The Australian Women's Weekly

Meet the judges

“My advice to younger me would be, ‘Back yourself. People want to know what you think’.”

NARELDA JACOBS

NETWORK 10 JOURNALIST AND PRESENTER

What do you admire most in the young women you meet these days?

I admire how articulate they are – how they articulate emotions, how they interact with other people. They can put the words together to describe something so beautifully. In younger women I also admire how they work smarter. They can walk into a situation, read the room and identify how things can be done better, and it ends up saving time and the outcome is the same or better for a fraction of the effort.

What advice would you give to a younger you?

The younger Narelda was really lacking in confidence. I

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