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Posted: 7:53 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 27, 2013

It’s Justin Bieber fever for Boca Raton teen who won meet-and-greet with singer

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It’s major Bieber Fever for Boca teen who won meet-and-greet with singer
Lexi Segal and her mom, Aimee, with other contest winners and their prize, Justin Bieber, Saturday night, Jan. 26, 2013, backstage at Justin’s AmericanAirlines Arena concert. That’s Lexi snuggling next to JB in the purple tank and high-tops. Her mom’s beside her. Justin’s in the middle. Others are unidentified.

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It’s major Bieber Fever for Boca teen who won meet-and-greet with singer photo
Lexi Segal of Boca Raton with the “Grammy” she made to present to Justin Bieber as his concert in Miami on Saturday, Jan. 26, 2013. She won a contest and got a meet-and-greet with the teen pop king.
It’s major Bieber Fever for Boca teen who won meet-and-greet contest with singer photo
Lexi Segal's room is a shrine to Justin Bieber.

By Kevin D. Thompson

Palm Beach Post Staff Writer

BOCA RATON —

This weekend, no one had Bieber Fever like Lexi Segal.

In December, the 14-year-old eighth-grader entered a contest to win a meet-and-greet with Justin Bieber, the teen singing sensation, Saturday night at AmericanAirlines Arena in Miami. Contest rules were simple: Take a picture of your Bieber-filled room and send it to Bieber’s fan club.

Friday night, Lexi, who lives in Boca Raton, found out she was the lucky winner. On Saturday, Lexi realized her dream of meeting Bieber in person.

“It was really overwhelming and stunning,” she said. “All of sudden I got pushed into a room and I saw his face and I was so starstruck. They took a picture and then (he had to leave), but it so worth it.”

Before taking a picture, Lexi had an opportunity to present Bieber with a gift — a homemade music award that resembles a Grammy.

“I said to him, ‘Justin I made this Grammy for you,’ and he said, ‘ah, thank you so much,’” she said. “After the picture, I said, ‘I love you’ and he said, ‘I love you, too.’”

Lexi described Saturday’s concert as the “best show I’ve ever seen.” She was returning to AmericanAirlines Arena with her mother, Aimee, Sunday for an encore performance.

Aimee Segal said her daughter’s room is a hallowed shrine to Bieber who has more than 33 million followers on Twitter.

“It’s covered from top to bottom in posters, pictures, books and magazine articles,” she said.

Lexi said when she first heard Bieber sing, she fell in love with his voice. But that quickly changed as she learned more about him.

“At first (it was) his music, but then just what he does for other people,” she said. “Everything about him just grew on me to make me the fan that I am today.

“He changed my life,” Lexi said, “and made me a better person.”

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