter-neck top tucked into a high-waisted cream skirt with a black belt. But she changed yet again intoa cream Chanel dress.
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