Saira Mohan Biography Saira Mohan (born 1978, Montreal, Canada) is a fashion model. Although successful for many years prior in New York City, she was launched into international fame in 2003 after Newsweek put her on the cover with the headline "The Perfect Face". She is actively involved with product endorsements worldwide. She is married, and has a son named Romen Alexandre. She made her Bollywood debut with the film Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna. She was ranked #91 on the Maxim Hot 100 Women of 2002.
Saira is the author of a popular ebook sold on her website entitled How To Seduce (and Marry) the Woman of Your Dreams. She blogs regularly on Intentblog alongside Deepak Chopra, Shekhar Kapur, Dave Stewart, Mallika Chopra, Gotham Chopra, Christy Turlington,Vikas Khanna and many others.
Karolina Kurkova Biography Birth name: Karolína Isela Kurková[citation needed] Date of birth: February 28, 1984 Place of birth: Děčín, Czechoslovakia Height: 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) Hair color: Blonde Eye color: Green Measurements: 34B-23-34.5 (US), 84-58.5-87.5 (EU) Weight: 59 kg (130 lb/9.3 st) Dress size: 4 (US); 34 (EU) Shoe size: 9 (US); 41 (EU)
Karolína Isela Kurková (born February 28, 1984[1]) is a Czech supermodel, best known as one of the Victoria's Secret Angels. Mario Testino said of Kurková, "The proportions of her body and her face, as well as her energy level, make her a model who could fit almost into any moment." Designer Marc Jacobs said, "She has an angelic look with a dark side, she's sweet and fun but looks like she could be an evil bewitching child." Vogue editor Anna Wintour called her the "next supermodel".
Karolína Kurková was born in Děčín, Czechoslovakia, to Josef Kurka, a Czech basketball player, and a Slovak mother.
After a friend sent photos of Kurková to an agency in Prague, she immediately landed a runway appearance, as well as a commercial and print ad. She was 15 at the time. She later traveled to Milan to gain more experience. There, Miuccia Prada, the designer behind the brand Prada, signed her to a modeling contract. Daughter of a Czech basketball star, Karolina Kurkova inherited her father’s figure and height. After a best friend encouraged her to send her pictures to an agency in Prague, Karolina found herself walking on catwalks as well as appearing in commercials and print ads.
Kurkova subsequently flew to Milan, where she was signed by well-known Italian fashion designer Miuccia Prada. In September 1999, the hard-working 15-year-old model landed a modeling job with fashion and lifestyle magazine Vogue, in New York.
Moving to the Big Apple, Kurkova, at the tender age of 17, received America’s recognition when she graced the cover of the February 2001 edition of Vogue, becoming one of the youngest models ever to appear on the magazine’s cover. This led to deals with the famed lingerie retail marketer Victoria's Secret, where she was selected as one of their “Angels” and has appeared in a string of the company’s popular TV specials. Additionally, Kurkova also signed a deal with French fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent and world-famous designer Tommy.
In 2002, Kurkova, who was called the "next supermodel" by Vogue editor Anna Wintour, was honored with the "Model of the Year" title at that year’s VH1/Vogue Fashion Awards. This brought her more modeling jobs with such designers as Ralph Lauren, Oscar de la Renta and Balenciaga.
"What I love the most about modeling is that it opens you a lot of different doors of opportunities and takes you to many different places, which then put you in touch with various people and cultures." Karolina Kurkova
Meanwhile, Kurkova has also appeared on NBC’s talk show "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" and in the fashion documentary Seamless, in 2005. She also has tried her hand in acting and just completed her first film, My Sexiest Year, a romantic coming-of-age drama/comedy written and directed by Howard Himelstein. The movie stars Frankie Muniz, Harvey Keitel and Amber Valletta.
Besides modeling, Kurkova is active in humanitarian work, promoting the welfare of children through such organizations as "The Beautiful Life Fund," "Free Arts" and "Global Youth Action Network." She received an award from a non-profit organization called Women Together, in March 2006.
Kurkova has been quoted as saying, "Everyone likes and deserves to have some fun. In the end, when you smile, life smiles back at you!"
Modeling career In September 1999, Kurková met with Vogue editors in New York City, then she moved to NYC permanently. At seventeen years old, she landed a spot on the cover of the February 2001 issue of Vogue. Kurková was now recognized at haute couture fashion shows, and lingerie brand Victoria's Secret chose her to be a part of that year's televised fashion show special.Prominent fashion houses such as Yves Saint Laurent signed Kurková to modeling contracts.
Print campaigns for Tommy Hilfiger, Valentino, and others helped expose her even more, while she headlined the second Victoria's Secret show the following year.In the 2002 Victoria's secret fashion show she also modeled the multi-million dollar bra worth almost $10 million, embellished with rubies and emeralds, which was designed by Hearts on Fire. She was named "Model of the Year" at the 2002 VH1/Vogue Fashion Awards. Kurková later signed contracts with designers including Ralph Lauren, Óscar de la Renta, Chanel and Balenciaga.
Most recently, she has appeared on the cover of Korea's W, as well as the Greek Vogue. She also appeared as the new face for DELL. Kurková has been featured in fashion spreads in most major fashion magazines including U.K., U.S., and German, French Vogue (as well as other international versions of), Vanity Fair and Vanity Fair Germany The Face. In Germany she covered the GQ SUMMER STYLE GQ Sommer Stil and the Park Avneue besides that she was part of many articles in fashion magzines like max or GALA. She has worked with well-known fashion photographers including Steven Klein, Mario Sorrenti, and Mario Testino.
She was also featured in the 2006 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show, Once again showcasing the multi-million dollar bra worth $6.5 million, decked with almost 2000 diamonds weighing 800 carats, and a centerpiece diamond brooch weighing 10 carats.Karolina's walk down the Victoria's secret runway wearing the above mentioned diamond bra along with frost wings happens to be her most notable walk for Victoria's secret. She happens to be the only other Victoria's secret angel besides Heidi Klum to model the multi-million dollar bra twice in 2002 and 2006. Karolina has done several print and ad campaigns for lingerie giant Victoria's secret.
Kurková is among the world's top-earning models.
As of December 2007, she can be seen in print ads for Dell. She was also featured on the february 2008 cover of Esquire magazine which re-creates the classic 1966 Angie Dickinson cover on Esquire's 75th anniversary along with fellow Victoria's secret angels Adriana Lima, Izabel Goulart and Selita Ebanks. Model.com featured her at No.5 on the list of the hottest models today. She also appeared on the cover of Elle magazine february 2008 issue. She happened to appear dressed only in shoes, diamonds and gloves for the November 2007 issue of Vanity Fair celebrating 20 years of supermodels with fellow angels. Karolina is widely considered one of the sexiest women in the world, and was chosen to be a part of people magazine's 100 most beautiful people in the world sharing that space with her fellow 'angels'.
In the last fashion show of Cía Marítima, Kurková was critized by the Brazilian press as being "too fat". Although it could be seen that she had gained weight, the press exaggeratedly wrote "too much back fat, love handles and cellulite".
Edurne García Almagro Biography Birth name: Edurne García Almagro Born: December 22, 1985 (1985-12-22) (age 22) Country: Spain Genre(s): Pop-Rock, Dance Years active: 2005–present Website www.edurneweb.com Edurne was born in Madrid, Spain on December 22, 1985. Edurne García Almagro better known as Edurne is a Spanish pop singer. She came sixth in the fourth edition of the Spanish television series Operación Triunfo in 2005. Soraya Arnelas appeared in the same series.
Her record label is Sony Bmg Spain and her debut album "Edurne", whose first single is "Despierta", was released on 2006.
"Edurne" is Edurne's debut album, and has 12 tracks. It mixes many different rhythms and styles, including "Amores Dormidos", a song composed for Edurne by the popular Spanish pop group La Oreja De Van Gogh. In the re-release of the Edurne's debut album included "Te Falta Veneno", the theme song for "Yo Soy Bea" (Spanish adaptation of the Colombian soap opera "Betty La Fea" aired byTelecinco) and 2 remixes from her debut single "Despierta".
Also, Edurne recorded "Don't Tell Me Tonight", a duet with the Iranian singer Cameron Cartio for his album "Borderless".
Edurne's second album is called "Ilusión", and it was released on June 19th. anticipated by the single "Ven por mi". The album peaked at #11 position in the official iTunes albums chart.
Aylar Dianati Lie Biography Birthdate: February 22, 1984 (1984-02-22) (age 24) Birth location: Tehran, Iran Birth name: Sharareh Measurements: 91-60-80 cm (36D-24-32) Height: 1.57 m (5 ft 2 in) Weight: 42 kg (93 lb/6.6 st) Eye colour: Brown Hair colour: Black Natural breasts: No Ethnicity: Iran
Aylar Dianati Lie (Persian) (born February 12, 1984, as Sharareh in Tehran, Iran, to Iranian parents) has gained celebrity status in Norway as a model and former actress. She is now also a singer.
Aylar arrived in Norway as a two-year-old and was raised by Norwegian foster parents. She is fluent in Persian and Norwegian, and some English. In December 2004, Lie claimed to have had a sexual encounter with Robbie Williams. The claim was dismissed as false by Williams and his agents.
Aylar Lie competed at the Miss Norway pageant in 2004, but was disqualified from the contest when it was found she had appeared in pornographic movies. Candidates to the peagant must not have been pictured naked in a commercial production or publication. In 2005, she participated in Big Brother (Sweden vs. Norway). She is a friend of Swedish glamour models Marie Plosjö, Natacha Peyre and Elita Löfblad, who all also appeared in her Team Aylar and in Lie's documentary Aylar - Ett År I Rampelyset (Aylar - A Year In The Limelight). Elita and Aylar met for the first time inside the Big Brother house in 2005, when they were both contestants on the show.
Her plans for 2006 included the promotion of her hand-picked team of models, called Team Aylar. The members of Team Aylar originally included Elita Löfblad, Natacha Peyre, Marie Plosjö Charlotte Fredriksen, Linn Irene (Linni) Meister, Cathrine Aschim and Lisa Marie Winther. Aylar later threw Meister out, when her homemade pornographic movie with former boyfriend Kristian Hilberg became public on the internet.
In 2006 she released a single, a cover of Sabrina's Boys (Summertime Love) hit from 1987. She also stars in the Basshunter video for the songs Now You're Gone and All I Ever Wanted.
With Youssef, a Moroccan singer, she sing a song which the title is "Mamacita".
Anine Bing Biography Anine Irmelin Bing is a glamour/commercial model. Born in Denmark on November 30, 1982, she later moved to Sweden with her family, and claims Danish nationality. She has brown hair and eyes, is 5' 7 1/2 tall, and has 34½-24½-35 measurements.
She models for the Place Model Management agency in Hamburg, Stockholm, and graced the cover of Cafe Magazine in January 2004.[1]. In 2002, she appeared on a sportswear billboard advertisement that was banned by the Birmingham City Council.
In the May 2006 issue of Playboy Magazine (pg 48) she was noted to have claimed to be dating actor Jim Carrey and hockey player Peter Forsberg. Bing has been romantically linked to Swedish footballer Anders Svensson in recent years.
Cecile De France Biography Cecile De France (born July 17, 1975, Namur, Belgium) is a Belgian actress. She left Belgium at the age of 17 to go to Paris where she studied l'art dramatique for two years at Jean Paul Denizon while preparing the ENSATT (École Nationale Supérieure des Arts et Techniques du Théâtre), the "National Superior School of Arts and Techniques of Theatre". Accepted, she spent three years (from 1995 to 1998) attending the Département Comédie (Comedy Section) at first rue Blanche in Paris, then in Lyon.
She was discovered by the agent Dominique Besnehard. It was the beginning of a great acting career including French cinema hits such as "L'art de la seduction" and "Irene".
Her international breakthrough came through the horror thriller "Haute Tension" (UK Title: Switchblade Romance, US Title: High Tension), which was a worldwide success. She caught the eye of Hollywood producers and soon landed her first major production role in the Disney feature Around the World in 80 Days, in which she starred alongside Jackie Chan.
Eva Green Biography Name: Eva Green Birth Name: Eva Gaelle Green Sex: F Nationality: French Birth Date: July 5 , 1980 Birth Place: Paris, France Profession: actress Education: Eva St Paul School London workshop at the Webber Douglas acting school Father: Walter Green (Swedish dentist) Mother: Marlène Jobert (actress; born on November 4, 1943) Sister: Joy (fraternal twin sister, she is in business school) Aunt: Marika Green (actress)
Eva Green was born in Paris, France on July 5, 1980, the daughter of French actress Marlène Jobert and Swedish dentist Walter Green. Green has a fraternal twin sister named Joy, who was born two minutes earlier than she. Green described her family as "bourgeois", and that her sister is very different from her. Green is a natural blonde; she dyed her hair black during her teens. French-Swedish actress Marika Green is her aunt.
Green was raised in France, and spent some time as well in Ramsgate, London and Ireland. Her school was English-speaking. Green was quiet at school, and developed an interest in Egyptology when she visited the Louvre at age seven. Green aspired to become an actress when she saw Isabelle Adjani in The Story of Adele H. at the age of fourteen. Jobert initially feared the effect an acting career would have on her sensitive daughter, but she soon supported her ambitions.
Virginie Efira (born May 5, 1977 in Brussels) is a Belgian anchor and actress on the French Television.
She was first hired by Club RTL (A Belgian TV channel in the RTL Group) to present a children's show called Mégamix. She went on to present other programmes in Belgium, including A la recherche de la nouvelle Star.
In September 2002 she was offered the job of the presenter of Belgian's version of Star Academy. After casting to be a weather girl on France's M6 channel, she was soon pushed into the limelight as one of M6's main public faces, presenting shows such as Le Grand Zap, La saga des ..., Follement Gay, Absolument 80/90, Le Grand Piège and Drôles d'équipes.
She was the host of Classé Confidentiel for one year, before replacing Benjamin Castaldi as the host of the popular musical reality show Nouvelle Star for the end of the show's fourth series. She also present various shows on RTL-TVi (a spin-off channel in the RTL Group). Efira was a guest star on the highly successful French show Kaamelott.
Efira's film career took off in 2004, appearing as Liz Wilson in the French-language version of Garfield: The Movie, as well as playing Piper in the French version of the 2005 film Robots.
Chulpan Nailyevna Khamatova Biography Chulpan Nailyevna Khamatova, born October 1, 1975 is a Russian film, theater and TV actress of Tatar origin. Her name, Chulpan, means "Venus" in Tatar. Her parents are both engineers, and her father is managing director of a firm.
Born in Kazan, Tatar ASSR, in what was then the Soviet Union, she originally studied mathematics and economics in Kazan before switching to acting. She later continued her acting studies at Moscow State University and the Russian Academy of Theatre Arts and became a successful stage actress. She is fluent in Tatar, Russian, German, and English.
Khamatova has starred in a number of German language films as well as in numerous Russian feature films and TV serials. She is known internationally for starring in Good Bye Lenin! (2003), as Lara, the girlfriend of the main character and his mother's nurse.
She was on the six-person jury, which was headed by Catherine Deneuve, at the Venice Film Festival in 2006.
Jeanette Biedermann Biography Born in Berlin, Germany on February 22, 1981, Jeanette Biedermann grew up showered with love by her parents Bernd and Marion. An entertainer from the get-go, Jeanette took part in the Lilliput child circus at the age of 6. Initially a dancer, Jeanette branched out into singing as she grew older and discovered a passion for music.
At the age of 17, Jeanette took part in a talent contest called Bild-Schlagerwettbewerb. She beat out thousands of fellow contestants to win and, just like that, her path to stardom became much clearer. In 1999, Jeanette auditioned for and won the part of Marie Balzer on the hit German soap opera Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten.
Heidi Klum Biography Name: Heidi Klum Date of birth: June 1, 1973 (1973-06-01) Place of birth: Bergisch Gladbach, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany Height: 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) Hair color: Blonde (colored) Eye color: Hazel Measurements: 35-24-34 (US); 89-61-86 (EU) Weight: 57 kg (130 lb/9.0 st) Spouse(s): Seal (2005 - present) Website: http://www.heidiklum.com/
Heidi Klum was born on June 1, 1973, in Bergische Gladbach, a small city in Cologne, Germany. In 1991, while she was still in high school and doing well in mathematics and art, Heidi was encouraged by her friend Karin to participate in a modeling competition. Although Heidi was reluctant at first, she finally gave in.
Heidi Klum has been on the cover of most of the well-known fashion magazines, including Vogue Magazine, ELLE and Marie Claire. She became widely known after appearing on the cover of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue and for her work with Victoria's Secret and gained popularity as part of Thomas Zeumer's Metropolitan Models. In addition to working with world class photographers on her Sports Illustrated shoots, she was the object/subject of Joanne Gair body painting works in the several edition ranging from 1999 to 2006. She wrote the foreword to Gair's most recent book of body paint work. She has been a spokesmodel for McDonald's, Braun, H & M, and Liz Claiborne, among others.
She is currently a celebrity spokesmodel for Jordache[12] and for Volkswagen. In addition to modeling, she has appeared in several TV shows, including Spin City, Sex and the City, Yes, Dear, and How I Met Your Mother. She had a role as an ill-tempered hair model in the movie Blow Dry, played a giantess in the movie Ella Enchanted and was cast as Ursula Andress in The Life and Death of Peter Sellers. She also had cameo appearances in The Devil Wears Prada and Perfect Stranger.
In July 2007, having earned an estimated $8 million in the previous 12 months, Klum was named by Forbes as third on the list of the World's 15 Top-Earning Supermodels. In 2008, Forbes estimated her income to be $14 million, which put Klum in second place on the list, surpassing Kate Moss ($7.5 million), but still well behind Gisele Bundchen ($35 million). Klum is signed to IMG Models in New York City.
Federica Ridolfi was born on March 2, 1974 in Rome, Italy. She is a television personality and started an acting career.
Biography and Career : During her childhood she used to practice dancing and when she was 17, she became a professional dancer.
In 1991 she was seen in "Bagaglino". "Beato tra le donne" and "Furore" are shows she appeared in between 1993 and 1997. One of her most important roles was in 2000 in "La Casa delle beffe". After three years, in 2003, she was given the role of Marina in "La Palestra". In the same year she appeared in "Ci vediamo in tribunale" and "Il Processo di Biscardi". "Quelli che...il calcio" is a television series she is famous for along with Simona Ventura. Between 2005 and 2006 she appeared in "Quelli che... aspettano".
She had worked as a dancer in many Italian television shows. In 2005, she posed and gave an interview for Maxim magazine.
Federica looks like an angel, she is brunette, she has special eyes and besides these, she is intelligent and has many chances to be a great and famous actress in the future. Men and women admire her sexiness and beauty and in Italy she is already considered a sex symbol.
Trivia : - Her father is Gianni Ridolfi. - She is a sex bomb in her homeland. - Hair Color: Dark Brown.
Quotes : - "It is easier to meet a soccer player rather than a normal boy -- especially in Milan."
- "Knowing something of soccer, I know how to recognize the champions."
Filmography : - Palestra, La (2003) (TV) - Casa delle beffe, La (2000) (mini) TV Series - Quelli che... il calcio (32 episodes, 2005-2006) - Quelli che... aspettano (2001) TV Series (2005-2006).
