User:Christie Emma Ridehalgh

Christie Emma Ridehalgh (born January 20, 1984), better known by her stage name Porcelain Doll, is a performer, singer and poet.

Porcelain Doll was born Christie Emma Ridehalgh in Queens Park Hospital, Blackburn, Lancashire, the daughter of Irene Hulme and Michael James Ridehalgh, of Arabian, Irish and Spanish ancestry. Her father left the family in 1993 divorcing her mother around her eight birthday. She was raised as an only child by her poverty-stricken mother with her foster cousin Paul Hulme. On the 21st of March 1997, when she was thirteen, her father committed suicide, leaving the family with his Business Estate.

Early Life~ Christie Grew up on Cranberry Lane, Darwen, Lancashire. It was a very peaceful neighbourhood with no violence or crime away from the town. Her mother bought her a pet rottweiler called Rocky at the age of 3 who was her guardian and protection for most of her childhood. Her mother and father would invite relatives over for holidays and she would get to spend time with her cousins. Her mother would encourage her to read about astronomy and her father would encourage her to read about spirituality, religion, music and politics. For most of her childhood she enjoyed looking after her Welsh pony Wendy. After school she would rush home to see her for a ride. Her Father was a DJ and engineer before going into joint business with Irene Hulme doing commercial cleaning, hiring maids and workers for contracts around Lancashire. At the age of eight her parents wanted to cut their ties after ten years of marriage; Christie states "their relationship was very disruptive and violent.” In 1995 Christie attended Darwen Moorland High School where she enjoyed most subjects but mainly flourished in drama, art, music, geography and biology. "Everything was just fine until my father died", she stated. "I just felt like I had no one to impress anymore". In 1996 Aaron Alston Mercer was born, Christie’s half brother. "I would pray for a baby brother,” she said. “I remember the wish; I was eating a mint chocolate chip ice cream when my father gave me 50 pence to throw into the wishing well. My dream surely did come true. If not for that little one I don't know where I would be". Her father would be the one out of her parents to always push her to succeed at school; she was definitely a daddy’s girl and her mother hated being pushed to the sidelines. Many times Christie would tell her father that she wanted to be an actress and singer, he would take her to classes of dance ballet and gymnastics. Throughout her teenage years she rebelled in many ways through the loss of her father, feeling like she had no control of those she loved. Her father always wanted her to go to Darwen Vale High and in 1998, after taking a huge gap out of her classes, her mother decided to switch her school in respect of his wish. When she was only fifteen she left home with nothing to be with her boyfriend. Having disputes with her step father and mother she felt it was time to make her own way in life. Not even old enough to leave school she got her first job in a factory warehouse packing pet food; her mother still works at the same place to this day.

Modelling Career~ When Christie was seventeen she landed her first modelling role appearing in The Sun newspaper recreating a shoot from a very popular fashion magazine winning the competition."One day I would like to own my own horse ranch" she has stated.

Recently~ In September 2009 Christie Emma enrolled and attended classes of Media Arts at Blackburn College. There she studied directing, producing and editing. In October 2009 she moved to Manchester, in the process giving up her beauty salon due to long distance travel. In January 2010 she became pregnant with her first child which sadly she lost; she called him Pheonix. Not long after, in March 2010, she received test results confirming that she had cervical cancer. After performing as a burlesque dancer and doing the odd modelling assignment here and there she realised that her dreams would not be met by burlesque performances alone. She decided to be more productive and use her vocals and writings. In June 2010 Christie formed her own record label called Doll House Entertainment.