Beyoncé: 'I used to be a tomboy'

Beyoncé Knowles has revealed that she used to dress like a tomboy.

The R&B star admitted that her fashion sense angered her mother, Tina, when she was younger.

"Growing up, I was a tomboy," she told InStyle. "I refused to carry a purse and wouldn't wear a dress. That was the eighties and it was all about the hip-hop influence - baggy jeans and big shirts. [My mother] hated it!"

Discussing her current fashion icons, the 'Crazy In Love' singer said: "Charlize Theron is always beautiful and feminine. I love her couture looks and dramatic silhouette. Halle Berry is elegant and sophisticated.

"I love that in the seventies Cher and Diana Ross looked like superstars and never played it safe. When they were onstage, they gave you drama - and I love drama."

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