She’s the anti-Paris Hilton. If one’s skirt goes too far up the thigh, she calls it as she sees it: a fashion faux pas that screams desperation.

Jordan Christy, the 24-year-old author of the book How to Be a Hepburn in a Hilton World: The Art of Living with Style, Class, and Grace is slender, blonde, and elegant. She is full of enthusiasm as she speaks about her values and the need for etiquette among young girls and women today.

Jordan says her ideas for ‘How to Be a Hepburn in a Hilton World’ started in junior high, when she felt surrounded by “stupid girls.” To her, it seemed that the smart, classy, modest girls were always in the minority. The fact that many female celebrities began making headline news with their bad behavior didn’t help. People like Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera raised tacky and crass antics to superstar heights, and behind them followed impressionable young girls.

“I couldn’t help but wonder…why were these girls the ones representing our female gender?” says Jordan. “Why were we just sitting back and allowing our timeless values and standards to be trampled into the ground by their stiletto heels? By the time I reached my 20s, I realized that many other girls felt the same way I did, and set out to make intelligence, self-respect and class attractive again.”

The pretty southerner has certainly proved that intelligence and class are attractive – and fun. Jordan’s book is full of great advice, fun assignments, notable names and real-life examples. She makes etiquette entertaining, and covers a range of topics: diet, speech, work ethic, friends, relationships, manners, makeup and fashionable – yet modest – clothing. It’s everything you would find in Fleur Britten’s Debrett’s Etiquette for Girls and more.

Jordan even likes the style of royal women and this royal blogger, too.

“Mandy and her site are the perfect example of ‘How to Be a Hepburn in a Hilton World!’ The problem these days is the fact that we’ve forgotten where we’ve come from. Incredible women like Abigail Adams, Jane Austen, and Audrey Hepburn worked to make so many great advances for the female gender – the least we can do is honor them with our dress, speech and conduct. Some of the greatest people we can look to for style and etiquette tips are royalty. They continue to be shining examples that intelligence and class are truly some of the most valuable virtues we can possess.”

Jordan Christy’s website: http://www.jordanchristy.com/ (Photo by Sarah Barlow)

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