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.
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