Meet Boho, Swagger, Cutie and Fiery! Perrie Edwards christens Little Mix with nicknames... just like the Spice Girls

By Nadia Mendoza

Last updated at 8:15 AM on 20th December 2011

The Spice Girls catapulted to fame with the help of nicknames, making fans across the globe relate to each of them individually.

And just as Sporty, Posh, Ginger, Baby and Scary became household name - it seems Little Mix have cottoned on, with Perrie Edwards christening the quartet with new titles.

The South Shields teenager, 18, claims she is 'Boho', while bandmate Jesy Nelson is Swagger Mix, Jade Thirlwall is 'Cutie Mix' and Leigh-Anne Pinnock is 'Fiery'.

Haute couture: Little Mix get festive on Grazia magazine's Christmas cover, wearing heeled ankle boots and McQ by Alexander McQueen dresses

Haute couture: Little Mix, from left, Jesy Nelson, Leigh-Anne Pinnock, Perrie Edwards and Jade Thirwall, get festive on Grazia's Christmas cover wearing heeled ankle boots and McQ by Alexander McQueen dresses

In this exclusive photoshoot for Grazia magazine’s Christmas cover, the girls look incredible in heeled ankle boots and McQ by Alexander McQueen dresses.

With their new found fame, an influx of party invitations and VIP events will be winging their way to the 'lil' muffins', but Perrie maintains they will stay on the straight and narrow.

'Me and Jesy don’t drink alcohol. None of us have ever smoked a cigarette. There are no boys for us, we’re going to be like nuns. Boys are off the menu, yes. We’re just focusing on this.

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'The thing that’s good is we're all different, so every girl can relate to one or other of us. I’m like Boho with an Urban Edge Mix, Jesy’s Swagger Mix, Jade is Cutie Mix and Leigh-Anne’s Streetie, Fiery Mix.'

Jade added: 'I've got a boyfriend but he's at home letting me get on with this. He knows how much I want it. He's not threatened, but it's going to be hard. We'll see what happens.'

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Speaking of being the first girl group - and only band - ever to win The X Factor, Jade said: 'There is stigma and I don’t know why. Maybe girl groups seem threatening to other girls, and that’s mostly who votes, maybe because they’re dressed up all sexy.

'We aren’t very sexy, that’s just not us. We don’t act like we’ve got to impress anyone and we’re just silly. Once we realised we had girls’ votes on our side, once we felt we had that support, it was amazing. Because it’s about time, isn’t it? That girls liked girls?'

Born performers: Little Mix performed at a private event, believed to be a Bar Mitzvah, next door to the Finchley Synagogue in London

But despite their soaring popularity, Jesy is still the victim of cyber bullying regarding her weight: 'I still get it now... Still, seeing it written down is hard. I told my mum, "I'm a lot tougher than you think!"

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'What's upsetting is the amount of girls who've written to me and messaged me because they’re being bullied, too.

'I mean, it’s amazing because they say they don't feel alone anymore. But then it's upsetting because there are so many of them'.

With fame and fortune on the horizon, their bank balances are likely to take on a whole new dimension, with Leigh-Anne saying she’d like to be rich and Jesy hoping to meet Simon Cowell.

Jesy said: 'I think it will happen in January. He sent us some flowers. I actually love him. I was gutted he wasn't on the show this year.'

Speaking of their freebies, Leigh-Anne said: 'The best thing I've had so far is a fake fur coat from Topshop, but someone stole it from the contestants' green room at Wembley!

'I like high street stores. Republic, River Island and I love Topman’s jumpers. I've got a wicked sweatshirt with Fleetwood Mac on the front.'

Having the final word, Jesy said: 'We want to be internationally successful. The important thing is that this is not just a two year thing. We want it to last forever. I can’t live without these girls.'

Little Mix are appearing on The X Factor Live Tour, which kicks off from February 25 2012.

Yesterday, the celebrated their debut single Cannonball reaching No1 in the UK charts.

The full feature appears in this week’s Grazia magazine, on sale now.

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'They could be bigger than the Spice Girls': X Factor favourites Little Mix backed by Simon Cowell to be the next big girl group

By Georgina Littlejohn

Last updated at 11:16 AM on 10th December 2011

They've wowed the judges and audiences and viewers alike with their staying power and have become one of this year's most talked about X Factor finalists.

And even if they don't walk away with the coveted crown on Sunday's final show, Little Mix are still set to take the charts by storm, thanks to Simon Cowell.

Reports today have suggested that the music mogul is to give the four girls a record contract worth millions in an attempt to make them stars on both sides of the Atlantic.

'They could be bigger than the Spice Girls': X Factor finalists Little Mix backed by Simon Cowell as the next big girl group

The Sun has claimed that Cowell will kick start their pop career with a joint tour with boy band One Direction, who have also found fame after finishing third on last year's show.

Speaking to the newspaper, a source close to Cowell said: 'Simon is thrilled by the quality of this year's finalists - but he's extra excited about Little Mix. He genuinely believes they could be bigger than the Spice Girls.

'He's had huge successes in his career but a massive girl band has not really been one of them.'

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Backing them all the way: Simon Cowell is set to sign Little Mix and thinks they will be as big as the Spice Girls

And last night, Little Mix's Jade Thirlwall said: 'We'd love to be as good as the Spice Girls.'

The Spice Girls - Melanie Brown, Melanie Chisholm, Victoria Beckham, Emma Bunton and Geri Halliwell - shot to fame in 1996 when their debut single Wannabe went to number one in 30 countries and to this day remain the most successful girl group of all time.

Halliwell left in 1998 and three years later in 2001, the remaining members announced they were taking an indefinite hiatus, before all five reformed in 2007 for a year-long world tour.

The source added: 'The Spice Girls set the bar high but Simon thinks there's no reason Little Mix can't better them.

'They are young and they work phenomenally hard, so the sky's the limit. There hasn't been such love for a girl band in years.'

Cowell is set to watch this weekend's final via satellite in Los Angeles and has reportedly been telling his friends in the music industry to watch out for Little Mix who he said are 'going to be massive'.

Even the Spice Girls think so, as Emma Bunton, who was known as Baby Spice, said she was backing them to take the X Factor crown.

She said: 'I really, really hope they win. I think they're brilliant to watch and I think they could be really big.

'They work well together and they've got a great connection. I can see they are having fun and that's what it was like for the Spice Girls. I can see they've got that edge too.'

Time to heat things up: Leigh-Anne Pinnock and Perrie Edwards wrap up warm as they leave their London hotel today for rehearsals

Cheer up - you're the favourites! Jade Thirlwall looks a bit glum as she but band mate Jesy Nelson looked as though she couldn't wait to start rehearsing