By RICHARD ZACHARIAH<\/p>\n
IT is no coincidence that Nikki Webster’s dog is called Star. To be a star is her reason for living and her life is dedicated to the stellar heights of show business.<\/p>\n
“I love being on stage; I just want to make people happy,” she said.<\/p>\n
She is prepared to work for it and, in fact, has spent more than half her life becoming the overnight sensation we now know.<\/p>\n
The 13-year-old star of the Olympic opening ceremony began as a professional at age five, appearing in a TV commercial for biscuits.<\/p>\n
Now, the McDonald Performing Arts College student devotes about 30 hours a week to a mixture of study, singing, dancing and acting.<\/p>\n
While Nikki stole our hearts on Friday night and while we feared for her flying 30m above us, she was not the least bit nervous.<\/p>\n
But as she sat in the back garden of her parents’ Croydon home yesterday, with an NBC crew setting up for yet another interview, there was just a hint of tiredness on her face – not surprising after only 11\/2 hours’ sleep.<\/p>\n
Her face lights up, though, at the thought of featuring in a movie, or making a CD.<\/p>\n
“All I have ever wanted to do was to dance and sing, and now the only thing I really want to do is cut a CD and make a movie,” she said.<\/p>\n
They may be within reach after Friday night and Nikki’s agent, Lisa Hamilton, hints that a recording contract could be just around the corner.<\/p>\n
Her parents, Mark and Tina, are a little more conservative and put that in the category of dreams. “I want what she wants,” her father says simply.<\/p>\n
Source: The Sunday Telegraph<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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