GPWA Times Magazine - Issue 9 - June 2009

58 You’ve talked about this a little bit in the forums, sowe feel safe asking it here – when did you decide to get your various piercings and tattoo? Wow! I didn’t think this would come up in an inter- view, LOL. Getting a tattoo is a huge decision because it’s going to be there forever. It tookme just over a year todecideon exactlywhat Iwanted. I hada fair ideabutbeing such a huge decision, I wanted to make sure I justknewwhichwas the right one. The meaning behind my tattoo is very close to my heart. I went through a really horri- ble breakup at the end of 2007and lost a lot of my life in the process, but Icameout500%strongerandamuch better person, so I wanted to get some- thingwithmeaning that wouldmakeme rememberhow strong I am forever. My tattoowas designed by a girlfriend of mineand it says “Fortitudo”whichmeans “inner strength” in Latin. I got it onmy left foot for the significance of walking forwardwithyour feet. I love itandwould never change it. So far this ismyonly tat- toobut Ihave thought about a fewothers. So far nothing has jumped out atme like thisonehasso Iwillwaituntil theydobe- foredecidingonanother one. Piercings: I love my nose piercing the best. I hadwanted it since Iwas 10 years old andmy father always said tome, “If youwere supposed tohaveahole there, it wouldbe therealready!”Soof course, be- ing a daddy’s girl, I never actually did it. Then twodays after the eventmentioned above I decided to just do it. It seems to be the trend since theevent.Doing things Iwouldneverdobefore. It’s great! If youcouldhavedinnerwith threeother people, living or dead, who would they be andwhy? Christina Aguilera. She is my favorite singer and I would have to be her biggest fan ever. Cried somuch at her concert I almostneededabucket (she actually pointed at me while I was the onlyone standing inoneof the front rows while singing). Have followed her since Day 1, have all her albums (English and Spanish) and have numerous calendars, photos,member of fanclub etc etc.. Don’t need toexplain that oneanymore. Second person, I would probably say my great uncle Ferenc Puskas, because I planned to see him in 2007when I went toEurope but he passed away just before I got to get over there. Third I am going to saymy grandfather onmydad’s side. I rememberwhenwewere littlehe used to love to joke aroundwith us, and I’ve just recently found out that I was his favorite so Iwould love tobeable toseehimagain now that I’m not 5 years old anymore. I thinkwewould laugh thehousedown. What are three things thatnooneknows aboutyou? I have extremely curly, frizzy blonde- hairednaturally,whichIdyeblackandget chemicallystraightened(yesI’mablonde- haired,blue-eyedHungariangypsy). I have a famous great uncle who used to coach the Real Madrid soccer team and was a striker for Hungary during one of the world cup series. He also coached the Melbourne Greek soccer team inOz–FerencPuskas. Iamasci-fi freak(mostlyaTrekkieand strange phenomenon) a nerd (prob- ably the biggest one in theworld), and ama tomboyall inone! 1. 2. 3. Renée’s colorful personalitycomes shining throughas she showsoff hernosepiercing (top left),gets into theAussie spirit (topmiddle), hits thefloor inhystericsduringa neonparty (topbottom) andwins anaward forbest cross-dresser duringacharityevent (above). GPWA Times | AffiliateManager Interview Series