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them was tali t so for a couple of days she gotroyal treatmentrliefown trailer and rhost iriiportant a chance to hangout with the band thefourofus went up to ajand told him we were going to be in the commercial and he saidcool tkey didnt seem like huge stars with us she said only two of them came in limousines theyre just normal guys v while they werent allowed to bug the stars she said they tod get exchange a few words the four of us went up to all she recounts and told hini we were going to be in the commercial and he said cool tthen there was the encounter with kevin he smiled and said i managed to choke out hi she said talis rise in showbiz has been rapid her first love is danc ing which shes been doing since she was five years old two years aga she got a part playing a little french girl in a milk ad the same year she auditioned for the ford centres pro duction of showboat it called for singing and dancing she said i thought i could do that v she riot only won a role in the 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