Stella Harrington’s model for whom she wants to be like one day has long brown hair, is adored by preteens the world over for pop songs like “Party in the U.S.A.” and sometimes goes by the name of Hannah Montana.
Stella, an outgoing 8-year-old in the third grade at Basehor Intermediate School, says her friends tell her that her dream of being famous like Miley Cyrus is “crazy.” But Stella is adamant that one day she wants to be an actress appearing on the cover of magazines or starring in her own television series just like her idol.
“I watched her a lot when I was little, and I always wanted to be on her show,” Stella said. “Everyone thought I was crazy because they thought, like, they said, ‘You’re never going to be on TV like that. They said it’s once in a lifetime.’ I said, ‘I know, but I still think it’d be cool.’”
On a small scale, Stella is taking steps to achieve her goal. In the summer of 2010, she auditioned for and earned a paid job doing voice work for a series of books in Hallmark’s Interactive Storybooks & Story Buddies collection. Each series in the collection comes with a “story buddy,” or stuffed animal, that responds to the reader’s voice as the books are read out loud. Stella won the part as the voice of Abigail The Bunny. Abigail is the main character in a series of three books: “Abigail And The Balance Beam,” “Abigail And The Tea Party,” and “Abigail And The Lost Purse.”
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