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“Hey BEATS mag! My name is Amelia Hicks, I’m 18 years old, I live at home with my parents and I’m going to do a business fashion degree at university next year. Currently I’m doing my A levels at Demontford college; they include Business, Fashion & Textiles, Art, and Maths. Although I’m at college full time, on a weekend I have a part-time Job as a sales assistant at my local Topshop. At work, I make around £6.50 an hour and I work for 12 hrs (6hrs per day) over the weekend.

In 10 years’ time, I’d love to have my own apartment in uptown New York, be working for Vogue and starting to save to eventually have my own record label 10 years on from then.”

“In my spare time, I adore going out dancing and drinking with friends at our favourite clubs. My favourite drink would have to be a strawberry daiquiri and my favourite move would have to be a good ol’ hair flip.

When I’m not posting pics to Instagram or snapchatting my boyfriend; I Jam to my Spotify playlist in which I listen to artists such as Rihanna, Taylor Swift, Ed Sheeran, and Justin Bieber.

I’ve been to many gigs and festivals from the age of 16 including Radio 1’s BIG WEEKEND, a Little Mix concert and Fusion festival.”

“As a girl with a passion for Fashion, I often will save up my money to afford designer clothing, Jewellery, make-up, and celebrity endorsed brands for example FENTY X Puma clothing, Pandora Jewellery and KYLIE cosmetics. I’ve been considering starting my own YOUTUBE channel to do fun, fashion, and lifestyle videos as I’ve been inspired by some of the likes of my favourite you-tubers such as Saffron Barker. My hobbies include Singing, Acting and dancing at my local dance academy. I will be there Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays as well as Fridays where I volunteer to teach the younger dancers basic street dance.

During, Break and Lunch at college I’ll read your magazine daily for a total of 20 mins per day. I’ve only just recently subscribed to your magazine for £30 a year as it one of my favourite music magazines as well it saves me having to remember to go to the shops to buy the new issue every month. My favourite aspects of your magazine are the quality of the images, the artists you interview and the ‘Code & Play’ feature which unlike any magazine allows me to scan the codes of the ‘Hits of the month’ so that they download straight onto my Spotify playlist.”

PHOTO: Amelia Hicks; courtesy of Saffron Barker.

DISCLAIMER: All text has been created solely for my coursework, and out of this context the text should never be affiliated with Saffron Barker.

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