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At eight years old, Victoria Justice began presenting her own television show. With a budding modeling career that gave her the opportunity to put her acting chops in commercials in her home state, Florida, the young Justice knew she had the drive and tenacity to become a leading lady. Looking back, it's a goal that the actress, who is now 28, owes a great deal to her childhood fascination with early aughts woman-led teen sitcoms like Lizzie McGuire and That's So Raven, as well as a firm recall of discovering Funny Girl in the back of her mother's minivan. Justice will lie in bed each night, close her eyes, and imagine a world in which she was the protagonist. Justice tells MTV News over Zoom, "I grew up watching those shows, and those women truly inspired me." The actress is currently in Sydney, Australia, on day eight of quarantine for a new film that is strictly private. "I remember watching them and wondering, oh my gosh, how lucky are they to do that." They're so talented. They're so cool. "I want to be like them one day."