From Spain With Love: Q&A Edition

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What's up, radiant icons, and welcome back to

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Dare to be Iconic, the podcast made

for icons daring to be themselves.

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I'm your host, Amanda Paolicelli

and today we are doing our first

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ever Q& A about my trip to Spain.

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But before we do that, if you

guys haven't already, I dare you

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to connect with me on socials.

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And if you haven't, make sure to grab

your copy of break up with the past, fall

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in love with the future, your five step

guide in turning your pain into power.

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And all that information can be

found in the show notes below.

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I have been wanting to do a Q& A

session for a while on the podcast

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and I am so excited it's finally

here and you guys delivered.

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So let's get into it.

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Are you ready radiant icons?

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Because your tea time

sesh is starting now.

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The question that everyone has been

asking me since the last episode.

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How close was I to Lando Norris?

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Well, I'm so sorry to report everyone.

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I was not that close to Lando.

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I, let's share this story, shall we?

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So I know I kept saying that I've

only laid eyes on Lando for 0.

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2 seconds, and that is

very, very accurate.

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So we were at the fan stage on Friday

because that was the day McLaren was

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coming out with V Carb and everyone

in my group, they all knew, um,

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a huge Lando Norris girl and they

were like, you are also very short.

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You need to be somewhat near the front.

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And we had.

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Very tall people in front of us.

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So I asked one of the guys in

front of me, I was like, would

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it be okay if I swish with you?

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Because again, he's like a foot

taller than me, so he can still

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see if I went in front of him.

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I was like, is it okay like if I

go in front of you just for Lando?

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Like, blah blah blah.

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And he was like, oh yeah,

yeah, yeah, of course.

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He lets me go in front of him,

and then I'm confronted by

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two other tall men in white.

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And if you guys saw my TikTok, I

complained about two guys in particular

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pushing me, like, getting in my way.

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It was them.

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It was the two men in white

that saw me in my Lando Norris

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gear that did not give a shit.

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They were so rude.

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They were like stepping

on me, pushing on me.

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I was like, oh no, this cannot happen.

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Lando was about to come out.

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You need to not right now.

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So I literally went excuse

me when Lando comes out.

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I'm putting my phone in the middle.

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Just for Lando.

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I just need to see Lando.

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Everyone after that,

I will not bother you.

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I will be back with my friends.

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But for Lando, I'm putting

my phone in the middle.

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Is that okay?

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And I wasn't asking them.

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I was telling them.

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And they were like, oh yeah, yeah,

yeah, no problem, no problem.

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Don't worry.

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You would think they would

like, oh, maybe we shouldn't

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push and like, Get in her view.

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Oh, no.

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No, no, no, no, no, no.

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They did, but that's not the

worst part of this story.

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Lando Norris comes out.

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I see him for 0.

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2 seconds.

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My hand is like shaking.

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I'm like, I want to say like fifth row.

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? And I'm like, this is a perfect view.

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I didn't get to see his

full face yet, right?

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I only saw his side profile.

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I'm like, oh my god.

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He is about to turn to face where I'm at.

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And the McLaren social media person,

I shit you not, pops a squad off the

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stage, right in my direct view of Lando.

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So I could see Oscar, I could see

Yuki, and I could see Danny Rick.

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I could not see Lando, and I was

like, you have to be kidding me.

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In my mind, I'm like my friends

are probably thinking I'm

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getting the best view and that

I'm dying, this and that, aww.

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I did get to see Lando for a little

bit more when he got to the front

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of the stage to grab stuff that

people were throwing on the stage

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and take pictures and all of that.

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But again, that was very, very

short lived, so that's why I say

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2 seconds, because that was the

only other chance, because we all

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know how the pit lane walk went.

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The pit lane walk was not successful

whatsoever, because I was just there

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in my Lando Norris corset with my two

friendship bracelets in front of Lando's

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garage, waiting for him to come out.

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I was just a girl, just a girl

with a dream, and that dream did

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not get fulfilled that day.

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But it's, it's fine.

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It will happen when it's meant

to, like I said last episode.

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But I was like, okay,

Friday I get to see him.

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We saw him for 0.

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2 seconds, everyone, but that's okay.

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That is okay.

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That is as close as I got to Lando.

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I think, after that on Saturday for

qualifying, when he was on pole, and

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he like, came around, I think in my

delusional brain, that since I was in the

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Max Verstappen section, and I was the

only girl with Lando Norris merch, like

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a walking billboard, that I am for him.

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He had like, turned the corner,

because We were in Grandstand G, so

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we were right where turn 12 or 13

was, and so when he turned the corner,

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I think he saw me and he started

waving, because I was yelling like a

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lunatic, being like, Yeah, let's go!

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And like, waving at him.

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So I think he waved back,

because he started waving at that

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exact moment when I was waving.

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I'm just saying.

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I think that's what happened.

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But yeah, that's as close as I was

to Lando Norris this time around.

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Next time we'll be meeting

him, everyone, okay?

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I'm putting that out into the universe

even more now than ever before.

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How is it traveling alone

without your parents?

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Now, as you guys know, my trip

to Spain was not only my first

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international trip, but it was

my first trip without my parents.

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And, oh my god, did I

learn so much about myself.

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Remember that hyper independence

that I spoke about maybe two

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episodes ago before I went to Spain.

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I definitely gained it

while I was on that trip.

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Yes, there were times where like, oh my

god I need to call my parents because I

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don't know what to do because in my mind

I still think of myself as a teenage girl.

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I don't think of myself as a 25 year

old trying to figure her life out.

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I saw throughout the trip me slowly

building this hyper independence And

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really figuring stuff out for myself.

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So in Madrid, the second

night we were there, Danny and

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I got locked out of our hotel.

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We didn't know that they locked

the doors of the hotel and that

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you have to press a button.

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No one told us that.

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And we got home around like 1am

Spain time, so not too late.

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But there was no one at the front desk.

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We didn't have an emergency number.

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Anything like that.

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So we were freaking out

and we had a great night.

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Like, let me tell you, like

we were arm in arm, giggling,

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all the way back to our hotel.

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We opened the door, we don't see anyone

at the front desk and it's locked.

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And we're like, what the heck?

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I'm looking around like we're

two young girls locked out of

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our hotel in a foreign country.

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Like I can't just call my dad.

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But the first thing I thought of was

I need to call my dad not let's call

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the police or something like let's

call my Dad, and I was like, what

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would he have done in that moment?

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He couldn't do anything.

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He was x amount of miles away from me

But the first thing I thought of was we

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need to get safe We need to not look like

targets and two I need to call my dad

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But as we kept moving on in the trip.

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I slowly was leaning off That

security blanket of calling

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my parents for x, y, and z.

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A great example was when Danny

and I got stranded in Barcelona.

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So from the circuit after the pit

lane walk, getting to Barcelona.

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If you guys did not listen to

the story in the last episode,

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you need to listen to it.

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Pause this episode and go back

to that because, oh my god,

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what a shit show that was.

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Bye!

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My first instinct was

not to call my parents.

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It was to figure it out myself with

Danny and see how we can get home.

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Not let me call my mom and

see if she can help me out.

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Even though my mom probably

would have liked me to.

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And she'd said that on the phone later

on when I told her about everything.

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But my first instinct was completely

different from that second night in

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Madrid when I was locked out of my

hotel to automatically call my dad.

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Right.

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So I think.

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Throughout the trip, it was a

really great experience for me to

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learn about that hyperdependence

that I was craving to learn about.

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before I went on this trip.

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So I'm very happy to report that.

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I definitely think I gained it and I think

it was the most beautiful experience.

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I think everyone needs to at least try

to experience that once in their life

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maybe not to the extreme of you know

going to another country, but you know,

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it's something so truly magical about

being by yourself away from your parental

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figures and just figuring out life.

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I think it's something everyone needs

to experience and I am craving it

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more now than ever to do it again.

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Going to the Spanish Grand Prix,

did you level up your fangirl?

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If so, how?

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Okay.

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Did I level up my fangirl?

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Yes, a thousand percent.

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I took my duties as a professional

fangirl very seriously.

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I decided to show up and show out

because I expect nothing less of myself.

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I was a walking billboard again for

Lando Norris and I have no no regrets.

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Absolutely none.

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And I enjoyed myself and I

stayed true to who I was.

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And I think that's very important

because I think a lot of people will go

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into these situations of not even just

attending a Grand Prix, but attending

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events where there's a lot of people

around and they make it self conscious

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about expressing how they feel Loud

and proud and just being who they are.

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I didn't give a shit.

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I think that's the beautiful thing of

getting to this point in my life Is

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truly knowing who I am and loving who

I am and accepting it and not caring

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what other people think about me.

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So on saturday and sunday when I was

living it up and dj before qualifying

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and before the race You I didn't care

that the people behind me were giving

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me the dirtiest looks in the world.

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I was enjoying my life, I was

living my life, and I was providing

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free entertainment, so you

should be thankful, but anyway.

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Anyway, my point is, I was able to connect

with so many amazing people while I was

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at the Spanish Grand Prix by staying

true to who I am, which is a professional

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fangirl, and being unapologetic about it.

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I think if this was Amanda two years

ago, I would not have embraced every

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aspect of who I was so publicly.

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And I would not have enjoyed it because

I would have been so self conscious about

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how I was being perceived by other people.

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And I think what's so beautiful about

it is not only seeing the growth that

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I've had in myself and accepting who

I am, but being in a point where

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it's so freeing to be who I am and not

caring what other people are doing.

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I'm being who I am, and if you don't

like me, that's your problem, not mine.

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I think coming out of the Spanish Grand

Prix, it's really given me this new

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appreciation for the sport and this new

appreciation for the community that I've

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become part of within these last couple of

months, because the F1 fangirl community.

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We get a bad rap.

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People think we are only here

because the drivers are hot.

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And that's simply not true.

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We enjoy the sport.

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We love it and we create

lifelong memories.

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I'm, so sorry that we make

it more fun for everyone.

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That's just the reality.

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The fangirls are the

people bringing the energy.

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We bring this new fresh perspective to it.

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And I don't think there's

anything wrong with loving

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what you love unapologetically.

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I think Coming out of the Grand

Prix, it's definitely given me a new

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appreciation for the community that

I'm a part of and for the sport.

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I'm really excited to go back.

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I'm already planning another

trip, so stay tuned, you guys.

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And speaking of being a fangirl, by the

time this airs, This will already be

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announced, so I will be furthering this

conversation not only on next week's

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podcast episode with the founder of F1

Girlies Magazine, Ella, but you can read

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all about it in the July issue of F1

Girlies Magazine because yours truly,

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I know.

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So exciting.

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Little baby Amanda is screaming.

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I am so, so excited to continue

this conversation about daring

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to embrace your inner fangirl.

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So make sure to read the July issue of

F1 Girlies magazine coming out on July

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15th, and to tune into my episode with the

founder of F1 Girlies, Ella, on July 17th.

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Next question.

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Would you go back to Spain again?

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The short answer, yes, absolutely.

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I would definitely go

back to Madrid again.

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I loved Madrid.

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It was probably one of my favorite

places we went to in Spain.

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Barcelona, I would go back again,

but solely for like the tourist

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stuff that Danny and I weren't

able to experience because the

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majority of the trip was F1 related.

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I thought originally going on this

trip that, oh my god, it's gonna

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be such a big culture shock, and

everything's gonna be so different

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there, this and that, but really, in

the grand scheme of things, we all are

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more similar than we are different.

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It's really put in perspective a

lot of things for me so I definitely

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would go back and I definitely have

a different mindset on the world now

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.

What was your favorite part of your trip?

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My favorite part of my trip apart

from the Grand Prix adventures

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would be the Flamenco show that Dani

and I went to on our first night.

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Now, we booked this experience through

Airbnb and it was absolutely amazing.

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If you go to Spain anytime

in your lifetime, you have

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to go to a Flamenco show.

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It was so cool to be immersed firsthand

in Spain's culture and being able to

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see it like live in front of you in

such an intimate setting, because the

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experience that we were in, they had us

go down to like, How do I explain it?

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It was like a cave theater.

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Like we were, we were kind of like

locked up in a cave, sitting front

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row, drinking sangria, watching

this amazing flamenco show.

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And there was about five

musicians and three performers.

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Everyone is just so talented and

you were able to truly feel all the

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emotion from the dancers and the music.

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And it was just such a cool,

immersive experience that I

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definitely will never forget.

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And it was definitely the highlight of

my Spain trip, apart from the Grand Prix.

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Any Spain love stories?

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Any Spain crush?

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Guys, I'm so sorry to report there

was no update on my love life.

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I am not dating, I'm not

going to date anytime soon.

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The easy answer to this

question would be Lando Norris.

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Lando Norris is my everyday crush.

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There is one other guy that

I met briefly in Spain, but

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that is for me, myself, and I.

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The easy answer here,

I'm saying Lando Norris.

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Did you try some Spanish traditional food?

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If yes, which one was your favorite?

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So Dani and I ate our way through

Madrid and Barcelona, and I am

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a very happy girl because of it.

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So if you guys don't know, I

have a severe peanut allergy.

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Traveling the first time without my

parents, With having a severe food

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allergy is definitely just an interesting

experience in itself And I can talk

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about food allergies until I'm blue

in the face, but there's so much food

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allergy anxiety And I definitely had it

going into Spain because I really wasn't

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sure Like how everything was gonna go

like you do your research But like when

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you're truly there is when you figure it

out, you know And when I tell you spain

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was so food allergy friendly They had

a allergy menu almost at every place.

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We went to there was only One or

two places where I was like, oh

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no, like I cannot eat here Like

I do not feel safe, but overall

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spain's food is absolutely amazing.

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I still dream of this bacalao

that we had in Madrid.

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It's whitefish, it's a very

traditional Spanish fish.

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It's absolutely amazing, divine, truly.

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I love seafood, so I was literally

living for all the seafood

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we were devouring in Spain.

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And then San Miguel's market had

this amazing bacalao empanada.

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Oh my god, I still dream of

that empanada to this day.

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Our last day in Barcelona, we went

to a place that Alexandra from Off

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to the Race has recommended to us.

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And we had paella, amazing.

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The best paella of our whole trip.

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So, so good.

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So I would say in Madrid, it was

the empanadas and the bacalhau.

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And then in Barcelona, it was the paella.

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Absolutely amazing.

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How was it meeting Logan?

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Did you enjoy yourself?

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I really did enjoy myself.

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Meeting Logan was one of

the best and most memorable

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experiences from the entire trip.

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I think William's fan zone was

my favorite part of the trip.

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It was just such a magical

day, and I know I keep saying

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magical, but it truly, truly was.

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And it goes back to the lesson that

I mentioned in the last episode

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of kindness really goes a long way.

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It's something that I will never forget.

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Logan Sargent is one of the

sweetest and nicest people I've

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ever met in my entire life.

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He's so genuine and down to earth,

and even though I met him for

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literally, like, 10 to 15 seconds.

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It was one of the most memorable

15 seconds in my life because he

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was just so kind to me and to my

friends and I will never forget that.

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If you have a chance to go to the

Williams fan zone, I definitely

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recommend going because the

Williams fan zone is top notch.

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It's elite.

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It's iconic.

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Like you can't get any better than that.

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And they truly, truly do

care about their fans.

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How many of the drivers did you meet?

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I met Logan, so I met one F1 driver.

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I then met all the Williams Academy

drivers, so I met Leah, I met

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Zach, I met Franco, and I met Luke.

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And then I met around, I want to say

it was six of the F1 Academy drivers.

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I did not meet Bianca.

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I know a lot of people have

been asking me that on TikTok.

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She was not there for the fan stage Q& A.

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for the F1 Academy drivers, but I met all

the F1 Academy drivers that were there for

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that session and they were so, so nice.

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A standout for me was Lola,

the Charlotte Tilbury driver.

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I was really excited to meet her.

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What is a must do when you go to Spain?

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I think if you are going to Madrid,

we didn't get to do this, but we were

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staying close to it, so we were able

to at least see the outside, was the

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Royal Palace, and if you don't get to

go to the Royal Palace, I definitely

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recommend going to the Prado Museum.

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Now, I'm not a big museum

person, but the Prado Museum

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was actually very eye opening.

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I really enjoyed it, and I didn't

think I was, so if you go to Madrid,

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I would definitely recommend.

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Doing oh and a flamingo show you have

to do a flamenco show while you were

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in madrid Like you just have to it's a

necessity So I would say a flamenco show

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the royal palace if you can get tickets

If not, I would go to the prado museum.

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If you are in Barcelona, I definitely

recommend going to Sagrada Familia.

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It is absolutely jaw droppingly stunning.

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How was the trip there and back?

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Let me tell you, flying with a

severe food allergy is always a

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risk and it's always a gamble.

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You never know what type of

service you're going to get.

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Unfortunately, fortunately, I don't

even know how you should classify this.

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I was able to experience both

the bad and the good in this.

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So any of my food allergy

listeners, this one's for you.

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Okay.

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So I flew on British airways operated

through American airlines out of the

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Miami international airport to Madrid.

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Now usually with an allergy of my

severity, I have to have an EpiPen,

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everything like that, they are

supposed to allow you to pre board

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so you can wipe down your seats.

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And there also should be an option

for you to have some type of safe

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meal because on an international

flight, they give you meals.

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I had the knowledge going in that

usually, most likely, airlines

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do not care about food allergies.

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And that's a hard truth to swallow, but

that is the reality of the situation,

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and I'm used to it, unfortunately.

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So I knew I had to bring some

type of food with me on there.

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Thank God I did, because one,

I was not able to pre board

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when I asked all my questions.

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When originally When we booked

our tickets that they said, don't

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worry, you'll be able to preboard.

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You'll be able to have a meal.

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Like we'll label it, everything like that.

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Everything they said they were

going to do, they did not do for me.

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So it was very frustrating because

I was on a nine hour flight

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and I didn't have any safe food

that they could provide to me.

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So thank God, you know, I'm used to

this and I brought my own snacks.

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But still, I should not

be in a situation where.

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The airline can't even allow me

to preboard to wipe down my seats.

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Like that's Mind boggling to me.

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So that was the most

frustrating thing going there.

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Coming back We flew out from

Barcelona to Miami amazing experience.

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They allowed me to pre board and

when I went to ask that question and

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just like let them know again about

my allergy, I was very hesitant that

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anything would come out of it because

we all knew the success I had in Miami.

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So I was like, oh, whatever, like I'm

just gonna tell them cause, you know,

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I need to make sure I'm safe, but I

know they're probably not gonna follow

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the rules that they're supposed to.

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To my surprise, They allowed

Danny and I to pre board and

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they had safe meals for me.

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Multiple safe meals for me.

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And it was amazing.

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And we had bought food at the

airport because of the total

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chaos it was for Miami for me.

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So we had more food than we needed.

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Which is always a great problem to

have, at least with a food allergy,

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to have more options than none.

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But it was very refreshing

to see the different type of

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service that I was provided.

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Leaving Miami, I was definitely dismissed.

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They could not care less about me.

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Leaving Barcelona, I was taken care of,

my safety was a priority for them, and I

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was able to enjoy my flight comfortably.

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That is the realities of having a severe

food allergy and no one giving a shit.

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But, anyway.

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What's your go to race day gear?

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Well, definitely not jean shorts

as I've learned from experience.

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I definitely was more comfortable

on Friday and Saturday when I was

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wearing more of that breathable

material that athleisure wear.

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On Sunday The top I was wearing was fine.

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It was breathable It was the furious

motorsports jersey with the cute

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little like white sports bra if I

could have worn biker shorts or

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maybe some type of breathable skirt

something more breathable than those

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really short jean shorts I should have.

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I think if you're going to a grand

prix, especially if it's going to

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be somewhere like miami or barcelona

or texas Where it's going to be

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extremely, extremely hot, I would not

recommend wearing anything jean like.

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I would recommend leaning more towards

the breathable, airy, light fabrics

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like athleisure wear or like a cute

little sundress, cute little skirt.

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I was the most comfortable I think

on Saturday where I was wearing the

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checkered top and little orange skirt

with my spandex shorts underneath.

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Beautiful, comfortable,

breezy, uh, amazing.

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Sunday, my only downfall

was the jean shorts.

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So, I would stay away from jeans.

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And sneakers.

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Comfortable sneakers.

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They are gonna get dirty,

so just be aware of that.

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But wear sneakers.

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Wear closed toed shoes.

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Don't wear sandals.

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Do not wear sandals.

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Absolutely not.

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What to expect when going to a race.

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Well, you're gonna walk a lot,

so bring comfortable shoes,

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try to stay away from white.

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I wore my customized Lando Norris

shoes that Dani made for me, and I'll

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link her studio actually in the show

notes below for you guys to check

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it out, but they were white high

tops, and they definitely got dirty.

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So, I would maybe try to stay away

from white shoes, but definitely

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something comfortable to walk in

because you are going to be walking

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It's lots and lots of walking.

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Sunscreen.

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It is very very hot and I thought

coming from central florida I would

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be used to the hot Barcelona heat

is a completely different story.

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It just sticks to you

like how it is in Arizona.

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It's just very, very humid and

it's sticky and you're just there.

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So, sunscreen and fans.

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If I would have brought a

portable fan or even like a

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hand fan, would have been great.

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Your chargers, because

your phone will be dying.

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A charger, a Sharpie that works.

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: 00:23:31

That would be really nice so when you

meet drivers and everything, they can sign

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your stuff, you'll have a pen for them.

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So make sure your Sharpie works.

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speaking from experience.

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But I, I had some really good

friends that let me use their

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Sharpies, so we're all good.

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And water.

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Water, water, water.

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A reusable water that is

allowed in the circuit.

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Because I know Barcelona, we had a

lot of rules where it was like, the

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aluminum, metallic, some stuff like that.

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People weren't able to bring those nice

reusable cold thermos ones because of

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the water bottle itself, that material

wasn't like allowed in our circuit.

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So definitely make sure you check

out the rules and bring a water

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bottle that you're able to fill up.

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That is allowed.

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So check the rules water and food.

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Make sure that your circuit

allows you to bring food.

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Barcelona luckily

allowed us to bring food.

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So we packed sandwiches, we packed chips,

I think we packed candy at one point.

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I don't really remember, but we

brought food with us because the

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prices are absolutely insane.

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And if you have food allergies, I can't

promise you that everything would be safe.

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So I always bring my snacks, but

definitely, definitely bring your

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food because it is expensive.

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And those are probably the biggest

things to expect for a race.

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And my last question is,

interesting things that happened

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during your stay in race week.

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And to that I will say, my TikTok has

all the interesting stories in the last

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episode, because we definitely do not

have a lot of time to go into every

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single interesting and crazy thing

that happened to me on my Spain trip.

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So make sure to check out last week's

episode, Fangirl Confessions, Spanish

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Grand Prix edition, and check out my

TikTok page, because there are videos on

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there that are not on my Instagram, and

they're there On TikTok for a reason.

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: 00:25:15

So, make sure to go check them out.

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And that is our first Q& A, everyone.

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Alright, Radiant Icons, that is

your tea time sesh for today.

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Thank you guys so much for submitting all

your questions about my trip to Spain.

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: 00:25:31

I am very excited to do another

Q& A very soon in the future.

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If you liked today's episode,

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Leave a rating, a review, and a like.

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And, you know, tell all your friends

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: 00:25:47

Next week, we are bringing

back Everyday Icons.

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And our first guest for Everyday Icons

is the founder of F1 Girlies, Ella.

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Ella is an icon.

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: 00:25:58

She has created the fastest growing,

Female community in the F1 space.

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: 00:26:04

And I am so excited to chat all things

women in motorsports as we are seeing

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: 00:26:09

a rapidly growing fan base in formula

one, that's never been seen before.

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: 00:26:13

And as a professional fan girl.

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I am so, so excited for you guys

to hear the chat that I had with

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Ella, and that will be next week.

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: 00:26:22

In addition, the professional

fangirl herself, I'm so excited

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: 00:26:27

you guys, will be on the cover

of F1 Girlies Magazine for July.

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: 00:26:32

That's right, I am your July cover girl

for F1 Girlies Magazine, where I talk

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: 00:26:37

all things Dare to be Iconic and being a

professional fangirl, which is something

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: 00:26:41

I haven't spoken about on the podcast yet.

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: 00:26:45

I'm just really, really excited

for you guys to read the July issue

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: 00:26:49

that comes out July 15th, and I

will make sure to share the link.

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: 00:26:53

Everywhere and anywhere.

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: 00:26:54

Don't you worry, because little baby

Amanda, her dreams are coming true.

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: 00:26:58

This was one of her biggest

dreams, was to be on the cover of

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a magazine, and it's happening.

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: 00:27:03

And I'm just really excited for

you guys to read the issue and

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to listen to Ella's episode.

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And remember, that all comes out

next week, so mark your calendars.

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: 00:27:10

July 15th, the July issue

with moi on the cover.

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And then July 17th, my interview

with Ella, the founder of

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F1 Girlies, will be live.

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So anyway, I'm done everyone.

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: 00:27:21

I am done.

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I will see you guys next week.

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Remember, Radiant Icons dare to be iconic.

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Bye!