'They have become Mr and Mrs Average' he said.Ī more complex explanation was first put forward by Darwin in 1876, who described a biological phenomenon called heterosis or hybrid vigour. Other high-profile figures include Ryan Giggs and Tiger Woods, he told the British Psychological Society conference in Stratford on Avon.ĭr Lewis said humans are drawn to 'average' faces when they rate attractiveness, which could mean mixed race faces emerge the winners out of an amalgam of black, white and brown. This study was an attempt to put this to the wider test. Ryan Giggs decribes his father as ‘black’ and himself as ‘mixed race.’ĭr Lewis said 'Previous, small scale, studies have suggested that people of mixed race are perceived as being more attractive than non-mixed-race people. His paternal grandfather is from Sierra Leone. Manchester United footballer Ryan Giggs is of primarily Welsh descent, but is one-quarter Sierra Leonean. Her father, Aural Josiah Lewis is of Afro-Guyanese descent and her mother Maria Lewis is Welsh. X Factor star Leona Lewis is half Guyanese and half Welsh. His mother, Carmen Lockhart, is white British, while his paternal grandparents are from Grenada and emigrated to the United Kingdom in the 1950s. Berry’s father, Jerome Jesse Berry, was an African American.įormula one champion Lewis Hamilton is half white British and half Grenadian. Oscar winner Halle Berry is half Caucasian and half African American. His father Barack Obama Senior is a Luo from the Nyanza province of Kenya. Although he was born in Hawaii, his mother Ann Dunham is from Kansas and has primarily English heritage. His mother Kultida Woods (née Punsawad) is originally from Thailand and has Chinese and Dutch ancestry as well as Thai.īarack Obama is half Caucasian and half Kenyan. His father Earl Woods was of mixed African American, Chinese and Native American heritage. He refers to his ethnic make-up as ‘calabinasian’ – coined from Caucasian, Black, American Indian, and Asian. Leona is an avid animal rights activist.Tiger Woods is one quarter Chinese, one quarter Thai, one quarter African American, one eighth Native American, and one eighth Dutch. She s has been a vegetarian since she was 12 and has been vegan since 2012. She has two brothers: an older half-brother Bradley and a younger brother Kyle. Leona’s father Aural Josiah “Joe” Lewis is of Afro-Guyanese descent, and her mother Maria is of Welsh, Irish, and Italian descent. Leona is best known for winning The X Factor and her massive hit “Bleeding Love.” She was nominated in 2016 for a CMT Award for her cover duet with Adam Lambert of Little Big Town‘s “Girl Crush.” Leona will be making her Broadway debut in July 2016 as Grizabella in a revival of Cats. She has continued to record and tour as well as appear as a guest judge on The X Factor. Her international breakthrough came in 2007 with her massive hit “Bleeding Love,” which was written by U.S. She won the competition and her cover of Kelly Clarkson‘s “A Moment Like This” rocketed to number one in the U.K.
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After years of struggling without success she tried out for season three of the British X Factor TV talent show in 2006 and landed a spot to be mentored by Simon Cowell. She was writing her own songs and worked as a waitress and receptionist to fund her recording sessions. She attended the BRIT School of Performing Arts but quit at age 17 to pursue her musical career. Leona Lewis (born Apin Islington, England) is a British singer.
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