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My Answers to Vogue’s 73 Questions

03/07/18 | Getting to Know Me

Sparkles and Shoes Vogue 73 Questions

I thought today I would switch it up and do a little something different.  For a while now I have been obsessed with Vogue’s 73 Questions is a video series in which Vogue interviews celebrities by asking them 73 questions within a short period of time, kind of like rapid fire. If you haven’t seen one before I definitely recommend checking them out, you can find them all here. I’m a huge fan of the series so today I decided to do my own version –  keep reading to learn more about me!

1. What is the last song you listened to? Wait by Maroon 5

2. If you had a superpower, what would it be? To fly or for transportation between two places to take no time

3. What is your favorite fashion trend of all time? The A-Line Silhouette 

4. What’s your favorite junk food? Dark chocolate 

5. What’s keeping you busy these days? Getting ready for my trip abroad at the end of the month (Moscow, London, and Portugal) 

6. What’s a book you plan on reading?  Origin by Dan Brown 

7. A person you’d love to have coffee with? Jennifer Lawerence 

8. Blow-dry or air-dry? Air-dry

9. What’s the best thing you’ve done so far this year? Gone to Paris on a solo trip over MLK weekend.  

10. It’s brunch and you don’t have food allergies, what do you order? Eggs Benedict with well done bacon and coffee.  

11. Who is the last person you texted? My Mom  🙂 

12. If you could switch lives with a person for one day who would it be?  Oprah 

13. What karaoke song would you sing without needing the monitor? Spice Up Your Life by the Spice Girls 

14. What’s the last thing you ate? White cheddar popcorn

15. Last show you binge watched? Blindspot 

16. What is your favorite birthday cake? Red Velvet with cream cheese frosting

17. What is something you can’t do? A pull-up 

18. Best advice for your 18 year old self?  Don’t sweat the small stuff and it’s mostly all small stuff 

19. What is one goal you are determined to achieve in your lifetime? Visiting all 7 continents 

20. Is there a dessert you don’t like? Anything with black licorice 

21. What is your spirit animal? A dolphin 

22. What do you usually eat for breakfast? Overnight oats or a protein bar 

23. Cooking or Baking? Baking

24. Best fashion advice you’ve ever received?  Classics never go out of style 

25. Who do you turn to when you’re sad? My Mom

26. What is your Kryptonite?  Really cute babies 

27. Best first date idea? Going somewhere neither of you have been before 

28. Favorite type of flower? Lillies 

29. What’s the best part of living in New York? I live in a spot millions of people want to vacation 

30. What do you miss about college? Having all my friends near all the time and the mandatory workouts 

31. Favorite pizza topping? Pepperoni and mushrooms 

32. Favorite ice cream topping? Real hot fudge 

33. Dark chocolate or milk chocolate? Dark chocolate

34. Jogging or swimming? Swimming

35. When was the last time you cried? A few weeks ago when I stubbed my toe 

36. Do you like your handwriting? Ehh, medium 

37. What is your least favorite thing about yourself? Sometimes I am too quick to judge 

38. What is your most favorite thing about yourself? My perseverance 

39. Favorite smell? Birthday cake 

40. What is the farthest you have been from home? South Africa 

41. Where were you born? Greenwich, Connecticut 

42. Sweet or savory? Sweet

43. Lipstick or lip gloss? Lipstick

44. Who is your girl crush? Blake Lively

45. Cupcakes or cookies? Cupcakes 

46. What’s your favorite season? Spring 

47. What’s your New Year’s resolution? To find balance, you can find more information here. 

48. You are stuck on an island, you can pick one food to eat forever without getting tired of it, what would you eat? Sushi 

49. Favorite superhero? Wonder Woman

50. What do you usually order at Starbucks? Venti Matcha, three scoops, with water 

51. If your life was a song what would the title be? Don’t Stop Believing 

52. What’s one cause that’s dear to your heart? Great question, let me get back to you on this one. 

53. Who would you want to shoot a love scene with? Woah, um, Chris Hemsworth? 

54. What’s your favorite thing to wear? My oversized Georgetown swimming sweatshirt 

55. What is something you always travel with? A spare set of headphones

56. Biggest pet peeve? Oh, I have so many of these – check them out here, I have done four post to date

57. If you could only dance to one song for the rest of your life, what  song is it? Whitney Houston’s I Wanna Dance With Somebody 

58. What are three things you look for in a man? Honesty, drive, and kindness 

59. If you could meet anyone dead or alive who would it be? Grace Kelly 

60. Would you rather fast forward ten years and be rich or be able to redo your life with all of the knowledge you have gained over the years? Fast forward, I think

61. What could you give a presentation on with no preparation? Advertising, blogging, or swimming 

62. What do you wish you knew more about?  Space

63. Who was the president when you were born? George H.W. Bush

64. What is your favorite chain restaurant? I don’t have one 

65. Would you rather always be ten minutes late or twenty minutes early? Twenty minutes early

66. Lauren Conrad or Kristin Cavallari? Lauren Conrad

67. Kim Kardashian or Paris Hilton? Neither, Princess Kate

68. Snow or sun? Sun

69. If you could learn a instrument what would it be? The piano

70. Would you rather have to live without your laptop or your phone? Live without my phone 

71. What’s something you like to do the old fashioned way? I like to write handwrite thank-you notes

72. If you could live anywhere in the world where would you live? Abroad in an English speaking country – Sydney or London 

73. Would you rather scuba dive or skydive? Scuba dive! 

What do you think of 73 Questions?
Answer one of the questions in the comments – I’d love to learn more about you!

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Comments

  1. Debbie P says

    March 11, 2018 at 3:43 pm

    These Vogue Q & A were really great. Thanks for the article 🙂

  2. Sydney says

    March 9, 2018 at 7:15 am

    I love that segment! I saw something similar with Michael B. Jordan and thought “I could watch him answer questions all day :):):):)” Love this post and loved learning more about you!

    Sydney
    http://www.classiccitychic.com

  3. Didiey says

    March 7, 2018 at 8:29 pm

    If you could only dance to one song for the rest of your life, what song is it?
    Bruno Mars – Uptown Funk

    😉

  4. Jen Kessler says

    March 7, 2018 at 4:33 pm

    Air dry all the way!!! I love those Vogue question videos!

    Floral Collage Prints

  5. Jessica says

    March 7, 2018 at 4:03 pm

    What a fun post idea! I love those bow heels!

    http://www.jessicabroyles.com

  6. Lyndsey R. says

    March 7, 2018 at 3:04 pm

    I’ve also enjoyed both reading these and doing them myself. Good to know some new things about you!

  7. Lauren says

    March 7, 2018 at 1:39 pm

    Love this!! I did this on Monday!! http://bit.ly/2I4srrH

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