She, like everyone should, loves music and her particular favourites of the moment are Ted Leo, Ok Go, The Shins, The Decemberists and Architecture in Helsinki.

When she was extremely little, however, she apparently adored opera and would stare fixated at the screen for hours on end. Then she was introduced to Chinese Opera during her short time living in Malaysia and she never went near the thing again. She wishes she could say she is bilingual, but her Mandarin vocabulary is nowhere near complete and, though she understands what the Chinese are saying, she is rubbish at replying.

The three main qualities she thinks are needed for a fulfilling, happy life are humour, passion and honesty but she thinks the world could do with a bit more, in true beauty pageant style, peace.