Her first audition was "You Oughta Know" by Alanis Morissette.

Perrie attended Radipole Primary School in Weymouth, Dorset before moving back to South Shields. She is a graduate of St. Peter and Paul RC Primary School, in South Shields, and attended Mortimer Community College, also in South Shields, for five years, where she excelled in both academic and performance subjects. Edwards transferred and graduated from Newcastle College, where she received a BTEC in Performing Arts.

She began dating UK singer and former One Direction member Zayn Malik in May 2012. The couple got engaged in August 2013 but broke up in August 2015.

It is rumoured that she is currently dating football player Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.

Perrie has a total of four pets.

In November 2012, Perrie Edwards and her former fiancée Zayn Malik adopted a boy dog named Hatchi.

Facts About Perrie

1. Her parents were singers, which inspired Perrie to pursue singing.

2. Her style inspiration are Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen.

3. Her nicknames are Pez, Perrie Winkle and her dad calls her Pep.

4. Her Chinese astrology sign is 1993 Rooster.

5. She loves eating.

6. She was almost 17 when she had her first kiss.

7. She shares a birthday with Jessica Simpson and Jason Orange.

8. Her favourite colour is blue.

9. Her favourite musicians are Christina Aguilera, Beyoncé, Mariah and Steve Perry.

10. Her favourite clothes shop is TopShop.

11. Her favourite movies are ALL of the movies and she couldn't pick a favorite.

12. Her favourite albums / songs are Ed Sheeran - ‘+’, Bon Jovi - 'My Life'

13. She performed at school singing shows, but never thought of herself as a great singer.

14. Her first celebrity crush is "The boy from S Club Juniors with the brace, I can't his name".

15. Her guilty pleasure/weirdest crush is John Smith from Pocahontas.

16. Her favorite Little Mix performance in X Factor is E.T.

17. Her birth sign is cancer (sign of the crab) and the 4th sign of the zodiac.

18. Her and Jade were both born on a Saturday.

19. Perrie can make a really good goat impression.

20. She loves to change her hair colour.

21. Perrie was named after Steve Perry.

22. She is the only member of the group that hasn't got tattoo.

23. She has no sense of smell.

24. Her favourite TV channel is Disney Channel and Nickelodeon.

25. She got her nose pierced when she was in the US.

26. She doesn't like roller costers.

27. Her favourite song from the One Direction's album "Up All Night" is 'More Than This'.

28. She loves wearing bracelets that fans gave to her.

29. Perrie likes guys with rugged looks who can make her laugh.

30. She mostly shops at Urban Outfitters, TopShop, River, American Apparel and Vintage.

31. She once got hate for spelling Zayn's name as Zayne.

32. She costantly start shaking her legs while sitting cross legged.

33. Her favorite song from TLC is "No Scrubs"

34. Before being famous she never used to wear make up.

35. She used to live in New Zealand.

36. Perrie eats 9 packets of crisps a day.

37. Perrie gave Zayn the hat he wore at the Olympics because he was nervous.