Joy for former Little Mix star Leigh-Anne Pinnock as her niece is found safe and well nearly 24 hours after she went missing By Matthew Lodge Published: 19:36, 23 July 2024 | Updated: 19:36, 23 July 2024 e-mail View comments Former Little Mix star Leigh-Anne Pinnock has revealed her niece has been found safe and well nearly 24 hours after going missing. The singer and actress had issued an urgent appeal to find 13-year-old Faith after she disappeared in High Wycombe on Monday with no phone or money. This sparked a search to find the teenager, with 32-year-old Ms Pinnock taking to Instagram to urge followers to keep an eye out for her as her family were 'extremely worried'.
Thames Valley Police was also drafted in to help find her, with officers in the Buckinghamshire town joining the search for Faith. However, Ms Pinnock has now shared a post saying that he niece has been found safe and well after nearly 24 hours and thanked people for their help. Leigh-Anne Pinnock revealed the happy news that her niece Faith had been found safe nearly 24 hours after she went missing The singer said she is 'extremely worried' and launched a plea on social media last night after 13-year-old Faith (pictured) went missing in High Wycombe on Monday The former Little Mix star issued two appeals to try and find her niece, who she said had disappeared without her phone or money The BLACK Project, an arts and culture group that has previously partnered with Ms Pinnock's charity The Black Fund and shared the initial appeal, wrote that Faith had been found shortly after midday.
It said: 'Thank you to absolutely everyone who shared, and the police patrol team in High Wycombe who were looking for her. Faith has now been found and she is safe. READ MORE Former Little Mix star Leigh-Anne Pinnock issues urgent appeal for her niece, 13, after she vanished 'The family are very appreciative of how many people shared and supported.
' Sharing the post on her social media, Ms Pinnock added: 'My niece has been found, I just want to thank everyone for reposting and sharing, really means everything.' The celebrity had issued two appeals to try and find Faith after the girl disappeared on Monday afternoon. In a story published on Instagram the 32-year-old said Faith had been carrying a Jordan backpack and had no phone or money on her at the time of her disappearance.
The post also contained two photos of her niece, one showing her wearing glasses with a white top, with a red streak in her black hair. The other showed the child walking down a pavement while wearing a black top, black leggings and holding a black rucksack. In Monday's post, Ms Pinnock wrote: 'Please share.
My niece Faith is missing. She was last seen wearing a black crop top, black leggings with a Jordan backpack in High Wycombe town centre. 'Please share, we are extremely worried, she has no phone or money.
Police have been informed but are yet to find her.' Leigh-Anne Pinnock issued a plea to try and find her 13-year-old niece Faith after she went missing in High Wycombe on Monday The pop star posted another story on Tuesday in which she shared an appeal to find the teenager by the Black Project and urged people to 'please call the police if you've spotted her'. Thankfully she was found safe hours later The former Little Mix star thanked her followers and the public for helping find Faith after issuing the apeals Less than 24 hours later, the pop star sent out another story in which she shared another appeal to find the teenager, which had originally been posted by The BLACK Project.
In this post, Ms Pinnock urged people to 'please call the police if you've spotted her'. READ MORE Former Little Mix star Leigh-Anne Pinnock issues urgent appeal for her niece, 13, after she vanished Ms Pinnock shares a close bond with her niece and took to social media in 2018 to support her as she struggled with her hair at school. She wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter: 'My niece of 7 years once said she didn't like her Afro & wanted to look like the other girls in her class, it broke my heart that she didn't consider what she had as beautiful.
.. Love your curls, love your Afro.
.. we need to teach young black girls that it IS just as beautiful.
' Ms Pinnock grew up in High Wycombe with her parents and two older sisters before going on to join Little Mix when it was formed during The X Factor in 2011. The female quartet would win the series, before going on to release six studio albums with her band mates Perrie Edwards, Jade Thirlwall and Jesy Nelson. Since the band broke up she has released a solo EP and been an advocate on issues such as feminism, racism and inequality.
She is married to footballer Andre Grey and the couple have a set of twin girls together who were born in August 2021. Little Mix Leigh-Anne Pinnock Share or comment on this article: Joy for former Little Mix star Leigh-Anne Pinnock as her niece is found safe and well nearly 24 hours after she went missing e-mail Add comment.
