Hazel McGarry

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Personal Details…

Birthday: 3 January

Lives: Hamilton

Years on Squad: 5th Season

Occupation: Dance Teacher/Sales Agent

Height: 5'

Eye Colour: Hazel

Hair Colour: Blonde

Nickname: Wee Yin, Shorty, Titch… actually anything that makes reference to me being vertically challenged!!!!

Star Sign: Capricorn


Questions & Answers…

Been dancing since: 3 years old, my mum couldn't wait to get rid off me haha

Dance Experience: Associate Teacher with BATD in stage/tap, modern dance, freestyle/streetdance, cheerleading and club Latino. Danced for various companies and events over the years, all great fun.

Favourite style of dance: Tap.

What advice would you give to aspiring dancers? Believe in your dreams, they can come true. Never give up and have fun.

Best advice ever given to me: To believe in myself and work hard, it pays off.

What is your earliest childhood memory? My brother and his Noddy car hahahahaha, sorry Fraz but it's an image I'll never forget.

What I do to keep fit: Dance… dance… dance, it's the best exercise in the world. I also run when I can.

Three words that describe me are: Confused, annoying, loud (just being honest haha).

How would friends sum you up in one sentence? A complete pain in the backside but one in a million.

I'm happiest when: I'm with the people i love and care about or with anyone that makes me laugh and smile

My claim to fame is: Emmm… I was a Soccerette on Soccer AM, that's the best I've got I'm afraid.

My most unusual job: A Rockette, that's pretty unusual.

If I had a different job I'd be: A fashion designer or interior designer. I love things like that but wasn't blessed with the talent.

My hobbies are: Dancing, don't really get time for any others.

Pets: A Staffordshire bull terrier, he looks a bit scary but is the biggest baby alive.

Most people don't know this about me: I'm quite shy.

What would your Gladiator name be? Diamond – cause they're small, tough and precious, awh.

I've never been able to: Sing! I'd really really love to sing but I sound like a drowning cat!

Things that really annoy me: Arrogance and ignorance, I cannot tolerate either.


Favourite food: God I'm a pig, I'd seriously eat anything, maybe Chinese or a good roast Sunday dinner.

Favourite joke: I don't know any!!!!! I forget them 5 mins after I hear them or try to remember and get them wrong!!

Favourite movie: Braveheart – makes me feel patriotic and always makes me cry.

What song will definitely get you up on the dance floor? Anything that makes the hairs on the back of your neck stand up or gets your feet tapping.

What CD do you have in your car stereo at the moment? The Script and Snow Patrol.

What was your favourite TV show as a child? Byker Grove.

If you could have a walk-on part in any TV show, what would it be? Sex in the City, what girl wouldn't love that, the clothes, the shoes, the handbags… need I go on?

What is your feel-good DVD that is guaranteed to cheer you up? How to Lose a Guy in Ten Days – such a girly flick, I love it.

What would be your ideal weekend? Visiting an amazing city with good company, shopping, dinner, drinks and dancing.

Favourite location in Scotland: I'm going to be boring and say Glasgow, we don't realise how spoiled we are. Great shops, great restaurants, bars and people.

Favourite quote: "Everything happens for a reason" – sometimes it just takes us a while to work that reason out.

Favourite colour: Oh tough one… black… no red… no black, can't decide, either of them.

Favourite flower: White cala lillies.

Favourite perfume: I'm loving the Fendi one at the mo, also like Chloe, Armani Code and Armani Diamonds.

Favourite colour of nail polish: Red.

Favourite sport: Is dance a sport? If not, prob football.

Favourite chocolate bar: Green & Blacks, organic white chocolate… oh my God, words cannot descibe it.

Favourite cake: Strawberry cheesecake.

Is a Jaffa Cake; a cake or a biscuit? It's a cake… pretending to be a biscuit!!!

Favourite pizza topping: It's a toss-up between vegetable and pepperoni hot one, yum yum.

What's your signature dish? Spag bol haha is that not everyone's? I don't get time to cook much so not that good at it.

What would your last meal be? A buffet! That way I can have a bit of everything haha.

Favourite cartoon character: Cinderella – it's the perfect fairytale.

Favourite Super Hero: Hancock (Will Smith, I'm sure you can understand why!).

What is your favourite word? Amazing – not something I say a lot but just one of those happy words. If something's amazing it's always going to make you smile.


How would you spend £1million? I'd buy a nice house and car, give some to my family and best friend and if I had anything left (not likely, but…) I'd jet off somewhere hot and lie on a beach sipping cocktails… ahh what a thought, I'm there already!

If you were to be Prime Minister for the day, what law would you pass? That we didn't have to pay the tax man, that would put a huge smile on my face, we're robbed!!

If you met God, what would you ask him? To make me taller haha, no really, prob to take care of my family and friends, make them happy.

If aliens landed, what would you show them or teach them first? English, they wouldn't be able to tell me much otherwise.

What or who do you think you were in a previous life? I'm sure I must have been a six foot tall stunning princess! That would be why this time round I was given no body and no money haha!

What do you think the Meaning of Life might be? Love, simply and true!

If you could time travel to the past and the future; where would you visit and why? I'd travel to the future to see what things will be like when I'm gone, you can read about the past but no one knows what the future holds.

If you could have a super-power for a day what would it be and how would you spend your day? I'd like to be invisible, I'd spend the day getting up to all sorts of mischief!!

If you looked in the trunk of my car you would find? Oh God, I practically live in my car so it's full of all sorts of random things. At the moment there are some clothes, a CD player, a basketball and Xmas presents I'm trying to hide.

What ringtone do you have on your mobile phone at the moment? There is a bit of a running joke about my ringtone cause it sounds like I'm carrying an old-fashioned house phone about with me, very boring.

What's your 'handbag essentials'? Purse, phone, keys, organiser, lip balm and mints.

How many pairs of shoes do you own? I'm not that bad, hate hoarding things so give any I don't wear away, prob about 25.

Heels or trainers? When you're my height it's heels all the way.

Favourite outfit: I've just bought the cutest black dress and black platform ankle boots so i'd say that at the mo.

You are stranded on a desert island; you can only take 3 items, what would they be and why? My iPod so I'm not bored, baby-wipes cause they have a million uses and matches cause there is no way I'd be able to start a fire without them.

Best beauty tip: Sleep and water, although I don't get enough of either.

Hottest new fashion tip: Be yourself, wear what makes you feel good, individuality is much more appealing.

Biggest hair trauma: My hair traumas are endless, frizz, colour, length, I'm never ever happy with it (have to point out in case my hairdresser reads this that they are great at what they do, it's just I'm a paranoid freak! haha).

If you could re-style any celebrity; who would you choose, and how would you make them look better? Britney Spears, she's so beautiful but dresses like trailer trash and looks like she needs a good scrup, it's such a waste.

Worst male fashion mistake: Those tight muscle t-shirt things! haha yuk, they make me sick.

Worst chat-up line: I don't even know any, I usually escape if I think one's coming.


If your life was made into a movie what would it be called and who would play you? I'd call it 'Dance Like No-one's Watching' and have Eva Longoria cause she's tiny like me and perfect unlike me, hey if it's your own film you'd make yourself perfect wouldn't you!?

Who would you want as your lead man in your movie? Jamie Redknapp, I know he's not an actor but when you're that good looking it doesn't really matter does it!

If you had to appear in a musical on Broadway which one would it be? Cats, it's amazing.

The person/people I most admire are: My mum, she has been through the mill and still manages to be strong and make the most of things, she's an inspiration.

What is the best gift you have ever received? Little things mean the most like flowers when you're not expecting them or a card that means something to you, God I'm making myself sick here!!

If your house was on fire, what objects would you save? Pictures, my dog and my handbags hahaha (what!!! I'm just being honest!).

What is your most cherished item: I don't really have an individual item but prob pics of my family and friends that remind me of special times.

If you were on the run and had to change your name to ANYTHING at all, what would you choose? Heidi Klum, in the hope I might turn into her haha!

Who would your ideal car passengers be? Anyone who doesn't know a thing about driving then they can't comment on how bad I am.

What is the best thing about being a Rockettes Dancer? It's an amazing experience, we have danced at some unbelievable events and met so many great people. You never know what's coming next and I've visited some beautiful countries all over the world, what a job eh! And of course, the girls I get to work with, they are all special in their own different ways, we all share the same passion and I've made some great friends who I'll have for the rest of my life.