How To Pull Westlife!
Smash Hits Magazine June 1999 >>subscribe to Smash Hits
Fancy wooing WestLife? Read on to find out how! (And how not to... but who wouldn't like to do that?)
How would a girl go about wooing you?
MARK: She'd have to be really funny and a good laugh.
BRYAN: Just by smiling at me, because I've never been chatted up before!
NICKY: Eye contact for me, definitely.
KIAN: Just by being a nice person -by being herself.
SHANE: She'd need to be presentable so I liked her at first glance.
What would she need to look like?(None of this 'personality is more important' business, ta)
MARK: I like different sorts of girls You kind of know when you see someone that you could get on with.
BRYAN: I'm not into made-up, fake-looking girls. Someone natural and different-looking.
NICKY: Very ladylike and smart, not streety-looking.
KIAN: Natural-looking with something different about her.
SHANE: Very well-presented but not too much make-up. I don't like girls who look like they've taken hours to get ready.
How would she catch your eye?
MARK: Well, to start with, if they were nice-looking and they had nice clothes on. But you'd have to see what they were like as a person.
BRYAN: I always notice a smile first.
NICKY: By looking at me! KIAN: If she was good-looking she'd catch my eye anyway!
SHANE: A nice smile would do it every time.
Would you approach her or wait for her to approach you?
MARK: I'd get me and my friend to walk over and ease our way into the conversation.
BRYAN: I wouldn't do either. I'd wait for us to bump into each other.
NICKY: I'd wait and see if she approached me, and if she didn't I'd go over to her.
KIAN: If I was getting signals off her but she was too shy to come over, I'd approach her.
SHANE: If I really liked her I'd go over, or accidently bump into her
What should be her opening line?
MARK: 'How's it going? Are you having a good night?' I wouldn't like her to say that she liked my single, or anything like that!
BRYAN: I'd like her to ask me out for a drink. That'd be perfect.
NICKY: Something funny and nothing to do with the band!
KIAN: Something casual. No terrible chat-up lines -they're not necessary!
SHANE: Something short and sweet so you want to know more!
What should she be wearing?
MARK: Well, I really like Mel C's style, but then again I think Mariah Carey looks good. I basically like all kinds of clothes!
BRYAN: I do like short skirts, and I like smart girls.
NICKY: Like I said, classy.
KIAN: I like the baggy trousers and sneakers look, but I also like slick girls. Anything!
SHANE: Some girls look gorgeous in combats, and some look gorgeous in hipsters, so whatever they look gorgeous in!
What perfume should she wear?
MARK: most girls smell nice anyway, so that's enough for me!
BRYAN: Tommy Girl.
NICKY: Eternity by Calvin Klein, definitely!
KIAN: I love White Musk.
SHANE: Cool Water for Women.
What should her hair be like?
MARK: I don't mind as long as she's nice-looking!
BRYAN: I like either a girl with blonde hair, or a girl with jet-black hair.
NICKY: I don't mind as long as she's got hair!
KIAN: Blonde, dark, red, short, long, up, down, whatever!
SHANE: Natural -I'm not mad on blue hair!
Would you like her to look like any famous gal?
MARK: Mariah Carey. I think she's beautiful.
BRYAN: Jennifer Loves Chewitts.
NICKY: Nope, just herself!
KIAN: Any, hahaha!
SHANE: Nicole Kidman, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Cameron Diaz are beautiful.
What would really put you off a girl?
MARK: If she was picking her nose or had smelly breath. Yeauch!
BRYAN: If she was arrogant and big-headed. NICKY:: If she was too forward.
KIAN: Someone saying, 'I fancy you because you're Kian from WestLife.' A big no-no.
SHANE: If a girl came up and started telling me her life story, or a girl with bad breath.
Have you ever had a nightmare girl experience?
MARK: Once, some of my friends told this girl that I liked her, so she started chatting me up. I felt really awful, and they all sat giggling in the corner.
BRYAN: Yes. I was grabbed a few times by drunk girls when I worked on security in McDonald's. That was embarrasing.
NICKY: This girl that used to follow me around at school all the time, and the follow me home afterwards -that was a total nightmare!
KIAN: I've been sent some very wierd, very pervy letters!
SHANE: I've had girls i've chatted to turning into complete psychos and decide that we should spend the rest of our lives together. Scary!
Wich friends girl ?
BRYAN: Rachel
NICKY: Monica
KIAN: Rachel
SHANE: Phoebe
Which Steps girl?
MARK: Lisa
BRYAN: Claire
NICKY: All of them!
KIAN: Lisa
SHANE: Faye
Which All Saint?
MARK: Shaznay or Nic
BRYAN: Nic
NICKY: Nic
KIAN: Nic
SHANE: Nat
Which B*Witched?
MARK: Lindsay
BRYAN: SinŽad
NICKY: All of them!
KIAN: Lindsay
SHANE: Lindsay
Which Spice?
MARK: Victoria
BRYAN: Mel C
NICKY: Victoria
KIAN: Emma
SHANE: Victoria
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