Real Girl: Natasha

Age: 13 Grade: 7 Sign: Pisces

Faves: My favourite colour is purple for now but it changes often! I love to eat Fettuccini Alfredo, listen to music (I have hundreds of songs on my iPod and somehow know the lyrics to almost all of them by heart. The songs that pop out in my mind right now that are usually in my head are: 'All I Do is Win' by dj khaled, 'Shiver' by Shawn Desman, 'Break your Heart' by Taio Cruz and 'Dancing with Tears in My Eyes' by Ke$ha), and travel (just this March Break I went to the Dominican Republic in a town called Cabarate near Puerto Plata and had a BLAST. I got to swim with the dolphins, go on a safari and just relax which was AMAZING!). My favourite people are my parents because they have a huge influence in my life and I love them to death. Also, like any girl, I love my friends: Renée, Sophie, Haley, Jamie, Kari, Aimee, Melanie, Micha, Danielle, Dakota, Eden, Emelie, Emilie and Holly (just to name a few). My favourite TV shows are 'The Vampire Diaries', 'Survivor', 'CSI', 'NCIS' and 'Law and Order'. I like winter the best of all seasons because it isn't all muggy and I love to ski and HATE bugs! My favourite holiday is Halloween because it's fun to dress up and hang out with my friends.

Hobbies: I love to hang out with my friends. I am not usually a reader but I am currently reading 'The House of Night' series by PC and Kristen Cast and I can barely put it down. I am almost always on the computer because I have some friends that live far away so we can't always hang out.

School and Stuff: Well, I go to a French school in Ontario and high school starts there in grade 7 so I already have my own locker, 4 different teachers and so on. It took a lot of getting used to at the beginning but now I'm getting around just fine. My favourite subject is probably Art even though I've never been the best drawer or actor. Art and Gym are all-girls classes so my good friends that are in the other class get to be with me. I've always seen both sides to school because if it wasn't for school, I wouldn't have met the great people that I now call friends. Some days when I'm tired and want to sleep, I know I can't because of school. Also, I know so much more now thanks to learning at school and it sometimes depends on the teacher's way of teaching the lesson for how well I understand. If we just read a textbook for the whole period it's not as interesting as when he/she gets us involved and puts it in game form.

Personality: Well, anyone that knows me well thinks I'm crazy, almost always smiling, always having something nice to say, being bubbly and energetic.

Life Challenge: I've never been through anything as bad as some of the other Real Girls, but for me, my life challenge is fitting in. For months I've always been that girl that stands there feeling invisible while everyone talks about all the sleepovers/birthday parties that I wasn't invited to. After a while it hurts but the worst is when you leave and they don't even notice you're gone. It made me feel extremely upset and like I was worthless. It was hard in class always sitting alone because the people who I thought were my friends were sitting with other people. After a while I finally had enough so I spoke up for myself. Sadly, most of them denied it but I realized that they weren't my true friends. Now I hang out with people that I know are good friends because I can actually talk to them and they will listen. For anyone else who is going through this, my advice to you is to talk to the people who are doing that to you. If they apologize and try to correct it well then they're your true friends and maybe they honestly did not know how you were feeling. If they deny it and don't even make an effort, maybe they aren't your true friends after all. Also, I live in a town where most of the residents are military so I can never keep friends for that long. Most of them move around (my dad works at AECL and my mom at a school so we probably won't move. My parents have been in the house we have now for 20 years). If your friends do move, I would say to exchange emails so you can keep in contact with them. When new ones come in, you will have even MORE friends. It's hard at the beginning but it gets better.

Proud of: Well of course I am proud of being chosen for this magazine! I am proud of my grades this year and I am proud of always being myself and having people like me for that.

So Natasha: Never wearing makup except for Dance competitions, wearing flashy colours, being in love with the name brand 'Bench', saying "like" in a lot of my sentences, getting up early on the weekends, trying to sleep in on weekdays, and dancing hip hop, jazz and Acro are sooooo ME!

Cool fact about Natasha: I am 100% bilingual because my dad is French first and I get my English through my mom since she is an E. A. (educational assistant) at an English school on base.

Future: I don't have that great of an idea of what I want to do with my future, but I would like to travel the world and go to University. My mom believes that I would be a good Engineer or Teacher but I really have no clue yet what I want to do with my life.

Pet Peeves: I hate it when you're talking to someone about something and someone else just barges in and changes the subject!

Photography by Jenne Yun
Jen’s cover photography by Jenne Yun
Hair and Makeup by Angela Gina Pirrera, Melissa Villa, Stephanie Senater, Julia Hofer, Daniella Villa

Comment

Toni

"Utterly Gorgeous - The first of many firsts! Well Done Miss Natasha, you have done me proud!" xxx

Theresa

Way to go Natasha..So proud of you <3

Renee

hi ! omg its soo cool that ur on a magazine; you look rly pretty! xo! :) from: renee

Micha (the one and only)

Thanks SOOOOO MUCH for mentioning me on this!! Hey, I love your pose! You look AWESOME!!!

Natasha (this real girl)

aww thank you everyone for the wonderful comments!! :) <3

Sophie

Wow I love your pictures. Thanks for mentioning me in your article. You article was very good and interesting to read. You did such a good job!!!!!!! You're a great friend.

Aimeeeee . :D

Break your Heart and All I Do is Win .. You have good taste in music , my pretty lady . ;)

Bryanna

It must have been really cool to have your picture taken with the other girls! I thought the article was interesting! Good work Natasha! I am at the same school as your mom!

katelyn

hey, Nice pose on the pic. I was told by your MOM about this site, it's neat. Can't wait to see you at DANCE SCHOOL next year maybe. ttyl

Diane et Maurice

Félicitation ma belle !!! Très beau travail, tes parents ont quoi à être fière de toi... Continue...

AUNT BERNADETTE/UNCLE FRED

Natasha; Great picture. What a mature, well written article. You are sure growing up. Very proud of you. Love purple too. Can't wait to see you. Keep on writing, you have a future in it. Much Love Missy. XX00

eden

heeeeeeeeey you mentioned me in there ! thanks Natasha :D love you toooo :)

Jara <3

Hey ! Your mom works at my school and she told me to look up the website ! Your pictures are BEAUTIFUL ! I know what career you should have when your older, M O D E L ! Stay Beautiful !

Taylor P and Letitia O

taylor and letitia - Nice picture pretty your mom told us to look and it was Worth it

Natalie Bouchard

Wow seems like you're doing great Natasha! If you ever want to travel in the States you can come visit your older cousins!! :) Congratulations!

Chloe.m

Hey your mom is in my class she told me to cheak this out i love the pic your very pretty BYE for now. :) :)

Angelina

good job natasha your awesome!!!!!!!!!!

SarahP.

Hey Natasha!! Your Mom works at my school and told me to check this out!!! The pics turned out great, hope you had fun!!!

Vickie

Great job, Natasha! I really enjoyed reading about you and your photographs are awesome! Very impressive!:)

Anne Marie, Rebecca, and Katie

Yay House of Night series! Great job, some of those questions were tough to answer. Way to go, hope to see you this summer.

Aunt Marie

Well done Natasha, you remind me of your beautiful Grandma! Our favourites colors - purple, also. Luv'ya girl

holly

great work natasha i knew you could do this you are the best person i know and likes to talk alot but i still love her ilu

Elodie (cousin in the States)

This article is so awesome! I love your answers in the interview, and you look beautiful in the pictures! Thank you for sending the link to this site! We miss all of you!

Hannah

Great work Natasha! I hope that it's going well. Thank you Natasha for tutoring me and showing me this website! XO

Rachel, ta marraine qui t'aime gros comme le ciel!

Bravo Natasha! Tu es devenue célèbre en étant une fille "ordinaire". Continue à être qui tu es! On t'aime comme ça ma grande! Au plaisir de te revoir bientôt! xox

Aunt Laurie

What a gal Miss Natasha is.....................Great article kitten, I am very proud of you. Keep up the great work. Love you

Aunt Judy, Uncle Mike, Dylan and Lauren

Wow! Natasha I/we are so proud of you! Lauren is so proud of her other "big sister"! Natasha your awesome! Love you, XOXO

Melody

Great work Natasha!!!!!!!!!

Helen (Your mom)

Wow! I am very proud of your article Natasha! Your answers were detailed and mature! I know that you had an AMAZING time at the photo shoot in August, meeting a variety of well rounded, mature "real girls!" Thank you Jenifer and your excellent staff for making it a magical experience for my daughter!

Kari

hahah awe natasha! your an amazing gal!! you did awesome in this interview! you look great! :D thanks for mentioning me in this :D love ya