Before Leona Lewis bagged the £1million record deal on X Factor, she was a waitress in Pizza Hut trying to save up for studio sessions.
The X Factor winner, who celebrated her 37th birthday this week, was finding it difficult to secure a deal after leaving the BRIT school, so she auditioned for the smash hit show.
From the get go, Leona was the favourite and won by a landslide back in 2006, defeating Ray Quinn in the final, under the mentorship of Simon Cowell, writes The Mirror.
