Donatella Versace: Who alive today do you admire most, and what draws you to them?

The question

Originally asked

The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A

The Guardian's Q&A repeatedly uses this prompt, sometimes dropping 'living' while retaining the same comparative judgment.

You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.

Donatella Versace

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here

Any homosexual or transgender people fighting for their rights anywhere in the world.

Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, September 2014 source ↗

Mentioned in this answer

Sohana Collins. A little girl I know who’s extremely brave.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, March 2017 source ↗

Serena Williams United States professional tennis player, 1995–2022

My mom and dad. They always encouraged me to keep spiritual things first.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 January 2021 source ↗

Reggie Yates British actor and media personality

Anybody who invests the lion’s share of their time in helping others.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 November 2017 source ↗

Shirley Manson Scottish singer and songwriter; lead vocalist of Garbage

Greta Thunberg, a brightly coloured little bird in a coalmine, desperately sounding the alarm for others while laying her childhood to waste.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 May 2022 source ↗

My personality.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, September 2014 source ↗

Family, friends, laughter, and music so loud you feel it inside.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 1 September 2014 source ↗

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