Adriana Lima Biography

Why Is She Famous?

As a spokeswoman for Victoria's Secret, Guess and Armani, Adriana Lima has become one of the most in-demand runway models in the world. She has also walked the catwalk for designers Vera Wang, Christian Lacroix, Emanuel Ungaro, and Ralph Lauren. When she's not making men throughout the world drool, she's helping Brazilian orphans in her native land and dabbling in acting.

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Date of Birth:
12 June 1981, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

Birth Name:
Adriana Francesca Lima

Nickname:
LimaBean

Height:
5' 10" (1.78 m)

Measurements:
33-24-34.

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Adriana Lima Biography:

Lima was born in the northeastern coastal town of Salvador, Bahia, Brazil on June 12, 1981. Her parents are Nelson Torres and Maria da Graça Lima, a social worker. In late 2007, she told a reporter at the Hollywood Walk of Fame that she has two half brothers, aged 7 and 11.

When she was six months old, her father walked out on her and her mother. She has since had an estranged relationship with her father, although recently she has been making attempts to reconcile with him. According to her, she is of African, Native South American and Swiss descent

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Modeling career:

Lima was discovered while shopping at a local mall at the age of 13. At the age of 15, she entered and finished in first place in Brazil's Ford Supermodel of the World Search. She subsequently entered the 1996 Ford Supermodel of the World contest and finished in second place. Three years later, she moved to New York City, and signed with Elite Model Management. Lima’s modeling portfolio began to expand exponentially, appearing in numerous international editions of Vogue and Marie Claire. As for fashion shows, she has walked the catwalks for big-name designers such as Vera Wang, Christian Lacroix, Emanuel Ungaro, Giorgio Armani, Fendi, Ralph Lauren, Valentino, among others. Lima then became a GUESS? girl appearing on GUESS?' Fall 2000 ad campaign. She also appeared in the book 'A second decade of Guess? Images.

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In 2001, Lima starred in BMW short film, The Follow alongside actors Mickey Rourke, Clive Owen, and Forest Whitaker. The film was directed by Hong Kong film director and internationally renowned auteur Wong Kar-Wai.

Lima continued to build upon her entry, doing more print work for Maybelline, bebe, Mossimo, BCBG and gracing the cover and editorials of more high fashion magazines such as Harper's Bazaar, ELLE, Vogue, GQ, to name a few. Her April 2006 GQ cover was the highest-selling issue of the year. Her other notable works include the Pirelli Calendar 2005 and the face of Italy’s big cell phone carrier Telecom Italia Mobile, where she became known as the "Catherine Zeta-Jones of Italy."

Lima is probably best known for her work with Victoria's Secret. She first graced the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show in 1999 and has appeared on subsequent shows ever since. Her most notable walk down the runway was in 2003, where she was the show opener. Lima had appeared on several television ads for the brand but her most memorable one, was appearing alongside the legendary rock musician Bob Dylan in 2003 Victoria's Secret Angel in Venice commercial which received both praise and criticism. She is currently a contract "Angel" and spokesperson for the brand. She appeared in Victoria's Secret's Super Bowl XLII ad.

Lima is also a spokesperson for cosmetics giant Maybelline New York. She is the world's fourth highest paid supermodel as of 2007.

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Adriana Lima Personal life:

Lima is fluent in three languages – Portuguese, Spanish, and English. In her free time, she loves reading a novel by her favorite author, Gabriel Garcia Marquez.

Lima has admitted that she was shy around boys when she was younger, not receiving her first kiss until she was 17 years old. In an interview with GQ April 2006 issue, Lima told the magazine that she is a devoted Catholic who attends church every Sunday and is a virgin. "Sex is for after marriage," she explained. "They (men) have to respect that this is my choice. If there's no respect, that means they don't want me." US GQ dubbed her as "The World's Most Voluptuous Virgin."

Lima has been romantically linked to other celebrities in the past, including rocker Lenny Kravitz, New York Yankees superstar Derek Jeter, Prince Wenzeslaus of Liechtenstein, and Denny of Timbalada.

Currently Lima is dating Serbian basketball player Marko Jarić of the NBA Minnesota Timberwolves.

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Adriana Lima in the media:

Victoria's Secret Angels Adriana Lima (left), Marisa Miller and Selita Ebanks ride in the Guantanamo Bay Christmas Parade Dec. 1, 2007

Since her rise to fame, Lima is often cited by popular media as one of the world's sexiest women. She ranked 7th on FHM 100 Sexiest Women 2007 and was chosen as one of People Magazine's annual 100 Most Beautiful People in the World, in May 2007. On June 13, 2007, she was awarded as "Hottest Girl on the Planet" at the first Spike TV Guys' Choice Awards but the category was not mentioned in the actual show. Lima was also voted on the Maxim Hot 100 2007 as number 53. She was voted as the Most Desirable Woman in 2005 by visitors of the largest men's lifestyle website, Askmen.com (she was placed 4th in 2006, also 4th in 2007 and 10th in 2008).

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Lima does charitable work helping with an orphanage, "Caminhos da Luz" (Ways of Light), located in her hometown. She helps with construction to expand the orphanage, and buys clothes for poor children in Salvador, Bahia. She also stands for animal rights.

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Trivia:

Spokesmodel of Guess?.

Spokesmodel of Victoria's Secret.

Ranked #57 in Maxim's Hot 100 2003, ahead of Naomi Watts and behind Salma Hayek.

Ethnicity is Native-Brazilian, African-Brazilian, Portuguese, French, Japanese and Caribbean.

Ranked #1 on Askmen.com's Most Desirable Women (2004).

Ranked #33 on Askmen.com's Most Desirable Women (2002).

Ranked #75 on Askmen.com's Most Desirable Women (2003).

One of the world's top fashion models.

A favorite model of photographer Ellen Von Unwerth, she appears prominently in Von Unwerth's 1998 book "Wicked."

Chosen as the most desirable woman by AskMen.com, leaving behind such starts as Angelina Jolie (#9), Halle Berry (#10), Monica Bellucci (#2) and Charlize Theron (#3). [2005]

Her favorite musician is Lenny Kravitz. She has also appeared in one of his music videos, "Yesterday Is Gone".

Measurements are 33-24-34.

Ranked #1 on Askmen.com's 99 Most Desirable Women (2005).

She has helped financially and worked with orphaned children in Brazil for several years.

Ranked and Voted #4 by AskMen.com's Top 99 Most Desirable Women of 2006

Named #39 in FHM's "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2005" special supplement. (2005)

Named #27 in FHM magazine's "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2006" supplement. (2006).

She's the second best paid Brazilian model. The first is Gisele Bündchen.

She was raised by her mother, Maria da Graça Lima (social worker).

Her father, Nelson Torres, abandoned his wife and Adriana when she was 6 months old.

Ranked #53 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2007 list.

Stated that she's of African, Swiss, and Indian ethnicity.

She lists "West Side Story" and "Central Station" among her favorite movies.

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Adriana Lima Quotes:

"Modeling is a tough job, your co-workers are your rivals, it really puts a damper on your perspective of other girls."

"Fashion is about good energy. It's about feelings. That's what I have to give the people, good energy and good feelings."

"I want to be a child doctor. A pediatry...how do you call it, pediatrician? Do I like kids? No, not really."

--- Adriana Lima

Abigail Clancy Biography

Why Is She Famous?

Abigail Clancy is a stunning lingerie and swimsuit model best known for her appearances on Britain’s Next Top Model, Hell’s Kitchen and Abbey and Janice: Beauty and the Best. Her sizzling wall calendar became available in 2007.

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Name:
Abigail Clancy

Birthday:
10-10, 1986 (22 years old)

Place of birth:
Liverpool, England

Height:
5' 9" (1.75 m)

Hair color:
Blonde

Eye color:
Blue

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Abigail Clancy Biography:

Abigail Clancy was born January 10, 1986, in Liverpool, England. A natural-born performer, Abbey first achieved a modicum of fame during her late teens when she created an all-girl group named Genie Queen along with her good friends Lauren Blake and Anna Ord. Although the talented trio never managed to secure a recording deal they did write and record material in L.A., London and Stockholm, and they accompanied fellow pop group Blue on tour in 2004. “Although we weren't that famous, I put in a lot of hard work and it gave me a big feel for the industry and all the hard work which is required to succeed,” Abigail says of her experience. “Having the looks and/or the talent is only half the story. The desire to achieve and succeed as well as getting a few breaks along the way completes the mixture.”

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Luckily for Abigail Clancy, she received another unexpected shot at fame the following year when English footballer Peter Crouch ambled into a restaurant where she was working as a waitress. The pair soon hit it off and, within a matter of weeks, photos of the couple were being splashed all over England’s most notorious tabloids. Abigail Clancy’s profile was raised even further during the 2006 FIFA World Cup when she was routinely spotted in the stands along with the glamorous wives and girlfriends of England’s national football team. "I got on with all of them," Abigail Clancy says of her famous companions. "I was the new girl but they were all really amazing.”

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Unfortunately, the attention also brought added scrutiny, and reporters assigned to find out more about Abigail Clancy soon unearthed photos of the beautiful blonde snorting cocaine during her days with Genie Queen. "Those pictures were taken ages ago,” she said following the publication of the shots. “I was a teenager and I was in a band."

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Although most of Britain soon forgot about the sordid episode, Crouch did not and he dropped Abigail Clancy like a load of dirty laundry. “The first I heard about the break-up was two minutes before I was due to go on Richard & Judy,” she recalls. “One of the producers came over and told me they’d received a statement from Peter and that I could not say we were together. I had no idea about it because, as far as I was concerned, we were fine. I was like, ‘Where’s this coming from?’” The pair eventually got back together, but not before much time apart.

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Down but certainly not out, Abigail Clancy continued her pursuit of fame later that year as a contestant on the reality series Britain’s Next Top Model. The popular program brought her into contact with world-class photographers and fashion icons like Lisa Snowdon, Paula Hamilton and Jerry Hall, and Abigail finished in second place behind Lianna Fowler. “Obviously I'm slightly disappointed, but am really happy for Lianna,” she said at the time. “I've worked with such fantastic photographers/stylists and fashion veterans, so the experience has been invaluable.”

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The show proved to be an excellent springboard into the world of modeling, and Abigail Clancy soon increased her exposure with sizzling spreads in magazines such as Maxim, FHM, Nuts, OK!, GQ, Sugar, and Arena as well as in newspapers like The Sun, The Daily Star and The Daily Mail.

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Abigail Clancy returned to reality television twice in 2007, first on a celebrity version of Hell’s Kitchen and secondly on Abbey and Janice: Beauty and the Best. The lighthearted and highly amusing series followed her attempt to make a splash on the L.A. modeling scene with the help of supermodel Janice Dickinson.

Abigail Clancy is also the face of EuroMillions, a huge pan-European lottery, and her sizzling hot 2008 calendar appeared in stores shortly after..

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Trivia:

Catwalk and lingerie model.

Engaged to Liverpool and England striker Peter Crouch.

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Abigail Clancy Quotes:

"I love fashion and I can't do anything that I'm not in love with."

---Abigail Clancy

Anna Kournikova Biogarphy

Why Is She Famous?

Aside from single-handedly making women's tennis popular again, Anna Kournikova is one of the most searched people on the internet thanks to her amazing looks. She proves that you don't need to be a star tennis player to be one of the most highly endorsed athletes, nor do you need killer tennis skills to have a deadly internet virus named after you.

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Date of Birth:
7 June 1981, Moscow, USSR [now Russia]

Birth Name:
Anna Sergeyevna Kournikova

Nickname:
Murzik ("my little pet" in Russian)

Height:
5' 8" (1.73 m)

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Mailing Address:

Anna Kournikova
c/o IMG
One Earview Plaza, Suite 1300
Cleveland, OH 44114

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Anna Kournikova Biography:

Anna Kournikova (née Anya Kournikova) was born on June 7, 1981, in Moscow, Russia, to Sergei and Alla. Her father, a lecturer at the sports university in Moscow and a part-time tennis coach, and mother, did not encourage Anna to play tennis for the fame, but rather for the health benefits of the sport.

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Anna Kournikova's talent was first discovered when she played at a weekly children's sports program at the age of 5, thanks to the racket she received from her parents for Christmas. She started to play and practice more often, in places such as Moscow's Soklniki Park and the prestigious Spartak Tennis Club, despite the fact that her family was far from wealthy.

While still in Moscow, Anna Kournikova's first tennis coach was Larissa Preobraschenskaja, from 1985 to 1989. The budding tennis player trained and practiced while studying at school. In 1992, 11-year-old Anna Kournikova moved to Florida with her mother to attend Nick Bollettieri's Tennis Academy in Bradenton. The tennis facilities made it easier for Anna Kournikova, who had to commute from the gym to the tennis court to school while in Moscow.

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By the time she was 14, she had become the youngest player to win a Fed Cup match, and made sure people took notice of her when she won the European Championships and Italian Open juniors. When she turned pro in 1996, she stepped onto the scene as an ITF Junior World Champion.

Expectations were high and Anna Kournikova delivered: she reached the fourth round in her first Grand Slam tournament, the 1996 U.S. Open and the semifinals in her first Wimbledon appearance in 1997.

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1998 was a big year for the blonde beauty: Anna Kournikova became the first Russian female to be seeded at the U.S. Open since 1976, reached the top 10 of the singles rankings, and upset Martina Hingis in the quarterfinals at the 1998 German Open, becoming the ninth-youngest player to defeat a No. 1 tennis player before turning 17.

The following year, Anna Kournikova won her first Grand Slam doubles title at the 1999 Australian Open, with partner Martina Hingis. She managed to reach the fourth round in singles at all three Grand Slams, two Grand Slam doubles finals and one Grand Slam mixed doubles final.

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In 2000, Anna Kournikova and Martina Hingis continued to do damage on the courts, and ended the season with a career ranking of No. 8. She even defeated Lindsay Davenport and Nathalie Tauziat on the way to the fifth semifinal of that year in San Diego. She later moved down the rankings to No. 19 and beat Sandrine Testud before losing to Venus Williams. At the 2000 German Open in May, Anna Kournikova experienced the first in what would become a string of injuries.

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She continued to make appearances in high-profile tournaments and drawing in big crowds, but not as many titles or wins unfortunately. After 2003's Australian Open, she suffered a back injury that led to her withdrawal from that year's Wimbledon games.

In 2001, she had a bit part in the Jim Carrey comedy Me, Myself & Irene as a motel manager, and the following year, she starred opposite Enrique Iglesias in the pop singer's video for "Escape." FHM's Sexiest Woman in the World also made headlines thanks to her relationships with NHL players Pavel Bure and Sergei Fedorov (who she was allegedly married to), and her on-again, off-again romance with Enrique Iglesias.

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Anna Kournikova also proved her earning power by being one of the richest women in sports, thanks to lucrative contracts with companies like Adidas, Yonex, Berlei (the famous sports bra), Omega (also the choice of Cindy Crawford and Pierce Brosnan), and Lycos (who once named Anna Kournikova the most popular athlete on the internet, moving Michael Jordan to the No. 2 spot).

By 2002, she was reportedly making $10 million a year, and she continues to be the most photographed woman in sports -- even though her ranking and stats are nothing to write Russia about.

In a feature for ELLE magazine's July 2005 issue, Anna Kournikova stated that if she were 100% fit, she would like to come back and compete again. However, in the meantime, we're just fine watching her strut her stuff in magazines and bra ads.

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Trivia:

Is an only child.

Ex-tennis player.

Named one of "People" magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People of 1998.

Graduated from a Russian high school in 1997, and has attended Russian University of Physical Culture since 1997.

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Dated Pavel Bure and childhood sweetheart Sergei Fedorov at the same time. Fedorov told The Hockey News that he and Kournikova had secretly married in July 2001, but were divorced shortly thereafter; Kournikova has never confirmed this.

2002: Appears in the new Enrique Iglesias video "Escape".

Her fastest serve was clocked at 111.2 mph during the Paris Indoors of 1998.

May 2002: has been voted "the sexiest woman in the world" in the magazine "FHM" (Australian version).

Has never won a major tennis tournament, as of January 2004.

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It is announced that Kournikova was voted the Sexiest Woman in the World in FHM's 100 Sexiest Girls poll for 2002, American edition. [May 2002]

Knocked out of Wimbledon in the first round. [June 2002]

Ranked 299th in the world (as of October 2003).

Has a tattoo of a sun design on her lower back, which made its "debut" at the 2003 Australian Open. Oddly, she denied having it, telling reporters that it was actually a heat patch to treat back pain.

Sold her Miami Beach condo at Portofino Tower to Sergei Fedorov for $1.63 million (December 2003).

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In February 2001, the Anna Kournikova Virus was released. Within a few hours of its distribution anti-virus vendors received thousands of reports. However, investigators were only able to list 55 incidents of infection, causing just $166,827 worth of damage. On 27 September 2001, a Dutch court gave the virus's author, Jan De Wit, the choice of 150 hours community service or 75 days in jail.

Her favorite food is Sushi.

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Voted as #9 on the Top 100 Sexiest Women 2004 in FHM [DK].

Her best ranking in tennis was number 8 in the world (2000).

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Career best Grand Slam tournament singles results: Australian Open quarterfinals in 2001, French Open 4th round in 1998 and 1999, Wimbledon semifinals in 1997, U.S. Open 4th round in 1996 and 1998.

Named #29 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2005 list.

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Ranked as #62 in FHM's "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2005" special supplement. (2005)

Measurements at 2004: 32B - 24 - 34.

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Anna Kournikova Quotes:

"I'm like a menu at an expensive restaurant, you can look at me, but you can't afford me."

"I'm beautiful, famous and gorgeous."

--- Anna Kournikova

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Full Name : Jessica Marie Alba

Date of Birth : April 28, 1981

Place of Birth : Pomona, CAUSA

Sign : Taurus

Height : 5' 6 1/2''

Hair : Light Brown

Eyes : Brown

Education : Graduated high school at age 16; attended the Atlantic Theater Company

Family : Mother: Cathy

Fiancé : Michael Weatherly (actor)

Jessica Alba was born on April 28, 1981 in Pomona, California. Jessica Alba was determined to be an actress when she was just five. However her father who was in air force kept moving from one place to another. Her father, moved the family to Del Rio, Texas, later. Eventually, the family settled in southern California when Jessica was nine. She took her first acting class at the age of 12. Shortly later, Jessica was signed by an agency.

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Katrina Kaif (born July 16, 1984) is an Indian film actress who has appeared in Bollywood, Telugu and Malayalam films

Personal life

Born in Hong Kong[2] on July 16, 1984, Katrina is one of eight siblings, seven girls and one boy. Her parents are British citizens, with her father being originally from Kashmir, India. She grew up in Hawaii, and later moved to London, UK.

Professional life

At the age of 14, Kaif started modeling for a jewelry campaign in London, and was subsequently discovered by filmmaker Kaizad Gustad, who gave her a part in his film Boom (2003).

She moved to Mumbai and was offered a number of modeling assignments. However, filmmakers were at first hesitant to sign her because of her linguistic shortcomings,[3] such as her inability to speak Hindi without a heavy accent. Films that did feature her usually had her voice dubbed over by a native speaker of the film's language.

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