Sugababes stars have opened up about going back to the “real world” of work during their break from fame.
Mutya Buena, Keisha Buchanan, both 38, and Siobhan Donaghy, 39, were all in the first rotation of the girl band and were just in their teens when they first began.
Siobhan was the first of the trio to leave in 2001 but slipped back into working a regular job.
She went from touring the world to earning cash at an office job as she worked behind the scenes in the fashion industry.
Siobhan told The Sun: “I was a model booker for six years and then went into property in Edinburgh.
“I also did the design for a nursery chain opening in London. I feel like I really thrived as a model booker – I felt like it was my calling, I loved it.
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“I learnt you can apply your creative mind to anything and it’s important to have done a more 9-to-5 because we are now running our own business, and that was valuable to get organised in life.”
Siobhan reportedly left the group due to rift rumours but seemed to have healed any aggro in 2013 when she returned with the original members to form MKS (their initials).
Though Siobhan moved on, Mutya wasn’t able to do the same as she said she “people would recognise” her too much.
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Despite leaving the group in 2005, she felt she was too famous to get a normal job.
Mutya said: “Siobhan had the blessing of a little bit of normality. I wish I had the opportunity to work somewhere else.
“My whole life has been in the industry, since I was 14. I couldn’t have done anything else because people would recognise me.
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“I wish I had pushed myself to brave enough to do other things. I’ve done online courses where I learnt how to do nails, hair and beauty.
“I’d love to work behind a desk in the office, in the right job I’d be out there. But I have one of them obvious faces so people would know wherever I go.”
Keisha was the last remaining original member to hold it out in the band and left in 2009.
The singer also spoke openly about her career and said: “Sugababes was my first job – and I was out of the band for like a year and a half and then I was back in MKS again.
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“I will say my life experiences (shaped me), I lost my dad two years ago, so grief and the crazy relationships I’ve had; heartbreaks and lost friends, I’ve been taken advantage of and I’ve been in legal cases, I’ve sued people I’ve trusted.
“Even those 10 years of MKS, when we were trying to get the name back through bribery, and we stood our ground.”
Source: Celebrities - dailystar.co.uk
