LONDON: 'Bleeding Love' singer Leona Lewis is proud to be a ''nice person'', even though people constantly criticise her for being ''too sweet''.

Leona Lewis doesn't think her "niceness" is a disadvantage in the music industry.

The 'Bleeding Love' singer is proud to be a "good person", and insists it doesn't mean she lets people walk all over her.

She explained to Britain's Cosmopolitan magazine: "People are always saying, 'She's really sweet', and it's like, 'I've been brought up properly by my parents and I'm respectful to people'.

"So I think, 'What, is it bad to be a good person?' I don't think so. I'm quite quiet and it takes me a while to come out of myself and be comfortable, but just because I'm polite and nice doesn't mean I can be pushed over. I'm not confrontational, but I will speak my mind."

Leona - who shot to fame when she won British TV singing contest 'The X Factor' in 2006 - will release her second album 'Echo' on November 13.