Celebrity crushes influence students

Most of us have one, that one actor or singer, or maybe athlete, who makes our hearts pound whenever the celebrity’s name is mentioned. We know everything there is to know about that person, and perhaps even more than that. 

When freshman Christine Wang was asked who her celebrity crush was, she responded, “Niall Horan,” referring to the 20-year-old member of the British boyband One Direction. There was no pause, no hesitance, no second thought.

Wang was first introduced to One Direction a year ago when her friends persuaded her to watch the music video to their first hit single, “What Makes You Beautiful.” She was instantly drawn to the “blonde-haired and blue-eyed angel.”

Like many other fans, Wang decided to use Tumblr to stalk her beloved Irish idol. Along with being able to endlessly scroll through photos of her “dreamy” crush, she also learned a lot of personal facts about him.

“I like Niall because he loves food,’” she said. “We both share an insane food obsession.”

While Wang admitted that Horan is not the best singer in One Direction, she said she loves him regardless because of his wacky personality.

“Niall once got lost in a shopping center,” Wang said proudly. “He also cried during ‘The Notebook.’”

Wang said her crush has inspired her to stay happy and be positive since “he is literally always smiling.”

Freshman Julia Vita’s celebrity crush is not as popular or well-known as Horan. 

Her celebrity crush is Julian Wilson, a 24-year-old Australian professional surfer. Vita has been surfing for fun since she was young, but two years ago, she started to get more serious about it. Along with the sport came the fascination with its superstars.

“He has inspired me to try to be the youngest person in the World Tour,” Vita said. “He also does a lot of charity work in Nicaragua so I’d really like to go and help out there one day.”

Junior Jonathan Huie’s celebrity crush is Emma Watson, the well-known star of the Harry Potter series.

“She started off as a little girl, but then by the sixth movie it was like ‘BAM!’ Puberty happened and all of a sudden she was 

really pretty,” he said.

According to Huie, Watson shined as an actress in the movie “Perks of Being a Wallflower” because “you got to see a completely different side of her from ‘Harry Potter.’”

However, even though he looks up to her as an actor, he does not have time to stay current on her news. 

“Since junior year started, I haven’t had a lot of time to watch movies or anything,” he said.