College Underground Magazine Issue 3 | Page 3

Page 3 NICOLE ARBOUR - NOT JUST THE WORLDS SEXIEST COMEDIAN By: Terrance Hazly Nicole Arbour has been called "The World's Sexiest Comedian" by everyone from Playboy to SUN Media, the video to her first single had over 300,000 views before it ever hit the radio, she overcame devastating injuries from a car accident becoming a motivational powerhouse and captain of the #GOTEAM movement, choreographed for the biggest awards show in Canada, was an NBA cheerleader, and... Tell the people about being a master motivator and #GOTEAM!! Well hello people. I am a master motivator, and #GOTEAM is the shit. Ok for real, I was in a car accident that left me disabled and in severe chronic pain a few years ago. And, after being told I’ll never get better, or get back to life, I pretty much heard Denzel Washington in my head yelling at me. “It’s not time to give up! It’s time to get up!” …and #GOTEAM had its real push into the world. I started cheering, for myself, and for everyone else, and tuning out the negative voices. I believed every day that I wasn’t put here to give up, and that by me getting better, and then kicking ass at life, I can lead people to do the same. And, it’s been the big- gest thrill of a lifetime. #GOTEAM, our growing internet team and global movement of “I can do anything” positive people has trended on Twitter, been featured in press as far as Colombia, and with members getting tattoos to always have a visual reminder of our val- ues, shows no signs of slowing down. Join the team, its fun over here. People want to know about you, who is Nicole Arbour? Tell us about "Slutty Claus". Ugh... Sup? I’m Nicole Arbour! A professional dancer/ choreographer and NBA cheerleader turned comedian, actress, and recording artist! I also do styling, creative directing, and write funny stuff for wicked corporations. I know you might be thinking, “How can you do so much stuff?” and my answer is Really how could I not! I bore easily and have a ton of ideas at once. If I don’t get em out… I think I’ll spontaneously combust. And, Slutty Claus was so much fun! I got to team up again with the great people at Virgin Mobile. So thankful to work with them. I really don’t believe a cooler brand exists. They had a concept for a funny holiday greeting to send to their members, I added my inappropriate flavor, and tada! Over a million views, and featured by magazines and blogs all over! That’s good team work. Funny thing is it wasn’t supposed to be called Slutty Claus. I made that up. Someone at the ad agency wasn’t happy with it either and called my agent pissed I kept calling it that… (Likely cause they didn’t think of it). But it stuck, and taught me to push my ideas even with big dogs in the room when I know they’re kick ass. Heck, we wouldn’t be talking about it years later if it were called, “A Holiday Greeting” (Nicole makes vomit in mouth face.) How does it feel being labeled "The World's Sexiest Comedian"? It feels very flattering, but sometimes just silly at this point. I was labelled that first a bunch of years ago. There are a ton of hotties in comedy now. I still haven’t met any counterparts to my degree of girly comedy, but women are kicking equal ass at funny, so it’s like winning the tallest midget award. (I said midget, deal with it. My mayor smokes crack, I can type midg- et). I’m still always very flattered and will continue to rep that title as part of who I am, but it really is just a part of my story now.