Victoria recently recorded a special message, just for YOU – our gorgeous Girl Power readers! Check it out below and be sure to tune into Victorious on Nickelodeon!

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Our Victoria Justice cover love!

You can see Jeff Kinney at the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall on Wednesday May 16 from 6:30-7:30pm. The tickets are $20 for adults and $12 for kids under 16! Visit www.swf.org.au to get your tix! Melbourne readers won’t miss out either as Jeff will appear at the Melbourne Town Hall from 2-3pm on Sunday May 20th. The tix are $20 for adults and $12 for kids. Visit wheelercentre.com for all the info.

Thanks to the Sydney Writers’ Festival and the Wheeler Centre, we’ve got two family passes to see Jeff Kinney up for grabs! That’s one for each city! The family pass includes 2 adult tickets and four kids tickets!

To enter, send an email to girlpower@next.com.au with the subject line ‘Jeff Kinney competition’ and tell us: What is your favourite Wimpy Kid book and why? You must include your full name, postal address, age AND phone number for your entry to be eligible.

~ HURRY, THIS COMPETITION CLOSES THIS FRIDAY, MAY 11 ~

Jennette McCurdy has some serious girl power…just like our awesome and very talented readers! We loved looking through all of the incredible entries this month. Check out our top three…

Awesome t-shirt design, Sally! Keep it up!

Great use of colour, Shani! We love the rainbow background!

Very creative, Mia! Love the glitter!

And the lucky winner is… SHANI!! Congratulations Shani, your entry is bright and fun just like Jennette! We loved your use of colours and designs!

The next Colour My World comp is Bella Thorne! Send in your creative work to girlpower@next.com.au OR to Girl Power, ‘Colour my World’  Locked Bag 5555, St Leonards, NSW 1590. Don’t forget to attach your name, age and address so we can send you a prize if you are our lucky winner!

The GP team are looking forward to seeing the next load of entries!

Lots of love,

The GP team

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If you’re not a beauty buff, there’s still lots to keep you smiling – we get inspired by Victoria Justice’s photo album, give you the ultimate guide to Victorious, take a look at Bieber’s playlist and go behind the scenes of House of Anubis!

Plus, there’s awesome advice on how to solve fights with your friends and we tell you how to survive a whoops moment! You’ll love the great prizes to win and the cutest cupcake stickers and erasers that come with every issue!

So get your skates on and pick up the June issue of Girl Power – on sale NOW!

We’ve got word of a cool site called www.dirtgirlworld.com/worldenvironmentday, where you can create your own page to let everyone know about your awesome event! In fact, dirtgirlworld are having a whole online eco-carnivale to celebrate the day! Why not get involved and plan:

• A picnic
• A games day
• A trash and treasure stall
• Or, check out the dirtgirlworld site for more fun ideas!

Plus, if you register your event, you go in the running to win lots of awesome prizes! As well as being a fab eco-site, dirtgirlworld is a cool TV program about the adventures of dirtgirl and scrapboy as they get gardening! It returns to ABC2 from June 5 so tune in!

Are you planning a World Environment Day event? Are you a bit of a greenie? Let us know!

She has one of the world’s coolest jobs… she’s a games producer at Little Space Heroes! Awesome!

We sat down for a chat with the Lovely Lyza to learn more…

What does a Games Producer do?
My job is to brainstorm and create cool game ideas for Little Space Heroes. I  work very closely with the artists to ensure we produce the best looking games out there! The most important bit of my job is to make sure we  release all of the cool items on time so that our players always have exciting things to play!

Did you study at university?
I studied Design Computing at Sydney University which was a really fun course.

What is the best part of your job?
Everything about my job is really fun and exciting! If I had to choose however, the best part of my job is being one of the first people to play the games that our  team makes!

Tell us about Little Space Heroes.
It’s a FREE online game for kids where you can create your own hero and explore a universe that’s full of fun and adventure! You can complete quests, play mini-games, purchase items and best of all, make friends and play with other heroes from all over the world! Plus it’s super-safe so mum and dad will be really happy!

What’s your favourite part of the game?
That’s a hard question! Everything in Little Space Heroes is fun and exciting I do really enjoy playing all of the mini-games in the Virtual World, then using the coins to buy items like clothes, hair styles, pet Kritterz and even stuff for my Homepad!

Who is your favourite character in Little Space Heroes?
Anna Vexla! She’s sugar and spice and all things nice but what she wants is what she gets!

How long did it take to create Little Space Heroes?
Around 18 months! It took a lot of role-playing and thinking to come up with the fantastic ideas that you now see in the game!

Do you have any advice for GP readers who want to become game producers one day?
Firstly, you have to love video games! Being a Producer requires having extensive knowledge and skills on a variety of areas – time management, logic and creativity. My best advice is to study hard but also watch plenty of movies, read a lot of books, but most importantly, play heaps of computer & video games to fuel your imagination!

Do you have any secret Little Space Heroes tips to share?
There are plenty of areas to explore in Little Space Heroes and heaps of secret actions to find with your Bubble Blaster. This is my favourite one – Fly your Starjet in space and try to find that special spot near the asteroids for that secret surprise!

You can meet Lyza in Little Space Heroes! Her hero’s name is Ehylyna. Click here to play Little Space Heroes right now…

We’re super excited about our Young Stars special of Pop Queen featuring all your favourite new artists! We chat to Ariana Grande about new music and Lyndall and Adrien from the Young Talent Team! And don’t forget about the awesome posters of One Direction, Cody Simpson, Willow Smith, Cher Lloyd and HEAPS MORE!

In this issue we predict which artists to watch this year and a guide on how to become the next big thing! Did we mention there are lots of cool quizzes and puzzles AND prizes to be won?!

So pick up your copy now with Victoria Justice on the cover!

Lots of love,

The GP Pop Queens
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Our friends at Little Space Heroes have given us some fun games to play! Yay! Ready, set, BLAST-OFF…

Little Space Heroes – Jetpack Gem Collector
Strap on your jetpack and soar skywards. Collect gems and crystals, dodge asteroids and use power ups!

Little Space Heroes – Starjet Racing
Fire up your Starjet and go head-to-head with other racers in this supersonic game!

Little Space Heroes – Lily Hop
Guide your frog from lilypad to lilypad. Gobble up flies and watch out for toads and other critters. Hop to it!

Little Space Heroes – Sky Jump
3-2-1 Jump! Test your reflexes and your nerve. Can you beat the other heroes?

In this party special, The GP Team have a bake off – which tasty treat comes out as number one? We offer our top party tips to help you throw a birthday bash and fun quizzes and puzzles for you to do! We go behind the scenes of Dance Academy with Xenia Goodwin and Boy Power is back with our new crush Thomas Lacey from Dance Academy! We also get ready for One Direction to hit our shores with our interview with cutie, Harry Styles from the UK boy band! And don’t forget about Comperama, because this month it is loaded with bigger and better prizes to be won!

So grab your copy of May issue now with Bella Thorne on the cover!

Selena and Justin really make a glamorous and cute couple, as these amazing entries showed!! There were so many cool and creative entries, but we have narrowed it down to the top three! Take a look…..

Great use of colours Michelle!

The background images and colours look amazing Darcy!

Selena and Justin look so cute here Rhianna!

And the winner of this rounds Colour Our World is……..Darcy!!!! Congratulations Darcy, Selena and Justin look amazing and are red carpet ready!!

We are all impressed by your work Darcy!

The winners of the Colour My World: Bella and Zendaya will be announced soon so stay tuned! You can still send in your entries to girlpower@next.com.au OR to Girl Power, ’Colour Our World’, Locked Bag 5555, St Leonards, NSW 1590. We need your name, age and address so that if you win we can send you your prize!

We can’t wait to see what you come up with next girls!

Lots of love,
The GP Team
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