There are a bunch of cool quizzes and puzzles too – find out which Aussie Diva you are, discover your Aussie anthem, play Aussie music match-ups and test your smarts with a true blue trivia quiz!

Most importantly, we’ve PACKED the mag with 18 amazing posters! There’s 4 life-size megas of Guy Sebastian, Nat Bass, Havana Brown and Shannon Noll, 4 gigantic doubles of Jess Mauboy, Cody Simpson, Stan Walker and Vanessa Amorosi, PLUS  10 super singles of Justice Crew, Matt Corby, Reece Mastin, Ricki-Lee and MORE!

For all those girls who’ve been asking, Pop Queen is available at SELECTED NEWSAGENCIES! If you can’t see it – ask your newsagent if they will be getting it in stock!

On Monday you’ll be taking part in the Optus Celebrity Carols for charity. What will you be doing?

Myself, Shannon Noll and Johnny Ruffo will be taking to the streets in different states. So I’ll be doing Sydney at Pitt Street Mall, Shannon Noll will be doing Brisbane and Johnny Ruffo will be doing Melbourne.We’ll each be busking in the street which is fun!

The great thing about it is it’s all about raising money for charity, so we’ll be taking donations and the money will go toward our selected charity. Mine is The Smith Family and Optus will match dollar for dollar every donation made, so hopefully we can make a great amount of money. For my charity The Smith Family it’s really important because it’s all about helping disadvantaged children and educating those kids and I guess at Christmas time they don’t always get to wake up with a present under the tree. So if we can help get them a present under the tree it’s worth it in my eyes.

Image: Cybele Malinowski

Yeah I’ve done some work with them before and it really is amazing to see what they do. They really do focus on educating these children who are disadvantaged and you know education is so important, they’ve seen so many success stories come out of the Smith Family and become successful in their own right and it really is an incredible charity.

Do you have a favourite Christmas carol?

I’m such a big Mariah Carey Christmas album fan, like every girl it gets played to death at Christmas! So I’m going to be doing ‘All I want for Christmas is You’ which is like my favourite Christmas song and then I’m going to be doing my other favourite which is the ballad ‘Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas’, as well as a few of my own songs. I’ve also got a bit of a busking band going on which will be fun and I’m looking forward to it.

So you’ve never busked before?

No, so I’m kind of nervous and scared! I hope people stop and donate some money to charity.

I’m sure the hat will fill up very quickly. It might have to be a tub!

I hope so! Maybe a suitcase!

So is performing in the street scarier than on stage?

It’s going to be so different because you’re out in the open and people are just walking past. Usually when you’re doing a show, a gig or on tour people have come specifically to see you, but when you’re just busking in the street it’s just people walking past and if they’re interested they will stop and if they’re not then they’ll keep walking. Hopefully more people stop and watch than keep walking.

Image: Cybele Malinowski

I warm up my voice so I don’t do any damage and other than that I don’t have any other rituals. I just drink lots of water and if I’m performing with dancers I’ll do a bit of a run-through with my choreographer and my dancers so we’re in the zone. I’ll check over the songs and make sure I’m doing them in the right order. I’m quite relaxed! I’ve heard of people who wont talk for 8 hours and only drink room temperature water and won’t eat, people can get very over the top but I’m easygoing.

So you’re not a diva then!?

No, no!

Do you have any nice Christmas traditions?

I just like spending it with my family. I’m starting a tradition this year though. I do Carols by Candlelight every year on Christmas Eve in Melbourne and because I’m from Queensland, waking up in Melbourne on Christmas morning in a hotel room with no Christmas tree, it’s kind of like ‘oh’… So I’ll go over to my friends house and cook a big Christmas brunch so I’ll feel at home and I get to put some presents under their Christmas tree. Then I’ll fly up to Queensland to see my family!

Ricki-Lee Coulter, Johnny Ruffo and Shannon Noll will all be busking next week as part of the Optus Celebrity Carols.

Ricki-Lee will be busking on Monday December 19 at 11am in Pitt Street Mall, Sydney for The Smith Family.

Johnny Ruffo will be busking on Tuesday December 20 at 11 am at the State Library of Victoria Forecourt, Swanston Street, Melbourne for World Vision.

Shannon Noll will be busking on Wednesday December 21 at 11am at Queen Street Mall, Brisbane for Kids Helpline.

From Saturday, December 17, Justin Bieber will be on the Disney Channel in the ‘So Random Christmas Special’. Hooray!

Merry Christmas girls! PIC: DISNEY CHANNEL/DEAN HENDLER

JB will perform his hit ‘Mistletoe’ on this special ep which is packed to the brim with lots of sketches and festive fun! So tune in girls, we sure will be!

Just click here to take a pic of yourself with Justin! Your pic might even be included in a JB fan video!

In other JB news - Justin Bieber’s new Christmas album Under the Mistletoe is out now! Have you got it yet?

p.s. Send your pic to girlpower@next.com.au – we’d LOVE to see it!!!

p.p.s. Scroll down to find out all about our JUSTIN BIEBER COLLECTOR’S ISSUE OF POP QUEEN!

That’s right, we’ve given Pop Queen a total Bieber makeover with JB quizzes, puzzles, Bieber bingo to play with pals PLUS we tell you how to write to Justin, why Justin makes U Smile and we find out what’s in the future for Justin!

There’s also EIGHTEEN posters of Justin for your walls including 4 GIANT JB posters – OMB! Pop Queen is much bigger than our regular mag, which means bigger, brighter, totally beautiful posters! WIN!

This SPECIAL edition of Pop Queen is available at selected newsagencies so get your copy TODAY!

p.s. Have you got it? What do you think? Share your comments below!

As well as the doco, you’ll get to see a live acoustic set from the boys, a live Q&A with the fans PLUS a copy of the DVD! Woo hoo!

The premiere starts at 6:30pm with a red carpet at Event Cinemas, George St, Sydney and then the whole event will be beamed to cinemas around the country at 7pm. For details on tickets and cinemas, visit cinemalive.com

To celebrate, we’ve got three amazing Short Stack prize packs to give away! Each one includes:

• A signed copy of their latest album This is Bat Country
• A signed poster
• A glow-in-the-dark dog tag necklace – cool!

To enter, email us at girlpower@next.com.au with your full name, age and postal address and tell us who is your favourite Aussie music artist and why! Include a big pic for your chance to be in the mag!

Good luck girls and don’t forget to get your tix to this amazing event at www.cinemalive.com

We’ve just heard about a comp where you can WIN the chance to meet Cody Simpson! He is coming out to Australia for the Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards – yay!

Click this link to enter!

Meet Cody! - Image: Chris Baldwin

Plus if you’re a true Cody fan, make sure you pick up a copy of our NEW ISSUE. It’s on sale Monday and it’s literally overflowing with Cody goss!

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The Girl Power team are totally obsessed when it comes to catchy tunes – we’re always playing music in the office and singing along! This week, we’re loving ‘What Makes You Beautiful’ by One Direction – it’s a really catchy song that makes us think of summer, plus it’s all about girls being beautiful, so we can kinda relate. Ha!

Check out the song for yourself and tell us what you think!

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The GP Team are going crazy over Cody Simpson’s new track ‘On My Mind’ and not to mention the amazing entries for Colour My World: Cody Simpson!

It’s such a tough job to choose our top three but here they are:

Loving the Aussie flag Tina!

Wow, Charlotte! You are so talented!

Great work, Monique! You're an amazing artist!

And the winner is… Charlotte! Congratulations!

We love the background and the colours are pretty amazing! Well done, Charlotte!

Our next Colour My World is Victoria Justice so don’t forget to send in your artwork to girlpower@next.com.au OR to Girl Power, ’Colour my World’, Locked Bag 5555, St Leonards, NSW 1590. Remember to include your full name, age and postal address, so if you are the winner we can send you your prize!

We can’t wait to see what you guys do next!

The GP Team xx

I first met Cody Simpson last year when he was just starting out in the music biz. Since then, I’ve been a HUGE fan! That’s why I was so thrilled to catch up with Cody again when he came back to Australia recently. I quizzed Cody about his backstage essentials, his awesome new single ‘On My Mind’ and his guest spot on the Disney show So Random! I’m also pleased to report that Cody just loved seeing himself in ‘Colour My World’ in the July issue!!!

You can read our Cody Questionnaire in the latest issue of Girl Power (with Selena on the cover!). The interview was also filmed for a little doco about a day in the life of Cody Simpson! I must admit, seeing myself on camera was an eensy bit embarrassing! You can get a behind-the-scenes look at Cody’s crazy-busy day below!

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Hope you enjoyed this sneak peek into Cody’s adventure in Australia! Get the latest Cody updates at www.codysimpson.com and in Girl Power magazine, of course!

Lots of luv,

Anthea xx