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EPIPHANYIn her first interview after collecting a Brit-award, battling paparazzi,

Victoria talks to Fame about her journey from being a normal town girl to a International and Global pop star. Photographed by Jessica Pethrus

she has for it. There is no dough that she is not very in-terested in money, as she has four different charity ties where she notates more than half of her income to that. Yes, she still has a lot of money but that is given away and divided within her family to provide for them and to make sure that they all have a normal and healthy life, with a house each and help to get into a good edu-cation for a future wealthy career and job. “I know that it’s not only me who is being fol-lowed by paparazzi, but I am not used to it. I have only been famous for about five years- so I am still getting used to the idea of people

following me. I love when people comes up to me to ask if they can get a photo - but now it’s getting too much, there are paparazzi and I can’t go more than hundred meters until anoth-er person ask. I absolutely love my fans, but I would like to be able to walk and shop without needing to stop every minute”. She says in a unsure yet calm and pleasant tone. “I need to keep parts of me for me,

which is very hard because I am a very open person, being used to talk about everything with my family. I mean, I don’t want to be one of these people who complain about their privacy, she shrugs”. “Recently I have tried to meditate, she contin-ues, but I can’t seem to get it. My mother has started to meditate, and I think that maybe that can be a way forward for me as well, but the thoughts always seem to come in, in a way or another. How do you stop them coming in?” Don’t get me wrong, though, she says gathering herself hurriedly, once more. I would never want to give up what I do; I love my music and what I do. I have to accept that there is sometimes a downside and work around it the best I can.

It’s like a rollercoaster. That’s how Victoria described the way her life was unfolding from being a young town girl, to an international and global super star. A rollercoaster is definitely what you can call her life – a VMA at the age of 17, Three MTV award at 19 and now at 21 a Brit-award –it’s certainly an excur-sion. What a difference she must have in her life and it all just happened in four years. She and her family was on the verge of moving into a one bedroom house, when they where a family of six. One must tread care-fully here, but the question remains: how is she coping with fame and the celebrity life? “Yes, I love it,” She says joyfully, carefully and cautiously, “but the beginning was hard with all the press and gossip about this new girl. I love what I do and I have always done. But my intention was not to become famous. I would never give up what I do. I never wanted the celebrity life. I love my music. I have to accept that there is sometimes a downside and find a way to work around it. I just wanted to make music and to make people happy, to let them know that any-thing can happen. I know it’s such a cliché – but you have to follow you dreams and never give up. But I am so grateful for all the blessings and good things that have happened. I guess celebrity life with press and that all comes with the territory. And I definitely know that money cannot buy happiness because of my past. Despite the fact of how I lived, I lived with the people I care about the most and love the most so I was never really unhappy. So I am very, very thankful for every-thing that has happened the last few years. The nation really does believe how Victoria is in love with her music, and the passion

“I would never give up what I do. I never wanted the celebrity life. I love my music. I have to accept that

there is sometimes a downside and find a way to

work around it...”

“I need to keep parts of me for me, which is very hard because I am

a very open person, being used to talk

about everything with my family.”

fameCONTENTS MARCH 2011

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30 iTunes Download:100 songs you need right now

115 Exclusive interview with Victoria. She talks about

her journey to fame

42 Festivals and Concerts:

Get tickets beforegeneral release

129 Can you live without music?

37 10 ways how to get into fame. Tips and talk from Cheryl Cole

26 Pussycat Kimbery on Got to Dance

21 Music Video. Keri Hilsons Pretty Girk Rock

9 X-Factor CrisisSimon is gone and price comming in16 Britneys new single

56 Editors Letter

103Boigraphy of... Rihanna79 The chart