Leigh-Anne Pinnock suffered racist abuse aged nine

Leigh-Anne Pinnock suffered shocking racist abuse at the age of nine.

The Little Mix star revealed that the first time she ever encountered racism was at school when a bully told her she was from the "jungle".

Speaking on Channel 4's 'The Talk', in which Black celebrities recount their experiences with racism, Leigh-Anne said: "In primary school, a boy wrote on a bit of paper, 'Name: Leigh-Anne. Age: Nine. Nationality: Jungle'.

The star explained when she saw it, her heart dropped and she knew it was racism.

Leigh-Anne recently shared a video on Instagram, explaining that she often felt like the "least favoured" member of Little Mix due to her skin colour and admitted to constantly feeling like she has to work ten times harder to make her case in the group.

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