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3 Years Later ~ Believing in myself was never a doubt.
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On January 1, 2010, Lea Michele got her own board on FanForum and the rest, as many would say, is history.
In 3 years we accomplished so much already, and so has Lea. It's been amazing to watch her career grow and to
post simultaneously on her board about her accomplishments. We are proud that the Lea's board is still such an
active board on this forum, and that so many people love to spend time posting here with us about Lea. This is
for her and because of her, but this is also something that has made us create amazing friendship over the years.
We are truly proud to be part of something so special, and we hope that our board only keeps getting stronger and
stronger on the years to come. Thank you Lea, and thank you to every poster who is a part of this huge family.
We wouldn't be here without any of you. ★
Your mods, Catia, Emma and Brianna.
 
• • •the journey so far . . .
our campaign: Lea Michele Campaign Thread: We love her BERRY much.
our board opened: january 1, 2010
our temp mods: crazycait714, danielle002, ride the lightning
10,000 posts - january 3, 2010
25,000 posts - january 9. 2010
50,000 posts - january 29, 2010
azra and casey became our moderators - february 7, 2010
75,000 posts - february 23, 2010
100,000 posts - april 1, 2010
myra became our moderator - june 20, 2010
lea's 24th birthday - august 29, 2010
catia became our moderator - september 26, 2010
200,000 posts - october 14, 2010
1 year on fan forum - january 1, 2011
300,000 posts - july 13, 2011
lea's 25th birthday - august 29, 2011
2 years on fan forum - january 1, 2012
emma and brianna became our moderators - may 13, 2012
400,000 posts - may 19, 2012
lea's 26th birthday - august 29, 2012
• • • our words . . .
I've been a mod of this board for more than two years now, and it's been a truly honor, because I love being able to do so much for the board, who is, as Lea would call Glee, kinda my baby. Ever since I started watching Glee, I've been a fan of Lea, and the admiration I feel for her only got stronger with time. I love that we have a little place online where we can discuss literally everything about her, and meet other amazing and dedicated fans. Over the last 3 years, I made a lot of memories on this board and met a lot of posters, who are today some of my closest friends. My wishes for the board are what I wish for Lea as well: that in the next years to come, we are still very active as we always have been, and continue doing so well. Love you all! - Catia
My favourite memory of the board this year is becoming a more regular poster and joining this wonderful community of Lea lovers. Then to top it of I was given the honour of moderating the board with my wonderful co-mods Catia and Brianna. Lea has been so busy this year that it has given us all so much to talk about and enjoy together. - Emma
It's such an unbelievable honor getting to mod Lea's board and getting to work with great people like Emma and Catia. Getting chosen to mod this year is definitely a dream come true for me. I get to talk about my idol with other people who love and appreciate Lea and her work as much as I do. Nobody in my life can reach the level of fangirling that everyone here can, and I've had such a blast celebrating all of Lea's accomplishments and drooling over all of her event photos and candids with you all throughout this past year. Lea continues to grow and expand her career and it's been so amazing to watch her achieve some of her ultimate goals. I'm so happy to have someone like her to look up to, and I'm very lucky that I have every poster on this board to share my love for her with. - Brianna
I've been a poster on Lea's board since it opened 3 years ago. I became a Mod 6 months in and I am happy to know it was a title I earned. I met a lot of great people on this board and some of them have remained and become my closest friends. Catia is my best friend of course and I'm really happy she's still a Mod here since she deserves it more than anyone. Linda is the sweetest and one of the most loyal Lea fans I know. You'll get what you deserve one day baby girl. I've known Emma from other boards and she's always been a really friendly and sweet person so I'm happy she's a Mod here as well. I've met other people who don't post as much but are still amazing people like Lise, Nikki and my sis Brenda. And of course Re, who runs the most extensive and amazing Lea site ever. She's my dear friend and I am forever grateful of everything she shares with the board. I love you all. You girls are some of the ultimate fans. The board became pretty successful while I was a constant part of it and I'm proud of that. I enjoyed coming up with fun ideas and changes for the board and opening new threads to discuss Lea on. I was lucky enough to be a Mod for as long as I felt was necessary and it was an amazing experience. I may not post as often and consistently as I used to but that doesn't mean I don't know what's going in Lea's life since a true fan always does, yeah? I've been a fan of Lea and her work for as long as I can remember and that's what brought me to her board. I was fortunate to be able to put all of the board's celebrations together with the exception of this one because I felt it was necessary to pass on the torch to Catia, so to speak. I'm excited to see how far the board has come in 3 years and I know it will keep growing. Not as many people post on it like they used to but hopefully that will change in time and I'd like to be around if it happens. I think the board definitely has the potential to continue being great so long as amazing fans are a part of it. I still admire Lea as a person and artist very much and will continue to do so. I think she's contributed a tremendous amount to the industry and am beyond in awe of all her successes in life. Lea shows no signs of slowing down and that gives us plenty to talk about. I will always remember the day I met Lea and what she said to me. It's an experience which is pretty hard to top in my book. I think there's a part of Lea that I will always love and admire. I truly believe she's definitely grown and changed a lot but perhaps that was inevitable. I think she's still a great role model and strong individual. I look forward to seeing what else she does with her career and how far I know she will come. This board will always hold a special place in my heart. - Myra
Posting on Lea’s Board is already more than 2 years my favorite thing to do during the day. After a hard day of work, nothing is better than relax and enjoy some time on her board. Writing about Lea and everything she does is something I really love, especially reading others stories about her as well. People that love her just as much as I do and idolize her just as much as me. She’s very special for me and knowing she has that impact on others as well, that makes it even more special. Reading all your posts about how lovely and amazing Lea is and how much you all love what she does as well, makes me really happy. For me she’s the most lovely woman I’ve ever seen. Her natural beauty amazes me every day, she’s just so stunning. Besides her beauty her personality is something that I really love about her. She’s really adorable, she has amazing humour, she’s always excited and she’s just lovely and super sweet. I love her more every day, if that is even possible, but to share that with you guys is amazing. It’s difficult to pick a favorite moment of 2012. So many new people came to the board, new fans. It’s always good to see new fans coming and posting on her board. Besides that I always love to freak out with everyone. Like when we get new Event pics, candids or just other news that we just heard. It’s cute to see other fans reaction to those things. I always fill in my little sis about new Lea things, I can get really crazy and luckily she knows how much I love Lea and I know she like Lea too, but I love coming to this board and seeing the same excited reactions as me. I don’t know what more to say, I can go on and on forever talking about Lea though haha. But I just want to say that I really love posting here and that I’m happy you’re all here too. Lea is so busy with working on so many different things that I know 2013 will be another amazing year and I hope you all will be there to witness that with me. So thank you. - Linda
I couldn't get this girl's voice out of my head when I heard this song on the radio while shopping! I then found out it was one of Glee's soundtracks when I started watching the series. I instantly fell in love with Rachel Berry's voice and person! I've been a member of fanforum for a long time now but I stopped posting on it a while ago. Ms Michele brought me back here and introduced me to this great bunch of Leanatics. This place is just like Lea: you don't have to be ashamed of who you are here and your differences are what makes you perfect! - Holly
Congrats on 3 years on FF! I'm happy to be here and celebrate this milestone. Back in February of this year, I started posting on this board, So I haven't been here that long but one of my memories will forever be meeting all the great posters that are on this board, esp the ones that post on Puckleberry/Lark thread, you girls are the best! <3 You have made my posting experiences really fun and great, you know who you are and you are one of the reasons why I love posting on Lea's board. Another would be my love for Lea. She's beautiful, smart, talented and outgoing, She's a great role model and if It wasn't for her, I would have never met every one of you. - Nikki
This has been a really fun and crazy year on this board. I really do have the best time talking to you all about our favorite woman Lea. I look forward to this upcoming year! - Noelle
My favorite memory? There are so many! Everytime we got new pictures of Lea and we couldn't breathe because she is too beautiful. And of course, the friends I've made here. You guys were so amazing to welcome me this year. It is always scary to join a board that's been on FF for a few years because everyone is so close, but you didn't make me feel like a stranger and I'm very thankful for that. We all love Lea and post on her board for the same reasons. 3 years is amazing. I wish I could've joined the board earlier, but hey, I'll be celebrating with you guys all the milestones in the future. So YAY for 3 incredible years and let's keep dying over Lea's perfection. - Steph
• • • lea's last year . . .
The beginning of the year was a very busy month for our girl! She went to the FOX All Star Party, and she didn't the miss out the award season.
She attended to People's Choice Awards, where she was chosen by the fans the Best TV Comedy Actress {Brianna's Favorite Lea
Accomplishment of the Year}, the 69th Annual Golden Globes Awards {Myra's Favorite Event Look of the Year} and the 18th Annual
Screen Actors Award and, as always, she impressed us with her amazing style. She also became the new Candie's spokesperson {Nikki's
Favorite Lea Accomplishment of the Year}.
“For all the Rachel Berries out there, this one's for you guys.”
On February, Lea was busy filming Glee, but she still had the time to go to Cabo, for some very deserved mini vacations.
TV Guide considered Lea as one of the 10 TV's Hottest Woman, and judging by those candids, we can tell why.
“I've always felt very beautiful and confident in my own skin.
I love my ethnicity and my heritage. I love when I see it
in my nose and dark hair. Whether or not I felt the industry
would see me that way or accept me – that was always a question.
But believing in myself was never a doubt.”
Lea was on the cover of Prestige Magazine on the March issue, and she graced us with another stunning photo-shoot. She was also working on Glee,
and she never stopped keeping us updated, via twitter, on the scenes she was working on.
“Do I have a wild side? Well, I do have 14 tattoos.
But I also do come home every single night
and watch reality TV with my cat. [...]
But the wild stuff... If it's there, it's private..”
On April, we saw Lea on the Inside The Actors Studio, and we got to find out more details about her Glee audition... And also about her favorite curse word!
She didn't miss Coachella, and she attended to the Taste for a Cure Gala, contributing with her voice for a very good cause.
“It's really easy to think that one thing that you do will be the end.
Every job I do, I feel like it's gonna be my last job because it was so great
or it was such a great learning experience. But I think what I didn't realize
I was doing is limiting myself. I think it's so important to remember to really
open your world and challenge yourself in so many different ways, and if
you continue to do that, you'll be surprised at how many doors will open.”
{Catia's Favorite Lea Quote of the Year}
With the end of the 3rd season of Glee, came a very busy month for Lea. She attended to the Glee Academy Event and also to the MET Gala, making
some jaws drop along the way. She also helped out the The Elephant Project, an organization who raises money and awareness for the Alzheimer's
Association. Later on the month, Lea went to the Fox Upfronts {Noelle's Favorite Event Look of The Year}, where she talked a little about the
Glee season finale and the upcoming season. She ranked #14 at the 2012 Maxim Hot 100 List, which doesn't really surprise us, when you take a look
at her interview on the Late Show with David Letterman {Steph's Favorite Interview of the Year}. Lea also won the Glamour 2012
Women of the Year TV Actress Award for the 2nd year in a row.
“Were Rachel to have a romance with a guest star,
it would be a tie between Ricky Martin and Gwyneth Paltrow.”
{Myra's Favorite Quote of the Year}
Lea started out the month by appearing on the first episode of The Glee Project, where she taught the new kids all about Individuality, and how to be
original and be true to yourself. She went to the 11th Annual Chrysalis Butterfly Ball, and she was on the cover of Shop Til You Drop Magazine.
She also was a guest on Bethenny's new talk show {Noelle's Favorite Interview of the Year}, where they met for the first time.
“Let your geek flag fly and let it all shine.”
On July, Lea was a presence at the Paris Fashion Week Haute Couture, and she also filmed her first Candie's commercial for the Fall Collection.
Lea and some of her cast mates attended to Comic-Con, where she teased a lot of what was coming up for the new season of Glee. On the same month,
Lea painted her handprint for the Valspar’s Hands for Habitat initiative, and she also went to the Teen Choice Awards. Lea was also on the Fox
Summer TCA All-Star Party {Steph's Favorite Event Look of the Year}.
“I feel really good, well-rested and happy.
I'm just in a really good place in my life,
and I think when you personally feel good,
you could put on anything and just sort of rock it.”
On August, Lea started working on the new season of Glee, and she did a lot of the exterior scenes in New York City. Later she attended to the
VH1 Do Something Awards {Linda's Favorite Event Look Of the Year}, where she won a Do Something Award {Emma's Favorite Lea
Accomplishment of the Year} for her work with PETA.
“I came to a place where I'm much happier
personally in my life and because of that
I really don't feel like I need to explain anything
or be anything. I'm really proud of who I am.”
{Noelle's Favorite Lea Quote of the Year}
The new season of Glee bought us more promotional pics of Lea as Rachel Berry, and as one of the many Faces of Fox. On September 10th, she was on
Jimmy Kimmel Live {Catia, Myra and Linda's Favorite Interview of the Year}, and later she went to the Fox Fall Eco-Casino party {Catia's
Favorite Event Look of the Year}. She obviously didn't miss the premiere of Glee's 4th season, and since she was on the cover of Nylon for their
September issue {Nikki's Favorite Photoshoot of the Year}, she also hosted the Nylon September TV Issue Party. Later on the month, Lea
was announced as the new face of L'óréal Paris {Catia and Holly's Favorite Lea Accomplishment of the Year}.
“I can't like wear this dress and not have my boyfriend to see it.”
{Holly's Favorite Lea Quote of the Year}
Lea started out October by going to the Ellen DeGeneres Show {Emma's Favorite Interview of the Year}, where she played a fun game about reality
tv shows. Later, she attended to the Premiere Screening of American Horror Story {Holly and Brianna's Favorite Event Look of the Year}, and she
did the Candie's Virtual Pop-Up Shop {Emma's Favorite Event Look of the Year}. Lea also went to the 19th Annual ELLE Women In Hollywood Celebration,
and to the Big Brothers Big Sisters Of Greater Los Angeles, where she sang live for a very good cause. On the same month, Lea did her own 'It Gets Better' video,
and she started working on her very first solo album {Myra, Linda and Noelle's Favorite Lea Accomplishment of the Year}.
“When you learn to accept yourself and appreciate
all the things that make you different and unique,
that's when it will get better.”
On November, Lea was busy filming Glee and also recording for her new album. She went to another talk show, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
{Emma and Nikki's Favorite Interview of the Year}, and also to the HFPA and InStyle's Golden Globe Award Season Celebration.
“I think it's important in this industry to not just
conform to what people want you to do,
and instead stand by what you believe in –
that's something I'm very passionate about.”
{Emma's Favorite Quote of the Year}
Lea ended the year with a bang, with two new magazine covers coming up for the month of January of 2013: Flare Magazine {Holly, Emma and
Steph's Favorite Photoshoot of the Year} and Marie Claire Magazine {Catia, Myra Linda, Brianna and Noelle's Favorite Photoshoot
of the Year & Holly and Brianna's Favorite Interview of the Year}. Lea attended to the Marie Claire's Hollywood Dinner, where she got to see
her cover magazine in first hand, and she went on a Kohl's Candie's Holiday Shopping Spree with teens from Children's Hospital LA {Nikki's
Favorite Event Look of the Year}, never forgetting to help the others. As the new face of L'Óréal Paris, Lea also taught us all about her hair
secrets, in her very first L'Óréal commercial.
“I can assure you that [the diva rumors] aren't real.
It's super-frustrating sometimes, and I used to
fight back, but now I feel like, 'You can think
what you want about me -- that's OK.' I have
the most amazing fans, friends, and family members who
have stood by me, and I know that my cast and crew really
enjoy working with me. That's all that matters.”
{Linda, Brianna, Steph and Nikki's Favorite Quote of the Year}
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our songs of the year . . .
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our icons to celebrate . . .
    
    
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the fan awards winners . . .
Lea's Poster of the Year: free to fly {Catia}
Lea's Most Faithful Poster: Linda {LindaLLea}
Lea's Most Helpful Poster: Emma {we walk free}
Lea's Funniest Poster: Steph {*Stephie*}
Lea's Most Dirty Minded Poster: Brianna {Brianna<3}
Lea's Most Rabid Shipper: Nikki {fragileღheart}
Lea's Friendliest Poster: Holly {CrazyJoey8 }
Lea's Most Talented Poster: Myra {Penny Lane}
Lea's Coolest Poster: Noelle {in a daydream}
Lea's Best Webmistress: Renata {Renata M.}
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. . . because she's worthy it!
Credits:
layout and calendar arts - catia
main art and icons - renata
marie claire gifs - myra
l'óreal gifs - jupid, leaandmark
special thanks to myra for making stunning celebrations in the past, whose OPs were a truly inspiration for me ♥ |
It is perfect just as the lovely Lea is 
Makes me very proud. 
I knew you would do a lovely job 
And thanks Myra for saying such sweet things about me, love you 
