80s pop sensation, Sinitta, has revealed that she would love to see a black girl win the role of Sandy in ITV’s television show, ‘Grease Is The Word’.

Sinitta auditioned for the role in 1993 and was gutted when Debbie Gibson got the role as she had the more traditional look.

“I suppose I’m living what I could have enjoyed through the people in the show. A black Sandy would be like saying I nearly made it and now you have. I would love it,” Sinitta told the Sunday Mirror.

“In 1993 they went with the other girl with the more traditional Sandy look. She was white and blonde and very pretty. After that final audition I went home and cried for a week. I really thought I could have been the first black Sandy. I wanted the role for me and for every other black person. It was a huge disappointment.”