Editing Sarah Harding (section)

==Early life==
Harding was born as Sarah Nicole Hardman on 17 November 1981 in [[Ascot, Berkshire]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.capitalfm.com/features/celebrity-birthdays-scorpio/sarah-harding/|title=Sarah Harding - 17th November|work=[[Capital (radio network)|Capital FM]]|access-date=17 March 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=%2BtrYPGeuDkSJedZcprilvA&scan=1|title=Index entry|access-date=5 September 2021|website=Freebmd.org.uk}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.girlsaloud.org/info.php?go=sarah |title=Sarah Harding's profile |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071227152324/http://www.girlsaloud.org/info.php?go=sarah |archive-date=27 December 2007 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/showbiz-news/sarah-harding-shining-star-girls-21489123|title=Sarah Harding 'shining star': from Girls Aloud to Coronation Street|first=Katie|last=Fitzpatrick|date=5 September 2021|website=[[Manchester Evening News]]}}</ref> She attended St Cuthbert's Primary School in [[Egham]] until 1993.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://poegham.files.wordpress.com/2021/04/11th-april-2021-2nd-sunday-of-easter.pdf|title=Newsletter|website=Poegham.files.wordpress.com|access-date=9 September 2021}}</ref> She was raised with two half brothers and moved to Stockport when she was 14 after her parents' separation. Harding's father had begun dating a younger woman, she therefore disowned her father and changed her surname to Harding.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/article/girls-aloud-singer-sarah-harding-dies-of-cancer-aged-39-wxpc69kdc|title=Sarah Harding obituary|date=6 September 2021|website=[[The Times]]}}</ref> She attended [[Hazel Grove High School]] from 1993 to 1998 and later attended [[Stockport College]] where she studied hair and beauty.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/celebs/news/2009/04/22/life-and-soul-of-the-party-115875-21297975/ |title=Girls Aloud's Sarah Harding: She dreamed of making it as a singer and now she's making the most of life at the top |work=Daily Mirror |date=22 April 2009 |location=UK |access-date=5 August 2011}}</ref> She then worked as part of the promotions team for two nightclubs in [[The Grand Central Leisure Park]] in Stockport, as a waitress at [[Pizza Hut]], a van driver, debt collector and as a [[British Telecommunications|BT]] telephone operator. She also toured North West England performing at pubs, social clubs and caravan parks to support herself. In 2002, she was recording dance tracks when she decided to audition for UK talent-search shows. She auditioned for ''[[Fame Academy]]'' and ''[[Popstars|Popstars: The Rivals]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2009/04/25/life-and-soul-of-the-party-115875-21306942/ |title=Life And Soul of the Party |work=Daily Mirror |location=UK |date=25 April 2009 |access-date=5 August 2011}}</ref> It was in the latter on which she found fame, pulling out of ''Fame Academy'' after being accepted into the first round of ''Popstars''. Harding also entered ''[[FHM]]''{{'}}s [[High Street Honeys]] 2002, the magazine's national beauty contest. Her pictures appeared in the top 100, but Harding withdrew upon achieving success on ''Popstars''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/fashion-news/girls-alouds-sarah-confesses-all-1029213|title=Girls Aloud's Sarah confesses all|first=Simon|last=Donohue|date=15 February 2007|website=Manchester Evening News}}</ref>