Regina Harper

Estela Regina Penélope Harper (born November 22nd, 1994), known professionally as Regina Harper, is a singer/songwriter from Madrid, Spain. She was the winner of URAPS Idol 12.

Harper released her #1 debut album "How Many Miles To Hollywood?" in July 2012 to critical acclaim and huge success. The album has so far spawned three singles, "American Pie", "Your Own Reflection (Echo)" and "Sydney".

Early Life
Harper was born in midland Spain to an French/Spanish mother (Isabella Sanchez) and Spanish father (Carlos Harper). She is an only child. She attended school and graduated top of her class in 2010 before attending the URAPS Idol 12 auditions.

2011 - URAPS Idol 12
Harper auditioned for URAPS Idol 12 in July 2011. Her audition song, "My Life Would Suck Without You", failed to impress the judges much, however they let her through. Harper went on to be the winner of Idol, beating Rory Jacobs. Her winner's single, "What I Started", was written and produced by China. It charted at #3 on the singles chart and received a platinum certification.

2012 - Debut Album
Regina Harper's debut album, "How Many Miles To Hollywood?" was released on July 9th 2012. She described the album as being "strongly feminist" and it's message is to "show that woman can do what they want, we're not slaves nor will we ever be again". She says the album's sound has been inspired by the works of Lana Del Rey and Marina Diamandis. The album's lead single was the Brian Higgins produced "American Pie" which reached #1 on the uraps singles charts. The second single released was "Your Own Reflection (Echo)", which was written and co-produced by Regina herself. It charted at #3 on the Uraps singles charts. The third single lifted from the album was "Sydney".

Personal Life
Harper dated Australian hunk Caymon for 13 months. The couple had a baby girl called Sylvia Doria Kasselbaum Harper Adams on January 1st 2012. They split up in June 2012 when Caymon claimed he'd had enough of her "diva tantrums". Regina is currently in a relationship with Kieran Harris from popular boyband Difused.

Regina hit the tabloids in June 2012 with a remarkable homophobia scandal. She claimed on social-networking site, Twitter, that she believed marriage should be between a man and a woman. This caused an uproar in the music business and Regina received massiave backlash. This caused Fusion Records to put her album and single release on hold. The singer was sent for counselling as it was believed her homophobia came as a result of her own father coming out as gay when she was 11 years old, which she claimed tore her family apart. She was also sent for intense media training also before being released back into the celebrity world as a 'new' Regina. The homophobia scandal cost Regina her friendship with Arianna DiCorso.