Winner of the Leona Lewis Creative Invite, Lilyana Maslenishka from Talenthouse on Vimeo.

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Leona wears the winning design at the Royal Variety Performance 2012 during the finale performance with Cee Lo Green and is pictured wearing the dress meeting Princess Anne.

Watch Leona perform tracks from her new EP Hurt (Available now) on the Royal Variety Performance tonight on ITV1 from 7:30pm

Leona has been in the studio finishing her forthcoming third studio album Glassheart, set for release next year.  Most recently she has been working with acclaimed British producer Fraser T Smith who has worked with names such as Adele, Kylie Minogue, Cee-Lo Green, Britney Spears and Ellie Goulding.  After working together on songs for the new album they decided to put together an EP to be released for fans while Glassheart is being finished.

Of the EP Leona said, ‘I have been enjoying my time in the studio with Fraser so much and we felt that this EP would be a nice treat for fans whilst they wait for us to finish the album.‘

Click the EP artwork to download your copy today!

She also had time to talk about her upcoming performance on the X Factor this weekend. She’ll be singing at the live final in Wembley on Saturday evening, so remember to tune in!

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Leona and Afrojack are no strangers to the Grammy Awards, Leona is a double Grammy Award winner and three time nominee picking up Best Pop Vocal awards in 2009.  Afrojack picked up his grammy award for his work with David Guetta on Madonna’s ‘Revolver’.

The 54th Annual Grammy Awards are being held in Los Angeles on Sunday 12th February 2012.

Winner “Radiance of Stars: Glamour for a Femme Fatale” By Lilyana Maslenishka

Runner Up “Believe” By Josie Smith

Runner Up “Wings of Freedom ” By Francisco Aguilar

Global Angels is the 100% charity that helps disadvantaged children and communities across the world. It is an international charity that work in partnerships resourcing best-practice-projects empowering children, young people and communities – their ‘100% Projects’. Every penny received from public donations goes directly to the ‘100% Projects’ providing water, food, education, homes, medical care and resources to transform lives.

Tickets for the two and a half hour concert are available now priced £55 and £70 from angelevents@globalangels.org

All items are available exclusively through Leona’s official online store, so check some names off your Christmas list before this amazing offer ends.

Click the image below to visit the official web store. Happy shopping!

Today Leona reveals that will be joined by editor of British Glamour magazine Jo Elvin and fashion designer William Tempest to help her choose the winning design.

Jo Elvin has edited Glamour since its launch in 2001.  Within a year of launching Glamour became the UK’s biggest selling glossy monthly, a position the magazine has maintained ever since.  Jo has won countless industry awards as well as establishing one of the biggest annual events of the year, the Glamour Women of the Year Awards.

William Tempest is a British fashion designer.  After studying womenswear design at The London College of Fashion he went on to work for Giles Deacon in London and Jean Charles de Castelbajac in Paris, before starting up his own label, creating luxurious, modern and contemporary designs which have been worn by the crème de la crème of stylish British women, including Victoria Beckham, Kate Moss, Emma Watson, Lily Allen and, of course, Leona.

Leona said: “I’m extremely thrilled to be joined by Jo and William.  They are two people who are leaders in the field of fashion and that I’ve had the privilege of working with before. They take this competition to a whole new level.”

Click here to find out how you can get involved.

This amazing one-off opportunity to open to fans and budding designers alike and the winning design will be brought to life by a professional team.  If this wasn’t enough a professional photo of Leona wearing the outfit will be taken for the winner to use in their portfolio and the winner and two runners up (chosen by Leona as well) will have their work featured across Leona’s website and social media channels as well as receiving cash prizes. 

Talking about this idea Leona said: “I love fashion, creativity and designing my own outfits.  I can’t wait to see what people come up with.  I think it’s really important to support creative individuals and the future names of tomorrow. I’m passionate about animal welfare and everything I wear always holds true to this - we want to find the next Stella McCartney out there! I’m really happy to be teaming up with Talenthouse to make this special competition work.  Good luck everybody.”

For full terms, details and to get started please visit: www.talenthouse.com

In keeping with her ethical views Leona has asked that all designs submitted are animal friendly. Designs must be submitted by 17th November. Voting period for people’s choice design: November 18th – 23rd .Winner announced 1st December

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“Since the first day I visited Hopefield Animal Sanctuary I knew it would become a big part of my life. The work they are doing to save these abused and neglected animals is essential, they would simply have nowhere else to go if this sanctuary wasn’t here. At Hopefield these animals get to live out their lives peacefully and free from abuse. I have made it my mission to rebuild and rescue this sanctuary and help these animals who deserve better but i need your help!” - Leona

Leona’s passion about animal welfare and has recently led her to become the patron and trustee of Hopefield Animal Sanctuary, a non-profit organisation caring for around 200 sick, unwanted and mistreated animals.

The Essex based sanctuary cares for a variety of animals including horses, donkeys, goats,sheep, pigs, chickens, geese, ducks, cats and more recently has become home to smaller animals such as rabbits, guinea pigs and chinchilla’s.

‘‘We have 2 christmas events coming up on Nov 27th and Dec 18th , please check out our website for more information on them and ways you can support my mission here’‘

To find out more or how you can donate please Click here

Twenty million dogs are brutally killed every year. That’s 38 every minute. They die in horrific ways including poisoning, beating and electrocution. The video below contains disturbing images of this cruelty but the real tragedy is that killing dogs doesn’t stop the spread of rabies – one of the main reasons behind such culls. Mass vaccination is the only solution.

Rabies: a global problem with a global solution

WSPA is calling on governments worldwide to stop killing dogs and start running effective dog vaccination programmes. WSPA wants every vaccinated dog to be fitted with a red collar so that communities know which vulnerable animals have been protected against rabies.

“I think it’s absolutely horrific that 20 million dogs are killed every year, often because of the fear of rabies, whenthere is an alternative solution,” said WSPA celebrity supporter Leona Lewis, “I really want to help WSPA to spread the word worldwide and end the cruelty that is happening at the moment. By educating people and getting vaccinations out there, we’re not only helping dogs, but entire communities.”

Click here for more information of the WSPA’s Red Coller cammpaign.