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Little Mix star Leigh-Anne Pinnock says she was excluded from radio's sexiest female list over black skin

Leigh-Anne Pinnock says she was excluded from radio's sexiest female list over black skin.

Pregnant Leigh-Anne Pinnock believes she was left off Capital FM's sexiest female list for years because of the colour of her skin.

The 29-year-old Little Mix star, who fronts a new BBC documentary about racism in the music industry, says the fact her bandmates were included every year made her feel something wasn't 'right'.

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