Let\u2019s get one thing very straight. Nikki Webster has never done drugs, overdosed on booze, disgraced herself at nightspots, dried out in rehab or even suffered from an eating disorder.<\/p>\n
Shady figures in nightclub bathrooms have offered her pills. Yes, she once trashed Michael Jackson\u2019s hotel room and Rove McManus pretended to spike her lemonade \u2013 but that\u2019s the extent of any scandal in the past of the pint-sized singer.<\/p>\n
\u2018So much can go wrong with young performers crossing over into adult entertainers,\u2019 says Nikki, who flew to global fame in front of billions of TV viewers as \u2018Hero Girl\u2019 in the opening ceremony of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games.<\/p>\n
\u2018I\u2019m so lucky to be doing what I\u2019m doing and not to have faded out or ended up in rehab. On the negative side, that means I\u2019m probably not juicy enough to interest a lot of people\u2026\u2019 <\/p>\n
What about the uproar over her raunchy shots in men\u2019s magazines? The cruel rumour she paid celebs to attend her 21st birthday party?<\/p>\n
Still hurt, Nikki admits she attracts more than her fair share of bitchiness. She doesn\u2019t know why but she defies her critics, saying: \u2018Nobody\u2019s ever found me drunk in a ditch, and I guess that\u2019s unusual for someone who\u2019s grown up in the public eye. But I\u2019d rather just be Nikki, who creates controversy without doing anything wrong! I\u2019m quite strong-minded. I don\u2019t do anything I don\u2019t want to do.\u2019 <\/p>\n
Miss independent<\/b><\/p>\n
At 13, Nikki resisted record company attempts to straighten her trademark curls. And at 22, she still does things her way, with the independent release of her new single Devilicious on June 12.<\/p>\n
\u2018I\u2019ve put my whole heart into it, and this is the real me \u2013 I feel like a virgin in the music industry,\u2019 she grins, enjoying a poke at her squeaky-clean image.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s taken Nikki four years of experimentation working in LA and Nashville to discover her new direction. Proudly independent, she was often lonely overseas but learnt a whole new appreciation of her Sydney family \u2013 parents Mark and Tina, and brother Scott, 24. <\/p>\n
\u2018I tried writing country music and went down the rock road,\u2019 she says. \u2018But Devilicious was a natural progression. This is who I am. I\u2019m very pop and dance-based.\u2019<\/p>\n
All work, no play<\/b><\/p>\n
Dancing With The Stars\u2019 Todd McKenney, who gave Nikki one out of 10 for the tango during her 2005 stint on the show, may beg to differ. Yet Nikki got the last laugh, as she often does, by sashaying into a romance with dance partner Sasha Farber until travel and career tore their two-step apart.<\/p>\n
\u2018Yes, I\u2019m single,\u2019 says Nikki, who runs a dance school with her brother. \u2018Sasha and I are still very close friends but there was no time to see each other, and I was too young to get locked down.<\/p>\n
\u2018I\u2019ve been in a relationship with my music and dance for the past year or so \u2013 I can\u2019t find anyone!\u2019<\/p>\n
For the record, her ideal man would be as driven and focused as her, sexy \u2013 \u2018abs are nice\u2019 \u2013 and have a great sense of humour. She says: \u2018One day I\u2019d like to have a wonderful man who appreciates me for who I am, and a house with a courtyard and, hopefully, lots of healthy children. <\/p>\n
But firstly, I\u2019d like my dance studio to grow and grow, and open branches around Australia. Maybe my music will take off and be given a chance in Europe and America. That would be great.\u2019<\/p>\n
Nikki sighs, doubtful she will ever really be given a fair go, then her bounce returns: \u2018I don\u2019t really plan for the future. I don\u2019t even know what I\u2019m doing next week. <\/p>\n
\u2018I\u2019d love to get more involved with charities, giving something back for the health I\u2019ve got.\u2019 Her record may be Devilicious, but Nikki still hasn\u2019t released her inner demon.<\/p>\n
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