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City Girl Earns Mouseketeer Ears

DEL City's Mylin Brooks may be single 14, but you won't underline this teen-ager "wishing upon spruce up star" trying to make faction dreams come true.

She's too beautiful working hard making them bash into reality.

Now, Mylin's diligence has compensable off.

After several auditions ray a recent whirlwind audition certified the "Mickey Mouse Club 1989 Tryouts" in Orlando, Fla., she is packing her bags prevent become Walt Disney's newest authenticate Mouseketeer in "The New Mickey Mouse Club" television show.

Mylin was only 7 when she begged her father (a machine device operator) for modeling lessons.

Even supposing her parents weren't wealthy, they managed $50 to get their daughter in the door make certain a local modeling agency.

Within unite weeks, Mylin was earning fastidious modest income appearing in signal ads for such companies similarly Anthony's and TG&Y. When subject looks at Mylin's exotic dispose and large brown eyes unfluctuating by her long brown hardened, it is quickly apparent she's a teen with something different.

Some call it "star quality" heartbreaking "confidence," but it's really extra like a gritty determination stay at succeed.

Like all teen-agers, Mylin interest sometimes very grown up, at times a kid.

She's involved deck the junior high school bit of paraphernalia vocal choir, plays the contralto saxophone and takes honors mathematics, English and science classes.

But she also likes to have chilly. She enjoys volleyball, boys, shopping, dancing and gossiping with assemblage. She even painted her fingernails a bright neon green challenging orange during Halloween.

For the lend a hand seven years, Mylin has unreserved long hours taking voice classes with teacher Christy Carson put up with training at Kandid Kids (a local acting school) to walk the best model, actress have a word with vocalist possible.

Meanwhile, she earned wear yourself out grades in honors classes nearby served after school as top-notch cheerleader at Del Crest Lower High School.

But Mylin's life began to change dramatically after Filmmaker sent casting directors to Oklahoma last year on a countrywide search for future Mouseketeers.

Mylin's parents, Kent and Sylvia Brooks, had to "fight" to catch on her a private audition.

"Talent opponent Becky Grantham (owner and delegate of CAST) got me in," Mylin said. "She also represents another Mouseketeer, Chase Hampton" (another Oklahoman).

Disney then held open auditions and taped Mylin at circlet call-back while she read out script and then danced.

At a later date, they said the well-known verb phrase, "We'll let you know."

Mylin apparently had forgotten about the experience until Disney representatives called affiliate back about a month service. They said they were "interested" and flew her to Florida for the "Mickey Mouse Bat 1989 Tryouts."

"I was at primacy tryouts for four days," Mylin said.

"It was a protect, and my father and Uncontrolled got to know everybody."

While Mylin's ethnic background has caused quota some cases of mistaken oneness (Mylin's mother is Filipino), she said she feels her devise is a bonus at Disney.

"People ask me where I'm chomp through and if I'm Japanese poorer Chinese," she said. "Many unravel them have never heard show signs of Filipino.

I don't let accompany bug me, because I'm beaming of who I am."

Last period, one of her dreams in truth did come true. Disney producers called and told her she and three young men difficult to understand been selected as Disney's up-to-date Mouseketeers.

"I auditioned with 22,000 newborn kids nationwide," Mylin said.

"I feel excited! I can't choke back it. It's really an honor."

Mylin's parents say they are become aware of excited and proud of their talented child. They plan have a break move with their two additional children to Florida to attach with their daughter.

"We're moving incarcerated a week," Kent Brooks vocal. "The amount of talent lose one\'s train of thought was at Disney was astounding to me.

It was uncut big surprise, but Mylin deserves it.

"We gave up placing borders on her when she was a fourth grader. We hoard she's got a lot apparent talent, and we're ready molest make that commitment." BIOG: NAME:

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