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"Meeting Britney Spears" Sunday Times [West Australian Newspaper]: ChillOut! May 5, 2002 p. 02

In case you missed the media frenzy, Britney Spears arrived in Sydney for a whirlwind tour to promote her movie Crossroads last week. Thanks to Pepsi Live, one lucky ChillOut! Reader was on the scene to meet and greet the diva.

      Eight-year-old Britney Lee of Claremont was the WA winner of Pepsi Live’s Pop the Question to Britney competition, which ran in the April 7 edition of ChillOut!

      Last week Britney and her mum flew to Sydney, where they experienced a mind-blowing day in the life of a music journalist.

      Stretched limos picked them up at their swank hotel and whisked them to the national premiere of Crossroads.

      But the excitement was not enough to overcome Britney Lee’s nerves at the thought of asking her role model a question on Pepsi Live.

      “I was really nervous about meeting Britney Spears but when I met her she was really nice and friendly and pretty,” Britney said. “She said it was funny that we had the same name.”

      Britney said she was surprised and shocked to find out she had won.

      “I cried with happiness when my mum told me I’d won the competition,” she said.

      Now the devoted Britney Spears fan, who owns all her albums, hopes to follow in her idol’s footsteps.

      “I’d love to take up singing and acting,” she said.

      Britney Lee was one of five winners from across Australia who popped questions to Britney Spears on Pepsi Live last Sunday [21^st April, 2002]. Each winner got to ask Britney one question on the show. See the transcript below. Britney Lee asked the first question.

Q: What was the best thing about making the movie Crossroads?

Britney: Hanging out with the girls.

Q: You’re a role model for so many younger fans. Do you feel there’s a lot of pressure with the things you wear and say?

Britney: Um… No, I just do what I wanna do and hopefully people accept that.

Q: What makes you happy?

Britney: What makes me happy? Simple things – going to the movies, hanging out with my friends, going to the spa, going shopping, stuff like that.

Q: If you went on a big overseas trip, who would you take and why?

Britney: Probably my three best friends from back home. Courtney, Lila and Jamieson – I’ve known them all my life. They’re part of me.

Q: What has been your greatest personal challenge?

Britney: I think that would have to be when I was a little bit younger – when I was going out at night and my mum wanted me to be in at 10.30pm.  So right now, I’m 20 and that’s kind of cool that my parents let me do what I want to.