Innholdsfortegnelse for October 2023 i Total Girl

Get to know… TG’s new editor, Ange! 1 I’m a massive Swiftie! My fave album is Red/Red (Taylor’s Version), closely followed by 1989! I’ve been to every Tay Tay Australian tour since Speak Now and yes, I was one of the lucky ones who managed to get The Eras Tour tickets. SO stressful! 2 I love country music. As well as Tay, Kelsea Ballerini is one of my fave artists! 3 I used to read my sister’s TGs! My sister used to have a TG subscription when we were growing up, so I used to read her mags. It’s very cool that all these years later, I’m the Total Girl editor! 4 I like to bake. I mainly bake cupcakes. My specialty is choc caramel cupcakes, but I like trying…

BLUSH-O-METER How bad is that blush? Circle the rating you think applies! TG’s BLUSH of the MONTH Zip trip On my Grade 5 camp, we went to a place that had lots of fun activities and places to go, including a high ropes course, a zip-line, a farm, and lots of other things! When it was my turn to go on the zip-line, I freaked out. I was SO scared. As I was settled, the guy running the activity pushed me! I screamed so loud the whole way down! When I went back up, everyone was laughing! OMTG! Kayleigh Got an embarro story to share? Email totalgirl@nextmedia.com.au with the subject line ‘Totally Embarrassing’. Teacup spinout I went to Aussie World for the first time and I went on the Wasp.…

We sea-riously could not get enough of Halle Bailey as Ariel in the live-action remake of The Little Mermaid. It was everything we could want and more! If you missed out on seeing Halle and the amazing cast on the big screen, Disney did not leave you flounder-ing because The Little Mermaid is now on Disney+! That’s right TGs, you can watch this masterpiece on repeat and sing along to all your fave tracks from the movie. Now you can finally be 'part of her world' from the comfort of your home (and maybe with a massive bowl of ice cream)! The Little Mermaid is streaming now on Disney+!…

LISTEN UP! ‘Give You Love’ Jessica Mauboy feat. Jason Derulo They might be competing against each other on The Voice, but coaches Jessica Mauboy and Jason Derulo have come together on this new track. It has both an uplifting melody and lyrics. Jess describes the song as "a helping hand when you need it the most". The organ, piano and background choir also give the pop song a gospel and soul feel. Fun fact: Jason Derulo actually grew up singing in church and is classically trained! This track is the first single off Jess' upcoming album, Yours Forever, which is out next February. Out now! Your rating out of 5 stars ____________ ‘Cupid Twin Ver.’ FIFTY FIFTY feat. Sabrina Carpenter It is FIFTY FIFTY's time to shine right now! The…

Return to the galaxy Baby Groot is back with five new shorts (a.k.a mini episodes)! Just like season 1, Groot’s special solo series takes place between the first two Guardians of the Galaxy movies. We get to see what he gets up to when the Guardians aren’t around! We’re totes ready to see what silly situations Groot stumbles into among the stars, the colourful creatures that he’ll befriend and how he’ll deal with new and unique environments. Watch out for… Keep your eyes out for these moments in season 2 (SPOILERS!): * Groot befriends a baby terma bird. Sahhh cute! * An ice cream truck appears in the galaxy, but Groot has no money. We predict this lil guy will have a few tricks up his sleeve to snag some…

1 What’s your best school subject? ⋆ Definitely Music. ☮ Umm, probably P.E. ✿ I rock at English. 2 In your friendship group, you're known as the… ✿ Creative one. ⋆ Talkative one. ☮ Sporty one. 3 What’s your worst nightmare? ☮ Losing your netball grand final. ✿ Somebody finding and reading your diary. ⋆ Being on stage and suddenly forgetting your lines. 4 One day you’d like to visit… ⋆ L.A! ✿ New York! ☮ Tokyo! 5 What’s your fave TV show? ☮ Australian Ninja Warrior. ⋆ The Voice. ✿ The Baby-Sitters Club. 6 You never leave home without… ⋆ Your Phone. ☮ Your drink bottle. ✿ A pen and notebook. Mostly FLOWERS An author in the making, wow! We see your future and…

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Casey Phair AGE: 16 SPORT: Soccer The youngest player to appear in a FIFA Women’s World Cup! She represented South Korea and played in all three group stage matches. She was even in the starting line up in their final match against Germany (where they drew 1-1)! Ambra Sabatini AGE: 21 SPORT: Paralympic athletics Ambra is the current world record holder of the Women’s 100m T63 with a time of 14.11 seconds. She set this record 27 months after taking up para athletics! If this start is anything to go by, then this Italian athlete has a super bright future ahead of her. Shafali Verma AGE: 19 SPORT: Cricket At just 15, Shafali became the youngest cricketer to play in a Women’s Twenty20 International match for India. Three years later,…

TASTEFUL RECORD We all get a little kiss (or lick) from our dogs when they want to express their affection, but imagine if your doggo’s tongue was 13.8cm long! That's a lot of love and slobber. LOL! Rocky, a nine-year-old Boxer from Bloomington, Illionois, USA has set the Guinness World Record for the longest tongue on a living dog. His owners, Brad and Carly, knew that Rocky's tongue was pretty long, but never thought that it would be a record holder! TG V.I.P (Very Important Pet) Say hello to Avani’s doggo, Charlie! He's three, and a mix of Fox Terrier, Jack Russell and Chihuahua. Charlie likes sleeping in the sun and jumping on top of the table for attention when Avani is working! How cute is his blue and yellow…

Hi TG, I'm Lucy and I'm eight. I love cats and gymnastics. My fave movie is Paws of Fury. I'd love it if I could be featured in TG. I like borrowing them all from the library. I have drawn some of the covers myself – I hope you like them!From your #1 fan, Lucy Hi Lucy,How cool are your TG covers? We love them so much!Love, Team TG x Dear Total Girl,My name is Ruby and I’m 11 years old. I’ve been collecting your mags for over a year now and have 22. My mum and I were going through some old boxes and we found your 17th issue from 2004!!! My sisters, who are now adults, used to collect Total Girl too! I love gymnastics, hanging out with…

IT’S A FUNNY WORLD… Look there’s my crush, but don’t make it obvi-My besties: Asking mum for new shoes the 10th time in a row be like: When you dress up and feel like the main character in the room: Me and my bestie going through maths class like we know what to do: Me coming last in the 100m sprint: My besties: You came first in the opposite direction! JOKES Q: What did Barbie say to Ken when he was sad? A: You are Kenough! Q: Why did Barbie go to school? A: To get a doll-gree! Q: Why did Chef Barbie bring a blender to the Barbie party? A: She wanted to mix up ‘smooth’-ie dance moves! Q: What is Ken’s fave food? A: Ken-tucky Fried Chicken! READER…

1 SHE SCORED HER 12TH GRAMMY! At the 2023 Grammys in February, Tay Tay won the Best Music Video award for ‘All Too Well: The Short Film’. She beat BTS, Harry Styles and Adele! 2 SPEAK NOW (TAYLOR’S VERSION) DOMINATED THE MUSIC CHARTS! Speak Now (Taylor’s Version) was released in July and was her third re-recorded album. It included six previously unreleased songs ‘From the Vault’ and all 22 songs from the album debuted on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart! 3 SHE RECEIVED THE iHEARTRADIO INNOVATOR AWARD AND INSPIRED US. The iHeartRadio Music Awards happened back in March and Tay gave an inspiring acceptance speech, where she spoke about it being okay to fail. “I try as hard as I can not to fail ‘cause it’s embarrassing, but I…

KEN’S CODE TO JIMIN If you’ve seen the music video for ‘Permission to Dance’ by BTS and the Barbie movie, you may have notice that Jimin and Ken are wearing the same outfit! Ryan Gosling (a.k.a Ken) made a vid for Jimin and said, "If you bite another Ken’s style, you have to give them your most prized possession." He called it the 'Ken Code', and gave Jimin his guitar! Fun fact: Ryan is one of Jimin’s fave actors. Ahhh! WILLING FOR WONKA Quiet up and listen down. Oops…reverse that. We’re just so excited to see Timothée Chalamet as the one and only Willy Wonka when Wonka hits cinemas December 14! Swirl back to before the mouth-watering chocolate factory came to be. Venture with Willy and unfold the magic of…

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Bigger and brighter The cute little sky freckles (a.k.a stars) that we see in the night sky are actually larger than our sun (fun fact: the Sun is also a star). That’s why we can see them from sooo far away! Some are even larger than our entire solar system. BUNCH OF BESTIES No star travels alone! Most start travel through the galaxies in a cluster. This is because they share the same centre of gravity. Make way for the stellar squad! Dwarves and giants Dwarf stars may be less powerful than the brighter gas giants in the sky, but they live longer. Did you know that our sun is a 4.5 billion-year-old dwarf star? Scientists predict that it'll burn for five billion more years! TWINKLING TWIST Not to fizzle…

YOUTIFUL Artist: Stray Kids Fave lyrics: Don't you ever tell yourself that you're not enough. I am certain that you're truly fine. Their message to STAYS: “you are beautiful as yourself”. It may be hard to show the world who we are, but if we do, we can be so much more than we think. We have so much potential to shine bright like the other stars in the sky. Go and make your galaxies, TG fam! ME! Artist: Taylor Swift (feat. Brendan Urie) Fave lyrics: I'm the only one of me. Baby, that's the fun of me. Be yourself and embrace your individuality! We all have imperfections and make mistakes, but never push them away – they make us who we are. People may not get your unique quirks,…

BITZEE YOU COULD SCORE: A BITZEE* 8 TO WIN! *Styles will be randomly selected. Australian residents only. CODE WORD: VIRTUAL DORK DIARIES YOU COULD SCORE: A DORK DIARIES BOOK PACK 10 TO WIN! CODE WORD: BLOCKBUSTER FUJIFILM INSTAX YOU COULD SCORE: A FUJIFILM INSTAX SQUARE LINK PRIZE PACK* 2 TO WIN! *Styles will be randomly selected. Australian residents only. CODE WORD: PRINT HARRIET VERSUS THE GALAXY YOU COULD SCORE: A COPY OF HARRIET VERSUS THE GALAXY 33 TO WIN! CODE WORD: ALIEN MGA PRIZE PACK YOU COULD SCORE: A MGA PRIZE PACK 2 TO WIN! *Styles will be randomly selected. CODE WORD: BUBBLE THE LITTLE MERMAID DVD YOU COULD SCORE: THE LITTLE MERMAID DVD 20 TO WIN! CODE WORD: SURFACE PAW PATROL YOU COULD…

Ken-not get enough of the new Barbie movie-inspired Western Ken? Grab the doll! Loving all the cute and insanely accurate details, like the vintage-style button down with a touch of that signature Barbie pink! "NewJeans Sandwich at Lollapalooza!" Rising Kpop group NewJeans were seen dominating their game at the 2023 Lollapalooza festival in the US! August officially marked BlackPink’s seven-year anniversary! The girls were so excited to post their fave group pics on their Instagram pages to celebrate the time the spent together. This one was a personal fave of TG. YAY! “Almost 10…” she says. Has Ari hinted a new album coming out this year? Let’s hope so! Do those song titles look a little familiar to you? OG Arianators maaaaay know!…

Cheat sheet * Leo: blue, leader, perfectionist, weapon is twin katanas. * Mikey: orange, funny, prankster, weapon is twin nunchaku. * Donnie: purple, genius, loves gaming and K-pop, weapon is bo staff. * Raph: red, rebel, hot-headed, weapon is sai. More mutants * Bebop and Rocksteady – two muscleheads always together. * Ray Fillet – singing stingray. * Mondo Gecko – his vibe is love not fighting! * Leatherhead – croc who loves explosions. * Genghis Frog – cute, but brings pain! * Scumbug – vomits sludge on command. Eww! Teenage Turtles * Met four brothers who have been living underground away from humans, protected by their father Splinter. He's a rat who used to live in the human world. * As baby turtles, they were exposed to a mystery…

Hint! Start at the centre of the spiral. The last letter of the previous word is the first letter of the next word! Clues 1-7: Elston-Fright is a town known for this type of activity. 7-10: This character is one of the ghosts in Flip’s squad. 10-19: One of the first buildings in Elston-Fright! 19-22: Abalone shells are used for this part of Corpse. 22-25: Ghoul Trapper brings this natural element. 25-31: They used to live in the shack. 31-36: Simon is this type of creature. 36-41: Flip and his friends need to _____ Simon from the Poltergusts. 41-45: The 'rock-that-doesn’t-_______' is a landmark that you might spot in the sea, but then forget about. 45-49: Lightkeepers should keep this item safe. 49-52: Seaweed is used for this part of…

Hi TGs! Spring is here and as the weather warms up again, we’re heading back to berry season! Not only do we love to eat these delicious fruits (especially strawberries), but we also heart super-sweet berry scents and adorable prints. We’re not the only ones – stars like Dua Lipa and Elle Fanning are berry fans too! This month at TG HQ we’ve rounded up some of our fave berry-themed items. From bath items to lip balms to cute hair accessories, there’s plenty here to treat your skin and body! Berry Nice Treat your skin with these sweet berry-themed products!…

Help at home Don’t think of this as doing chores! It’s all about working as a team – if everyone does their bit, the whole family wins. Woo hoo! YOU COULD… 1 Be in charge of feeding your pets. This is a big one but it will teach you a lot about responsibility… Plus, your fluffy, feathery, or scaly friends will love you for it! 2 Help with dinner. Whether that’s cooking with a grown-up, setting the table, or cleaning up afterwards, you’ll be lightening someone else’s load. 3 Water the garden. Gather up any unused water from the day (in cups, drink bottles and even the bath!) and give your plants a drink. Serve at school Helping out around your school shows that you care about your classmates, teachers,…

She’s lean, she’s a queen, and she’s 13! Gold Coast’s very own Arisa Trew has made skateboarding history, becoming the first female athlete in the world to complete a 720 in competition. Basically, Arisa managed to spin two full times in the air before sticking the landing! The talented teen pulled it off when she competed in Utah, USA, at the Tony Hawk Vert Alert competition, where the skateboarding legend himself was there to watch (Fun fact: Tony Hawk invented the move back in 1985). Arisa hopes that making this milestone will help send her off to the Paris Olympics in 2024.…