Celebrity Photo Galleries

Jennifer England

2009-04-21T22:50:00.000-07:00

Jennifer England (born July 11, 1978, Lansing, Michigan) is an American model and actress.

England was born and raised in the suburbs of Lansing, Michigan along with her brothers, Kris and Jeff. England soon got into sports and instantly deemed herself a 'tomboy'. From an early age she participated in many sports including swimming and softball. At first aspiring to be a veterinarian and then a doctor her career choice soon shifted over to modeling and acting professionally.

England is currently dating NFL Linebacker Monty Beisel.

In the summer of 2006 England was chosen as one of eight contestants for the WWE's 2006 Diva Search competition. England made it to the finals along with Layla El. Eventually, Layla became the winner of the 2006 Diva Search which made England the runner up.

After the Diva Search competition, England decided to pursue an acting career. She appeared in the movie Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story, and was in the movie Smokin' Aces. She is a Guess model. She also was Miss Venus Swimwear International and Miss Hawaiian Tropic International.

Jessica Szohr

2009-04-21T21:15:00.001-07:00

Jessica Karen Szohr (born March 31, 1985) is an American model and actress. She is best known for playing "Vanessa Abrams" on Gossip Girl.

Jessica graduated from Menomonee Falls High School, located in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin. She is the oldest of six children. Szohr enjoys reading poetry and writing down memorable quotes. Szohr lives in the Los Angeles area with her French bulldog.

Szhor was born in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin of Hungarian and African-American descent. She is currently dating her Gossip Girl co-star Ed Westwick.

Szohr (pronounced "Zee-oh-ar") was discovered at age 17, when she began working as a Kohl's Department Store model.

Szohr has also modeled for Crate and Barrel, Mountain Dew, Sears, Quaker Oats, Jockey, JanSport and Seventeen magazine, where she received a full-page ad for Claire's Boutique. Szohr has had appearances in many TV shows including: Somebody Help Me, CSI: Miami, Gossip Girl, House at the End of the Drive, The Reading Room, That's So Raven, Joan of Arcadia, Drake & Josh, What I Like About You, Uncle Nino and My Wife And Kids, as well as acting in the video, "Over You," by Daughtry. Szohr is best known for her role in What About Brian playing 'Laura'.

Esti Ginzburg

2009-04-14T01:47:00.000-07:00

Esti Ginzburg, 18, is a native of Tel Aviv, Israel. She began her modeling career at age 8 with a milk ad.

By 14, she had signed with Elite Models and has gone on to model for Tommy Hilfiger, Burberry, FCUK, Pull & Bear and Castro. This is Esti's first appearance in the SI Swimsuit Issue.

Lucia Dvorska

2009-04-14T01:27:00.001-07:00

Lucia Dvorska, 20, grew up in a village in western Slovakia, called Zohor. Despite appearing in a television commercial as a child, she didn't start modeling until age 16.

She has appeared on the covers of Vogue, Elle, L'Officiel, Madam Figaro and Harper's Bazaar. Lucia splits her time between New York, Slovakia and Brazil. This is her first appearance in the Swimsuit Issue.

Cintia Dicker

2009-04-14T01:14:00.001-07:00

Cintia Dicker (born December 6th, 1986) is a Brazilian model. She was born in Campo Bom, Rio Grande do Sul.

Dicker primarily speaks Portuguese, but is working on her English. She has appeared in advertisements for Ann Taylor and Yves Saint Laurent. Her most recent campaign is the H.I.P. cosmetics line for L'Oréal Paris. She has been on the covers of the magazines Elle, Madame Figaro and Brazilian Vogue/Teen Vogue magazine. Dicker has walked fashion shows including Gucci, Anna Sui, Peter Som, Matthew Williamson, Lanvin, and Dolce & Gabbana, amongst others, and she is known for her red hair, pouty lips, and abundance of freckles. Fellow Brazilian models Caroline Trentini and Bruna Erhardt are her New York City roommates and good friends.

Kim Cloutier

2009-04-14T00:55:00.000-07:00

Kim Cloutier, 21, is a native of Montreal, Quebec. She came into modeling naturally: Her father is a photographer and she and her brother would regularly pose for his clients who needed child models.

She got serious about the business at age 15 when she signed with Next modeling as a way to help pay for college. This is Kim's first appearance in the Swimsuit Issue.

Danica Patrick

2009-04-14T00:12:00.000-07:00

Danica Sue Patrick (born March 25, 1982 in Beloit, Wisconsin) is an American auto racing driver, currently competing in the IndyCar Series.

She was raised in Roscoe, Illinois. Patrick was named the Rookie of the Year for both the 2005 Indianapolis 500 and the 2005 IndyCar Series season. In May 2006, she published her autobiography, Danica: Crossing the Line. With her win in the 2008 Indy Japan 300, Patrick became the first woman to win an Indy car race. She also has an equity stake in her #7 team.

Flavia de Oliveira

2009-02-21T01:09:00.000-08:00

Flavia de Oliveira (born July 17, 1983 in Londrina, Brazil) is a Brazilian model who participated in the 2006, 2007 and 2008 Victoria's Secret Fashion Shows. She has been in shows such as Dior, Victoria's Secret, Valentino, Missoni, Elie Saab, and Chanel. She has appeared in ad for brands like Blumarine, Dolce & Gabbana, Michael Kors, Pomellato and Salvatore Ferragamo.

Flavia de Oliveira is an up-and-coming model who has played a pivotal role in such eye-catching campaigns as Armani Fragrance, Dolce & Gabbana and Salvatore Ferragamo, though there’s little doubt that she’s best known for her work at both the 2006 and 2007 Victoria’s Secret Fashion shows.

Zuleyka Rivera

2009-02-21T00:52:00.001-08:00

Zuleyka Jerrís Rivera Mendoza (born October 3, 1987 in Cayey, Puerto Rico, and raised in Salinas, Puerto Rico) is a Puerto Rican beauty queen who has held the titles Miss Puerto Rico Universe and Miss Universe 2006. Currently she's making her debut as a telenovela actress in Telemundo's soap opera Dame Chocolate. Her name "Zuleyka" is from Arabic and means brillant and lovely.

Miss Universe 2006

Zuleyka Rivera represented Puerto Rico in the Miss Universe 2006 pageant which was televised live internationally from the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California on July 23, 2006. After competing in swimsuit, evening gown and interview, she was crowned Miss Universe by outgoing titleholder Natalie Glebova of Canada.

Later that evening, Rivera fainted briefly during a press appearance. The incident was reportedly attributed to heat exhaustion (from the stage lights) coupled with the weight of the heavy, chained dress she was wearing.[1] However this caused controversy as many believed her fainting was due to malnutrition.

Rivera was the fifth Puerto Rican to win the title, which makes the island, along with Venezuela(2008) the second most successful entity in the pageant (behind the United States). Prior to Rivera's win, Puerto Rico had been tied with Venezuela, with each having won the pageant four times. Rivera was the third consecutive delegate from Puerto Rico to make the top five at Miss Universe, after Alba Reyes placed second runner-up at Miss Universe 2004 and Cynthia Olavarría was first runner-up at Miss Universe 2005.

Rivera's win came only five years after Denise Quiñones, the most recent winner from Puerto Rico, won the crown. As Miss Universe, Rivera represents the Miss Universe Organization, both in the United States and internationally. She was based in New York City, where she shared an apartment with Tara Conner, Miss USA and Katie Blair, Miss Teen USA 2006.

At the Miss Universe 2007 pageant she passed her crown to Riyo Mori of Japan in Mexico City, Mexico on May 28, 2007 before a predicted audience of 1 billion viewers.

A year in the life as Miss Universe

After being crowned on July 23, 2006 in Los Angeles, Zuleyka was interviewed by many news teams in Los Angeles and when she arrived at her new home in New York.

From the end of July until early August, Zuleyka traveled to Japan where she presented the Five Star Diamond Award to the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Tokyo. She also participated in a photo shoot with Kurara Chibana, Miss Universe Japan (and first runner-up), and Zuleyka also visited Mikimoto, the creators of her dazzling crown. In late August, Zuleyka traveled to Indonesia where she attended the opening of a new spa, met with the Minister of Culture, and attended the Miss Indonesia Universe pageant where Agni Pratistha was crowned. While in Indonesia, Zuleyka also visited Bali. On September 4, 2006, Zuleyka returned to her home, Puerto Rico for an official homecoming celebration and parade. The following day, Zuleyka returned to her hometown of Salinas.

As of April 2007, Zuleyka has traveled to the Czech Republic, Russia, Turkey, France, Greece, Kazakhstan, India, Italy, Spain, Mexico, Thailand, and Brazil, in addition to Japan, Indonesia, and Puerto Rico.

On April 1, 2007, Rivera appeared at Wrestlemania 23 along with Miss USA 2007 Rachel Smith and Miss Teen USA 2006 Katie Blair, supporting Donald Trump in the Battle of the Billionaires match against Vince McMahon.

She passed on her crown at the Miss Universe 2007 pageant to Japan's Riyo Mori, which was held in Mexico City, Mexico on May 28, 2007.

Family and personal life

Raised in Salinas with her parents Jerry Rivera and Carmen Mendoza, and two brothers, Jerry, Jr. and Jose Rivera Mendoza. Prior to winning the Miss Puerto Rico title she won the local pageant for her hometown of Salinas. She had also placed as the first runner-up in the Miss Teen Puerto Rico pageant. Only eighteen years of age when she was crowned Miss Universe, Rivera is one of the youngest women to win the title. She is also the first winner from Puerto Rico to have noticeable mixed heritage features, as her four predecessors (Marisol Malaret, Deborah Carthy-Deu, Dayanara Torres, and Denise Quiñones) all have distinctly European features. She's dating the former Manhunt International winner Jaime Augusto Mayol, who is 7 years older than she is. She and Jaime won their respectives international titles in the same year, 2006.

There is currently much speculation over her relationship with tennis player Novak Djokovic as she was spotted in in the players' box cheering him on during the End of Year Championship in Shanghai.

Yasmin Brunet

2009-02-21T00:20:00.001-08:00

Yasmin Brunet has sent eyes popping and tongues wagging since the release of the 2008 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue (yep, that's her on the cover). Fans in her native Brazil have seen her in fashion shows as well as a variety of ads and magazine appearances.

Yasmin Brunet's slender 5'8" frame boasts some distinguishing features. Her left foot sports a tattoo and she has both nipples pierced, but she only wears a ring on one of them. If you happen to be sharing the beach with Yasmin Brunet on one of her many topless beach excursions, you'll know which side the ring is on. Her natural features, like her brown hair and eyes, come from her mom, a former Brazilian Playmate.

In the love department, Yasmin Brunet has a boyfriend, but she wants more romance in her life and lists masculinity and honesty as two of the most important qualities in her potential partners. Who are her ideal men? Yasmin Brunet points to Justin Timberlake and Jake Gyllenhaal, but she also gets weak in the knees at the thought of Angelina Jolie. Without hesitation, Yasmin Brunet would give up men in an instant to be with Angelina. We like her taste in women.

Yasmin Brunet has enjoyed modeling success that predates her appearance in the 2008 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. She started in fashion shows for Patachou, Rosa Cha and Versus, and signed on with Ford Models Brazil and 40º Models. Yasmin Brunet has also been spotted on the cover of Brazil's Elle magazine and in ads for companies like Calzedonia, Disritmia and Escada.

If you asked Yasmin Brunet what she would've done if she weren't modeling, she'd likely talk about her past ambitions to sing in a band. Unfortunately, her self-described terrible voice put a halt to that. Yasmin Brunet also enjoys acting, but without lessons, she doesn't feel that she could master the craft. Now that her face and body are familiar to SI Swimsuit Issue enthusiasts, it seems that Yasmin Brunet certainly made the right career choice.

Sasckya Porto

2009-02-21T00:03:00.000-08:00

Sasckya Porto is a Brazilian supermodel that was featured as Playboy magazine’s December 2007 Playmate of the Month. She is also one of the celebrity judges on Hotties in Hicktown, a reality show where fashion models compete to become the next "glamour gal."

Now this is a category where we can give Sasckya Porto major points. What’s not to love about this exotic South American? Her face is stunning, her body is incredible and we got to see every inch of this Amazon goddess in Playboy. We love when beautiful pageant queens are willing to partake in the “nude” round.

t’s difficult to give a woman as beautiful as Sasckya Porto a low rating in anything, however, given her relatively short resume (December ’07 Playmate of the Month), it’s only right. She's a celebrity judge on the TV show Hotties in Hicktown. Still, we know her star is only on the rise -- among other things.

Charity Hodges

2009-02-06T01:03:00.000-08:00

If you haven't seen Charity Hodges in one of her many magazine spreads or beauty pageants, you might have seen her as the host of the Speed Channel's NOPI Tunervision and as a guest star on the hit sitcom Two and a Half Men.

There's a reason why beauty pageants and pinup magazines all want a piece of Charity Hodges. She spent much of her childhood in sunny Florida, and her perfect 32D-22-33 figure makes her ideal eye candy on the beach as well as at photo shoots. Charity Hodges has posed in lingerie, casual wear and au naturel, and she looks equally stunning in any form. In fact, we'd like her to do much more of it.

Charity Hodges is also sexy for her adventurous attitude that has her partaking in jet-skiing and boating activities. She also adores travelling. We wouldn't hesitate to ask Charity Hodges to marry us, but she's currently attached. When it comes to men, she's also very picky. She says her men need to be tall, strong behind the wheel and big in the right places. With such a knockout body and a fun-loving attitude to go with it, Charity Hodges' allowed to be selective. It's also sexy that she knows what she wants.

Charity Hodges has a long and prosperous history in pageantry that dates back to her earliest days. For the last ten years, she's been a popular bikini contestant on various circuits, most notably with Miss Hawaiian Tropic. As a contestant, she's garnered an impressive haul of more than 30 awards. She's also graced the pages of Stuff, Maxim, Planet Muscle, The Hooters Swimsuit Calendar, and others.

Charity Hodges hasn't duplicated her pageantry and print success on television, but she hasn't come away from TV empty-handed. Her biggest highlight-to-date is a Vegas-themed guest spot on Two and a Half Men, but she's also shown up as the host of NOPI Tunervision on the Speed Channel, and acted in beer and football commercials. Not to be outdone, Charity Hodges also wants to be a rapper, but her success has been limited. We can't fault her for trying.

Christie Cavalli

2009-02-06T00:17:00.000-08:00

Christie Cavalli is a popular pinup model in the print world and on the web. You've seen her in FHM and as part of Miss Hawaiian Tropic, and that's just the beginning.

Christie Cavalli is a Virgo who is short and stacked. This olive-skinned beauty stands 5'7" but maintains a 36 DD-24-35 figure with ease. Her dark brown hair and eyes can hold the gaze of any red-blooded male. Christie Cavalli keeps herself looking good by immersing herself in outdoor activities. If you want the attention of this single girl, you need to keep up with her. Among her favorite activities are mountain biking, fishing, snowboarding, camping, and yoga.

Although she doesn't slow down very much, Christie Cavalli has also been known to enjoy a good movie and a relaxing glass of wine. She's got the travel bug as well, so if you were to indulge in Christie Cavalli's lifestyle, you'd have to be ready to experience a world of adventures. Let's consider that for a second. OK, this all sounds great to us. Where do we sign up?

In little more than three years of modeling, Christie Cavalli went from living as a relative unknown in Canada to traveling the world for various photo shoots. After a debut in American Curves Magazine, Christie Cavalli has climbed up the ladder with stints in popular mags like Penthouse, Stuff and she has also been part of the Miss Hawaiian Tropic circuit.

Christie Cavalli doesn't fit into the model stereotype. She has a full career that she actively practices outside of modeling, and it's in real estate, no less. Instead of spending her loot, Christie Cavalli saved her modeling money and put herself through school to sell houses. Not only is Christie Cavalli a beauty in front of the camera, but she's also a smart cookie when it comes to buying a home.

Jessica Gomes

2009-02-06T00:07:00.000-08:00

Jessica Gomes is a beautiful model of Singaporean and Portuguese heritage. She is probably best-known for her work in the 2008 SI Swimsuit Issue.

Standing at a striking 5’9”, Jessica Gomes possesses the kind of statuesque frame and irresistible looks that one demands from a supermodel. Her exotic beauty comes courtesy of her Portuguese father and Chinese mother, and it’s not surprising to note that she’s been turning heads practically since birth.

Jessica Gomes’ long dark hair and piercing brown eyes only add to the overall package, while her down-to-earth personality has ensured that she comes across as a prototypical girl-next-door. And although she’d obviously make any guy’s friends insanely jealous, Jessica Gomes is that rare supermodel anyone would be thrilled to bring home to mom.

Jessica Gomes has certainly come a long way since entering her first modeling contest, and has appeared in advertisements for such companies as Levi’s, Motorola and Garnier. Her steadily rising star is a testament to her old-fashioned upbringing, as she was taught the value of a strong work ethic from an early age. Her appearance in magazines like Vogue and Glamour led directly to more high-profile gigs, like appearances in Sports Illustrated’s 2008 Swimsuit Issue undoubtedly being the pinnacle of her career. And, yet, it does seem clear that the best is yet to come for Jessica Gomes, who harbors dreams of one day running her own fashion empire. An acting career also appears to be in the offing for the ambitious supermodel; no matter what she chooses, though, it’s clear that she’s made a considerable impact on a notoriously tough-to-break field.

Melissa Haro

2009-02-04T20:58:00.000-08:00

Melissa Haro caught the attention of men everywhere when she appeared in the 2008 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue.

This dark-haired, green-eyed California girl represents a more exotic alternative to the Golden State's stereotypical blonde, blue-eyed beauty. Her thin-yet-lusciously curvaceous frame made her a perfect choice for Sports Illustrated, in which she showed off a lot more skin than her previous modeling gigs called for. As arousing as her bikini shoots from the Cayman Islands were, some of her Guess ads are just about as jaw-dropping as her SI spread. Melissa Haro has a rose tattoo in a secret spot somewhere on her beautiful body, as well as the unusual and very titillating talent of being able to tie cherry stems into a knot with her tongue. She refers to this ability as "kind of a flirty type of thing." We're getting hot just thinking about it.

Melissa Haro's not quite graduated to household name or supermodel status (yet), but following her rookie appearance in Sports Illustrated's 2008 Swimsuit Issue, her profile has been given a huge boost. Prior to being featured in SI, the former Miss Bay Area Teen was best known for her participation on the debut season of Project Runway (2004-'05). She also replaced Paris Hilton as the spokesmodel for Guess Jeans in 2005.

Unlike many up-and-coming models, she hasn't expressed any interest in pursuing an acting career some day. Given her age, she's got time to make the leap from appearing in print campaigns to becoming TV or movie eye candy, should she want to expand her horizons as such.

Melissa Haro considers her sexy SI spread to be the pinnacle of her career so far, and we're keeping our fingers crossed that we'll be seeing much more of her in future editions of the publication's annual bestseller. Until then, we'll be keeping our eyes peeled for any upcoming ad campaigns or magazine shoots that she'll be featured in.

Bar Paly

2009-02-04T20:44:00.001-08:00

Bar Paly is a sexpot who's appeared in steamy spreads for Maxim magazine as well as in an episode of CSI: NY. She also makes an appearance in the movie The Ruins (2008).

Wow -- there's something about this Israeli beauty that gets our pulses racing. Could it be Bar Paly's stunning au naturel curves or her mesmerizing face? We'll take the whole package.

Bar Paly has started making waves and garnering the attention of fans (especially men) everywhere. She's had her face splashed across the pages of some of men's favorite mags like Maxim, and she's dabbled in a bit of acting, appearing on prime-time TV dramas as well as in big-screen flicks like The Ruins, Stiletto (2008) and the horror movie Hyenas (2008).

Seren Gibson

2009-02-04T20:19:00.000-08:00

Seren Gibson's impressive face and body have been seen in magazines like Zoo and Maxim. She was also seen on British television as part of the documentary My Crazy Media Life.

At first glance, most of Seren Gibson's sex appeal comes from her very natural bustline, which measures up to a hefty size 32E. Her breasts are so legendary that they were a major point of discussion in Seren Gibson's high school yearbook. Her figure is impossible to overlook, and it's only aided by her long hair and symmetric face. Seren Gibson sure isn't shy about showing things off, having posed au naturel for the cameras (and at the pub) on several occasions.

We also like Seren Gibson for her no-holds-barred personality. She likes to daydream and inhabits various attractive ”personalities,” from the classic femme fatale to the loving housewife. Seren Gibson also likes to party and get into trouble. One of her bad habits is fooling around with her lady friends in front of guys -- for shock value. We're more than willing to try Seren Gibson's imagination (and everything else) on for size.

Never before has a crazy British lady gone so far with such oh-so ample bosom. For glamour model Seren Gibson, it's all in a day's work. More importantly, her continued success means she can do more shopping, partake in some good old-fashioned partying and also continue a full-fledged education.

Since her humble beginnings in a wet T-shirt contest, Seren Gibson's modeling dreams have led to stark poses for Maxim, Zoo and Front Magazine. She's also appeared on the popular Channel 4 series My Crazy Media Life as part of a British documentary about her day-to-day activities. Although Seren Gibson is widely known for her body, she remains confident in herself. Seren Gibson is proud of her commitment to her education and her continued quest to live a very full life.

Jo Garcia

2009-02-04T20:09:00.001-08:00

Latin knockout Jo Garcia was named Playboy’s Cyber Club Cyber Girl of the Year in 2008. Her dark eyes and long legs would have been plenty to attract the cyber-world explorers, but she has gamers buzzing because not only is she beautiful, but she also knows her video games.

This leggy 5’7”, 122-pound Hispanic hard-body (in part the product of pole-dancing/strip classes in Los Angeles) measures in at a sultry 32D-24-32, and she puts every inch of it to work for her. Yet the tale of the tape only goes so far in explaining Jo Garcia’s saucy sex appeal.

Whereas it isn’t uncommon for the gaming industry and beautiful women with no gaming background to mutually exploit each other, Jo Garcia’s status as a true gamer is beyond dispute. She lists Final Fantasy, Radiata Stories and the Xenosaga trilogy as favorites, and displays an unmistakable knowledge of video games, enough to erase any suspicion that she’s anything but legit. Plus, in interviews, she comes across as cool, charming and intelligent.

For a young woman with very little modeling experience to speak of, Jo Garcia’s rise from obscurity to relative fame was somewhat meteoric. On the urging of some friends, including a 2001 Playboy Playmate of the Month, she submitted a portfolio to Playboy without much fanfare. To her surprise, she was named Playboy’s Cyber Girl of the Month for October 2007 by members of the Playboy Cyber Club. In April 2008, Cyber Club members gave her an even higher stamp of approval in naming her the 2008 Cyber Club Cyber Girl of the Year.

Since then Jo Garcia has been doing a lot of publicity, more photo and video shoots, and appearances. Although her modeling career is moving along at quite a clip, she’s clearly just getting started.

Brooklyn Decker

2009-02-04T19:56:00.001-08:00

Brooklyn Decker has been turning heads since 2006 when she made her debut in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, and she continues to make men swoon, making waves most recently in the February 2008 edition. This stunner has since made a splash in high-profile campaigns for Gap, Victoria's Secret, American Eagle, and J.C. Penney. "It's like a dream," she says of her flourishing career. "It's one of those things where it's not something you hope for because it's too unrealistic to want that."

Brooklyn Decker has the kind of body that men fantasize about. Her fabulously long, colt-like legs and mouthwatering 34-24-34 dimensions are definitely made to order. So how does this tantalizing model stay in shape? "Thankfully, I have good genes,” she admits, “but there's pressure to not gain weight because it's my job. It's tough at times because I'm a girl that loves candy." Well, fiance and tennis superstar Andy Roddick took notice, as the couple got engaged in March 2008.

Get used to hearing Brooklyn Decker’s name. This heavenly creature has appeared in a bevy of big-name magazines, including Sports Illustrated, Teen Vogue, FHM, Glamour, Cosmopolitan, Elle Girl, and Spin. Her smiling face has also appeared in high-profile campaigns for Gap, Victoria's Secret, American Eagle, Hollister, J.C. Penney, and SportsIllustrated.com, where she cohosts the site’s popular She Says, Z Says weekly feature.

Catrinel Menghia

2009-02-03T22:30:00.000-08:00

Catrinel Menghia (born October 1, 1985) is a Romanian model.

She was discovered at the age of 16 on the street by a local agent who took her to Bucharest to meet Liviu Ionescu of the MRA Agency. Six months later, her parents allowed Menghia to move to Bucharest and start an international modeling career.

She participated in the Ford Model's Supermodel of the World Romania contest in November 2001, where she won the second runner-up prize.

Menghia now lives in Milan. She has done campaigns for major fashion houses and is the face of Giorgio Armani worldwide. She was also one of the new faces in the 2006 South African Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition and has appeared in FHM and Maxim.

She has been the face of the French lingerie brand Lise Charmel since 2005.

Camila Alves

2009-02-03T22:13:00.000-08:00

Camila Alves is a stunning Brazilian model who is probably best known as being the mommy of she and Matthew McConaughey's baby.

There's gotta be something in the water in Brazil that makes all the women there absolutely mind-blowingly hot. Camila Alves is no exception. And, like any man, we found ourselves even more drawn to her once she got preggers (although it's really not cool that she chose shirtless beach bum Matthew McConaughey to father her child).

As far as modeling goes, Camila Alves hasn't received that much exposure. She's appeared in a few music videos as well as commercials (we particularly liked the ad she did for Triumph lingerie). However, given her public exposure as "the woman who broke down Hollywood's playboy," we think she might get the chance to follow in the footsteps of other Brazilian beauties like Adriana Lima and Gisele Bundchen.

Juliette Frette

2009-02-03T22:02:00.000-08:00

Artist, writer and avowed feminist, Juliette Frette gained notoriety posing for Playboy while she was an undergrad in Women's Studies. She's graced the pages of the men's magazine several times since her 2005 debut, and was selected as the publication's Playmate of the Month for its June 2008 edition. She also writes for WhitehotMagazine.com, an online arts journal.

As a beautiful, buxom, blue-eyed blonde with a slim, perfect-10 figure, Juliette Frette exemplifies exactly the type of sex-kitten image that Playboy magazine is known for. Proof of this is her numerous appearances in the publication, as regular readers are obviously ecstatic to see more and more of her gorgeous face and incredibly hot body. In June, 2008, she reached the pinnacle of pin-updom when she became Playboy's Playmate of the Month. Factor in her intelligence and creative abilities and you've got a killer combination of brains, beauty and talent, and not just some one-dimensional Barbie doll. Juliette Frette would score high marks in this category based on looks alone, but there's something even more seductive about an artistic, intellectual, Playboy bunny whose feminist stance makes her the thinking woman's pin-up.

Juliette Frette may be best known for her multiple appearances in Playboy, culminating in her selection as the Miss June 2008, however her ambitions lie beyond simply being a sexy pin-up girl. She earned an honors degree in Women's Studies from UCLA in 2006 with a thesis titled “Posing for Playboy from A Feminist Perspective: How Media Images Impact Women's Empowerment” based on her experience as a nude model. In what may be the first instance of its kind, Juliette Frette was given the opportunity to write the text for her Playmate of the Month spread from a feminist perspective. Besides gaining fame from Playboy layouts, she's a painter whose works appear on her website, and she also profiles the art world for Whitehot Magazine of Contemporary Art. Far from being a household name, when she eventually publishes an expanded version of her honor's thesis as she hopes to do, and if the book becomes a best seller, she'll likely gain a higher success rating.

Julia Voth

2009-02-03T21:30:00.000-08:00

Julia Voth is an actress and a model. She's best known as the model for the video game Resident Evil: Biohazard and as the star of the film Bitch Slap.

There's a reason why Julia Voth was selected for her Resident Evil duties -- it's because she's beautiful. Video games aside, she's also done her share of "real modeling.” Some of her well-known magazine appearances include the cover of Foam, as well as spots in L.A. Direct, Eliza, Wedding Style, and Angeleno. Guess?, McDonald's and the band Aerosmith have also come calling her way.

Julia Voth has earned certified babe status as the Babe of the Day and the Babe of the Week for IGN. In addition, she's paid her dues with multiple appearances in Maxim's The Sexiest Women of 2009 and The Best Thing to Happen to 2009 calendars. As far as beauty goes, Julia has no problem eating and filling out her curves. She doesn't believe that skinny women are attractive, and we don't have any complaints about her healthy physique. Nor do the producers of Bitch Slap, who cast her as a stripper in the film.

It's a long way from the prairies of Saskatchewan to the hills of Hollywood, but Julia Voth has earned her own piece of the California acting pie with the lead role in the exploitation flick Bitch Slap and a supporting role in the Carrie-Ann Moss film Hanging Out Hooking Up Falling in Love. Julia Voth's very pretty face has also earned her commercial gigs for companies like Uniqlo Jeans and Herbal Essences, while her voice landed her some voice-over work for the cult film Repo! The Genetic Opera.

While you might have spotted her in one of her commercials, Julia Voth is still best known as the face and body model for the character of Jill Valentine in Resident Evil: Biohazard. The process involved scanning Julia Voth's entire body and various facial expressions in order to create Jill from her likeness. If all goes well, those Resident Evil games will become collector’s items when Julia Voth's career really takes off.

Anya Monzikova

2009-02-03T21:16:00.000-08:00

Anya Monzikova (Russian: А́нна Мо́нзикова; b. August 25, 1984 in Vologda, Moscow, Russia) is a model and actress.

She lived in Russia for most of her childhood, and moved to Florida when she was 8 years old. After she graduated from high school, she moved again to Los Angeles, California to pursue a career in acting. She modeled for lingerie companies, such as Trashy Lingerie, Faris, and Dreamgirl. In 2006, she became a model on NBC's hit game show, Deal or No Deal holding case #10.

Anya currently appears on the HDNet television channel as a co-host for the original program Get Out!. The show involves girls travelling the world and experiencing all that a city might have to offer. Anya is a co-host on the Belize episodes (Belize City, Cay Caulker, Goff's Cay, Seargant's Cay, Maruba Spa, and Maskall Village) and one Mexico episode (Xel-Ha). Get Out! is also hosted by Anya's fellow Deal or No Deal model Lindsay Clubine.

In 2007, Anya played the angel character from the painting "The Wounded Angel" in the music video Amaranth, the second single from Dark Passion Play, the album from the Finnish metal band Nightwish.

Anya is featured in a photo shoot in the August 2007 issue of Stuff magazine. She is also on the cover of Runway Magazine along with seven other Deal-No Deal models with a feature inside.

Cora Skinner

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Cora Skinner has a face and body you will recognize, but may not be able to place. She's modeled across magazines and billboards, but perhaps she's most familiar as the girlfriend of reality-star Brody Jenner.

It's hard for us to pick a favorite thing about Cora Skinner's lean and mean 5'9" body. Maybe it's her long brown hair or her deep hazel eyes. Cora Skinner likes her legs the most and she says she isn't afraid to check out the curves of other women either. Yikes. Cora Skinner's mind lends itself to modeling just as well as her perfect body does. She gets a kick out of wearing skimpy clothing and finds it empowering to be considered sexy.

Don't try and seduce Cora Skinner with a romantic dinner and a dozen roses. She readily admits that she doesn't like romantic men or the ultra-clingy types. Instead of the saps, she'll take a man's man anytime. To her, a guy who is rough around the edges but still able to find the humor in life (and himself) is a quality companion. For now, she's found this in Brody Jenner, one of the stars of The Hills.

Besides her notoriety as the companion to Brody Jenner, the bulk of Cora Skinner's achievements have come from her professional pursuits in the modeling world. On the print-modeling side, she has enjoyed multiple calendar spots in everything from Hooters to Garage Girls to BetUS.com. There have also been magazine spreads for the Belgium and Spanish editions of Maxim, a revealing Best Friends pictorial in FHM and cover shots on Sport Truck, Hot Bikes and Import Tuner Magazine.

Cora Skinner has been a busy bee on television. She's done skits for The Tonight Show, played football in her undies in The Lingerie Bowl, served restaurant patrons in The Office, and she also competed to become a model on Deal or No Deal. Def Leppard even contacted her for a role in their video for Nine Lives. Last but not least, she showed up as herself on her boyfriend's show The Hills.

Valentina Zelyaeva

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Valentina Zelyaeva is an up-and-coming model who has graced the pages of dozens of well-known fashion magazines and worked side-by-side with some of the industry’s best and brightest.

With her dazzling blue eyes and lustrous blonde hair, Valentina Zelyaeva surely stands as a picture-perfect example of an exotic and downright sexy foreigner. Her sultry Russian accent undoubtedly plays a significant role in her appeal, though there’s little doubt that her virtually flawless looks have facilitated her meteoric rise within the notoriously cloistered fashion industry. Standing at an impressive 5’9”, Valentina Zelyaeva possesses exactly the sort of unattainable countenance that one generally associates with a model -- yet there’s certainly something approachable about her down-to-earth personality. It’s subsequently no wonder that she’s become one of the most in-demand up-and-coming models on the contemporary fashion scene, as evidenced by her ongoing work with Ralph Lauren and her appearances in magazines like Harper’s Bazaar and Elle.

Since making her professional debut in 2003, Valentina Zelyaeva has accomplished far more than she ever might’ve expected, and there’s little doubt that she has surpassed many of her modeling idols in terms of success and widespread exposure. In addition to her many high-profile gigs, Valentina Zelyaeva has carved out a niche for herself as Ralph Lauren’s muse, as she has become a permanent staple within his campaigns over the last several years. Valentina Zelyaeva’s burgeoning reputation has landed her on Forbes’ annual list of the industry’s highest-paid models, with her 2007 earnings coming in at an impressive $2.3 million (which places her between Selita Ebanks and Hilary Rhoda). And while she does aspire to eventually try her hand at the fashion industry’s various other facets, Valentina Zelyaeva’s white-hot career trajectory does assure that she’ll be a familiar face in print and on the catwalk for years to come.

Filippa

2009-02-02T22:02:00.000-08:00

One of the world’s most intriguing young supermodels, Filippa is the face of Ralph Lauren’s signature line of fragrances. “Filippa is a beautiful young woman who has all the attributes of beauty, charm and elegance,” Ralph Lauren said. “There’s an understatement that has a girl-next-door spirit that I’ve always related to.”

The product of Swedish and Spanish ancestry, Filippa has been blessed with sculpted cheekbones, mesmerizing green eyes and a stunning complexion befitting a goddess. However, it’s her body that most men are apt to take note of. Filippa has showcased her perfect physique in the world-famous Pirelli calendar twice, once in 2003 when she wiggled out of her bathing suit with the likes of Heidi Klum, Yamila Diaz-Rahi and Sienna Miller, and again in 2005 when she joined top supermodels Naomi Campbell and Adriana Lima in showing off her tan lines.

It’s one thing to appear in an ad for Ralph Lauren, but it’s quite another to be Ralph Lauren’s personal muse. “She’s saying what I want say,” Ralph Lauren explains. “She makes it live. She makes it move. Clothes don’t mean anything until people wear them and then each person makes their own statement.” Filippa’s well-known association with Ralph Lauren has resulted in her appearing in a number of high-profile ads for Polo Jeans as well as Ralph Lauren’s signature Romance and Blue fragrance lines. Filippa’s flawless face has also graced the covers of Marie Claire, Vogue, Elle, Numero, Harper’s Bazaar, Telva, and Amica.

Jessica Burciaga

2009-02-02T21:33:00.000-08:00

Jessica Burciaga is a hot model who launched her own personal website, idreamofjessie.com, so guys can see her smokin' body anytime. She also worked part-time at the Playboy Club in Vegas dolled-up as a blackjack dealer.

Jessica Burciaga is a shapely brunette with curves in all the right places. She's made several sexy appearances in various lad mags, and for knowing how to show off all those incredible assets, we rate her well in the sexiness category.

After moving from Hooters to hip-hop videos to the Playboy Club and the prime-time forum of her own website, Jessica Burciaga’s success is tied to her body’s ability to make guys swoon. She’s modeled in many magazines including Maxim, Stuff and car mags like Import Tuner, and her website is wildly popular.

Nereida Gallardo

2009-02-02T21:05:00.001-08:00

Nereida Gallardo is a model. She's best known, however, as the former squeeze of Manchester United soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo.

Nereida Gallardo's sparkling personality isn't what makes her a tabloid favorite. A good chunk comes from the fact that she's drop-dead gorgeous. While not every curve of her shapely figure may be natural, it's hard to deny her appeal toward men. If she weren't appealing, she wouldn't have landed one of Manchester United's most eligible bachelors -- even if the relationship didn’t stand the test of time.

It's also pretty clear that Nereida Gallardo has quite an adventurous streak. Her tabloid pictures have depicted her in various shades of undress in different night spots and beaches, and equally in the company of men and women. Player agent Pedro Campane claims to be a past lover of Nereida Gallardo, and he raised eyebrows by telling the world that she was "a wild animal in bed" with no inhibitions and who "liked doing everything." Any other questions? We didn't think so.

Nereida Gallardo might consider herself to be a model, but apart from her formidable beauty, she hasn't really earned the title. Apart from a saucy beach layout, the occasional commercial and a few small pageants, Nereida Gallardo has yet to find that breakout modeling gig to send the dollars and fame her way.

Even though she's earning more money at the moment from a nursing job than through modeling, Nereida Gallardo has still gained fame thanks to her friendship with soccer star Sergio Ramos, and her recent relationship with Cristiano Ronaldo. Her love affair with the latter has made her a favorite in tabloid magazines and a familiar face on sports networks as well. Now that people know her name, perhaps some modeling agents can offer Nereida Gallardo the proper guidance to maintain her new wave of recognition.

Daniela de Jesus Cosio

2009-02-01T20:51:00.001-08:00

Daniela de Jesus Cosio (born 1986 in La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico) is a Mexican fashion model.

She began modeling after participating in the national beauty pageant Nuestra Belleza Mexico, where she placed as the runner-up. Now she is a Top Model with covers and campaign worldwide. Next one is Maxim Cover on april 2008.

Jaslene Gonzalez

2009-02-01T20:30:00.000-08:00

Jaslene Gonzalez is famous for being the winner of Season Eight of America's Next Top Model.

show like America's Next Top Model. Not only did she get to work with some huge names in fashion, but she was also extremely visible seeing as how she was on national television for weeks and weeks. She's got a success rating of 40 for now, but we're sure, now that she's out of Tyra Banks' claws, that Jaslene Gonzalez will take the modeling world by storm.

Jaslene Gonzalez has legs that never end and a captivating exotic beauty. Plus, she's admitted, "I'm the Latin spice here. I'm not your girl next door but I'm your girl down the block in your hood." So we know she's also a spicy Latina. No wonder we featured her here on AM!

Dani Behr

2009-02-01T20:20:00.001-08:00

Dani Behr (born 9 July 1970 in London) is an English television presenter and singer. She appeared in the 8th series of I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here.

Career

In 1989, Dani Behr had a cameo appearance in Grange Hill and then later was a presenter on the late night Channel 4 music show, The Word, for five years. She went on to feature in over 30 TV shows, including The Big Breakfast, Hotel Babylon, Ice Warriors; and in 2002 the co-presenting role alongside Joe Mace on the first series of the BBC's flagship children's program The Saturday Show.

After numerous presenting jobs for shows in the United States, Behr decided to move permanently to Hollywood to begin presenting "Extra" for NBC. She went on to host several more shows for Fox, NBC/Bravo, VH1, with her biggest hit so far being the 2003 reality show Boy Meets Boy. In between TV, Behr has also presented radio shows for KissFM, and has had some minor film acting roles and appeared alongside Kate Winslet, Oprah Winfrey, Glenn Close in the play The Vagina Monologues both in London at The Old Vic and on Broadway at Madison Square Garden.

Behr was Maxim's female presenter of the year in 2002. Until June 2007 she voiced the safety message on Virgin Atlantic and was named in the song "Turn A Blind Eye" by Half Man Half Biscuit: "They came for Dani Behr. I said 'she's over there, behind the wardrobe." She was ousted in the final round of Celebrity Pop Idol Australia 2007 despite a rousing and critically acclaimed version of Wand'rin' Star, the Lee Marvin hit from Paint Your Wagon. After marriage and the birth of her two children, Behr made her UK television comeback on the 2008 edition of ITV's I'm a celebrity... Get me out of here! where she was was the second celebrity to be voted out of the camp by the public on Day 12.

Personal life

Behr has dated several high-profile names whilst living in the UK, including footballer Les Ferdinand, Ryan Giggs and J Brown from boy band '5ive'. During this time her relationships were well publicised by the tabloids. Behr married American restaurateur (Founder of Kauai Juice, South Africa) and surfer Carl Harwin in Malibu, California, on 5 May 2005 - with pictures of the wedding featured in Hello! magazine. They have a daughter named Coco born in December 2005. They moved to Sydney, Australia, where on 19 April, 2007, Behr gave birth to son Zane Max Harwin.

Teresa Noreen

2009-02-01T20:05:00.000-08:00

Teresa Noreen (born December 22, 1976) is an American model and actress.

Career

Teresa entered the public eye in 2005 when she entered "The Quest for Antonia", an online contest to find the international spokesmodel for the MMORPG Everquest II. Securing the number one spot and holding it to the end of the five-week contest, she was the fan favorite, with fans showing their support by building a website dedicated to her entry into the contest. The spokesmodeling contract was ultimately awarded to another competitor in a live pageant.

Taking the lessons learned from the contest, Teresa continued to build an online presence to promote her modeling career. She had her website professionally refreshed, and began networking via numerous modeling websites as well as MySpace. Within a year she was featured in eight calendars, modeled for Maxim, and Playboy, appeared in numerous magazines, shot her feature for Bennett Production's Playing in Paradise, hosted Atlanta's Stone Cold TV, starred in a short film shot for the 2006 Howard Stern Film Festival and toured the Eastern U.S. with NOPI motorsports. Her first magazine feature was published in January 2006 - a non-nude appearance in Penthouse magazine. Her first magazine cover came shortly thereafter on Street Trenz Magazine's March 2006 issue and her first exclusive magazine pictorial was published in the January 2007 issue of American Curves magazine. She is advancing with ongoing work with Hawaiian Tropic and Pirelli and is the official spokesmodel of PowerBass Audio.

On November 4, 2007, Teresa launched an RSS-enabled blogsite to move her blogging presence from myspace to a less-restrictive location. Sections of her site are tailored to offering advice to aspiring models and actresses, at no charge.

Personal life

Teresa resides near Long Beach, CA with her husband, whom she met via an online matchmaking service in May 2003. They married on May 15, 2005 on the two-year anniversary of the first time they met face-to-face. Because so much of her persona is established online and because she has a penchant for technology-laden gadgets as well as notifying her MySpace friends of the latest invasive codes to avoid, she was nominated as Sexiest Geek of 2006.

Megan Gale

2009-02-01T20:00:00.001-08:00

Megan Gale (born August 7, 1975) is an Australian model and actress.

Career

Born in Perth, Western Australia, Gale is of half-British, half-Polynesian heritage and is the youngest of three children, one of them being an older brother. She lived in Fremantle as a child, going to John Curtin Senior High School in her teenage years.

Megan Gale has been described in an article as "Italy's hottest star since Sophia Loren" whilst Roselyn Della Sabina (a singer songwriter) was named next after Megan Gale.

Modelling

At 24, while studying at university, she won a modeling competition and was cast by Australian casting director Toni Higginbotham, to appear in a series of advertisements for the Italian telecommunications commercials, Omnitel (now Vodafone Italy); she appeared in the company's advertising from 1999 until nowadays. She was also retained by the Australian Tourist Commission in 2003 as 'their face of Australia in Italy'.

Gale has modeled for Italian fashion houses such as Genny and favors many Australian designers, such as Akira Isogawa, Sass & Bide, and Alex Perry. Recently she was the fashion commentator for the Australian television awards, the Logies. She was the face of the upmarket Australian department store David Jones. Gale's appearances on the catwalk in the famous annual fashion parades are extremely popular and she has helped to raise David Jones's profile to the younger market and trendy fashion designers.

In January 2008, Gale announced her retirement from catwalk modeling after 15 years and strutted down the catwalk for the last time just weeks later at a David Jones winter collection launch in Sydney. She has since been replaced by Victoria's Secret Angel Miranda Kerr.

Acting

Megan Gale also tried her hand at acting and appeared in the movies Vacanze di Natale and Stregata Dalla Luna. She also won a cameo part in the 2005 movie Stealth where she played a role as Dr. Orbit's secretary. In January 2008, it was announced that she had been offered the part of Wonder Woman in the upcoming George Miller movie version of Justice League of America before the project was permanently shelved.

Television

In 2005, Gale became a guest reporter for Nine Network travel show Getaway from October 2005 to June 2006.

She also worked with Mike Munro as co-host of the nine-episode Australian documentary TV show What a Year, which first aired on the Nine Network on October 2, 2006. In 2007, their respective replacements were Bert Newton and Julia Zemiro and the show has since been axed.

Reports suggested that Gale would take over hosting duties of the television series, Australia's Next Top Model in 2009. However the position has since been filled by Sara Murdoch.

Gale also became the National Ambassador for Kids Help Line in February 2005.

Personal life

Gale was previously in a four year relationship with Italian model and singer Marzio Canevarolo. She also briefly dated 33-year-old Australian model Josh Clapp. She is now in a relationship with Andy Lee, the latter half of comedy duo Hamish and Andy.

Leticia Cline

2009-01-31T01:09:00.001-08:00

Leticia Ann Cline (born October 1, 1978) is an American model. She is best known as a former interviewer for TNA Wrestling.

Early career

Cline began modeling at the age of 14. She went on to appear in a number of American magazines and spent a year modeling in Japan. She then focused on her education, earning degrees in psychology and finance from the University of Kentucky in 2000 and eventually became a certified public accountant. She also married and had a son, but the marriage broke up soon after.

Television

On October 23, 2006, Total Nonstop Action Wrestling producer Jessie Ward recruited Cline to TNA as an interviewer, complementing Jeremy Borash. Cline made her television debut on the November 30, 2006 episode of TNA Impact!. She took a break from TNA in the beginning of fall 2007 to concentrate on other projects. Her final appearance with TNA was on their first ever two hour show, where she and current TNA interviewer Crystal Louthan got in a backstage catfight. Cline officially was granted her release from TNA on November 25, 2007.

Cline is a Beauty on the 2008 season of the reality show Beauty and the Geek (Season 5). On week 5 of B&G, Matt Carter and Leticia won the Young and the Restless Soap Opera Challenge. They were eliminated in the series finale and got 3rd place

Cline appeared on the Howard Stern reality television show Bowling Beauties in 2008, but lost in the third episode.

Radio

Cline appeared on The Howard Stern Show on November 27, 2007 and on December 6, 2007, where among other things she used a Sybian machine. Cline confirmed that she had in fact been in talks with World Wrestling Entertainment over the possibility of working for WWE sometime in the near future. In April 2008, Cline competed in Howard TV's Bowling Beauties at Harlem Lanes.

Cline also makes a common appearance on the Sirius network's Playboy radio as well as Maxim's radio.

Print

Cline is on Page 163 of Maxim's December 2007 issue, which was part of the Maxim's Hometown Hotties Contest.

Cline is a model for Dreamgirl International lingerie. She has appeared in their 2006 2007 and 2008 catalogues and is on their website www.dreamgirldirect.com

Cline has appeared in many print campaigns including 2007 swim wear ads from designer Betsy Johnson.

Cline has also appeared in a number of racing magazines including Racer X, Transworld MX, Cycle News, MXP, Dirt Rider, The Pickle and Hole Shot Magazine.

Personal life

Cline is single and resides in Orlando, FL. She is of Irish and Swedish descent. She has one son.

Fabiana Semprebom

2009-01-31T00:45:00.001-08:00

Fabiana Semprebom (born May 26, 1984 in Londrina, Paraná, Brazil) is a Brazilian fashion model. She is the daughter of a Brazilian father and an Italian-American mother.

She is represented by Louisa Models, Supreme, Ford Models (New York/LA), Mega Models (São Paulo), 2pm Model Management, Women Management (Milan), Ford Models Europe (Paris). She was discovered by an agent from Sao Paolo while she was shopping at a local mall.

Holly Willoughby

2009-01-31T00:31:00.000-08:00

Holly Marie Willoughby (born 10 February 1981 in Brighton) is an English television presenter, known for her work in presenting children's TV and reality TV. In 2006, she won a BAFTA and was chosen to present Dancing on Ice, a highly popular UK celebrity talent show, shown on ITV which drew in an average of 8.9m million viewers in the most recently concluded series.

The elder of two daughters to the manager of a double-glazing company and an air-hostess, she was educated at the independent Burgess Hill School For Girls in the town of Burgess Hill in West Sussex. She then went on to attend The College of Richard Collyer. Her sister, Kelly, also works in the television industry. She is related by marriage to actress Tamzin Outhwaite, and is best of friends with fellow TV presenter Fearne Cotton. Willoughby supports Watford FC, an English professional football club.

At the age of 23 Willoughby became engaged to Dan Baldwin, a former producer of Ministry of Mayhem, the same day that the couple moved into a flat in South London. Willoughby announced their engagement live on Saturday Showdown, on 6 May 2006. The wedding took place on 4 August 2007 at Amberley Castle, West Sussex. Fearne Cotton and Sarah Cawood were two of the bridesmaids and Dermot O'Leary was an usher. Whilst she was presenting The Xtra Factor on 1 November 2008, offhand comments by judges Simon Cowell and Louis Walsh led Willoughby to confirm that she was pregnant with her first child.

In 2006, Willoughby won a Bafta in recognition of her abilities as a children’s TV presenter. In early 2008, she helped make a point that the UK, as a nation, waste too much water, by having a 3-minute shower in a cubicle before the public fountain in the middle of Trafalgar Square, London. The event was part of the Be Water Wise campaign which lead up to World Water Day on 22 March 2008.

Willoughby has caused minor scandal on occasion. While presenting the children's programme Ministry of Mayhem, in 2004, she accidently exposed a breast. In January 2008, Willoughby presented Dancing on Ice in a very low cut dress which led to a small number of complaints by the viewing public.

Tailor James

2009-01-30T22:40:00.000-08:00

Tailor James (born July 21, 1980 in Mississauga, Ontario) is a Canadian model.

She began modeling at the age of 17, doing calendars and catalog work. Her first nudes were shot with Mystique magazine. Later, a photographer friend of hers suggested she pose for Playboy, and submitted her photos to the publication. They then invited her to come in and take test shots. After this she was approved to be a Playmate, but since there were several other blondes in line ahead of her, they decided to push her centerfold appearance back and she was subsequently Miss June 2003. Prior to her playmate appearance in the June 2003 issue, she was Cyber Girl of the Week in September 2001, and Cyber Girl of the Month in January 2002. Tailor has since been on over a dozen International Playboy covers.

Along with fellow Playmates Raquel Gibson and Jamie Westenhiser, she is a "member" of the United States of America National Bikini Team.

Katarina Van Derham

2009-01-29T23:18:00.000-08:00

Van Derham will bring the German barmaid brand icon to life, and will appear on the 2009 St. Pauli Girl poster, travel across the country on the St. Pauli Girl media tour, andd be featured on the brand's website and promotional materials.

Breaking new ground this year, Katarina Van Derham is the first St. Pauli Girl chosen through an online vote, beating out three other finalists. Katarina, a native of Slovakia who speaks five languages, won over online voters and the St. Pauli Girl brand team with her resemblance to the traditional St. Pauli Girl icon and vivacious personality. Selecting a spokesmodel to represent the beer is a decades-long tradition for St. Pauli Girl, and Van Derham marks the 26th spokesmodel selected in the brand's history.

Katarina Van Derham grew up in a small village in the woods of Slovakia. She moved to the United States at the age of 22. While working as a waitress in Los Angeles, she was often told to pursue modeling, and at age 26 finally decided to give it a shot. Van Derham was immediately booked for several modeling jobs, and in a short time her career has skyrocketed.

Van Derham can be seen in advertising campaigns for AT&T, Dodge, Rockstar Energy Drinks, Ed Hardy and Christian Audigier. On television she has had roles on shows including "Monk" and "CSI," and has also appeared in the films "Cellular" and "15 Minutes." Van Derham has graced the cover of dozens of magazines both in the U.S. and internationally including Iron Man, Max Muscle, Muscle & Fitness, Best Body, Double XL, British Maxim and more.

Katarina Van Derham became a U.S. citizen last year. In addition to her modeling work, Van Derham also works in web design for an architectural graphic design firm.

Summer Glau

2009-01-29T23:06:00.000-08:00

Summer Lyn Glau (born July 24, 1981) is an American dancer and actress, known for playing River Tam in the short-lived science fiction series Firefly and follow-up movie Serenity, and for playing Cameron in the series Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles.

Career

Glau was classically trained as a ballerina and also studied tango and flamenco. A professional dancer since age 12, she appeared in several television commercials. Having relocated to Los Angeles in 2002, Glau's first television credit was a guest role as a ballerina on the 2002 episode "Waiting in the Wings" (episode 3x13) of the television series Angel. There she caught the eye of director Joss Whedon, who later cast her in his short-lived TV series Firefly as River Tam, a role she reprised for the show's feature film sequel, Serenity. Glau previously auditioned for the role as a Pink Ranger on one of the Power Rangers series before meeting Joss Whedon.

Glau appeared on the episode "Love Conquers Al" (1x06) of the TV series Cold Case. She had a small role in the film Sleepover, in which she played a high school senior named Shelly. She also appeared in the CSI episode "What's Eating Gilbert Grissom?", and the second season of The Unit; portraying Crystal Burns, the girlfriend of Jeremy Erhart. In 2006, Glau played Tess Doerner, a paranoid schizophrenic returnee in the second season premiere of The 4400 (episode "Wake-Up Call"), and became an essential recurring character from Season 3 onwards. Her character had the power to compel people to do whatever she wanted. She also starred in the science fiction film Mammoth. Glau was cast in a TV movie on ABC Family called The Initiation of Sarah.

In Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, a series that debuted January 13, 2008, Glau plays the role of Cameron Phillips, a Terminator infiltration unit sent back to protect John Connor and Sarah Connor from Skynet. The seventh episode of the series, "The Demon Hand", included several scenes in which Glau (in character as Cameron) dances ballet.

Personal life

Summer Glau has been involved in a number of charities, such as B.C. Women's Hospital & Health Centre where she autographed several teddy bears to be sold on ebay to help raise money for the Hospital. Glau is an animal lover and has shown support to the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Los Angeles, where she hand-painted a decorative pet bowl that was later sold on eBay to raise funds.

Stacy Keibler

2009-01-29T22:30:00.000-08:00

Stacy Keibler (born October 14, 1979) is an American actress and former professional wrestler and valet for World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE).

She began her professional wrestling career as a part of the Nitro Girls in WCW. She quickly moved on to a more prominent role in the company as the manager Miss Hancock. As Miss Hancock, she was known for doing table dances, her relationship with David Flair, and a pregnancy angle. After WCW was purchased by WWE, she moved to the new company, taking part in the Invasion storyline and managing the Dudley Boyz. Keibler also managed Test and Scott Steiner. Before her departure, she was affiliated with Rosey and The Hurricane and nicknamed Super Stacy.

Keibler was a contestant on the second season of Dancing with the Stars, where she placed third. She has also appeared on other American Broadcasting Company (ABC) shows such as What About Brian, George Lopez, and October Road. In addition, she has done modeling, appearing in both Maxim and Stuff.

Keibler is known for her forty-two inch long legs. She has been known as both "The Legs of WCW" and "The Legs of WWE". During her time on Dancing with the Stars, she was nicknamed "The Weapon of Mass Seduction" because of her dancing skills and long legs.

Personal life

In 2000, Keibler lived at home with her parents and dated her high-school sweetheart, Kris Cumberland. After winning the $10,000 in the contest to become a part of the Nitro Girls, Keibler used the money to buy season tickets for the Baltimore Ravens, the team for which she used to cheer. During her days with WCW, Keibler was romantically linked with David Flair, the son of wrestler Ric Flair.

Keibler moved to Los Angeles in 2004, where she was roommates with her friend Torrie Wilson. After joining WWE, Keibler was in a relationship with Andrew "Test" Martin for several years.

In June 2005, Keibler was rumored to be in a relationship with actor Geoff Stults, best known for his appearances on 7th Heaven. The pair appeared together on MTV's Punk'd, with Keibler as the recipient of the prank. Keibler and Stults are part-owners of the Hollywood Fame, a 2006 expansion franchise of the American Basketball Association.

On May 16, 2006, Keibler suffered a seizure at the ABC Upfront Presentation in New York City and was hospitalized. The seizure was said to be minor, and Keibler was released from the hospital shortly after. Four days later, Keibler appeared on the ESPN pre-race telecast of the Preakness Stakes in an interview with Kenny Mayne.

Camilla Belle

2009-01-29T21:44:00.001-08:00

Camilla Belle Routh (born October 2, 1986) is an American actress. Some of her works include The Lost World: Jurassic Park, When a Stranger Calls and 10,000 B.C. She is also a Brazilian citizen.

Career

Belle began her career with a small role in the film production of the novel A Little Princess costarring Liesel Matthews. Her first lead role was in Rip Girls in 2000, a Disney Channel original movie. After taking some time out of filming, she came back with the lead role in the remake of When A Stranger Calls. Her next role was in the feature film 10,000 BC, directed by Roland Emmerich, a film about prehistoric humans. Camilla Belle recently was in the "Lovebug" video by the Jonas Brothers which premiered on the Disney Channel. Camilla's next big release is playing the role of Kira Hudson in Push [3], a sci-fi thriller involves a group of young American ex-pats with telekinetic and clairvoyant abilities, hiding from a clandestine U.S. government agency.

Personal life

Belle lives with her parents and her grandmother Deborah. She has three Miniature Pinschers named Tokya, Keiki, and Evolet, which she named after her character in 10,000 BC. Belle, an aspiring classical pianist, speaks fluent Portuguese (her mother's native language), as well as Spanish.

Belle is proud of her Brazilian heritage and considers Brazil her favorite place in the world. She learned how to speak Portuguese at her mother's insistence and reports to live, along with her parents, in a "totally Brazilian" home.

She has been involved in various charities and is an international spokesperson for Kids With A Cause which assists children suffering from poverty, hunger, lack of education, neglect, or abuse. She is the face of Vera Wang's "Princess" fragrance.

In November 2008 rumors started that she was dating Joe Jonas, later that month pictures surfaced of them at the beach. Taylor Swift, Jonas's ex-girlfriend, says Belle was the reason of Jonas breaking up with her. Belle's rep denied the allegations and said she is not dating Joe Jonas.

Anna Paquin

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Anna Helene Paquin (born July 24, 1982) is an Academy Award and Golden Globe-winning, Emmy-nominated, New Zealand actress.

Her breakthrough performance was in the New Zealand film The Piano, which earned her an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in 1993. This made her the second youngest winner in history at the age of 11. She is also the first Canadian-born actress to win Best Supporting Actress.

Personal life

Paquin has reportedly been romantically linked with actors Logan Marshall-Green and Kieran Culkin. It was reported in 2008 that she and Stephen Moyer, who plays her boyfriend in the HBO series True Blood, have been dating since filming the series' pilot.

Paquin lives in Venice, Los Angeles, California. Her hobbies include surfing and cycling.

Zoe Saldana

2009-01-28T00:28:00.000-08:00

Zoe Saldana (full name Zoe Yadira Zaldana Nazario, born June 19, 1978) is an American actress. She is also known as Zoë Saldana, Zoe Saldaña, and Zoë Saldaña.

Career

Saldana was still a member of the program when she got her first screen experience on an episode of Law & Order, which aired October 13, 1999. She left school after her major film debut in Center Stage (2000), which subsequently led to appearances in the Britney Spears vehicle Crossroads (2002) and the drama Drumline (2002). She played the tough pirate lass Anamaria in the 2003 film Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, and has appeared in a number of television shows and movies, including The Terminal (2004) and Guess Who (2005). Saldana was also the lead in the video for Juan Luis Guerra's song "La llave de mi corazón", and has recently been cast as Uhura in the upcoming Star Trek movie.

Sarah Shahi

2009-01-27T00:59:00.001-08:00

Aahoo Jahansouz Shahi, also known as Sarah Shahi (born January 10, 1980) is an American actress and model. A former NFL Cheerleader, Shahi was named #90 on the Maxim magazine "Hot 100 of 2005" list; she moved up to #66 in 2006. Sarah is engaged to actor Steve Howey, whom she met on the set of Reba in 2004. She has starred in The L Word and currently stars in Life.

Acting career

While working as an extra on the set of Dr. T and the Women, she met director Robert Altman, who encouraged her to move to Hollywood. Sarah then moved to Los Angeles. Once in L.A., she got various recurrent roles in several famous series, such as Alias, where she played Jenny, and Dawson's Creek, where she was Sadia Shaw. Shahi was also the first ghost in Supernatural, the CW paranormal drama series.

She is best known for her role as the Mexican-American DJ Carmen de la Pica Morales in the Showtime drama television series The L Word, which she joined in its second season. Shahi did not renew her contract with the series for the fourth season, and consequently her character was written out.

She also played the role of Farah in the second season of Sleeper Cell. She also appeared in HBO's The Sopranos, in the Season 6b episode "Kennedy and Heidi", as Sonya Aragon, a stripper and college student who spends a weekend with Tony after a death in his family.

Sarah currently stars opposite Damian Lewis, in the NBC television series Life, which debuted in the U.S. in late September 2007.

Personal life

Shahi speaks English, Azerbaijani and also Persian and some Spanish. She lived with her mother after her parents divorced, and has a brown belt in karate.

Leryn Franco

2009-01-27T00:43:00.000-08:00

Leryn Franco (born 1 March 1982 in Asunción) is a Paraguayan athlete who specializes in the javelin throw. Her personal best throw is 55.38 metres, achieved in May 2007 in Fortaleza.

2004 Athens Summer Olympics

Franco competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics for Paraguay where she was 21st in Group A and finished 42nd overall.

2008 Beijing Summer Olympics

Franco again competed for Paraguay at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, throwing 15 meters short of her personal record, finishing 51st overall.

Modeling

In 2006 she was runner-up Miss Paraguay. She participated at the Miss Bikini Universe pageant and also has her own calendar which was shot in 2007 by Martin Crespo. She placed number eight-six in AskMen.com's 2009 "Top 99 Women" poll.

Sophie Monk

2009-01-27T00:21:00.001-08:00

Sophie Charlene Akland Monk (born 14 December 1979) is an Australian pop singer, actress and occasional model. She was once a member of female pop group Bardot and has since established a solo career with the release of an album, Calendar Girl. More recently, she turned her hand to acting, appearing in films such as Date Movie and Click.

Unlike the majority of reality-show contestants, Sophie Monk has successfully managed to parlay her brief run on a popular reality series into a flourishing career within the entertainment industry. Her stint on the Australian version of Popstars led to a lucrative run within the girl band Bardot, and although the group broke up in 2002, Sophie Monk subsequently released a well-regarded solo album entitled Calendar Girl. As if that weren’t enough, Sophie Monk has also established herself as a promising up-and-coming actress, with appearances in such movies as 2006’s Date Movie and Click under her slender belt.

Personal life

Monk was born in England, but her parents moved to Australia's Gold Coast, Queensland. She also spent time at Somerset College and Macgregor State High school. Prior to, during and after her experience as a member of Popstars, Monk dated an Australian man who she split with shortly before moving to the United States.

Monk has had a tabloid reported private life, including a period dating actor Jude Law. Monk started dating Benji Madden in 2006, but in January 2008, media outlets reported that the couple had split up. Monk had returned to Australia alone, almost a year to the day since Madden proposed. On February 12, 2008 it was officially announced by Monk's Sydney agent, Yoon Kim, that "Sophie and Benji have officially split. The decision was mutual and they remain amicable." Three months later, Monk was linked to Ryan Seacrest.

Elizabeth Banks

2009-01-27T00:12:00.000-08:00

Elizabeth Banks (born February 10, 1974) is an American actress whose TV and film appearances include Scrubs, Spider-Man, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, W., Zack And Miri Make A Porno, and Role Models.

Career

Banks changed her name to avoid confusion with actress Elizabeth Mitchell. She debuted in the independent film Surrender Dorothy as "Elizabeth Casey." Banks is known for her roles in Seabiscuit, Heights, the Spider-Man films (playing the part of Betty Brant), and the cult comedy Wet Hot American Summer. She quickly gained widespread exposure through movies like The 40-Year-Old Virgin and Slither. She also plays Mark Wahlberg's love interest in the movie Invincible.

In May 2006, she appeared in the season five finale of the NBC comedy-drama Scrubs as Dr. Kim Briggs, the love interest of J.D. (Zach Braff). The character has appeared throughout season six and seven as a recurring guest star.

In 2005, she also appeared on the show Stella, as she is a long time friend of its creators/stars, the Stella comedy troupe. In 2007, Banks played the female lead in the comedy Meet Bill, alongside Aaron Eckhart and Jessica Alba. Banks also has a small role in the 2007 Christmas comedy film Fred Claus, co-starring Vince Vaughn and Paul Giamatti, and played a love interest in the 2008 comedy Definitely, Maybe alongside Isla Fisher and Ryan Reynolds.

Banks starred with Seth Rogen as the eponymous female lead in the Kevin Smith comedy, Zack and Miri Make a Porno, which was released on Halloween 2008. She has appeared in the thriller The Uninvited, and also as United States First Lady Laura Bush in Oliver Stone's biopic on the life of President George W. Bush, W.

Banks is a frequent co-star of actor Paul Rudd, the two having appeared in four films together to date (Wet Hot American Summer, The Baxter, The 40 Year Old Virgin, and Role Models).

Personal life

On July 5, 2003, Banks married Max Handelman, who had been her boyfriend since college. She converted to Judaism upon marrying him.

Ana Ivanović

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Ana Ivanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Ана Ивановић, pronounced [ˈana iˈvaːnɔviʨ], Sr Ana Ivanovic.ogg listen (help·info) born November 6, 1987, in Belgrade, Serbia, then Yugoslavia) is a former World No.1 Serbian tennis player. She is the current World No.5 in the WTA Tour and the reigning French Open champion. She was also the runner-up in singles at the 2007 French Open and the 2008 Australian Open.

Personal life

Ivanović's mother, Dragana who is a lawyer, attends all of her daughter's matches. Her father, Miroslav, a self-employed businessman, attends as many events as he possibly can. Ana has a younger brother, Miloš, with whom she loves to play basketball. Other hobbies include shopping, watching movies and playing Sudoku. She chooses not to have a permanent coach. Aside from her tennis career, Ivanović also studies finance at a university in Belgrade, and Spanish in her spare time. Her inspiration to begin playing was Monica Seles, and she also admires Roger Federer.

On September 8, 2007, Ivanović became a UNICEF National Ambassador for Serbia, alongside Aleksandar Đorđević and Emir Kusturica. She takes a special interest in the fields of education and child protection. Ivanović visited a primary school in Serbia during her inauguration and said: "I'm also looking forward to going into the classroom and meeting many kids."

Ivanović is a fan of all sport clubs competing under the name of Partizan Belgrade.

Ivanović is friends with former doubles partner Maria Kirilenko, as well as other professional tennis players Daniela Hantuchová, Svetlana Kuznetsova, Sanja Ančić, Rafael Nadal, Tatiana Golovin and fellow Serbians Novak Djokovic (whom she has known since the age of 5) and Janko Tipsarević .

Ivanović confirmed in November 2008 that she was romantically involved with Spanish tennis player Fernando Verdasco[10] however, the relationship apparently ended in January 2009.

Angela Lindvall

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Angela Lindvall (born January 14, 1979), is an American model and actress.

Career

Born in Midwest City, Oklahoma to Randall Lindvall, a pharmacist, and Laura Rasdall, a medical technologist and massage therapist. She was raised in Lee's Summit, Missouri and attended Lee's Summit High School. She grew 3 inches (7.6 cm) from 13 to 14, and her friends suggested that she try modeling. Her sister, Michelle, was the one who wanted to be a model; Angela was a tomboy, climbing trees and playing with frogs, but went with Michelle. While doing a local Kansas City fashion show for Hoffman International, at age 14, a talent scout spotted her and she signed with IMG. Kim Hoffman, head of Hoffman International, was instrumental in getting Angela into a modeling career, she gave her father Randall a discount on modeling classes because of what she saw in Angela. As a young teenager she was a big fan of Marilyn Monroe.

Lindvall has appeared on the cover of several magazines such as ELLE, Harper's Bazaar, Marie Claire, Numero, Vogue, I-D and W. She walked in the Victoria's Secret fashion shows in 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008 , and has also appeared in the Fendi, Calvin Klein, Christian Dior, Tommy Hilfiger, Jil Sander, Chanel, and H&M campaigns. Lindvall is also frequently featured in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue.

She is also an ardent environmentalist and vegetarian and is the founder and president of the Collage Foundation, an organization promoting sustainability and environmentally conscious choices among young people. She was named Best Dressed Environmentalist in 2004 and 2005 by the Sustainable Style Foundation.

As an actress, Lindvall has appeared in CQ (2001) and Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang (2005). She can also be seen in the DKNY promotional films New York Stories (2003) and DKNY Road Stories (2004).

She is currently the face of Spanish high-street store Zara, and is featured in their Spring/Summer '07 Campaign.

Lindvall will appear in the upcoming 2008 horror film Pearblossom alongside Scout Taylor-Compton.

Family

She currently has two sons, William Dakota (b.2002) and Sebastian (b.2005).

Angela is the sister to the late model Audrey Lindvall. On August 2, 2006, Audrey Lindvall, an IMG model, was struck and killed by a truck in Lee's Summit, Missouri, while out on a bicycle ride with a friend.

Stephanie Seymour

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Stephanie M. Seymour is an American model who has modeled for many notable fashion magazines and designers. She has been photographed by several well-known photographers including Herb Ritts, Richard Avedon, and Gilles Bensimon. She has appeared on over 300 magazine covers.

Career

Born in San Diego, California, the middle child of a California real estate-developer father and hairstylist mother, Seymour started her modeling career working for local newspapers and department stores in her hometown at the age of 14. A year later she won the Elite Model Management Look of the Year modeling contest.

In the late 1980s and early 1990s, Seymour appeared in numerous issues of the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue, and appeared on the cover of Vogue. During the same period, Seymour was a primary lingerie and hosiery model for the relatively new Victoria's Secret company in its mail-order catalogs and retail stores. In 1991 and again in 1994, Seymour posed for Playboy.

In 1998, she wrote Stephanie Seymour's Beauty Secrets for Dummies. In 2000, Seymour was ranked #91 on the FHM 1000 Sexiest Women of 2000. In 2006, she appeared in a campaign for Gap with her children.

In July 2007, it was reported that Salvatore Ferragamo had finished the creative campaign for his fall/winter 2007/2008 collection featuring Seymour and Claudia Schiffer. The collection was shot on location in Italy with Mario Testino. In the promotional photos, the supermodels play film stars protected by bodyguards and pursued by the paparazzi.

Acting

In 2000, Seymour played Helen Frankenthaler in the movie Pollock. In 2002 she played the role of Sara Lindstrom in the "Crazy" episode of Law & Order: Criminal Intent.

Personal life

At the age of 16, she began dating John Casablancas, the head of Elite Model Management, who was, at the time, married to model Jeanette Christjansen. The couple lived together before Seymour broke off the relationship.

From 1989 to 1990 she was married to guitarist Tommy Andrews. The marriage failed, but resulted in the birth of her first son, Dylan Thomas Andrews in 1991.

In 1991, she dated actor Warren Beatty. After her relationship with Beatty, she was involved with Axl Rose, the lead singer of Guns N' Roses. She appeared in two music videos by Guns N' Roses: "Don't Cry" and "November Rain". "This I Love", from the album Chinese Democracy was also written for her. The couple broke up in February 1993 after Rose accused Seymour of being unfaithful. In August 1993, Rose sued Seymour for assaulting him during a 1992 Christmas party, mental and emotion abuse, and for withholding $100,000 worth of jewelry. Rose claimed he and Seymour were engaged. In turn, Seymour countersued Rose for assaulting her and denied they were ever engaged.

Shortly after her break up with Rose, Seymour began dating Peter Brant, a married publisher and real estate developer. Seymour became pregnant shortly after they began dating and gave birth to the couple's first son (her second) Peter Jr. in January 1994. Seymour and Brant married in 1995 in France. Seymour gave birth to their second son Harry in 1997 and to their third child, a daughter Lilly, in 2004.

Natalia Vodianova

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Natalia Vodianova (Russian: Наталья Водянова, born 28 February 1982) is a Russian model.

Career

At age 15, Vodianova enrolled in a modeling academy, and started going to castings. A scouting agent from Paris told her that she could have a great future if she learned English quickly. Convinced that her life would change for the better, Vodianova learned English in three months, moved to Paris and signed up with the Viva agency at age 17. Soon, Gucci made her the new face for their perfume line. Her ability to natch top campaigns quickly earned her the nickname 'Supernova'. After working at more than 40 runway shows, she was hired to appear in Calvin Klein's spring show. Around this time she also made a brief appearance in Roman Coppola's film CQ, with Billy Zane.

In September 2008 Natalia Vodianova admitted that she's not interested in film making currently because of her three children.

Vodianova has done campaigns for David Yurman, Louis Vuitton, L'Oréal, "Dar Tamaddon",/*Darria Studio*/ Marc Jacobs, Miss Sixty, Pepe Jeans, and Calvin Klein's collection and his fragrance, "Euphoria".

In July 2007, Vodianova was featured the cover of American Vogue as the solo subject, a considerable feat during an era that relies heavily on celebrity cover subjects to push sales. She first appeared on the cover along with eight other top models in September 2005. The only other supermodels to have singularly graced the cover of US Vogue in between those two issues have been Linda Evangelista and Liya Kebede.

According to Forbes, Vodianova is ranked as the seventh highest-earning model in the world after Carolyn Murphy, Alessandra Ambrosio, Adriana Lima, Heidi Klum, Kate Moss and Gisele Bündchen. Her earnings for the past year were in the order of $4.5 million.

She was ranked 14th in Channel 5's "World's greatest supermodel".

Personal life

Her husband is British real estate heir, Justin Portman, a half-brother of the 10th Viscount Portman, son of a Viscount and Scion of one of Britain's wealthiest real estate families, owning swatches in London. The couple had their first son, Lucas Alexander, on 22 December 2001. On 1 September 2002, Vodianova and Portman married in a lavish ceremony in Saint Petersburg. Their second child, daughter Neva (named after the Russian river Neva) was born on 24 March 2006, weighing 7 pounds. She posed with her baby in Vogue. Her third child, a boy named Viktor, was born on 13 September 2007; Viktor is named after Natalia's grandfather. Vodianova's husband and children often travel with her.

Vodianova is also a dedicated philanthropist, an achievement that was honored in the March 2007 issue of US Vogue.

Helena Christensen

2009-01-23T22:40:00.001-08:00

Helena Christensen (born December 25, 1968 in Copenhagen) is a Danish fashion model, former Victoria's Secret Angel, and beauty queen.

Miss Denmark

She stepped into the limelight in 1986 by claiming the title of Miss Denmark at age 18, and representing her country at the Miss Universe pageant. She left her home soon afterwards to pursue modeling in Paris.

Modelling career

Christensen is considered to be one of the more prominent models of the 1990s, having appeared on many magazine covers and in fashion campaigns. She was in the Victoria's Secret catalog and in their television commercials as one of the signature Angels, along with Tyra Banks, Karen Mulder, Daniela Pestova, Rebecca Romijn, and Stephanie Seymour. She also became a spokesmodel for Revlon cosmetics.

In 1991, she starred in the music video for Chris Isaak's song "Wicked Game". In the video, she is depicted as Isaak's lover. Christensen and Isaak were both topless for much of the video, though her nudity is relatively concealed. It was decided that full frontal nudity would not be suitable for mainstream release. Viewers still reacted to Christensen's sexually suggestive performance, and the video was later featured on MTV's "Sexiest Video of All-Time". This video was voted #4 on VH1's "50 Sexiest Video Moments" and voted #13 on VH1's "100 Greatest Videos".

Christensen is signed to Independent Models in London and 1/One Management in New York City, 2pm Model Management in Copenhagen.

Business

Christensen has an antiques shop in Manhattan and sells some of her clothes in her mother's Yo-Yo Second Hand Shop in Christianshavn.

She co-founded Nylon magazine as the original creative director with American entrepreneur Mic Neumann. She has launched her own clothing line Christensen & Sigersen, with long-term friend Leif Sigersen. The pair also run Butik, a shop in New York.

Christensen is also a photographer, and her photos appeared in magazines such as Marie Claire and ELLE. Her exhibition A Quiet Story, curated by Jim Cook, premiered in Rotterdam in 2006. Chanel Tokyo's NEXUS Gallery is scheduled to mount the exhibition in 2010.

Personal life

Christensen lived with INXS frontman Michael Hutchence and has been romantically linked to Leonardo DiCaprio. She has one child, a son named Mingus Lucien Reedus (born October 13, 1999) with actor Norman Reedus. Reedus and Christensen split in 2003. From 2004 to 2006, Christensen dated Danish rock band Grand Avenue frontman Rasmus Walter-Hansen. Christensen is currently dating Interpol frontman Paul Banks.

Christensen was a good friend of actor Heath Ledger, and was actually reported to have been heading to his apartment on the day that he died. Christensen apparently tried calling Ledger, only to get his voicemail message on the answering phone.

Helena has claimed on several occasions to be a cheese addict, admitting that: "There've been times when I've bought a whole pound of cheese and walked down the street and eaten it in one go... I think it's incredibly sensual." Christensen declares that: "Whenever my head is like a maze, I turn to the easy things in life, the things that mean the most to me: Sex and cheese. These things are connected. Truth be told, I love all cheese: French cheese, Italian cheese, even British cheese, but Danish cheese is the greatest. I get my best nightmares after I eat Danish cheese. Actually I've seriously thought about getting a cheese tattoo. A nice Edam on my shoulder, maybe."

She drives a Morris Minor car at home in Monaco, and also has apartments in Copenhagen and Manhattan. Christensen is left-handed and a fan of The Smiths and R.E.M.. She is also close friends with the latter band's lead singer Michael Stipe and with U2 frontman Bono.

Tracy Pendergast

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Tracy Pendergast is an American model, actress and aspiring singer. She is a columnist on Flisted.com, and was also the weekly guest on The Bower Show on Maxim Radio.

Tracy Pendergast doesn't have a lot of big modeling gigs or an album under her belt -- just yet. However, the girl has a wicked combination of talents between her singing and acting (and looking fab), and we see only bright things in her future.

Tracy Pendergast is a sex goddess. She's hot, with an incredible au naturel figure and a beautiful face. She's also bubbly and bright, which only adds to her sexiness. However, we admit it... when she makes the transition over to music, we may have to dock her a few rating points.

Gabrielle Tuite

2009-01-22T21:38:00.000-08:00

Gabrielle Tuite (born December 7, 1977) is an American model and actress. She is one of the models on the game show, The Price Is Right.

Gabrielle Tuite was born in Brooklyn, New York. She started in the field of acting and modeling when she was only 11 years old. She was in TV commercials, and magazine ads at first, and went on to act in TV and movie roles. She is perhaps most well known as one of the former rotating prize models on the long-running U.S. game show The Price Is Right.

Rosie Huntington-Whiteley

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Rosie Huntington-Whiteley (born April 18, 1987) is a British model. She is best known for her work with Victoria's Secret. She is being hailed as the next Kate Moss. Her largest success came in 2008, when she was put on Vogue cover, accompanied by models Eden Clark and Jourdan Dunn, in the November issue.

Modelling career

In 2003, Huntington-Whiteley was still studying at Tavistock College when was discovered, turning up for work experience as a booker at model agency Profile, based in London's West End. She was immediately signed up by Profile Model Agency. She had never even considered becoming a model because she didn't think she was pretty enough. Though it didn't take long, work started to flood in. She appeared on Teen Vogue, Vogue Nipon and soon, she was working with household names such as Paul Smith, Tommy Hilfiger and BCBG Max Azria. She said she was determined to make it all the way to the top.

Huntington-Whiteley currently appears on the catalogues for Bloomingdale's and is a prominent model for Victoria's Secret PINK line, aimed at college aged girls. Her debut on the Victoria's Secret runway came in 2006 where she walked the Los Angeles runway amongst some of the world's top fashion models including Gisele Bündchen, Karolina Kurkova and Adriana Lima. She featured in a behind the scenes video diary with fellow Victoria's Secret model, Miranda Kerr. Currently, Rosie is working as the new face of British brand Burberry and will appear in their Fall/Winter 2008 campaign; she has also shot a campaign for D&G Underwear, also due in the Fall.

Nadine Coyle

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Nadine Elizabeth Louise Coyle (born 15 June 1985 in Derry, Northern Ireland) is an Irish singer for the pop group Girls Aloud. She was born to Lillian and Niall Coyle, with two sisters, Charmaine and Rachael.

Girls Aloud

Main article: Girls Aloud

In 2002 Coyle returned to enter the UK talent show Popstars: The Rivals at the invitation of manager, Louis Walsh. As she got through the first few rounds, her first fansite opened. She polled the third-highest number of votes in the final and was chosen to join the group Girls Aloud. During the series, she had been a hot favourite to make the group. When asked to name a highlight from the show, presenter Davina McCall simply answered "Nadine".

The group's first single "Sound of the Underground" was released in December 2002 and went to number one in the UK and Ireland.

With Girls Aloud she has scored 19 top 10 singles (four of which have been #1s) and five platinum albums (including a #1) and a #1 Greatest Hits album. Nadine is often seen as "the voice" of the band and has the most vocal experience in the group, having taken part in and won two series of Popstars, the only person in the world to do so. Nadine has showed off her vocal talent several times whilst on UK tours with her band mates.

Louis Walsh has promised to make Nadine a solo star if and when Girls Aloud go their separate ways. However, she has constantly denied reports she will leave the girl group to become a solo artist.

Nadine has also co-written a few songs whilst in the group, including:

* "100 Different Ways" (What Will the Neighbours Say?)
* "Why Do It" (B-side to I Think We're Alone Now)
* "Sexy! No, No, No..."
* "Love Is Pain" (Out Of Control)

Nadine has also co-written other songs with Girls Aloud, however she is the only one who has written some of their material on her own.

Other work

Coyle filmed a cameo appearance in Natasha Bedingfield's video for "I Wanna Have Your Babies" in Los Angeles. In 2007, Coyle and the other members of Girls Aloud made a cameo appearance as schoolgirls in the film St. Trinian's. The theme song of the official movie soundtrack that she recorded with her bandmates reached number 51 in the UK charts. Coyle also appeared on Keith Barry's show The Great Escape which aired on ITV on 29 December 2007.

She was reportedly approached by Gillette to advertise their female range of razors.

Coyle has made FHM's "100 Sexiest Females" list for the past six years, reaching her highest ranking in 2007. FHM Rankings:

* 2003 - Ranked 87
* 2004 - Ranked 46
* 2005 - Ranked 35
* 2006 - Ranked 45
* 2007 - Ranked 26
* 2008 - Ranked 43

Coyle was voted the 238th least annoying celebrity of 2007 with more than 7 million votes being placed on the American "Am I Annoying" website. She was the only Girls Aloud member to make it onto the least annoying list.

Personal life

Coyle currently lives in Los Angeles, where her family recently moved to open a string of authentic Irish Pubs. Previous to this, her parents had been living for a time a short distance west from Derry in Inishowen in north County Donegal in Ireland.

In 2004 Coyle split with her footballer boyfriend Neil McCafferty because of their busy schedules. The pair had met in school and had been dating since 2000, but would remain friends.
A tattoo Jesse Metcalfe got on his arm after breaking up with Nadine

Coyle met American actor Jesse Metcalfe in February 2006, and started dating. On 21 April 2007 Metcalfe's publicist confirmed the couple had split and denied Metcalfe had cheated on Coyle after his stint in rehab, which Coyle later confirmed on Saturday Night With Miriam, saying they had already split before pictures were taken of Metcalfe with another woman. Despite reports to the contrary, Coyle told The Sun that she and Metcalfe had not re-established their relationship, and only met up with Metcalfe as friends. The couple has been split for some time, with Coyle's father saying "she did well to get shot of him."

She has been dating New York Giants football player Jason Bell since September 2008.

In September 2008, it was reported that Nadine was suffering from Herpes zoster, therefore was unable to take part in Jo Whiley's Live Lounge on Radio 1, where the rest of the band performed a live version of their 19th single, "The Promise", as well as covering Apologize the hit from One Republic.

Gwyneth Paltrow

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Gwyneth Kate Paltrow (IPA: [ˌgwɪnəθ'pæltroʊ]; born September 27, 1972) is an Academy Award, Golden Globe and double Screen Actors Guild Award winning American actress. She is married to Coldplay frontman Chris Martin.

Personal life

Paltrow is a descendent of a famous 17th century Polish rabbi David HaLevi Segal of Krakow, through the Russian rabbinical family, Paltrowitch, which produced thirty-three rabbis over several generations. The actress has said she is very proud of having Jewish ancestry and has attributed some of her father's warmth to his Jewish heritage:
“ My father had that incredible Jewish warmth, really bolstering us [his children] all the time. And when you're nine years old and you're hearing that you are the best person, it gets in there, and you think, 'OK, I'm not going to be afraid to try things, because I'm always loved no matter what.' That kills me, when I think about it. It totally breaks my heart, how lucky I am. ”

Paltrow had a much-publicized romance and engagement to Brad Pitt whom she dated from 1995 to 1997. She once stated that she regretted breaking up with Pitt, saying in an interview with Diane Sawyer that she wished Pitt well and could not believe he was with her when she was "such a mess". They were together for over three years. She has been linked romantically with Ben Affleck, Luke Wilson, Chris Heinz, and Robert Sean Leonard.

On turning 30, she said "I had the most incredible birthday weekend until my dad died on me like six days later," said Paltrow, who turned 30 on September 27, 2002. "It's been, in many ways, the worst year of my life and will continue to be." On December 5, 2003, she married Chris Martin of the British rock group Coldplay in a secret wedding ceremony in Southern California at a hotel; she had met him backstage at a concert. Paltrow gave birth to their first child, a daughter named Apple Blythe Alison Martin, five months later, on May 14, 2004, in London. One of Chris Martin's band associates already had a daughter named Apple and Gwyneth and Chris asked their friend if they could 'borrow' the same name for their daughter. Gwyneth further explained the unusual first name on Oprah, saying:
“ It sounded so sweet and it conjured such a lovely picture for me – you know, apples are so sweet and they're wholesome and it's biblical – and I just thought it sounded so lovely and … clean! And I just thought, "Perfect!" ”

The child's godfather is Simon Pegg, and Paltrow has stated Apple will use her middle name when beginning school. She currently divides her residence between New York and Belsize Park in London where they live in a house bought from Kate Winslet.

In January 2006, Paltrow announced that, "Since my daughter came along, I've not worked much through choice. And with another baby on its way, I don't think I will be doing a lot for the next year or so either." Her second child, a boy named Moses Bruce Anthony Martin, was born on April 8, 2006 in New York City's Mount Sinai Hospital. Her son's first name was explained as the song that her husband wrote for her shortly before their secret wedding, called "Moses".

In May 2005, she publicly announced that she had suffered from depression after the death of her father. She practices yoga daily, and follows a macrobiotic diet, although she told People in 2005 that, "I'm not as stringent as I was in the past. Now I'll have cheese once in a while or white flour, but I still believe in whole grains and no sugar."

Paltrow earned the enmity of Sharon Stone due to her performance as Stone in a Saturday Night Live skit that poked fun at Stone and her then-husband, Phil Bronstein. Paltrow is good friends with Madonna, with whom she shares a personal trainer, and fashion designer Valentino. Steven Spielberg is a close family friend. She was best friends with Winona Ryder until her breakup with Ben Affleck.

On September 27, 2006, Paltrow sang a duet with rap artist Jay-Z during his concert at Royal Albert Hall. She sang the chorus for "Song Cry", from the rapper's album Blueprint. In an interview prior to her appearance she indicated she would be attending the concert, but did not mention she would perform. She was also quoted as saying "I'm a Jay-Z fan. He's my best friend."[33] Her husband, Chris Martin, later performed the song "Beach Chair" with Jay-Z from the rapper's album Kingdom Come.

In December 2006, Paltrow was reported on the Internet to have told Notícias Sábado, the weekend magazine supplement of Portuguese newspaper Diário de Notícias, that she thought British people were more civilized and intelligent than Americans. Paltrow denied making the statements attributed to her and told People that she never gave an interview to a Portuguese publication, but did a press conference in Spain where she tried to say in Spanish that Europe was an "older culture" and Americans "live to work". Diário de Notícias later clarified in their December 6, 2006 edition that they had not obtained the quotes from an original interview or foreign press conference, but rather from previous English-language articles which are still referenced online. Paltrow insists she was misquoted, telling an interviewer in 2007:
“ I love America, and I'm an American through and through. But the conservative media won't let it go…. People love to give you a moniker and then, you know, they've designed this hole for you that you have to fit in." ”

In the May 2008 issue of Vogue, Paltrow revealed that she suffered from post-partum depression after giving birth to her second child, Moses. She stated that she felt "out of her body", "disconnected, "down" and "pessimistic”.

In a 2007 interview, Paltrow explained that she wasn't sure if she wanted more children. "My husband really wants to adopt," she told the interviewer, "So I don't know; I'm sort of open for anything."

Katie Green

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Katie Green (born 28th August 1987) is an English model from Chichester, West Sussex. She first came into the public domain after winning an open casting for lingerie brand Wonderbra.

Wonderbra

Green attended an open casting in London in July 2008 along with 1,500 girls and had a few quick pictures taken in her underwear. A week later the Daily Express newspaper ran a picture of her on page 3 asking readers to contact them if they knew who she was as she had been selected as the new face of Wonderbra. Green contacted the newspaper and before she knew it she was splashed across a large billboard in London's west end and on the packaging for their D to G cup range.

Green then went onto join Premier Model Managament but later quit after being told she needed to lose 2 stone (28 lb; 13 kg) and go from a UK size 12 to a UK size 8-10 despite being 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) tall.

She is now in talks with other major brands and has signed with Unleashed PR.

Green has most recently been signed as the new face of Ultimo's D-G Range alongside fellow model Melinda Messenger and Spice Girl Mel B.

Other Work

Green has appeared in publications such as Love It!, Zoo Magazine, News of The World, Daily Express, OK Magazine, Daily Mirror, Daily Star Sunday and is soon to appear on Channel 5 show Generation Sex.

Brande Roderick

2009-01-21T00:08:00.000-08:00

Brande Nicole Roderick (born June 13, 1974, in Novato, California) is an American model and actress. She is perhaps best known for her appearances in Baywatch and Playboy.

Career

From 1998 to 1999, Roderick appeared in four erotic movies. In 2000, Roderick starred as "Leigh Dyer" in Baywatch. In April 2000, she appeared in Playboy magazine as Playmate of the Month. In 2001, Roderick became the Playmate of the Year, the first Baywatch cast member to be so honored. In 2003, she starred in the Bollywood movie Out of Control as the American wife of an Indian man who, on a visit to India, gets pressured by his family into marrying an Indian girl. That role had been originally intended for Pamela Anderson.

Other recent film credits include Starsky & Hutch, Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror, and The Nanny Diaries. In addition, she has guest-starred in Joey, The Parkers, Just Shoot Me!,Fear Factor, and Beverly Hills 90210.

Roderick is also a "Girl of RPS" for the USA Rock Paper Scissors League. In 2006, Roderick was one of six celebrity contestants on the CBS summer series Gameshow Marathon. She was the runner-up to Kathy Najimy. In 2009, she will appear in the second season of Celebrity Apprentice. Throughout the season, each celebrity will be raising money for a charity of their choice; Roderick has selected the California Police Youth Charities.

Personal life

She was born in Novato, California. Roderick lives in Los Angeles and plans to move to Hawaii. She formerly dated Hugh Hefner. In August 2006, she became engaged to Glenn Cadrez, a former NFL linebacker who played for the New York Jets, Denver Broncos and Kansas City Chiefs.

Angie Everhart

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Angela Kay "Angie" Everhart (born September 7, 1969) is an American actress and former fashion model.

Career

Following a playful photo session with her mother and the submission of the results to a local modeling agency, Everhart was on a plane to Paris later that year. By the end of the following year, she had graced the covers of such fashion mainstays as ELLE and Glamour magazine (for which she was the first-ever red-haired cover girl). Though a riding accident in which she broke her back at the age of 19 nearly put an end to her aspirations, Everhart eventually recovered through physical therapy. Early in her career, Everhart was advised she would never be a top model because she was a redhead. However, she succeeded in her chosen career and posed for numerous publications. She appeared in several issues of the annual Sports Illustrated swimsuit edition, starting in 1995. After years of publicly insisting she would never pose nude, Everhart did just that for the February 2000 issue of Playboy. She was ranked #98 on the FHM 100 Sexiest Women of 2003.

Everhart made her film debut in 1993 with the Arnold Schwarzenegger action-comedy Last Action Hero. She has since appeared in such features as Tales From the Crypt Presents: Bordello of Blood (1996), Denial (1998), Trigger Happy (1996) and Gunblast Vodka (2000).

Other movies she has appeared in include Jade (1995), and Executive Target (1997), Since then, her feature film roles have been restricted to low budget erotic thrillers with obligatory nude scenes, such as Another 9 1/2 Weeks (1997) Sexual Predator (2001) and Bare Witness (2001).

She has also appeared on reality television. In 2004, she appeared in Celebrity Mole: Yucatan, in which she was the rogue agent sabotaging the group. She was one of the "Gingers" on the second season of The Real Gilligan's Island (the other was Erika Eleniak), but left the show when she accidentally cut her finger severely enough to sever tendons and require surgery. Angie was also a panelist on To Tell The Truth from 2000 to 2001. Everhart was a co-host on the ABC reality show The Ex-Wives Club, along with Marla Maples, and Shar Jackson in 2007.

She is signed to London modeling agency Models 1, and New York Model Management.

Personal life

Everhart was briefly engaged to Sylvester Stallone in 1995, married to Ashley Hamilton from December 1996 until March 1997, and has been rumored to be involved with Prince Albert of Monaco. She briefly dated Howard Stern after his divorce from his wife and before he became engaged to his current wife, Beth Ostrosky. Stern has admitted to it and openly discussed having dated and slept with her. Stern only went public about his tryst with Everhart because she went public with it first, calling Stern the "best sex she's ever had" in an interview with FHM magazine. She met the Duke of York in 2002 and by 2006 they were in a relationship. She has also dated Orlando Jones.

It was announced on July 30, 2007 that Everhart was engaged to actor Joe Pesci, but on April 25, 2008, the couple announced their separation.

Holly Valance

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Holly Rachel Vukadinović (born 11 May, 1983), who is better known by her stage name of Holly Valance, is an Australian actress and ARIA nominated singer.

Personal life

Valance, who lives in Los Angeles, is dating Australian actor Alex O'Loughlin.

Michelle Pfeiffer

2009-01-19T22:54:00.000-08:00

Michelle Marie Pfeiffer (born April 29, 1958) is an American actress. Over the course of her film career, she has been the recipient of a Golden Globe Award and a BAFTA Award, for her performances in The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989) and Dangerous Liaisons (1988) respectively, as well as three Academy Award nominations.

She is considered one of the most beautiful women in the cinema, having appeared on the cover of the first People Magazine's '50 Most Beautiful People in the World' issue in 1990, and re-appearing a record six times during that decade, making the cover again in 1999. She is married to television writer and producer, David E. Kelley.

Personal life

Marriages

At the start of her career, Pfeiffer met Peter Horton (who would later achieve fame playing Gary Shepherd on Thirtysomething) at an acting class taught by Milton Katselas in Los Angeles. They married in Santa Monica when Pfeiffer was 22, and it was on their honeymoon that she discovered she had won the lead role in Grease 2. Horton directed Pfeiffer in a 1985 ABC TV special, One Too Many, in which she played the high school girlfriend of an alcoholic student (Val Kilmer); and in 1987, the real-life couple then played an on-screen couple in the 'Hospital' segment of John Landis's comedy skit compilation, Amazon Women on the Moon. However, they decided to separate in 1988, and were divorced two years later; Horton later blamed the split on their devotion to their work rather than their marriage.
Pfeiffer and husband David E. Kelley at the 47th Emmy Awards, 1994.

In 1993, Pfeiffer was set up on a blind date with television writer and producer David E. Kelley (creator of Chicago Hope, Picket Fences, Ally McBeal, Boston Public, The Practice and Boston Legal), but it became a group event and they barely spoke to each other. The following week, Kelley took her to the movies to see Bram Stoker's Dracula, and they began dating seriously. They married on November 13, 1993. Since then, she has made an uncredited cameo appearance in one episode of Kelley's television series, Picket Fences (reportedly to the surprise of Kelley, who was unaware that she had filmed it), and played the titular character in To Gillian On Her 37th Birthday, for which Kelley wrote the screenplay.

Other relationships

In between her marriages to Horton and Kelley, Pfeiffer had a three-year relationship with Fisher Stevens (Early Edition, Hackers and Short Circuit). They met when Pfeiffer was starring in the New York Shakespeare Festival production of Twelfth Night, in which Stevens had the part of Sir Andrew Aguecheek. She has also been romantically linked to some of her male co-stars, including John Malkovich (Dangerous Liaisons), Michael Keaton (Batman Returns) and Val Kilmer.

Children

Pfeiffer and Kelley have two children, one adopted daughter and one biological son. Pfeiffer, who was by her own admission desperate to start a family, had entered into private adoption proceedings before she even met Kelley. The biracial baby girl she adopted had been born in March 1993, to a young nurse in New York who could not afford to support all of her children; she was christened Claudia Rose in November 1993, on the same day that Pfeiffer and Kelley were married. Pfeiffer immediately became pregnant, and in August 1994, gave birth to a son, John Henry.

Demi Moore

2009-01-19T22:32:00.000-08:00

Demi Moore Kutcher (born Demetria Gene Guynes; November 11, 1962) is an American actress. She became well-known after a string of 1980s teen-oriented movies, and was one of the best known actresses of 1990s Hollywood. She is married to actor Ashton Kutcher.

Vanity controversy

In August 1991, Moore appeared nude on the cover of Vanity Fair under the title More Demi Moore. Annie Leibovitz shot the picture while Moore was seven months pregnant with her daughter Scout LaRue, intending to portray "anti-Hollywood, anti-glitz" attitude. The cover sparked an intense controversy for Vanity Fair and Demi Moore. It was widely discussed on television, radio, and in newspaper articles. Some retailers pulled the issue from newsstands, while others only sold it in a brown paper bag. The frankness of Leibovitz' portrayal of a pregnant sex symbol led to divided opinions, ranging from complaints of sexual objectification to celebrations of the photograph as a symbol of empowerment.

The photograph was subject to numerous parodies, including the Spy magazine version, which placed Moore's then husband Bruce Willis' head on her body. In Leibovitz v. Paramount Pictures Corp., Leibovitz sued over one parody featuring Leslie Nielsen, made to promote the 1994 film Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult. In the parody, the model's body was attached to what is described as "the guilty and smirking face of Mr. Nielsen appeared above". The teaser said "Due this March". The case was dismissed in 1996 because the parody relied "for its comic effect on the contrast between the original". Moore would in August 1992 again become an artistic subject on the cover of Vanity Fair for the world's leading body painting artist, Joanne Gair in Demi's Birthday Suit.

Personal life

Moore married singer Freddy Moore in 1980 and they divorced in 1985. In 1987, Moore met Moonlighting star Bruce Willis. They soon fell in love and married two months later. The star couple had three daughters together: Rumer Willis (b. 1988), Scout LaRue Willis (b. 1991) and Tallulah Belle Willis (b. 1994). Demi and Bruce separated in 1998 and were divorced in 2000, but remain friends to this day. In 2003, Moore began dating actor Ashton Kutcher, who is more than fifteen years her junior. After much press speculation and interest, Demi married Ashton in 2005. She is also the aunt of Destiney Sue Moore who was a contestant on Rock of Love 2, I Love Money, and Rock of Love: Charm School.

Moore's primary residence is in Hailey, Idaho, near the famous Sun Valley resort, although she spends much time in the Los Angeles area with Kutcher. She is a practicing follower of the Rabbi Philip Berg's Kabbalah Centre religion, and initiated Kutcher into the faith, having said that she "didn’t grow up Jewish, but... would say that [she has] been more exposed to the deeper meanings of particular rituals than any of [her] friends ever did". Contrary to popular belief, Moore claims she has never been a raw foodist and dispels the vegan rumors by eating a hamburger in a recent Mario Testino photoshoot. Moore legally changed her last name to Kutcher two years after marrying husband Ashton Kutcher. However, she will continue to use Moore in her professional life and her acting roles.

According to the New York Times, she is "the world's most high-profile doll collector", and among her favorites is the Gene Marshall fashion doll.

Jolene Blalock

2009-01-19T22:09:00.001-08:00

Jolene Blalock (born March 5, 1975 in San Diego, California) is an American actress best known for playing Sub-Commander (later Commander) T'Pol, a Vulcan in Star Trek: Enterprise.

Prior to Enterprise, her highest profile role was playing Medea in a 2000 adaptation of Jason and the Argonauts. In 2004, she was voted "#3 Hottest Scifi Babe" by Scifi WorldNet.

Nikki Cox

2009-01-19T00:10:00.000-08:00

Nicole Avery "Nikki" Cox Mohr (born June 2, 1978) is an American actress known mostly for her roles on the television series Unhappily Ever After and Las Vegas.

Los Angeles, California, the daughter of Meredith and Terry Cox, who is a personal manager. She has one brother, Matthew Cox, who is also an actor. Nikki's career as an entertainer started at the age of four, as she appeared as a dancer in several ballet productions and TV specials. She began acting at the age of ten, making appearances in several movies and guest starring on shows such as Baywatch, Webster, Star Trek: The Next Generation and Blossom. She also starred in General Hospital from 1993 to 1995 and had a recurring role on the saturday morning program " California Dreams". She apparently appeared in the Badder section of Michael Jackson's Moonwalker.

Her appearances on various TV shows would lead to her first prime-time starring role as Tiffany Malloy on the sitcom Unhappily Ever After, which ran on the WB 1995–1999.

After Unhappily left the airwaves, she would portray former prostitute Taylor Clayton on the sitcom The Norm Show and star as Nikki White in Nikki, a sitcom vehicle that would last for under two seasons (2000–2002). She starred as Mary Connell on the TV drama Las Vegas from 2003-2007. On 20 May and 23 May 2005, her Las Vegas character crossed over to NBC's cult-favorite soap opera Passions to coincide with the arrival of two new characters introduced on Las Vegas. She is currently the spokesmodel for online gaming giant Sportsbook.com, and is working on Leisure Suit Larry: Box Office Bust, an upcoming video game, and Lonely Street, an upcoming comedy movie starring Robert Patrick, Jay Mohr (her husband), Ernie Hudson and Lindsay Price.

After being romantically linked to Kevin Connolly, who played her brother on Unhappily Ever After, Cox was engaged in 1999 to Bobcat Goldthwait, a comedian more than 15 years her senior, who played the voice of Mr. Floppy, a stuffed bunny, on Unhappily Ever After. She was later linked to her Las Vegas co-star Josh Duhamel. On December 29, 2006, Cox married comedian/actor Jay Mohr in Los Angeles. In December 2008, Mohr petitioned a Los Angeles court to allow him to add Cox's last name to his own. He will now be known as Jay Cox Mohr.

Amerie

2009-01-18T23:41:00.001-08:00

Amerie Mi Marie Rogers, better known as Amerie, is a Grammy-nominated American R&B singer.

Biography

Rogers was born in Fitchburg, Massachusetts to an African-American father and a Korean mother.

Her father works for the United States military, so Amerie traveled to and lived in many different places, including Alaska (Bartlett H.S C/O 1996), Texas, Germany, and South Korea. She has a younger sister, Angela Rogers, who is now her lawyer. She finally settled in Washington, D.C., which she considers her hometown. She started studying at Georgetown University for a degree in English and Fine Arts and graduated in 2000 though she wanted to become an archaeologist.

Amerie's first language is Korean. However, after the family left Korea, Amerie's mother made a conscious effort to limit the use of Korean with her daughters out of fear that it would impede their development of English proficiency. In an interview with KoreAm Journal, Amerie stated that she is now only "conversational" in the Korean language and speaks it at home with her mother, Angela, and extended Korean family members.

Amerie also bears a tattoo featuring her given name in Korean script on her lower back, which can be seen in the music video for "1 Thing". (에므리) Amerie is noted for signing her name in both English and Korean when giving autographs.

Jennifer Hawkins

2009-01-18T23:24:00.001-08:00

Jennifer Hawkins (born 22 December 1983) is an Australian beauty queen, model and television presenter best known as Miss Universe 2004 and the face of Australian department store Myer.

Reception

Following her successful public reception, Hawkins initially accepted Bathurst school student Daniel Dibley's invitation to accompany him to his Year 12 graduation ball in August 2006. She later declined because she did not wish to draw attention from the other couples. She did however agree to go with him on a private date.

Personal life

Hawkins began dating international model and former carpenter Jake Wall just prior to winning the Miss Universe pageant, and the two continued their relationship following Hawkins' return to Australia after her year based in New York. Wall was in Torvill and Dean's Dancing on Ice. The Seven Network requested that she not attend the show, as Seven feared the Nine Network will capitalise on her presence, which may boost ratings for Nine.

Josie Maran

2009-01-18T23:10:00.000-08:00

Johanna Selhorst "Josie" Maran (born May 8, 1978) is an American model and actress.

Career

Maran's modeling career began at the age of 12; when an agent spotted her at a local barbecue restaurant, she began modeling part time. Maran graduated from the Castilleja School in Palo Alto, then began to pursue modeling more seriously. As those in the fashion industry consider her height of 5'7" to be too short for runway modeling, Maran works mainly in editorial modeling and advertising/image modeling.

Signed at age 74 with the Elite modeling agency of Los Angeles, Maran appeared on her first cover with Glamour magazine in 1998, and she was the featured Guess? Girl in their summer 1998 and fall 1998 campaigns. After building a résumé of over 25 commercials and advertisements, including playing Howie D's companion in the music video of Backstreet Boys hit Everybody (Backstreet's Back), in which she was bitten on the neck by Count Dracula (played by Howie D), Maran moved cross-country to join with Elite in New York City. In 1999, she landed a multi-year deal with Maybelline. Maran appeared in the annual Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue for three consecutive years; from 2000 to 2002. Maran is also signed with London agency Storm Model Management, and 1/One Management in New York City.

Maran's interest in the arts extends beyond film. When not in acting class, she is training herself in "dance classes... violin classes, speech classes, everything. I'm just trying to train myself in the arts, you know? Nobody else is gonna do it so I'm going to. I'm gonna take on the world".[citation needed] Her interest in music led her to play casually in two bands: Darling, with socialite Nicole Richie, and Hollywood 2000, where she sang and played violin.

In 2001, Maran appeared in an independent film, as title character Mallory in The Mallory Effect. Maran followed this by appearing as Susan in Swatters in 2002. In 2004, she appeared in three films - as a French model in Little Black Book, as one of Dracula's brides, Marishka, in Van Helsing, and briefly as a cigarette girl in The Aviator. Maran appeared in a short film "The Confession" alongside Wentworth Miller in 2005, and as Kira Hayden in The Gravedancers in 2006. Maran will not play Polly Hudson in The Final Season, scheduled for release in 2007. This role is now played by Rachael Leigh Cook.

She was recruited in 2005 by EA Games to appear as a main character in the street-racing computer and video game, Need for Speed: Most Wanted, which was released on November 17, 2005. She plays the game's second lead Mia Townsend, who guides the lead character through the game.

In June 2007, Maran launched her own natural cosmetics product line, named Josie Maran Cosmetics. Beyond her business activities she commits herself to the protection and improvement of nature and the environment.

Maran competed in the 2007 season of Dancing with the Stars, but she and dance partner Alec Mazo were the first couple eliminated. Maran subsequently appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live and in reference to getting voted off first, said, "I should have cut my legs off".

Personal life

Maran was quoted as saying on Jimmy Kimmel Live, August 12, 2004: "I don't believe in marriage. I just don't think it's necessary in this day and age. I just think if you need to get married, then you're already distrusting the person. Why do you have to sign something to show your love? You just love, everyday."[citation needed] Maran talked about quitting modeling and acting to live in Hawaii and teach children, on Jimmy Kimmel Live, October 24, 2005. She reported to have also started yoga at Kripalu, eating organic foods, and trying to quit smoking.

Maran was at one time in a relationship with magician David Blaine. She is currently with photographer Ali Alborzi and the couple have one daughter, Rumi Joon, born on June 20, 2006, in the back yard of their Los Angeles home, as planned.

Roselyn Sánchez

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Roselyn Sánchez (born April 2, 1973) is a Puerto Rican singer, model, film and television actress.

Personal life

Sánchez was married to actor Gary Stretch from August 9, 1998 to 2001. After her divorce, she started a relationship with Puerto Rican salsa singer, Víctor Manuelle. However, in December 2005, she announced that she had ended their relationship. The separation was amicable. She married actor Eric Winter on November 29, 2008 in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Sánchez is a supporter of animal rights and active member of PETA. She recently appeared nude in a PETA ad in support of anti-fur campaign efforts. She is the spokesperson of the Fundación de Niños San Jorge, which assists sick children from poor families.

Naomi Watts

2009-01-16T22:31:00.000-08:00

Naomi Ellen Watts (born 28 September 1968) is a British-Australian actress. She is known for her roles in Mulholland Drive, the film remakes of The Ring, King Kong, Funny Games and her Academy Award-nominated role in the film 21 Grams.

Personal life

Watts previously dated director Daniel Kirby, director Stephen Hopkins and Heath Ledger, her co-star in the film Ned Kelly. Since spring 2005, Watts has dated actor Liev Schreiber. The couple's first son, Alexander Pete, was born on 25 July 2007 in Los Angeles, and their second son, Samuel Kai, on 13 December 2008 in New York City.

Watts is a close friend of Benicio del Toro, with whom she co-starred in 21 Grams. Watts is friends with actress Isla Fisher, and is godmother to The Mentalist's Simon Baker's oldest daughter, Stella.

After filming The Painted Veil, she became attracted to Buddhism, claiming, "I have some belief but I am not a strict Buddhist or anything yet. There was a lot of excitement and energy there."

Trish Stratus

2009-01-16T22:19:00.000-08:00

Patricia Anne Stratigias (born December 18, 1975, pronounced /strætɨˈdʒiːəs/), better known as Trish Stratus, is a former fitness model, former professional wrestler and television personality from Canada.

After beginning her career as a fitness model, Stratus began working for the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), which was later renamed World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), in March 2000. Early in her career, she was involved in sexually themed storylines, such as managing the team T & A and an affair with Vince McMahon. As Stratus spent more time in the ring, her wrestling skills and popularity strengthened. Because of this, she was a one-time WWE Hardcore Champion, three-time "WWE Babe of the Year" and was proclaimed "Diva of the Decade". After nearly seven years in the business, Stratus retired from wrestling on September 17, 2006 after winning her seventh WWE Women's Championship, the most in WWE history.

Aside from professional wrestling, Stratus modeled for and appeared on numerous magazine covers and has been involved in charity work. She has also been the host of several award and television shows, including Stratusphere in 2008.

Personal life

Stratigias is of Greek descent and is the eldest daughter of John and Alice Stratigias. Her sisters are named Christie and Melissa.

Stratigias married her boyfriend and high school sweetheart of fourteen years, Ron on September 30, 2006. Guests in attendance at her wedding included former WWE Divas Ashley, Lita, Molly Holly, Ivory, Torrie Wilson, as well as Mickie James, Maria, Lillian Garcia, and Victoria. Her bridal gown was featured on a cover of Today's Bride magazine. Shortly after the wedding, Stratus got the call to be a part of Armed & Famous, so she filmed the show instead of going on her honeymoon.

She has refused to pose nude for Playboy, preferring to be remembered for her wrestling career.

Stratigias has also been involved with numerous charities such as Ronald McDonald House, Dreams Take Flight and the Special Olympics. On March 29, 2008, she participated in the Island Triathlon Series as part of a celebrity relay team to help raise money for Dignitas International.

Maria Sharapova

2009-01-16T22:09:00.000-08:00

Maria Yuryevna Sharapova (Russian: Мари́я Ю́рьевна Шара́пова?·i, Mariya Yur’evna Sharapova; born April 19, 1987) is a Russian professional tennis player. A former World No. 1, she was on November 15, 2008, ranked World No. 9 by the Women's Tennis Association. Sharapova has won three Grand Slam singles titles. In 2004, at the age of 17, she won Wimbledon, defeating Serena Williams in the final. She has since won the 2006 US Open, defeating Justine Henin in the final, and the 2008 Australian Open, defeating Ana Ivanović in the final.

Sharapova has represented Russia in Fed Cup, although her appearances have been controversial. She has been featured in a number of modeling assignments, including a feature in Sports Illustrated. Sharapova was the most searched-for athlete on Yahoo! in both 2005 and 2008. In July 2008, as a result of her success both on and off court, she was the world's highest-paid female athlete.

As of October 2008, she is coached by her father, Yuri Sharapov, and former player Michael Joyce.

Elsa Benítez

2009-01-14T23:32:00.000-08:00

Elsa Benítez (born on December 8, 1977 in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico) is a Mexican model perhaps best known for her 2001 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue cover.

Career

Benítez, who held Linda Evangelista as one of her childhood idols, began modeling after winning an international model search in Costa Rica in 1995. She subsequently began modeling in Mexico, the United States and Europe. She became rose to prominence after being chosen by photographer Steven Meisel and being featured many times on the US and Italian Vogue for Meisel's layouts.

In 1996, she appeared on the cover of Vogue (Italy) three times, on the April, August and September covers. Since signing with Elite Model Management, she has also appeared on the covers of ELLE, Glamour, Mademoiselle, Harper's Bazaar, and Marie Claire. Benítez has also done advertising campaign work for Dolce & Gabbana, Macy's, Episode, I-N-C, J.Crew, Óscar de la Renta, Rena Lange, Nine West, Valentino, and Jones New York, and has modeled for Victoria's Secret. Benítez appeared in the 1999 Pirelli Calendar that featured "Women Through the Decades." She was photographed as a representative of the "groovy '70s."

She also appeared in Enrique Iglesias' music video "Love to See You Cry" in 2002. In 2003, she appeared in the ad for the perfume Mahora Guerlain, which was shot by Bruno Aveillan.

Benítez was selected to be on the cover of the 2001 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. She has appeared in the Swimsuit Edition five times since her debut in the magazine. In the Miss Universe 2004, Benítez was one of the judges. In the 2004 issue, Sports Illustrated reported Benítez's story of nearly boarding the doomed TWA Flight 800–a Boeing 747 that exploded over the Atlantic soon after takeoff. She was crying on the phone to her husband and said, "I feel something is going to happen on the flight." Her husband told her not to worry, but she continued to cry. She changed her ticket and took off ten minutes after TWA Flight 800. "It made me appreciate so much that just being alive is a gift."

Benítez plans to enter the film industry and as such has taken acting lessons. She hopes to work in both Spanish and English language films.

Lawsuit

Benítez is involved in a lawsuit against several websites and a paparazzi agency after an invasion of privacy issue, where nude sunbathing pictures were taken and sold to web publications.

Personal Life

She married former NBA player, Rony Seikaly -- 12 years her senior -- in September 1999, and she filed for divorce in August 2005. They have one daughter together, Mila and her favorite niece sheila de la torre which comes visit her every year. In 2007 Benítez began dating Italian movie producer Valerio Morabito.

Rebecca Romijn

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Rebecca Alie Romijn (pronounced Ro-main; born November 6, 1972) is an American actress and former fashion model. She is best known for her role as Mystique in the X-Men films, and for her role as Alexis Meade on the hit show, Ugly Betty.

Career

Among other jobs, Romijn modeled for the swimsuit issue of Sports Illustrated and for Victoria's Secret. She also was the host of MTV's House of Style from 1998 to 2000. Rebecca is a fixture on annual lists of the world's most beautiful women by publications such as Maxim (2003–2007), AskMen.com (2001–2003, 2005–2006) and FHM (2000–2005). She also appeared as a guest in the animated talk show Space Ghost Coast to Coast in an episode titled "Chinatown."

In 2000's X-Men, Romijn had her first major movie role as Mystique; she returned to the role in 2003's sequel X2: X-Men United, and again for X-Men: The Last Stand (2006). In these movies her costume consisted of blue makeup and some strategically placed prosthetics on her otherwise nude body. In X2: X-Men United she shows up in a bar in one scene in her "normal" look, and also in X-Men: The Last Stand, she appears as a dark-haired "de-powered" Mystique. She had her first leading role in Brian De Palma's Femme Fatale (2002). She also has starred in movies such as Rollerball, The Punisher and Godsend. She played the leading role in Pepper Dennis, a short-lived TV series on The WB. This series showcased Romijn's talents for comedy, singing, modeling, drama, and adventure.

In January 2007, Romijn made her first appearance on the ABC series Ugly Betty as a full time regular. She plays Alexis Meade, a male-to-female transsexual and the sibling of lead character Daniel Meade. In April 2008, however, it was reported that Romijn would only be appearing as a recurring character in season 3 due to a change in direction by the writing staff. In November 2007, Romijn made a guest appearance on the ABC series Carpoolers, where she played the ex-wife of the character Laird, played by her real-life husband Jerry O'Connell.

Personal life

Rebecca attended the University of California at Santa Cruz in 1990–91 where she lived in dorm 1 at Stevenson College. She studied music and participated in the dorm talent show, singing a musical comedy routine with a high school friend who joined her at UCSC. During the summer following her freshman year, Rebecca began her career modeling and did not return for her sophomore year.

She married actor John Stamos on September 19, 1998. During her marriage, she used the name Rebecca Romijn-Stamos in both her personal and professional life. The couple announced their separation on April 12, 2004, and divorced on March 1, 2005. She has since returned to using her birth name.

Romijn was asked by Elle magazine in April 2002 whether making Femme Fatale had given her any new ideas about her sexuality. She said, "You know, in my early twenties I wondered if I was interested in women and so I kind of, well ... did my homework. [Grins] And it turns out I'm pretty straight".

On September 19, 2005, Rebecca announced her engagement to actor Jerry O'Connell. The date of the announcement was controversial, as it would have been her seventh anniversary with Stamos, if not for their divorce. On July 14, 2007, Romijn married O'Connell in Ojai, California.

On July 28, 2008, it was announced that Romijn was pregnant. According to Us Weekly magazine, she and O'Connell are expecting twins due in the winter. People magazine reports that the babies are girls, conceived without the assistance of fertility drugs.[18] Romijn and O'Connell welcomed twin daughters Dolly Rebecca Rose and Charlie Tamara Tulip on December 28, 2008. Dolly is for Dolly Parton, Charlie is for Jerry's brother, and Tamara is for Rebecca's sister.

Veronica Varekova

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Veronika Vařeková (born June 19, 1977) is a Czech model. Her name in the English-language press is often given as Veronica Varekova.

Modeling work

Vařeková has appeared in the swimsuit edition of Sports Illustrated a total of eight times: 1999-2002 and 2004-2007. She appeared on the cover in 2004. In addition to SI, Veronika was regularly featured in Victoria's Secret but decided not to renew her contract in 2004. She became the face of NIVEA at that time. Other contracts include Guess?, Chanel and Pantene. She was a cover girl for Marie Claire, Harpers & Queen and Cosmopolitan. Her most recent contract (2003 - 2007) has been with Newport News.

In the news

In May 2006 Vařeková claimed that Maxim magazine unlawfully used a photograph of her scantily clad -- in stockings, high heels and naked from the waist up -- on the cover of its June issue. The photo was taken for a British GQ magazine feature on Victoria's Secret last year. Afterward, the photo agency Corbis sold the photos to Maxim. Vařeková says she was never told of the sale, nor was she asked for her permission to do so.

"They put me on the cover without my permission," the model told reporters. "They have no right to do it."

Vařeková says the photos were fitting for a feature on Victoria's Secret, but "for Maxim, it looks -- to my eyes -- super, super vulgar."

Regardless, Maxim placed Varekova at #32 on its 2006 Hot 100 List.

Haifa Wehbe

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Haifa Wehbe was born in 1976 in Mahrouna, a small farming town in Southern Lebanon. She grew up listening to jazz and R&B. She became a model at a young age and won the title of "Miss South Lebanon" at age sixteen. She won an ancillary title at the "Miss Lebanon" competition, which she had to relinquish when it was discovered that she had already been married, disqualifying her. By 1996, she was seen on over 100 magazine covers. In 2006, she was on People Magazine's 50 most beautiful people list.

Personal life

Wehbe was born to Lebanese Father and Egyptian Mother. Her three sisters are Alia, Hanna and Rola. Wehbe's brother died at the age of 24 during the 1982 Lebanon War.

During Wehbe's marriage, she gave birth to a daughter named Zeinab Zaza.

In 2005, she announced her engagement to a Saudi businessman Tariq Al-Jaffali. After only a few weeks, she and her fiancé decided to split for personal reasons and family issues.

On June 25, 2007, Wehbe survived a serious car accident while filming a music video for the song 'Hasa Ma Bena' in Lebanon. In the video, a single engine airplane was to chase Wehbe as she drove a car. However, the airplane inadvertently hit the car, taking off the front windshield of the drop-top convertible she was driving. Despite the severity of the accident, Wehbe only suffered minor cuts and bruises.

Denise Richards

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Denise Lee Richards (born on February 17, 1971) is an American actress and former fashion model. She became famous in the late 1990s, after a string of films that highlighted her sex appeal, including Starship Troopers, Wild Things, and The World Is Not Enough. She also has her own reality TV show, Denise Richards: It's Complicated which airs on E!.

Personal life

In 2002, she married actor Charlie Sheen, with whom she appeared in Scary Movie 3, in which she played his character's wife who was pinned to a tree in a car accident. They have two daughters, Sam J (born March 9, 2004) and Lola Rose Sheen (born June 1, 2005).

In March 2005, Richards filed for divorce from Sheen. The couple briefly reconciled and were seeking marriage counseling to mend their relationship. However, on January 4, 2006, Richards' representative announced that she was continuing with the divorce, and she later sought a restraining order against Sheen, citing his alleged death threats against her. Richards briefly dated Bon Jovi guitarist Richie Sambora shortly after their respective separations from Sheen and Heather Locklear, ending what Locklear had considered to be a close friendship. Richards once dated actor Patrick Muldoon; she has also been linked to actor John Stamos, whom she dated during her teenage years.

On April 19, 2006, Richards filed formal legal papers asking for divorce from Sheen under the laws of the state of California. In her court filing, Richards alleged that Sheen's behavior was increasingly erratic, making their marriage impossible, and that she feared for her safety and the safety of their daughters.

Richards claimed that Sheen was physically and verbally abusive and threatened to kill her or have her killed, and that despite having accidentally shot his previous fiancée, Kelly Preston, he wanted to place firearms under their coffee table to protect them. Richards claimed that Sheen had become paranoid and obsessive, citing his belief in 9/11 conspiracy theories, a belief that baby formula caused brain damage, a desire to purchase gas masks, and an "abnormal fascination" with Nicole Simpson's death.

Further, Richards alleged that Sheen visited prostitutes and was addicted to gambling, prescription drugs (which he bought over the Internet), and pornography. Richards also alleged that Sheen posted a picture of his erect penis on his online profile of a "sex-search type" website and that he frequently viewed pornography featuring "very young girls," and websites "involving gay pornography also involving very young men who also did not look like adults." Based on these allegations, Richards sought and received a restraining order against Sheen.

Sheen denied the allegations. In an interview with Entertainment Tonight, he described Richards' actions as a "smear campaign" and insisted that he was a responsible father who would "give his life for his children." He added that Richards is "the only one entirely culpable for putting these radical allegations out for public consumption... my children included."

On November 8, 2006, officers from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) were called to the River Rock Casino in Richmond, B.C., where Richards was making a movie. After seeing two photographers taking her picture from a nearby balcony, she confronted them, and threw their two laptop computers over the balcony. One laptop struck an 80-year-old woman in a wheelchair. The other laptop grazed the arm of a 91-year-old woman. Neither woman suffered serious injury, and no charges were pressed against Richards.

On December 1, 2007, it was announced that Richards' mother, Joni, died from cancer.

In 2008, Richards decided to include her two daughters with Charlie Sheen in her confessional reality program on E!, Denise Richards: It's Complicated, which premiered on May 26, 2008. He deemed her plans "greedy, vain and exploitative". On January 25, 2008, Richards won a court case against Sheen so that she can include her daughters in the show. When a judge rejected Sheen's request to block it, the latter urged fans to boycott it.

An agreement was reached between Charlie Sheen and Denise Richards regarding the custody of the children.

Bridget Moynahan

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Kathryn Bridget Moynahan (born April 28, 1971) is an American actress. She is perhaps best known for her supporting roles in films such as Coyote Ugly (2000), I, Robot (2004) and Lord of War (2005).

Personal life

She dated NFL quarterback Tom Brady from 2004 until 14 December 2006. On February 18, 2007, Moynahan confirmed to People magazine that she was more than three months pregnant and that Brady was the father. She gave birth to a baby boy, John Edward Thomas Moynahan at Saint John's Health Center in Santa Monica on August 22, 2007. Brady was present when the baby was born. The baby has Brady's first and middle names as his middle names, though in reverse order. However, Moynahan's father's first name is Edward. Some people say that the baby's name spelled with initials (J - E - T) was a dig at Tom Brady being the New England Patriots quarterback.

Moynahan introduced her son to the world in an OK! Magazine photo spread in November 2007. In a July 2008 interview in Harper's Bazaar, Moynahan discussed her willingness to raise her son (nicknamed "Jack") as a single mother. She has also stated that she "watches TV constantly and can't get my eyes off the screen at times".

Career

As a model she was on many magazine covers, including Elle, Self, Fitness, New Woman and Glamour. However, she did not begin to pursue acting until after starting her modeling career. In May 2006, Maxim magazine named her #96 on their annual Hot 100 list. She ranked No. 67 on AskMen.com Top 99 women of 2007.

She studied acting at the Caymicheal Patten Studio in New York City. In 1999 she had her first big role (in a guest appearance) as "Natasha" in the TV series Sex and the City. Her breakthrough role in a feature film was as "Rachel" in Coyote Ugly a year later. Since then she has appeared on a number of blockbuster movies, such as The Sum of All Fears, The Recruit, I, Robot, and Lord of War.

Katherine Heigl

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Katherine Marie Heigl (born November 24, 1978) is an Emmy Award-winning American actress best known for her roles in Roswell, Grey's Anatomy, Knocked Up and 27 Dresses.

Personal life

Heigl was once in a relationship with Roswell costar Jason Behr but that relationship ended around the time the series ended. In June 2006, she became engaged to singer Josh Kelley, whom she met on the set of his music video for "Only You." They were married on December 23, 2007 in Park City, Utah. For their honeymoon they went to the Esperanza resort in Cabo San Lucas. In December 2007, Heigl and Kelley moved into a new home in Los Feliz, California. At the end of 2007, Barbara Walters named Heigl one of "The 11 Most Fascinating People of 2007 " on an ABC program of that title. Heigl questioned her inclusion on the list, saying that in fact she is actually "quite boring.....not, just kidding, but really".

Rachel Stevens

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Rachel Lauren Steinetski (born 9 April 1978), better known as Rachel Stevens, is an English singer, actress and occasional model.

She is a former member of the successful pop group S Club (7), and launched a solo recording career in 2003, releasing seven singles and two albums in the UK between 2003 and 2005. In 2008, she came second in the sixth series of the BBC One series Strictly Come Dancing with her dance partner Vincent Simone.