Lisa Snowdon

Lisa_Snowden_in_2008 Lisa Snowdon (born 23 January 1972) is an English fashion model, television personality and presenter. She was the host of the reality television show Britain’s Next Top Model from 2006 until 2009. She currently co-presents Capital Breakfast on Capital London. lisasnowdon2 A fan of Christy Turlington from age 14, she never thought about becoming a model. Spotted by a Premier Model Management agent at age 19 while pole-dancing at a rave in London, she was auditioned and signed up and started working with renowned photographers and became one of Britain’s Top Fashion Models. Snowdon is best known for her beauty commercials and high-fashion cover and spread modelling, including cover shots for Vogue, Marie Claire and Elle; she was also the face for Gucci. lisasnowdon3 She went on to be the “elevator girl” for Lynx deodorant (Axe in certain countries) in 2003, appeared in advertisements for Mercedes-Benz, Dove soap, and Kelloggs Special K, and was the face of campaigns for Neutrogena and After Eight mint straws, the Taxiwise safety campaign and numerous catalogues. Her modelling career led to appearances in Maxim, Arena, Loaded and GQ. She featured on FHM’s List of FHM 100 Sexiest Women every year between 1996 and 2007 except for 1998.  Snowdon returned to modelling when she became the face and model of Avon lingerie, and is one of the models for the Marks & Spencer autumn 2010 campaign. lisasnowdon4 In 2010 she was the face of Belvita breakfast biscuits, having appeared in adverts for the biscuits with fellow Capital FM DJ Johnny Vaughan.

Doutzen Kroes

220px-Doutzen_Kroes_2012_Shankbone_2 Doutzen Kroes ( born 23 January 1985 in Oostermeer in the province of Friesland) is a Dutch model and actress, who is a Victoria’s Secret Angel. She started working for the brand in 2004 and became an Angel in 2008. She is on contract with L’Oréal. In 2012, she came in fifth on the Forbes top-earning models list, estimated to have earned $6.9 million in one year. n 2006, a Frisian documentary about a week in Kroes’ life as a model was released, directed by J.J.M. Jansen. It documented Kroes at Milan Fashion Week and her thinking about the modeling industry. doutzenkroes3 In July 2007, earning at an estimated total of $1.5 million in the previous twelve months,Forbes named Kroes fourteenth in the list of the World’s 15 Top-Earning Supermodels.  In April 2008, she was in fifth position, with an estimated income of $6 million. In May 2009 and May 2010 respectively, Forbes named Kroes fifth again in the list of the World’s 15 Top- Earning Supermodels. Kroes is in the official Frisian provincial campaign for the Frisian language, her mother tongue. 800px-Doutzen_Kroes At the end of August 2008, Victoria’s Secret confirmed to People magazine that Kroes was to be the newest Victoria’s Secret Angel. Her first campaign as the brand’s newest Angel was “Supermodel Obsession”.[citation needed] In September 2009, she signed  to be the new face for Swiss cashmere label Repeat for two years. There is a wax figure of Kroes in the Amsterdam branch of Madame Tussaud’s wax museum. From November 2009 to July 2010, she wrote a monthly column about her life for the Dutch edition of ‘Marie Claire. Currently, she is signed by DNA Model Management. elledoutzen In February 2010, Kroes returned to the catwalk during fashion week for Prada with fellow Angels Alessandra Ambrosio and Miranda Kerr. Prada was praised by former editor-in-chief of GlamourCosmopolitan and Marie Claire magazines, Bonnie Fuller in her blog for using a curvy model such as Kroes for the fashion show. Since 2011 Kroes has shot major campaigns for both L’Oreal and Tiffany & Co.

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220px-Desmond_Wolfe_July_2010_2 Steven Haworth (born January 23, 1976)is an English retired professional wrestler, better known by the ring names Desmond Wolfe and Nigel McGuinness. As McGuinness he first gained notoriety working for Ring of Honor (ROH) in the United States and Pro Wrestling Noah in Japan. He was the longest reigning ROH Pure Champion, holding the title for 350 days, while also being a former ROH World Champion, holding the championship for 545 days. 220px-NigelMcguinness In October 2009 Haworth signed a contract with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), where he worked as Desmond Wolfe until June 2011. The following August, Haworth, once again working as Nigel McGuinness, returned to ROH to work as a color commentator. Haworth retired from in-ring competition on December 17, 2011. 689px-Nigel_McGuiness_vs._Joel_Redman On August 13, 2011, Haworth, returning to his Nigel McGuinness ring name, returned to ROH at the promotion’s first Ring of Honor Wrestling tapings under the Sinclair Broadcast Group banner, working as the color commentator beside Kevin Kelly. The tapings concluded with McGuinness saving Eddie Edwards from the House of Truth. 220px-Fortune1 McGuinness returned to the United States for his final match, which took place at an American Pro Wrestling Alliance (APWA) event in Clarksburg, West Virginia on December 17, 2011. 800px-Wolfe_and_Magnus_victory_pose At the November 3, 2012, tapings of Ring of Honor Wrestling, McGuinness was named the new “Matchmaker” of Ring of Honor, replacing Jim Cornette as the main on-screen authority figure. 800px-Desmond_Wolfe_Angle   In December 2012, McGuinness released a documentary titled The Last of McGuinness on his final days as an in-ring performer, during which he revealed that he had failed WWE’s physical test due to severely damaged biceps, while his TNA career had come to an end because of hepatitis B.

Julia Jones

  220px-Julia_Jones_1 Julia Jones at the Internet Movie Database Julia Jones (born January 23, 1981) is an American actress best known for playing Leah Clearwater in the 2010 film The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, the third film based on the Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer. twilighjulia Julia Jones was born in Boston, Massachusetts. Jones studied at The Boston Ballet School from the age of 4. She began working in commercials and local theatre when she was eight. Jones graduated from the historic Boston Latin School, the oldest school in America, and later Columbia University with a degree in English.She has modelled in catalogues for Levi’s, The Gap, Esprit, and L’Oreal. 

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Jones is part Chickasaw, Choctaw, and African American and has called herself “multi-ethnic”. She appeared in Chuck Wicks’ music video for Hold That Thought. juliajones2 In 2009, she appeared in the Culture Clash play, Palestine, New Mexico, at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles.  

Linda Denise Blair

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Linda Denise Blair (born January 22, 1959) is an American actress. Blair is best known for her role as the possessed child, Regan, in the film The Exorcist (1973), for which she was nominated for an Academy Award and two Golden Globes, winning one. She reprised her role in Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977). lindablair4 Blair has since worked in numerous films, including the Exorcist spoof, Repossessed (1990), and a cameo role in Scream (1996). In 1997, she appeared in a Broadway revival of Grease. She was cast as a regular in the BBC television show, L.A. 7 (2000). She hosted Fox Family’s Scariest Places on Earth (2000-6). Blair has become an animal rights activist and humanitarian, working with PETA, Feed The Children, Variety, the Children’s Charity and other organizations. Blair also devotes time to her non-profit organization, the Linda Blair WorldHeart Foundation, which works to rescue abused, neglected and mistreated animals. She is a vegan, and has co-authored the book Going Vegan!. Linda_Blair2 In 2008 she appeared at the 18th annual Malaga Fantasy and Horror Film Festival to accept a lifetime achievement award for her work in the horror genre. She appeared in the 2009 documentary Confessions of a Teenage Vigilante, discussing her role as Brenda in Savage Streets (1984). The documentary is included as a bonus feature on the 2009 DVD release of the film. lindablair3 In 2010 she appeared as herself on the cable series Pit Boss and Jury Duty. She appears in the 2011 Rick Springfield documentary Affair of the Heart, and was a panelist in a 2011 episode of The Joy Behar Show. Called upon with honors, Blair appeared at a pre-taped 84th Academy Awards ceremony honoring make-up artist Dick Smith. Smith created the iconic make-up for Blair in The Exorcist, as well as scores of other films.

Olivia D’abo

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Olivia Jane d’Abo ( born 22 January 1969) is an English-American actress and singer/songwriter, best known for portraying Kevin Arnold’s rebellious teenage sister Karen in The Wonder Years and Nicole Wallace, a recurring villain in Law & Order: Criminal Intent. Conan-Der Zerstörer D’Abo’s film debut was in the supporting role of Princess Jehnna in Conan the Destroyer, released in June 1984. Just two months later, she also appeared topless aged 15 in the supporting role of the peasant girl Paloma in Bolero. From 1988, d’Abo was in the main cast of The Wonder Years in the first four seasons. Her character Karen Arnold was the hippie sister in the family. In 1992, she guest starred in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode “True Q” as Amanda Rogers. As the recurring villain Nicole Wallace, she made five appearances over a six-year period on television crime-drama Law & Order: Criminal Intent. On the Sci-Fi Channel series Eureka, she has the recurring role of Abby Carter, the ex-wife of Sheriff Jack Carter. olivia_dabo4 She has had numerous supporting roles in television programmes and films, such as Spirit of ’76 (1990), Greedy (1994), The Big Green, and The Twilight Zone (2002). On stage, she appeared in the 2005 Broadway production of The Odd Couple with Matthew Broderick and Nathan Lane. dabo2 In animation, she dubs the voices of Star Sapphire and Morgaine le Fey in Justice League (2001) and Justice League Unlimited (2004); Tak in Invader Zim (2001–02); Jane Porter in The Legend of Tarzan; Jedi Master Luminara Unduli in Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008); Carol Ferris in Green Lantern: First Flight (2009), Sonya Blade in Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm (1996) and Natalia Romanoff – Black Widow in Ultimate Avengers II, The rise of the Panther (2006) .

Mario Domm

  220px-Mariodomm Mario Alberto Domínguez Zarzar (born January 22, 1977), known professionally as Mario Domm, is a Spanish Mexican pop singer and songwriter. Born and raised in Torreón, in the Mexican state of Coahuila, he enrolled in various performing arts schools, where he studied singing on stage. Domm rose to fame in the late 2000s as the lead singer of the band Camila. Domm’s début solo album Mexi-Funk-Music (2002), from which came the singles “Disco Amor”, “Quiero” and “Si Te Vas”, was not successful. After this debut, Domm devoted himself to writing and producing songs for other artists such as Kalimba, OV7, Alejandra Guzmán, Magneto and Reyli Barba.   In 2006, Domm formed the band Camila with Samuel “Samo” Parra and Pablo Hurtado, releasing the album Todo Cambió, which became a number-one album in Mexico and the United States. Camila presented another number-one album in 2010, entitled Dejarte de Amar, which earned them three Latin Grammy Awards including Record of the Year and Song of the Year. mariodomm2Domm had a number-one hit in the United States with the single “Causa y Efecto”, performed by Mexican singer Paulina Rubio, and four top-ten hits with Camila (“Todo Cambió”, “Mientes”, “Aléjate de Mi” and “Bésame”). Billboard listed Domm as the fourth most successful Latin songwriter of 2000. mariodomm3 During the recording of En la Luna by Reyli Barba, Domm met Samuel “Samo” Parra. Impressed by Parra’s vocals, Domm invited him to join forces to create a new project. They began rehearsing with a piano and decide to add a guitarist to the newly created band. Pablo Hurtado, the first one to audition, was selected. The band was named Camila, meaning “close to god”, as the “appropriate thanks to the granting of the group’s collective dream.” The band released in 2006 their début album entitled Todo Cambió, which sold one million copies worldwide and reached number-one in Mexico and the United States.x The album yielded six singles, “Abrázame”, “Coleccionista de Canciones”, “Todo Cambió”, “Sólo Para Ti”, “Me Da Igual” and “Yo Quiero”.x Domm received a Latin Grammy Award nomination for Song of the Year in 2008 for the single “Todo Cambió”. In 2010, Camila released their second album Dejarte de Amar. mariodomm Dejarte de Amar debuted at the top of the charts in Mexico and the United States. In Mexico the album has spent eight weeks at number-one and 70 non-consecutive weeks within the top ten. At the Latin Grammy Awards of 2010, the band earned three awards, Record of the Year and Song of the Year for the song “Mientes” and Best Pop Vocal Album by a Group.

Raica Oliveira

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Raica Oliveira (born January 22, 1984) is a Brazilian model known for her work with numerous companies, including Emanuel Ungaro, Dior, Dolce & Gabbana, Yves Saint Laurent, Vogue, Chanel, Lancôme, Victoria’s Secret, Pepe Jeans, Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, JLO, H&M, Elle, Marie Claire, TNG, Ann Taylor and XOXO. As of 2008, she has been working as a fashion reporter for Jornal Record. She resides in Manhattan, New York City. raicaoliveira2 In April 2008, Oliveira was featured in a campaign for fashion brand H&M in the Caribbean and in the United States. Oliveira is against posing nude: “I could not pose nude. Nothing against those who do, but I never felt right about it. It’s not something that would make me proud.” She graced the May 2008 cover of Spain’s YO DONA magazine. Oliveira appeared at the Cannes Film Festival in 2008. In Cannes, she was photographed for the French Vogue. She took part in the São Paulo Fashion Week with Michelle Alves, Isabeli Fontana and Caroline Ribeiro on the Rosa Chá male fashion show spring/summer 2008/2009 in June. Oliveira, Daniela Cicarelli and Deborah Secco are the faces of the Brazilian footwear brand Via Marte for the Spring/Summer collection 2008/2009 and Raica is also the spokesmodel for Lez a Lez, Banco de Areia and Pain de Sucre (France) for spring/summer 2009. Raica-Oliveira-Maxim3 The fashion week in São Paulo (SPFW) for the summer season 2010 featured Raica walking on the fashion shows of Agua de Coco. O Estilo and Cia Maritima which are two of Brazilian best known fashion brands. Raica Oliveira is modeling lingerie for Victoria’s Secret. She is featured in the brands new campaign in 2009. This is the second time Raica is advertising Victoria’s Secret since 2005 when she appeared in their swimwear catalogue. Oliveira is the first Brazilian model ever to appear in a Swarovski campaign. She is the face of the Ginga Collection which hits the stores in April 2010. raicaoliveira4 Since the year 2000 Raica Oliveira has appeared in more than 6 Vogue editions such as Vogue USA, Vogue Australia, Vogue Spain, Vogue Italy,Vogue Brazil, Vogue Paris. In November 2010 Oliveira became the new face of lingerie brand Ultimo replacing Kelly Brook. However, while Raica is happy to pose in her underwear for the new campaign, she has drawn the line at ever posing nude.

Emma Lee Bunton

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Emma Lee Bunton (born 21 January 1976) is a British pop singer/songwriter, actress, model and TV and radio presenter. She is a member of the girl group, The Spice Girls formed in the 1990s, in which she is known as Baby Spice as she is the youngest member. She is also the host of the Heart FM Saturday evening slot from 4pm to 7pm. EmmaBunton Her debut solo album A Girl Like Me was released in the United Kingdom on 16 April 2001 by Virgin Records. The album debuted and peaked at number four on the UK Albums Chart. On 7 September 2001, A Girl Like Me was certified gold by the British Phonographic Industry for sales in excess of 100,000 copies,  ultimately becoming the 147th best-selling album in the UK for 2001.  The album brought the UK number-one “What Took You So Long?” as well as top five hits “What I Am” (a cover of a 1988 song by Edie Brickell & New Bohemians) and “Take My Breath Away” and the top 20 hit “We’re Not Gonna Sleep Tonight”. The album sold 125,000 copies in the UK. Kodak Theater Bunton’s second album, Free Me, was released in 2004 through 19 Entertainment/Universal Records. Four singles were taken from it: “Free Me”,written by Hélène Muddiman “Maybe”,written by Yak Bondy “I’ll Be There” written by Hélène Muddiman and “Crickets Sing For Anamaria”. The album spent over twelve weeks inside the UK Albums Chart, peaking at number seven and selling over 141,712 copies, earning gold award status. After Free Me and Maybe were released as singles and had success in the American dance charts, the album was released in North America. 419px-Emma_Bunton_in_San_Jose_crop Life In Mono was released on 4 December 2006 and two singles where released from the album, Bunton reunited with the Spice Girls in 2007 for an international tour and greatest hits album. From 2003 to 2012 Bunton had a recurring role on the BBC comedy series Absolutely Fabulous. Bunton performed at the 2012 Summer Olympics closing ceremony on 12 August with the Spice Girls.

Maryse Ouellet

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Maryse Ouellet (born January 21, 1983) is a French Canadian glamour model, professional wrestler, and business woman, better known simply as Maryse. She is best known for her time with WWE between 2006 and 2011. 220px-Maryse_cropped After spending years modelling, including winning Miss Hawaiian Tropic Canada in 2003, Maryse was hired by WWE in 2006, after she participated in the WWE Diva Search competition. Despite her elimination, she was sent to WWE’s developmental facility, Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW) in Louisville, Kentucky. She signed a deal with WWE in August 2006 and was assigned to OVW for wrestling training, where she made her ring debut in December 2006. She appeared in vignettes on WWE television. During this time, she continued working at OVW, but was later transferred to Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW), another WWE developmental facility, to further her training. 220px-Maryse_champion_cropped In March 2008, Maryse appeared on SmackDown, competing in a swim suit competition. Three months later she made her television in-ring debut. In December 2008, Maryse captured her first title with the company, the WWE Divas Championship, and held it for seven months, the longest reign in the championship’s history. WWE_Diva_Maryse_Ouellet In April 2009 she was drafted to the Raw brand, during the 2009 WWE Draft. She won the Divas Championship for the second time in February 2010, making her the first wrestler to have held the championship on more than one occasion. In March 2011, she became the co-host of NXT. Maryse was released from WWE in October 2011. In late 2011, she announced plans for a clothing and jewelery line called House of Maryse.