Are You A South London It Girl?

An It Girl, is defined NOT by her profession but her social status.

‘It’ is indicative of being the dog’s bollocks.

An It Girl must never relent her level of ‘it-ness’ and must maintain superiority at all times.

An It Girl is only so, if a close friend and the press/a celebrity have deemed her so.

An It Girl must never be caught shopping at Primark.

An It Girl is only an It Girl for as long as her Botox and hair extensions will hold up.


So with the above in mind. Do you qualify as a member of the It Girl Legion? Once an It Girl is certified, the next step is to determine on what scale of ‘it-ness’ you rank. It’s Quiz time! ….

‘It’-O-Meter of Esteem

1. Scenario A: Your Granny accidentally steps on your new Jimmy Choos. You:
A. Backhand her. Then have her clean and kiss the shoes as a sign of respect.
B. Have her tear-gassed and sectioned. Then blame substance abuse for your rash decision.
C. You’d be too pleased about having a decent pair of shoes for once, to care.

2. You’re heading to a premier tonight. It’s not a Celebrity A-List affair but there’s that slim chance that there’ll be a few photographers around. Do you:
A. Sport an all-black demur number, get your weave redone and rock your sunglasses. Not forgetting your entourage who are as much accessories as your handbag.
B. Go for the minimalist look. Bed-head and no jewellery all part of your nonchalant waif look.
C. Dash to East Street market and emerge with a leopard print lycra bodysuit and pink stilettos complete with pink glitter lipstick…’cause who knows who might be there!

3. Your ideal man would have the following qualities:
A. Man? I’m more partial to a bit of Madonna.
B. Rock ’n’ Roll druggie types do it for me.
C. Rich men are the only type of man that counts.

4. Your ideal Valentine’s present is:
A. A phone. I can’t have too many ’cause if I’m not hurling them at staff, I’m loosing them at concerts.
B. A meal out.  Actually, if the truth be told, I haven’t had a full meal in a near-eternity, no one bothers to offer any food anymore so that’d a true sign of affection.
C. Forget presents. I’m cash up-front kind of girl!

5. Who’s Your Best Friend?
A. Lewis Hamilton and I are very ‘close’.
B. Friends? …well there’s my stylist and then there’s um….[infinite pause]
C. All celebrities are my best friends, one time Victoria Beckham coughed in my direction so we’re bona fide pals now.
    
6. In an ideal It-Girl world there would be no….
A. Such thing as a ‘tantrum’. Screaming and hitting lowly peasants is very normal behaviour I’ll have you know.
B. Rehab. I’m with Amy on that one.
C. Way of detecting hair extensions. I’m tired of getting found out.

7. You’re a South London It Girl by default but these days you can be found in…
A. I’m worldwide dharling! St Tropez, LA, and NYC.
B. Lets just say I moved to the nicer side of the tracks.
C. Still in South East London ’cause I need to be near Millwall’s stadium (perfectly named The Den) just in case one of the boys get lonely.

8. Your Biggest achievement to date:
A. Being a legend. I’m still waiting for my picture to be in the dictionary right next to ‘Goddess’ or ‘Megalomaniac’. Either/or, really.
B. Being 3-inches below the usual catwalk-model height requirement and still sneaking below the radar.
C. Slagging people off in a hysteria-infused shrill on reality TV.

It-O-Meter Results:

Mostly A’s? You are the It Girl Ice Queen
and your It-Girl persona is modelled against:

Naomi Campbell
She is the crème de la crème of diva-ish It Girls. Yes she has plenty of impressive accolades from her lucrative modelling career of 12 years and counting, but these days it’s the hissy fits, outlandish demands and dating speculations that have placed her at the top of the It Girl scale. If you’re anything like Naomi, you’re quite simply The Boss. You take no shit and shovel trucks of it unto others… for fun. Your status isn’t based on garish outfits but on being a ballsy, bad-ass queen diva. You should be ashamed..or is that proud!

Mostly B’s? You are the It Girl Icon
and your It-Girl persona is modelled against:

Kate Moss
She’s the symmetrical-faced supermodel who’s never without her white stuff (er...we mean face powder). Despite being a distinctly bland personality, she lives the Rock ’n’ Roll lifestyle and has got the effortless chic look down to an art. If you’re anything like Kate, it’s a definite case of ‘much a-do about nothing’. According to the likes of you mediocrity a bit of self-destruction and schoolgirl rebellion is the way to go (or not!).

Mostly C’s? You are the It Girl Faker
and your It-Girl persona is modelled against:

Charley Uchea (Big Brother 2007)
The self-made It-Girl who is more likely to have a punch up outside a club/pub/toilet than any It-Girl of class. Charley is a classic It-Girl hustler and has managed to turn a fictitious celebrity lifestyle into almost-but-not-quite-z-list-celebrity-reality. We’ve heard about the boy who cried wolf but Charley has perhaps shown that a few porkies, mixed with the self-propelling, attention-seeking antics can see you living the celebrity dream. After all, she has now become a regular at the exclusive Player’s Lounge (yeah…good on you girl!). As for you. Simply put you’re a big fat, (or gauntly skinny) fake. But hey, stick at it, gamble your self-respect a little bit more and who knows, you might just make Page 3.