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‘My outlook on life changed when I turned 40 – I found my groove’

With her energy and sunny smile, Anita Rani epitomises summer magic at the w&h photo shoot.

The 41-year-old presenter and once Strictly Come Dancing semi-finalist has an infectious zest for life. She’s a confident and natural performer, so it’s no surprise when we sit down to chat that she says her life is about dreams.

“I want to be Beyoncé! I don’t think I’ve lost that nine-year-old in me who just wants to be on stage. It’s important to have dreams – it doesn’t matter how silly they are, they’re yours.”

This year, Anita has already achieved one of her big dreams – climbing Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania for Comic Relief, something she describes as an “amazing” experience.

“My life is spent at a certain level of nerves,” she explains. “Even doing

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