BGT’s adorable Bessie Cursons unrecognisable grown up and MARRIED after performing as Mary Poppins aged 11

BRITAIN’S Got Talent star Bessie Cursons is best known as the adorable 11-year-old who reached the final of the show’s first ever series. Now, 14 years on, she is in her mid-20s, married – and still very much involved in the performing arts. Her performances back in 2007 helped Simon Cowell‘s show become a ratings […]

BRITAIN’S Got Talent star Bessie Cursons is best known as the adorable 11-year-old who reached the final of the show’s first ever series.

Now, 14 years on, she is in her mid-20s, married – and still very much involved in the performing arts.

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Bessie Cursons appeared on the Britain’s Got Talent stage in 2007[/caption]

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Now married she runs a performing arts school in Portsmouth, Hampshire[/caption]

Her performances back in 2007 helped Simon Cowell‘s show become a ratings juggernaut with the pint-sized performer belting out showtunes from Mary Poppins and My Fair Lady.

Bessie’s epic rendition of Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious blew the judges away, gaining her a standing ovation.

After Britain’s Got Talent she went on to drama school in London and appeared in the Martin Freeman Christmas movie Nativity! in 2009.

The singer and actress also popped in Casualty, BBC drama By Any Means and Children’s ITV show My Phone Genie.

Bessie, who was told by BGT judge Piers Morgan “You’re going to go to the West End” after one knockout performance did just that – appearing in White Christmas and Oliver!.

She went on to found the Bessie Cursons Theatre & Dance Academy for young performers who want to follow in her footsteps.

She married boyfriend Ashley Carter in July this year with the pair heading off on honeymoon in Antigua.

Back in 2007, Bessie won over the judges but got pipped to the win by singing phone salesman Paul Potts.

After one breathtaking performance, Piers Morgan told her: “We’ve seen four of five hundred acts on Britain’s Got Talent.

“If I was to have a bet on which of those acts I thought would actually become a star one day, I would put all my money on you.”

Head judge Simon, who had made clear his dislike of showtunes, added: “You’re adorable. It was just great.

“It was professional, it was entertaining. I shouldn’t like you, but I do.”

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Her dancing and showtunes on Britain’s Got Talent impressed the British public[/caption]