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High times for style blogger

As a blogger who spends most of the year running around the globe, Zanita Whittington possesses the kind of lifestyle most people can only fantasise about.

One of the stars of Foxtel’s Fashion Bloggers, the Esperance-raised model-turned- photographer has had a busy start to this year, splitting her time between Sydney, New York, London, Hong Kong and her new home in Stockholm.

Following on from the reality series’ first season, Fashion Bloggers will return to screens tomorrow and Whittington promises the new episodes, which also feature online personalities Kate Waterhouse, Amanda Shadforth, Sara Donaldson and newcomer Nadia Fairfax, won’t leave fans disappointed.

“It’s bigger clients, bigger experiences, crazier travel — we go to some really exciting locations; it’s a whirlwind,” Whittington toldAAA .

“I was really stoked to continue filming. It’s tricky because my blog has also grown and that’s really my full-time job so it can be hard to negotiate it. But we’re like a family — the production crew and the girls on the show are my closest friends.”

Being on the show has afforded Whittington the chance to meet and interview high-profile celebrities including fashion writer and editor Derek Blasberg, Youtube sensation Chloe Morello and style icon Nicole Richie.

“She was fabulous,” Whittington said of Richie.

“I was a bit worried because obviously she’s a big celebrity and I was like ‘Oh God, what’s she going to be like to talk to?’ But we had a proper powwow over lunch and she’s so down to earth and she’s really funny.”

But Whittington maintains the life of a blogger is not as glamorous as you might believe.

“People think that we just sit around and people throw money at us or something but there’s a lot of work to do, so it’s nice to be able to share the professional side of it as well,” she said.