Nikki Webster Press Archive

Nikki Webster, the young performer who stole the hearts of the nation at the Opening and Closing ceremonies of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games, has joined forces with Warner Bros. Movie World in 2001.

In her new role as ambassador of the theme park, Nikki’s considerable talents are being utilised to promote the theme park’s newest ride – the Road Runner Rollercoaster.

Enjoying the transition from performing at the Sydney Olympic Games ceremonies in September, to being a team member at an internationally renowned theme park and entertainment venue, Nikki said the new partnership with Warner Bros. Movie World is a dream come true.

“I am really glad to be a part of the Warner Bros. Movie World team and a great family of artists”, said Nikki. “Appearing alongside my favourite Warner Bros. characters like Bugs Bunny, Tweety and Tazzie Devil is fantastic”, she said.

Chief Executive Officer, John Menzies, said the alliance is a mutually beneficial partnership with Nikki’s talent an asset to the park.

“Having such a great young talent like Nikki join the Warner Bros. Movie World team in 2001 is a real coup for the theme park”, said Mr Menzies. “We have already received a very positive reaction to Nikki when she performed at Warner Bros. Movie World in early January and we are excited about her new role in 2001”.

Source: movieworld.com.au

Nikki Webster, the 13-year-old star of the Olympic Torchlight at the Sydney Olympiad opening ceremony, will come to Beijing on April 14 to participate in a series of activities in support of the bid for Beijing’s 2008 Olympics. This was made known by some sponsoring units on Tuesday.

Nikki will arrive in Beijing on April 14 for a large-scale evening party for “Welcome 21st Universiade, Bid for Olympics” co-organized by Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Bid Committee (BOBICO), China Central Television Station, 21st Universiade Organizing Committee and supported by Australia International Trade Association.

In addition, she will also attend a mascot hand-over ceremony for Beijing’s bid of 2008 Olympics held April 17 in Diaoyutai State Guesthouse Hotel and another support ceremony to be held by mayors of 100 Chinese cities.

According to reports, Nikki is considering over her cooperation with some Chinese media, film companies, financial institutions and enterprises, in which she will shoot for public ads for Beijing’s bid for the 2008 Olympics.

Source: People’s Daily Online

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JUST months after making a splash at the Olympics, 13-year-old Nikki Webster has been named the face of Jager Cosmetic’s “It’s a Girl Thing” range.

The bubbly teen was in the spotlight at last weekend’s Australian Offshore Championships in Sydney, joined by hairdressing high roller Stefan to christen his new race boat and launch the cosmetics range.

The range, targeted at young women, includes face powder, lipsticks and eyeshadow and is manufactured in Australia.

Stefan said Nikki was an inspiration to young women and a perfect choice to promote the brand.

“Nikki is ideal for the ‘It’s a Girl Thing’ range,” Stefan said. “Her spectacular involvement in the Olympic Games opening ceremony is testament to the idea that you can achieve great things if you set your mind to it.”

Nikki is also embracing the new venture with open arms.

“It’s great to be part of the ‘It’s a Girl Thing’ range. When I am out and about performing, it’s great to wear such fantastic products.”

The range will be distributed through clothing retailer Supre, Stefan’s chain of hairdressing salons and selected fashion outlets.

A national campaign incorporating POS material is being used to support the launch.

Source: bandt.com.au

SHE represented Australia growing up as a nation at the Olympic opening ceremony, but performer Nikki Webster is now growing up herself.

The 13-year-old is starting to use make-up, and was named yesterday as the face of Jager Cosmetics’ young women’s range.

“It’s a range for young women, and it’s so good to have someone young promoting it. It’s a great opportunity,” she said.

Nikki said she and her friends used make-up at weekends, but were not allowed to wear it to school. “I love make-up, and pink is my favorite color.”

The Jager range with the slogan “It’s a girl thing” boasts face powder, eyeshadow, lip-sticks and perfume as well as skin care products aimed at teenage girls.

Yesterday Nikki met Stefan, who owns a hairdressing salon chain and who raced at Sans Souci, Sydney, where the launch was held.

Source: The Herald Sun

Jenny Brown followed our hero girl on a 4352km journey as she brought Christmas cheer to families in the bush.

They came from everywhere, crossing the desert in dusty utes and trucks and four-wheel drives.

The children carried candles, their dads swigged cans of beer – and they travelled hundreds of kilometers just to see and hear Nikki Webster sing.

The 13-year-old star of the Olympics opening ceremony was Queen of the Outback during an epic, 4352km whistleshop tour aboard the Indian Pacific train.

Mobbed wherever she went – even in the middle of nowhere – Nikki travelled from coast to coast bringing festive cheer to some of this country’s most isolated communities.

And if our hero girl looked small in the centre of Stadium Australia, she seemed tinier still surrounded by the empty vastness of the Nullabor!
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“It’s a fearless talent,” says theatrical producer John Frost of Nikki Webster, the Sydney schoolgirl who rose above enormous sea creatures and floated into fame at the Olympic opening ceremony. “This kid just walks in and takes over and just commands the stage.” And she’s about to take charge of a lot more. When WHO caught up with Nikki just after her mesmerising and angelic performance as Dream Girl, the then 12-year-old spoke of her big chance. “I hope it makes me well-known,” she said, “because my dream is to make a CD and to be in a movie. And if I am well-known, people will buy the CDs and watch the movies – that would be my dream.” She must sleep with fairy dust under her pillow: earlier this month Nikki signed with Gotham/BMG Records and will soon take centre-stage in the recording studio. But first up is a trip to South Africa in February to star in the Hollywood film Vanilla Gorilla. Says Frost, who discovered Nikki when he cast her in his ’99 production of The Sound of Music: “I see a major career for Nikki.” That might be the understatement of the year.

Source: Who Magazine
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LITTLE Nikki Webster is immediately identifiable to nearly every Australian. Put her before an audience – of a dozen or a billion – and she sings her heart out. Put her in front of a photographer, and she’s all smiles and big, brown eyes. Happy to oblige. Tilt your head. Sure. Look that way. Sure. Smile… well, just try to stop her.

She’s thrilled to be recognised in the street, to be asked to sign autographs and pose for happy snaps. The PR machine has coached Nikki well. Every question receives a positive, happy response, but her nervous, girlish giggles reveal a little shyness.

And privately? She’s probably just a normal 13-year-old kid. She loves shopping for clothes, listening to music, horse riding, seeing her friends, playing with her maltese-cross dogs.

But Nikki is already a Very Big Star who has signed movie and album deals, appeared as a cover girl, sung to a worldwide audience and calls Kylie Minogue a friend.
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