Monday, February 25, 2008

Heidi Klum








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Heidi Klum is a German supermodel who is one of the most recognizable faces in the modeling industry. Her rise to fame is mostly attributed to her appearing in both the Victoria's Secret catalog and Sports Illustrated's swimsuit issue. She was born on June 1, 1973 in Bergisch Gladbach, Germany and was discovered after entering a German national modeling contest in 1991. Heidi Klum has appeared on the covers of most of the well known fashion magazines. She has also appeared in various TV shows and movies and became the host and judge of the reality show Project Runway in 2004. In 2007 she was named third on the Forbe's list of top earning supermodels.

Wednesday, February 20, 2008

Carolina ‘Pampita‘ Ardohain






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Born on January 17th, 1981 in Santa Rosa, La Pampa, Argentina, Ana Carolina Ardohain Dos Santos grew up with lofty aspirations. Despite being surrounded by an environment beset with social problems and unrest, little Carolina held fast to her dream of becoming a star, in any capacity. She completed primary and secondary school, and became well established in a local ballet school, where she practiced for nine years. Her passion for dancing has remained with her until today, and helped her gain composure in her now public life.

Friday, February 8, 2008

Bai Ling - an Asian Beauty









Bai was born in Chengdu, China; "Bai", her surname, literally means "white". Ling, a common Chinese given name, means clever. Her father, Bai Yuxiang was a musician in the People's Liberation Army, and later a music teacher. Her mother, Chen Binbin was a dancer, stage actress, and a literature teacher in Sichuan University; Bai's maternal grandfather was a military officer of Kuomintang's army, and thus was persecuted during the Cultural Revolution. In early 1980s, Bai Ling's parents divorced, and both got remarried later. Her mother was remarried to the writer Xu Chi, who got his national reputation by his report titled Goldbach's Conjecture, about Chinese mathematician Chen Jingrun. Bai Ling has one elder sister Bai Jie, who works for a tax bureau in China, and a younger brother Bai Chen, who emigrated to Japan and works for an American company.