{"id":787,"date":"2001-11-29T03:58:52","date_gmt":"2001-11-29T03:58:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nikkiwebsterfan.net\/press\/?p=787"},"modified":"2013-02-09T07:11:43","modified_gmt":"2013-02-09T07:11:43","slug":"olympic-singer-nikki-webster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nikkiwebsterfan.net\/press\/olympic-singer-nikki-webster\/","title":{"rendered":"Olympic singer Nikki Webster"},"content":{"rendered":"

R. Atkin of Wellesley, Mass., asks ‘Whatever happened to…?’<\/strong><\/p>\n

Olympic singer Nikki Webster<\/strong><\/p>\n

The spritely 13-year-old who floated 80 feet above Sydney’s Olympic Stadium in the opening ceremonies of the Olympics a year ago is now an Australian superstar.<\/p>\n

Winsome Nikki Webster thrilled crowds with her poise and charm. An estimated 3.5 billion viewers worldwide watched her sing and soar. Not since Olivia Newton-John and Kylie Minogue has an Australian girl garnered so much attention.<\/p>\n

Since the Olympics, Webster has been generating a buzz. She has her own website, a part in a movie (“Vanilla Gorilla”) that will be shot in South Africa, and, most recently, the lead role of Dorothy in a traveling theatrical production of “The Wizard of Oz.”<\/p>\n

Her single “Strawberry Kisses” (released in June) hit No. 2 on the Australian music charts. Her new album “Depend on Me” was released in September.<\/p>\n

While fame is nothing new to her (she has appeared in TV commercials and theater productions for 10 years), fame of this magnitude is.<\/p>\n

Webster’s mother, who works at a child-care center, and her father, an electrician, make sure Nikki keeps a proper perspective.<\/p>\n

“She’s never wanted money,” her mother, Tina, told the Sydney Morning Herald. “Whatever she needs comes out of Mum’s purse…. We don’t even take one cent out of her account….”<\/p>\n

Do you suddenly wonder, hey – ‘Whatever happened to… ?’ <\/strong><\/p>\n

Wonder no more! Write and tell us who or what you’d like to catch up with. Send ideas to: One Norway St., Boston, MA 02115 or e-mail: whatever@csmonitor.com<\/p>\n

By Lane Hartill<\/p>\n

Source: The Christian Science Monitor (www.CSMonitor.com).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

R. Atkin of Wellesley, Mass., asks ‘Whatever happened to…?’ Olympic singer Nikki Webster The spritely 13-year-old who floated 80 feet above Sydney’s Olympic Stadium in the opening ceremonies of the Olympics a year ago is now an Australian superstar. Winsome Nikki Webster thrilled crowds with her poise and charm. An estimated 3.5 billion viewers worldwide … Continue reading<\/a>Olympic singer Nikki Webster<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-787","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nikkiwebsterfan.net\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/787","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nikkiwebsterfan.net\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nikkiwebsterfan.net\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nikkiwebsterfan.net\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nikkiwebsterfan.net\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=787"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/nikkiwebsterfan.net\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/787\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":807,"href":"https:\/\/nikkiwebsterfan.net\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/787\/revisions\/807"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nikkiwebsterfan.net\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=787"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nikkiwebsterfan.net\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=787"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nikkiwebsterfan.net\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=787"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}