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Cheryl Cole: I'd be a chav if I wasn't a popstar

Girls Aloud singer's not ashamed of past

Cheryl Cole says things would be different if she wasn't in Girls Aloud

Girls Aloud star Cheryl Cole is proud of her working class roots.

The singer, who grew up on an estate in Newcastle, thinks she's come a long way. 

'I am [a chav], thanks, and, yes, I would've have been one if I had not gone and become a popstar,' she tells Metro. 

Cheryl, 25, shot to fame in 2002 when she won Popstars: The Rivals. 

She is married to Chelsea footballer Ashley Cole, 27.

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