Category: 2005

Nice Life, how’d you get it?

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Wanna get in on the fame game? We chatted to four celebs about the perks of being famous, and how they got there…

You were 13 when you had your big break at the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games. Did you always want to be famous?
When I was younger I told my mum and dad that I wanted to go into show business, so I started taking lessons. I was then in some musicals and got the lead in a massive production of The Wizard Of Oz. I love being a performer, I love singing and dancing, and it’s always been my dream.

Was it tough at times?
It can be tough, but you’ve just got to stick at it. My advice would be to try really hard to get different influences and lots of feedback, but still follow your dreams.

What’s the best part about being a celeb?
I love being able to put a smile on people’s faces and allow them to forget their worries while I perform!

What is the hardest part?
It would have to be putting up with other people’s false perceptions of me. I just have to keep telling myself to be strong.

Are there any celebs who you really admire?
I love Kate Hudson’s style. I also think if I met Heath Ledger I would be a little speechless!

What beauty products are you sooo lost without?
Foundation, lip gloss and eyelash curlers!

What are some of your favourite things in your wardrobe?
My white knee-high boots! I also love my leather jacket and wearing dark flared jeans.

Do you have any tips on surviving life in the public eye?
Make sure you keep your private life private, but still allow people to see the real you. Learn who to trust, too.

Source: Dolly magazine
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Dancing Queen

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We all thought Nikki Webster was such a brilliant dancer on Channel Seven’s Dancing With the Stars! So, Simone and Amanda decided to enlist Nikki’s help for a few dance tips, and while we were at it, we caught up with one of our favourite Aussie divas…

What’s been the best part about competing in Dancing With the Stars?
Being able to learn new dance styles and to wear some amazing costumes… Not to mention the cast! We have all become close during the making of the show.

Who was your toughest competition?
I don’t think that I had one particular competitor on the show. They were all pretty amazing! But if I had to narrow it down, I would say Jason Smith and Tom Williams. They are spunky boys and I know the girls are voting for them.

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Dancing Queen

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Nikki Webster has done it all! She sang with Kylie at the Olympics, had hit albums, a fashion line and most recently appeared on Channel 7’s Dancing With The Stars. Wow!

Were you disappointed when you were voted off Dancing With The Stars?
I had a really great time on the show, and it was a shame that it ended with getting a ‘one’ from Todd McKenney. I feel that because we did the tango and we were judged harshly. It wasn’t consistent with the marks that the other dancers were given. It’s a shame because I really did have the best time on the show. It was really hard with rehearsals seven days a week, but it was worth it.

Do you feel you were unfairly done by?
Well, at the time I was 17, so I couldn’t dance with the passion of someone older who had experienced it, so in that way yes. But I’m glad I did the show to learn the dances and to have fun with it at the same time. Todd made an analogy recently about the competition and that I didn’t do a tango, but he’s got to remember that we’re doing it for charity and raising money for charity. It’s a television program. It’s not a professional ballroom competition.

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Proof Of Age

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It’s okay – you won’t go to jail for looking at these photos of a purring Nikki Webster playing the sex siren. It’s her 18th birthday, and this is her coming-of-age photo shoot

IT SEEMS LIKE ONLY YESTERDAY THAT OUR Nikki Webster was the cute kid at the Olympics opening ceremony and your little sister was dancing around her Barbie’s to the strains of Strawberry Kisses. But fast-forward five short years and, lo and behold, Nikki is all grown up. In fact, you can even ask her out on a date now. We at FHM are over the moon she has become a gorgeous woman and we’re proud to present to you Nikki Webster, sexy superstar. Happy birthday, Nikki – you look damn hot.

Was it hard posing for this shoot, considering you don’t usually appear in mags like FHM? This is certainly a change of pace from the shoot you did for Barbie magazine…
No, it was great. When I was approached to do this shoot as a celebration of turning 18, the one thing I wanted was to have some control, because of everything that was bound to follow once it hit the stores. But I was happy with the way it went and I tried to make myself look as glamorous as I could.

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Game on, says Nikki

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She’s a woman, hear her purr. Now that debutante balls are out of fashion, how does an ambitious young woman mark her coming-of-age?

If you’re Nikki Webster, you celebrate with a sexy photo spread in a men’s mag.

That’s right, the little slip of a girl dangling from a wire at the 2000 Olympic Games opening ceremony is now declaring to the world she is a woman.

The Nikster turns 18 on April 30, and this is her reasoning for posing in a silk bodice and hotpants with a lascivious look in her eye for FHM.

“When I was approached to do this shoot as a celebration of turning 18 the one thing I wanted was to have some control, because of everything that was bound to follow once it hit the stores,” Webster told the mag.

“You have to remember you’re doing it because it’s what you want to do – and for every person out there who wants to attack you, there’s plenty more in your corner.”

Edited by Andrew Hornery with Ben Cubby

Source: smh.com.au

Nikki’s shock elimination

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THE TEEN IS LEFT DEVASTATED AFTER BEING GIVEN A SCORE OF ONE OUT OF TEN

Dancing With The Stars judge Todd McKenney has no regrets about giving Nikki Webster and Sasha Farber’s tango dance a score of one. “I stand by my score and comments,” says Todd.

He says Nikki and Sasha had been using far too much pizazz in their performances while forgetting the basics. “While they hinted at the tango, the music, the feel, the mood were all missing. They didn’t have a connection — the music was appalling. It was a snazzy routine, which we’ve come to expect from Nikki, but it wasn’t the tango,” he says.

But Nikki argued that last week was the first time they tried something different. “We’ve played it safe up until now … [Todd] hasn’t put anyone else down when they’ve done illegal lifts before.

“I’m upset that the judges scores are not consistent. They’re not judging everyone on the same level — they’re judging me like I’m in a professional ballroom competition, not a TV program for charity,” says the devastated teen star.

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Dancing controversy

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Dancing With the Stars contestant Nikki Webster has accused judge Todd McKenney of using her ousting from the hit rating TV show to get publicity for himself.

McKenney gave Webster and her dance partner, Sasha Farber, a score of one out of 10 after the couple performed the tango.

Fellow judge Paul Mercurio gave Webster’s performance a seven while Helen Ritchie and Mark Wilson marked it a six.

“It was pretty harsh,” Webster said.

“Todd knew what he was doing.

“This was the way he wanted it to go. He wanted a bit of publicity for himself and I think it worked because he has been doing interviews all day.”

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Nikki bares all

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NIKKI SHEDS HER GOOD-GIRL IMAGE TO POSE IN A RAUNCHY PHOTO SHOOT

Nikki Webster reveals that when she was asked to pose in a men’s magazine, she had to give it a lot of consideration before deciding she really wanted to do it.

“After I was approached … I really thought about it and thought it may be a good thing for me to do.”

The singer says the men’s lifestyle title offered to do a shoot with her as a present for her 18th birthday in April. “They wanted to say happy birthday and they thought this was a great way to do it,” reveals the bubbly teenager.

Nikki says the shoot is tasteful and that she had final say over the way she was presented. “I had creative control over what I looked like and the team I used to present my pictures, I’m really happy with the outcome – I had such a fun day,” she tells. “And once people see what I’ve done with my shoot they won’t be as shocked.”

Nikki’s role in Dancing With The Stars has allowed her to “explore becoming a woman” and she thinks posing for the men’s magazine is an extension of that growth. “The show [Dancing With The Stars] has been a fabulous thing for my image and presenting it in different ways each week to the viewers,” says the star. “I want people to see my progression into a young lady, as does every other 17-year-old – the only difference is mine is more public.”

The gorgeous blonde says she hopes her dance partner Sasha Farber will be buying the magazine when it hits newsstands. “He bought Bec Cartwright’s issue so he had better buy my issue!”

As for talk of a budding romance with Sasha, Nikki is still waiting. “He hasn’t asked me out yet – he’s a bit slow. It’s not very traditional, but maybe I’ll have to do the asking!”

Compiled by Zoë Barnes

Source: NW
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All grown up

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Nikki Webster. Semi-nude. Does that sound wrong? Men’s mag FHM doesn’t think so, having commissioned a series of racy pics of the young entertainer for an upcoming issue. An FHM spokeswoman refused to reveal what Ms Webster was doing or wearing in the shoot, but admitted it was “quite controversial”. While most of us remember Webster as the young slip of a thing who sang at the opening ceremony of the 2000 Olympics, she is now trying to project a more grown-up image. “Nikki is moving away from being a child,” says her manager, Jason Williamson. “It’s a great shoot, it shows her as an 18-year-old.” Which, strictly speaking, she’s not – Webster is two months shy of her 18th birthday. That, apparently, makes her the perfect age for an FHM debut. “We prefer girls at 18 but the cut-off is 16,” said a spokeswoman for the titillating rag. “We did shoot Holly Valance when she was 16.”

Source: smh.com.au

Nikki Webster

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Four years ago she stood up and sang at the Opening Ceremony of the Sydney Olympics. Today she’s finishing high school, designing clothes and accessories for her own fashion label and performing live for thousands of fans.

You’ve been very busy designing all of the clothes and accessories for your Nikki Webster range. Where do you come up with the ideas for your stuff?
Designing clothes is something that I’ve wanted to do for so long and I know when I was little, I wanted to wear the clothes that the 17-year-olds wore, so I used to get stuff made especially for me all the time. It’s weird though, sometimes I will be sitting down and an idea will pop into my head, so I will jot it down, but my influences come from everywhere. I travel overseas once or twice a year to places like L.A. or London to have a look at international fashion for inspiration.

A lot of the clothes in your label are pink – are you a bit of a pink girl?
Definitely, and I know that a lot of the people who wear my clothes like pink as well. It’s all of the girly stuff from my label that is in demand at the moment.

What’s your favourite item of clothing from your label?
That’s a hard one! We’ve got some stuff coming out soon which has a cartoon of me drawn on it. It’s going to be an ongoing theme and it’s one that I definitely like because it’s fun.

Four years ago you were just a normal girl, what’s it like now juggling fame, a career in singing and fashion, school and time with family and friends?
It is hard, but you never know what’s going to happen. One day you could have four things on and the next day you could have nothing. Your family and friends kind of get used to it so when you phone them up and say you’re free, they make sure they’re free as well.

Did you ever expect what this is what you’d be doing career-wise?
No, everything has just been amazing. I thought straight after the Olympics I’d go home and go back to school on Monday. (Laughs) But I thought I’d have to wait until after school to release albums so I’ve had a head start in that department!

You’ve had a pretty amazing career for someone who is only 17 years old! What has been your absolute highlight?
I think just performing. The whole package is pretty good, I’ve learned a lot about the entertainment industry and I enjoy meeting new people but I love performing. Live performance is what it’s all about.

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