This past year has held so many wonderful landmarks on her meteoric rise to fame. And earlier this evening (November 6), Leona Lewis was the belle of the ball at the 2008 MTV European Music Awards.

The “Bleeding Love” songstress arrived on the red carpet looking angelic in a strapless pale pink dress teamed with a pair of open-toed silver strap heels.

As for Katy Perry’s “obsession” with her, Leona told press that she was unbelievably flattered, though she doesn’t foresee any real-life depictions of her hit song “I Kissed a Girl.”

Lewis commented, “It’s very flattering. Katy came to one of my shows in Los Angeles. She was really funny and lovely. I don’t really have girl crushes that often. I probably had people who I admire but I don’t know about a crush in that sort of way.”

Leona Lewis says people who wear fur have "something seriously wrong with them".

The 'Bleeding Love' singer, who is a staunch vegetarian, can't understand why anyone would want to wear a coat made from animal skin.

She said: "It's such an old school way of doing things. I can't begin to imagine that people who know all these animals have been killed to make a coat can still wear it. There must be something seriously wrong with them."

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Leona, 23, recently turned down a reported £1 million to open exclusive London department store Harrods' sale because the shop sells fur.

She said: It's such an old school way of doing things

Although she is keen to point out she does not dislike Harrods, Leona claims she could not accept money to condone something she hates.

She added to Britain's Hello! magazine: "I don't have anything against the store or the owner - all I am against is fur. I think it's totally cruel and I can't endorse or support anything related to that as it's against my beliefs, no matter what you pay me.

"I don't have any bad feelings towards Harrods, I just have feelings against them selling fur - it's wrong and you have to stand up for that."