Becki Newton does ‘Why Nots’ For Self Magazine
October 22, 2009 by Tom
There’s a great feature in venerable checkout-favorite Self Magazine with Ugly Betty’s Becki Newton. The “Week of Why Nots” feature challenges the subject (and readers) to create and check off a “why not?” list – things you’ve always wanted to try, kind of like a bucket list.
Her seven things?
- Writing for a magazine (which she did with this story)
- Gymnastics – she face-panted trying to do a handstand, but still had a blast.
- Be a real-life magazine assistant. She hung up 3 times on The Biggest Loser’s Jillian Michaels! HA!
- Kayaking! She did this on the Hudson with Self’s editor-in-chief Lucy Danziger.
- Learning the proper way to hold a paintbrush from her artist mom (awwww…)
- Having her husband photograph her first thing in the morning, sans makeup (Gutsy — awesome!) Check it out here.
- Learning Salsa from choreographer Luis Salgado (I sense a Dancing With The Stars future for Becki)
This was a very endearing feature (but what’s not to love about the beautiful Becki Newton?). Newton is a very good writer. I like what she said about the view when kayaking:
“…And when I looked behind me, I saw my New York: beautiful, surreal, majestic. Who knew a kayak could give you such a fresh perspective on a city you thought you knew from all angles?”
Check out the whole thing!
Image: SplashNewsOnline.com
Annnnnd….she’s still freakin’ gorgeous even without makeup, first thing in the morning. I could almost hate her, but I can’t because she seems so genuinely sweet.
Thanks for posting! I really liked reading that, and thought it was a really cool thing (or a week of really cool things) to do. Becki is awesome.
Speaking of Becki, am I the only one refreshing iTunes every second to see if a new podcast episode is up?
“(I sense a Dancing With The Stars future for Becki)”
How dare you, sir?
Cute article, though!
OMG she looks beautiful without make up!! I loved the article, she’s so cute and adorable!!!!!!!!!