We MISS You! (25Dec – 8Jan)

Dear Mig User!
Spread this out! We, mig33 are calling out to old users who have not logged in for more than 30 days.
We want them back and enjoying the ever growing community in Mig33. There is a lot happening at Mig33 and a host of celebrities for you to chat with.
Between 25^th Dec to 8^th Jan 2014, users who have not logged in for more than 30 days, logs in and win US$ 0.15 instantly!
So please spread the word out and tell your friends to come back!
Lets hope to see our old friends soon and remember to check out Mig33 as we have a whole lot more of excitement coming in 2014.

Get to know your Community and Win! (26-28 Dec)

It’s the season to know and cherish our Community!
Say hi to your friends in mig33! Get to know your Community better!
Receive the most Footprints (profile views) from unique users and Win!
Top 50 users with Most Footprints will Win $20 each.

mig33 Santa Of The Year (23 – 29 Dec)

Dear migLovers!
Christmas is finally here! As this is the season of giving, we would like to award our Top Gifter a special appearance on Migworld and also named Mig33 SANTA of the Year!
You will also win US$ 100 for your good and kind spirit in promoting the joy of gifting!
This contest runs from 23^rd – 29^th of Dec 2013.
Top gifter is measured both on the total amount of gifts and also the total value of gifts sent.
So go ahead now and spread the joy of gifting!

Reach out to an old friend and Win! (23-25 Dec)

It’s the time of year when we reflect on that past and celebrate all that’s good!
Reach out to an old friend (who has not logged in for 90days or more) and send them a Gift. Get them to login and send you back.
*all gifts are valid for this campaign
Top 50 users who sent and received the most will Win $50 each.

Be the Top 5 #HotUser of the week and win USD $5 and Be Featured in migWorld! (Weekly)

We’re celebrating the Hottest, Most Popular Users in mig33 by giving them a special opportunity to increase their Stardom!
Receive the Most Gifts weekly and stand to be exclusively featured on migWorld! Win $5 too!
HOW TO JOIN:
1. Contest opened to ALL Users (except Merchants)
2. Receive any Gifts from your friends in mig33. Anyone can send the Gifts.
3. Top 10 Users who Receive the Most Gifts from Monday – Saturday (weekly) will be Featured in migWorld under #HotUsers
4. The Top 5 Users for the Week will also Win $5 each!
5. Contest period: Weekly – Monday to Saturday (migWorld will be updated every Monday)
6. Campaign will run indefinitely every week until further notice.
7. Prizes will be in the form of migCredits.
8. All standard contest Terms & Conditions applies:

Be the Top 10 #HotUser (Merchant) of the week and win USD $10 and Be featured in migWorld!

We’re celebrating the Hottest, Most Popular Merchants in mig33 with a special opportunity to increase your Stardom! Receive the Most Gifts weekly and stand to be exclusively featured on migWorld! Win $10 too!
HOW TO JOIN:
1. Contest opened to ALL Merchants (only)
2. Receive any Gifts from your friends in mig33
3. Top 10 Merchants who Receive the Most Gifts from Monday – Saturday (weekly) will be Featured in migWorld under #HotUsers
4. The Top 10 Merchants for the Week will also Win $10 each!
5. Contest period: Weekly – Monday to Saturday (migWorld will be updated every Monday)
6. Campaign will run indefinitely every week until further notice.
7. Prizes will be in the form of migCredits.
8. All standard contest Terms & Conditions applies:

New Year Message by Steven Goh (mig33 CEO)

As we come to the end 2013, it’s worthwhile to share what we have planned for mig33 for 2014.

We believe that the mig33 of the future is a quality, simpler and lighter service that genuinely scales and is available on all platforms, and is available to a more mainstream audience.  We want our community members to be stars and recognizable for what you do to build the community and entertain your friends.  I won’t indulge too much into the details but the new framework opens up a wide range of options for games and play.  We also intend to bring artists and media programs to mig33.  Working with other people and organizations in the business of entertainment and audience building, is about giving mig33 community members more things to do.  We currently have a dozen and a half or so verified accounts now.  We intend to grow this several folds by Q2 2014, and aim to have several thousands by the end of 2014.


On features, mig33 was born out of IM integration, chat, chatrooms and a cheap voice calling and sms feature. mig33 was designed to work on  older phones such as the nokia n70.  Through that, we built a great community, mostly around chatrooms.  By 2010, we tried a range of features including blogs, wall posts, forums, etc.  but all in all, mig33’s core has always been about having fun with friends (old and new) in chatrooms, the flexibility with being who you want to be, and reputation (as an Admin, and in recent years with miglevels and colored IDs).  Things like voice calling, sms, buzz, lookout were only ever used by a few hundred users per day.  The older blog and forums were polluted and also with little or no traction, lots of spam and the services were inflexible.  We know there are some vocal users who want some of these services back, but again many of these services were only in user by a small handful of users.  If we provide any of those services again, it will be a contemporary version as the world has long since moved on.


Going forward, it’s not just about mobile anymore.  It’s about being able to be part of the community everywhere.  Part of that means having a new leading mobile client on Android, and a presence on WAP/WEB.  We’ve simplified messaging and added chat sync which means that even if on an older phone you disconnect, you don’t lose messages.  It does mean the variety of messaging between users becomes simpler (mutual following let’s you private message each other, and if you want to message someone who isn’t following you back, you can still send them a virtual gift with a message on it).  All the other places outside of instant messaging and chatrooms, we’ve ushered into miniblog (that’s walls, forums, etc).  Miniblog is a much more accessible, flexible and free form format that let’s us do everything from replacing the walls to providing new public forums (beyond chatrooms) for users to play with.  The simpler format is in readiness for us to start loading things like photos, videos, voice messaging, and lots more.  All these are coming in 2014 and you’ll have the flexibility to move things between chat and miniblog easily.  We’re also updating the artwork around stickers, emoticons, gifts and others for all the formats (android, web, wap, and yes .. the two polar opposites IOS and J2ME).  And our gamification engine has also been updated. So rather than wait for long dated contests, we can build them hundreds of them on the fly without waiting for months of development.


2014 is going to be a truly exciting year for mig33, for our community, our staff, our partners, and our shareholders.  look forward to sharing it with you all.
Steven Goh
CEO & Cofounder
@crazygrape

mig33 KOPNAS 2013: Pesta Muda Mudi

migLovers, ayo datang ke Kopnas mig33 – Pesta Muda Mudi, Minggu tanggal 7 April 2013, di Plaza Utara, Gelora Bung Karno, Senayan – Jakarta, mulai jam 10.00 pagi sampai selesai.
Cuma dengan bayar 5,000 perak kamu bisa seru-seruan ketemuan sama teman komunitas lainnya. Bakalan ada 3in1 (Hijau Daun, The Potters, Vagetoz) dan 2Angels yang akan bikin Kopnas kita tambah seru.
Nyesel banget deh kalau ketinggalan. Akan ada kesempatan juga untuk menangin hadiah jutaan rupiah. Buruan ajak teman-teman yang lainnya!
Info lanjut di pestamudamudi.mig33.com

Who or What is Mig33?

mig33 is the world’s largest mobile-first community.

 

It was released in December of 2005 as the first global, mobile community, and has quickly spread around the world. Growing on the strength of user recommendations, and bringing the power of Internet to anyone with a mobile phone, more than 40 million users in over 200 countries have joined the mobile community. mig33 is estimated to be the most downloaded application for mobile phone worldwide.

How did we start …

The concept for mig33 originated in a library coffee shop, as a way for teens to send text messages as much as they wanted, without the high costs of SMS, by using GPRS/data channel which commonly used to access the mobile Internet.

The company was founded on the belief that the rise of IP and wireless technologies would redefine the way people connect and build their relationships and communities. mig33 takes advantage of the shift in the telecommunications industry from managing and tariffing the network, to delivering customer services and value.

Today, mig33 has many additional features beyond just chat, and is a vibrant, mobile community that enables users to connect with friends, meet new people, exchange emoticon expressions, send virtual gifts, play games and have fun. It also connects members to other instant messengers like Yahoo Messenger, Google Talk, MSN Messenger and AOL. The service is available to any mobile phone user and is optimized to work with more than 2,000 handsets that include most Nokia, Sony Ericsson and Blackberry handsets.

Rihanna Shares More Sexy Bikini Snaps

Always up for showing off her flawless figure, Rihanna posted a few snapshots of herself in the Dominican Republic on Wednesday (October 30).
While enjoying some downtime, the "Stay" hitmaker took to her Instagram account with the pics, in which she donned a pink and orange bikini.



Recently, the 25-year-old singer made comments about the various "wildlife" she experienced while staying on the exotic island, including a situation that involved her room at the hotel.
"What de rasshooolllleee!! I just get run out my room from a bat, a grasshopper, and a roach de size of a bat!! Only in the #DR," Rihanna tweeted after the unfortunate event.
Although she had that run in with the local animals, that doesn't seem to stop Ri-Ri from having fun.





So how do you rate her?

These celebrities are some of the best looking people in the world, but their siblings are just as hot or even hotter! Keep reading to check out all these attractive brothers and sisters of Hollywood.
Singer Beyonce Knowles has fame and fortune, but her sister Solange isn't doing too bad for herself either. She's a sassier version of her older sis, in terms of looks and musical talent.
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These celebrities are some of the best looking people in the world, but their siblings are just as hot or even hotter! Keep reading to check out all these attractive brothers and sisters of Hollywood.
Singer Beyonce Knowles has fame and fortune, but her sister Solange isn't doing too bad for herself either. She's a sassier version of her older sis, in terms of looks and musical talent.
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These celebrities are some of the best looking people in the world, but their siblings are just as hot or even hotter! Keep reading to check out all these attractive brothers and sisters of Hollywood.
Singer Beyonce Knowles has fame and fortune, but her sister Solange isn't doing too bad for herself either. She's a sassier version of her older sis, in terms of looks and musical talent.
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Justin Bieber Sparks a Graffiti Revolution in Colombia

Ten days ago, when he sneaked out from his hotel to do some graffiti on a 40 meters long gray wall of 26th Street in Bogota, Colombia, Justin Bieber most probably didn't imagine he would stir a heated debate and provoke a chain reaction, which ended up legitimizing graffiti and urban art.

Initially, the image broadcasted by Colombian media was disconcerting. In an area of the city where graffiti are banned, the image showed Justin Bieber painting a marijuana leaf and the Canadian flag, while the police provided him with security, even closing one of the busy street's lane. To the thousands of graffiti artists around Colombia, who have been often harassed by law enforcement, the image was like a slap in the face. In fact, in August 2011, a police officer shot and killed an unarmed 16 years old kid, Diego Felice Becerra, while he was spraying graffiti in an area similar to the one where Justin Bieber did his. The autopsy report revealed that Diego Felipe was shot in the back from close range.

At first Colombian graffiti writers unleashed their frustration through the social media, venting against both the police and the young Canadian celebrity, but on second thought they realized Justin Bieber had just served them with a golden opportunity. They said: if Justin Bieber can do it, then also Colombian graffiti writers should able to spray with colors and art the city's gray walls, and if the police protected Justin Bieber, then they should protect graffiti writers as well, instead of harassing them, of confiscating their sprays, of jailing them, of killing them, as it happened with Diego Felipe Becerra.

The image of Justin Bieber spraying graffiti put the Colombian police in an awkward position. They could no longer sustain a double moral they have been practicing without much embarrassment: one for the privileged and one for everyone else. Following the incident and responding to the country's outrage, the head of the Colombian police, general Rodolfo Palomino, spoke of graffiti as a positive art that expresses "emotions and motivation", and of the need for society and the police to evolve.

Motivated by what Justin Bieber had set in motions, Colombian graffiti writers have taken action. In Bogota, without no permission in their hand, 300 artists came from nowhere and from everywhere and occupied the area where Justin Bieber had sprayed his graffiti, and during 24 hours wrote more than 700 graffiti. "Justin Bieber was the cause for all of this to happen. The poor dude had no idea what he sparked," said one of the young graffiti writers. Don Popo, a pioneer of hip hop in Colombia and who has been working on marginalized youth empowerment for 25 years, commented:

    We worked until dawn, giving our bodies and souls. We worked with discipline, devotion and energy, sharing our little money to complete a work that can never be taken away. Because of what Justin Bieber sparked, we became aware of ourselves, of the fact that we are a movement; we became aware of our own rights"

The initiative of graffiti writers in Bogotá spread like fire to other major cities across Colombia, setting on fire the spirits and the motivations of dozens and dozens of graffiti writers. Last weekend in Medellin, more than 70 graffiti writers occupied a main street and sprayed for 24 hours. Today, it was the turn of almost hundreds artists in Cali, one of the most violent cities in the world. And now, they are organizing in other Colombian cities, like Pasto, Manizales, Bucaramanga, etc. It's what I have come to call the Justin Bieber snowball effect.

In Bogota, Medellin and Cali, the police arrived, sometimes threatening the graffiti writers to confiscate their sprays, but when reminded that law enforcement had allowed Justin Bieber to spray and had even protected him, they desisted and in some cases even helped the dozens of graffiti writers, despite the fact that they were spring in forbidden areas.

In a creative and nonviolent manner, graffiti artists in Colombia educated all of us about the essence of graffiti art: to be an act of resistance and defiance, which affirms the will to redefine public space as a space of inclusion, participation, and engagement.

In Bogota, the parents of the assassinated young graffiti writer went to greet the participants in the event. There were tears and deep commotion when they showed up. "Our son was one of you," said the mother, "his death was very painful, but if the purpose behind this tragedy is to create a more tolerant society and to legitimize graffiti as an art, then Felipe from heaven will be satisfied."

ATI Executives Celebrate Hard Work

ATI Executives Celebrate Hard Work and Dedication with Lockout, Reward Salaried Employees with Benefit Cuts

Long before Allegheny Technologies Inc. illegally locked out 2,200 USW members in an attempt to force them to accept unfair and unnecessary pay and benefit cuts, its top five executives paid themselves more than $19 million, including raises up to 70 percent.
CEO Richard Harshman and Executive Vice President Bob Wetherbee bragged to USW leadership in April 2015 about their plan to scuttle some 40 percent of the company's salaried workers, and in negotiations, they have boasted about slashing the pensions and benefits of active and retired salaried people.
Accoding to a recent advertisement, ATI wants to "celebrate the hard work and dedication of all our employees over the decates" and is proud of these same salaried personnel for their "commitment, persistence and ingenuity" to keep the facilities operating during the lockout and "making ATI even stronger for the future."
ATI's top executives should know better than to try to sell this fairytale. Nobody's buying it.
With the NLRB investigating multiple unfair labor practices and the company's skilled, trained and experienced union work force in the street on picket lines, ATI must understand that there will be no happy ending without a fair contract and an end to the lockout.

ATI Bargaining

More than 2,200 members of the United Steelworkers have been locked out of their jobs by Allegheny Technologies since August 15, 2015.  Workers have offered to continue working while negotiations proceed, but ATI's management team has rebuffed the offer and demanded that the union submit to deep concessions before allowing workers back to their jobs.  

Behati Prinsloo

Behati Prinsloo

The Namibia born Behati made her debut in 2005 as an exclusive for Prada and Miu Miu. From that auspicious beginning, Behati has gone on to work with the cream of the high fashion crop (Marc Jacobs, Vogue Italia, Paolo Roversi). Her Victoria's Secret contract signed this past spring cements her status as a girl not only most wanted but most sexy!

MTV's A Shot At Love With Tila Tequila

Tila Tequila

Basic Info:

NAME - Tila Tequila

DATE OF BIRTH - 24 October 1981

HEIGHT -4' 11" (150 cm)

BUILD -Slim

EYE COLOR - Brown - Dark

HAIR COLOR - Black

BIRTHPLACE - Singapore

STAR SIGN - Scorpio

ETHNICITY - Multiracial

OCCUPATION - Model/Singer/Actress

CLAIM TO FAME - A Shot At Love

MUSIC GENRE - Pop

 






Background: Tila Tequila is the stage name of Tila Nguyen. Born in Singapore to Vietnamese parents, Tila spent most of her life in the United States, where she eventually was discovered in a mall by a Playboy magazine scout. This lead to modeling jobs and appearances on reality TV and game shows.
Tila is also known for having close to two million MySpace friends.

A Shot At Love With Tila Tequila: MTV's A Shot At Love With Tila Tequila, aired in 2007.
The premise of the show was that Tila, a self-identified bisexual, was on a quest to find love from among both male and female contestants.
The show has been has been called everything from offensive to the worst reality TV show yet. Still, it had a strong following.
At the end of the season, Tila picked a male contestant. However, reports that the "relationship" had fizzled soon surfaced. Shortly after this, MTV announced that there would be a second season of the show.

Responses From the Bisexual Community: Sheela Lambert, the founder of the Bi Writers Association, blogged about her concerns with the show on the Huffington Post:

"The bi community spends much of its time fighting stereotypes and myths that don't accurately reflect who we are. People tend to associate us solely with our sexuality and forget that, like everyone else, we have other aspects to our lives. We fear that this show is more likely to add fuel to the fire of bisexual stereotypes, than to put them out." 

Another view appeared in an article originally published in American Sexual Magazine. Nicole Kristal, a bisexual writer, says that despite the shows flaws:
"I've never had the opportunity before to watch a fellow bisexual woman struggle on national television with the disadvantages and advantages of dating both sexes, and for this reason alone, the show is truly groundbreaking."

Challenges to Her Sexual Orientation: Like many other bisexuals, Tila has had to face scrutiny over her sexual orientation, and the claim that she is not really bisexual.

Tila responded to these allegations on her website saying,
"One minute, back in the day when I was still modeling, people talked...about me for being "lesbian" for shooting sexy pictures with other females and now I'm too "straight" come one....who's really the confused one here? Definitely not me! HA!"

Natasha Poly Hot Russian Girl

Natasha Poly

biography

Birth Date: July 12, 1985

Country of origin: Russian Federation

Natasha Poly hails from Perm, Russia and is currently one of the go-to models for both editorial and advertising campaigns. Her given name is Natasha Polevshchikova and she is currently and has been the face of numerous campaigns including Gucci, Missoni and Jil Sander. Natasha has the chameleon-like ability to transform her facial expressions and is also well known for her recognizable runway walk and signature pose. She currently resides in New York, NY and has her own fan-site at www.NatashaPoly.com where all can experience the true goddess that is Ms.Poly. At this point, Natasha can only rise higher on the stairway to supermodel enlightenment, and MDC will be there to experience every bit of it.

Hair Eyes Bust Height Waist Hips Shoe

Dark Blonde Green 33 178 23 34 9

Lady Gaga - Hot & Sexy Lady

Lady Gaga

Bio
When Lady Gaga was a little girl, she would sing along on her mini plastic tape recorder to Michael Jackson and Cyndi Lauper hits and get twirled in the air in daddy’s arms to the sounds of the Rolling Stones and the Beatles. The precocious child would dance around the table at fancy Upper West Side restaurants using the breadsticks as a baton. And, she would innocently greet a new babysitter in nothing but her birthday suit.
It’s no wonder that little girl from a good Italian New York family, turned into the exhibitionist, multi-talented singer-songwriter with a flair for theatrics that she is today: Lady Gaga.

“I was always an entertainer. I was a ham as a little girl and I’m a ham today,” says Lady Gaga, 23, who made a name for herself on the Lower East Side club scene with the infectious dance-pop party song “Beautiful Dirty Rich,” and wild, theatrical, and often tongue-in-cheek “shock art” performances where Gaga – who designs and makes many of her stage outfits -- would strip down to her hand-crafted hot pants and bikini top, light cans of hairspray on fire, and strike a pose as a disco ball lowered from the ceiling to the orchestral sounds of A Clockwork Orange.

“I always loved rock and pop and theater. When I discovered Queen and David Bowie is when it really came together for me and I realized I could do all three,” says Gaga, who nicked her name from Queen’s song “Radio Gaga” and who cites rock star girlfriends, Peggy Bundy, and Donatella Versace as her fashion icons. “I look at those artists as icons in art. It’s not just about the music. It’s about the performance, the attitude, the look; it’s everything. And, that is where I live as an artist and that is what I want to accomplish.”
That goal might seem lofty, but consider the artist: Gaga is the girl who at age 4 learned piano by ear. By age 13, she had written her first piano ballad. At 14, she played open mike nights at clubs such as New York’s the Bitter End by night and was teased for her quirky, eccentric style by her Convent of the Sacred Heart School (the Manhattan private school Nicky and Paris Hilton attended) classmates by day. At age 17, she became was one of 20 kids in the world to get early admission to Tisch School of the Arts at NYU. Signed by her 20^th birthday and writing songs for other artists (such as the Pussycat Dolls, and has been asked to write for a series of Interscope artists) before her debut album was even released, Lady Gaga has earned the right to reach for the sky.

“My goal as an artist is to funnel a pop record to a world in a very interesting way,” says Gaga, who wrote all of her lyrics, all of her melodies, and played most of the synth work on her album, The Fame (Streamline/KonLive/Cherrytree/Interscope). “I almost want to trick people into hanging with something that is really cool with a pop song. It’s almost like the spoonful of sugar and I’m the medicine.”

On The Fame, it’s as if Gaga took two parts dance-pop, one part electro-pop, and one part rock with a splash of disco and burlesque and generously poured it into the figurative martini glasses of the world in an effort to get everyone drunk with her Fame. “The Fame is about how anyone can feel famous,” she explains. “Pop culture is art. It doesn’t make you cool to hate pop culture, so I embraced it and you hear it all over The Fame. But, it’s a sharable fame. I want to invite you all to the party. I want people to feel a part of this lifestyle.”
The CD’s opener and first single, “Just Dance,” gets the dance floor rocking with it’s “fun, L.A., celebratory vibe.” As for the equally catchy, “Boys Boys Boys,” Gaga doesn’t mind wearing her influences on her sleeve. “I wanted to write the female version of Motley Crue’s ‘Girls Girls Girls,’ but with my own twist. I wanted to write a pop song that rockers would like.”

“Beautiful Dirty Rich” sums up her time of self-discovery, living in the Lower East Side and dabbling in drugs and the party scene. “That time, and that song, was just me trying to figure things out,” says Gaga. “Once I grabbed the reigns of my artistry, I fell in love with that more than I did with the party life.” On first listen, “Paparazzi” might come off as a love song to cameras, and in all honestly, Gaga jokes “on one level it IS about wooing the paparazzi and wanting fame. But, it’s not to be taken completely seriously. It’s about everyone’s obsession with that idea. But, it’s also about wanting a guy to love you and the struggle of whether you can have success or love or both.”

Gaga shows her passion for love songs on such softer tracks as the Queen-influenced “Brown Eyes” and the sweet kiss-off break-up song “Nothing I can Say (eh eh).” “‘Brown Eyes’ is the most vulnerable song on the album,” she explains. “‘Eh Eh’ is my simple pop song about finding someone new and breaking up with the old boyfriend.”
For the new tour for this album, fans will be treated to a more polished version of what they saw (and loved) at her critically acclaimed Lollapalooza show in August 2007 and Winter Music Conference performance in March 2008. “This new show is the couture version of my handmade downtown performance of the past few years. It’s more fine-tuned, but some of my favorite elements to my past shows – the disco balls, hot pants, sequin, and stilettos – will still be there. Just more fierce and more of a conceptual show with a vision for pop performance art.”

It’s been a while since a new pop artist has made her way in the music industry the old-fashioned/grass roots way by paying her dues with seedy club gigs and self-promotion. This is one rising pop star who hasn’t been plucked from a model casting call, born into a famous family, won a reality TV singing contest, or emerged from a teen cable TV sitcom. “I did this the way you are supposed to. I played every club in New York City and I bombed in every club and then killed it in every club and I found myself as an artist. I learned how to survive as an artist, get real, and how to fail and then figure out who I was as singer and performer. And, I worked hard.”
Gaga adds with a wink in her eye, “And, now, I’m just trying to change the world one sequin at a time.”

Elsa Benitez - Sexy Lady

Elsa Benitez

Mexican-born model Elsa Benitez graced the cover of Sports Illustrated's famous swimsuit issue in 2001. Her career seemed off to a promising start, but she took a break from the fast-paced fashion world to study acting and become a mother. She and her husband, former Miami Heat player Rony Seikaly, became parents to daughter Mila in 2003.
Born in 1977, Benitez is a native of Hermosillo, capital city of the northwest Mexican state of Sonora, about an hour's drive from the Gulf of California. Hermosillo, which lies on the Sonora River, is home to a Ford Motor Company manufacturing plant where the Escort model was once made, and is a thriving agricultural center as well. Growing up, Benitez idolized one of the top models of the 1980s, Linda Evangelista. As a young woman, she reached five feet, ten inches in height, and won a model-search contest in Costa Rica in 1995. She soon began finding work in Latin America, and then signed with Elite Model Management, the agency founded by John Casablancas and later run by Evangelista's husband, Gerald Marie.
Benitez first came to international attention modeling in Europe, and her nascent career was boosted immensely when influential photographer Steven Meisel began working with her. In 1996 she appeared on three covers of Italian Vogue. She also became a favorite of Italian designers Dolce e Gabbana, and appeared in their spring/summer collections shown in Milan in October of 1996. Stefano Gabbana told a writer for London's Observer newspaper, Roger Tredre, that he and Domenico Dolce felt that Benitez "embodies the Mediterranean woman," Gabbana enthused. "Her beauty reminds us of the actresses of the neo-realist Italian cinema, like Anna Magnani." At the time of the interview, Benitez still spoke just rudimentary English.
Benitez went on to work for designers Oscar de la Renta, Valentino, and Rena Lange; she has appeared in ad campaigns for Episode, J. Crew, and Nine West. Her biggest career coup, however, came early in 2001 when she appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated's annual swimsuit issue. Under the heading "Goddesses of the Mediterranean," the model's sultry photo was captioned, "Elsa Benitez Heats Up Tunisia." The issue—a February tradition—is centered around an immense promotional blitz, and sales ordinarily hit the $50-million mark. Some of the world's top models had graced the SI cover before Benitez, among them Heidi Klum, Tyra Banks, Elle MacPherson, Christie Brinkley, and Cheryl Tiegs. Launched in 1964 as a way to lure readers during a slow sports-story month, the swimsuit issue grew racier over the years, and the exotic locales of its shoots are usually kept top-secret. "No matter where the magazine drapes its models, though, the issue manages to do one thing no other feature can: it gathers sports fans of every stripe beneath a single umbrella," noted a Financial Times report. "With the swimsuit issue in hand, no one complains that baseball lacks action, that hockey is too violent, that football is for those too fat or too dumb to play hockey."

At a Glance . . .

Born in 1977, in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico; married Rony Seikaly (a professional athlete), 1999; children: Mila Seikaly.

Career: Won modeling contest in Costa Rica, 1995; signed with Elite Model Management; appeared in runway shows and ad campaigns for Dolce e Gabbana, Oscar de la Renta, Valentino, and Rena Lange; appeared in ad campaigns for Episode, J. Crew, Victoria's Secret, and Nine West; appeared on the February 2001 cover of Sports Illustrated 's annual swimsuit issue.

Benitez's career for the rest of the year seemed promising: she became the spokesperson for Budweiser and Bud Light, and also appeared in ads for the Taco Bell fast-food chain and its new stuffed burrito menu item. One television commercial for the product featured a dream sequence of her walking past two men, who are enamored of the burrito she is carrying, not her. "Agency creatives said the Mexican-born Benitez will help the product earn quick recognition with fickle fast-food customers," wrote Justin M. Norton in AD-WEEK Western Edition. A representative of the San Francisco-based advertising agency involved, Tom O'Keefe, told the trade journal that Benitez "is the ideal spokesperson, because she perfectly embodies the essence of the product."
Benitez appeared again in the 2002 SI swimsuit issue. The New York Post reported in March of 2002 that Sports Illustrated had struck a deal with the Playboy magazine empire to publish some of the other photos from the shoot in the German edition of Playboy. Some of the models—Klum and Eva Herzigova among them—objected to the deal, claiming that the models had not been consulted, and had not signed waivers allowing the publication of outtakes from the shoot in which they were nude in some cases.

Benitez seemed to drop out of the public eye afterward, however. She wed Rony Seikaly, whom she had met in 1997, and was dividing her time between their homes in Miami and New York City. The basketball player, who retired from the New Jersey Nets in 2000, was the first Lebanese player in NBA history, and stands at an impressive six feet, eleven inches. Seikaly was nonplussed by the attention his wife usually received in public. "I've always said I'm the luckiest guy in the world, not because she's beautiful on the outside, but because she's beautiful on the inside, too," Seikaly once told the New York Post. Benitez gave birth to daughter Mila in February of 2003. She has begun taking acting lessons and harbors an ambition for a film career, in both Spanish- and English-language productions.

Elena (Russia)

Age 29 Star sign Libra Height 170 cm / 5' 6'' Weight 49 kg / 108 lbs Eye Color Grey Hair Color Blond Hair Length Medium Race White/European Marital status Never married Children boy, 2008

City Vladivostok, Russian Federation Education University University, Marketing. Language English: Basic; Russian: Fluent; Profession psychologist Occupation human resource advisor Religion Christian Smoking No Drinking Socially

Personality	I'm good-natured, affectionate, passionate, sincere, happy, positive and energetic. I like tangerines and seafood. I love my son very much and I am good mother.
Interests	I like read books, see cinema, take a walk, flight and travel, cooking a apple cake :) I did a parachute jump - it was great!!! I like people, and I think, that every man is worthy love.

Tyra Lynne Banks

Birth Name
Tyra Lynne Banks

Nickname
BBQ

Height
5' 9" (1.75 m)

Trivia

Has an older brother named Devin.

CEO of her own company TYInc.

Dated John Singleton.

Named one of the "50 Most Beautiful People in the World" by people magazine.(1994)

In 1994, she started the Tyra Banks Scholarship.

Professional model.

Chosen by People (USA) magazine as one of the most beautiful people in the world. [1996]

First African American model to appear on the cover of Sports Illustrated's swimsuit edition

Is a "Youth Correspondent" for "The Oprah Winfrey Show" (1986), and there is speculation that Oprah Winfrey is training Tyra to eventually take over the show (as of February 2000).

Took Second Place by the readers of Black Men Magazine for "The 10 Sexiest Women of the Year."


Measurements: 34C-23 1/2-35 1/2. (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine)

Size 9 shoe. (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine)

Does not drink alcohol.

Dated Sacramento Kings player Chris Webber for over three years

Started a singing career with the song "Shake Ya Body", introduced on her show "America's Next Top Model" (2003).

Ranked 54 on VH1's 100 Hottest Hotties

Claims that her career was difficult in part because of a rivalry with another black top model, Naomi Campbell. Banks has said that Campbell, who was more famous, would get her thrown off of fashion shows.

Paid $30,000 of her own money to finance the music video for her song "Shake Ya Body," which appeared on her show "America's Next Top Model" (2003).

Created TZONE, a leadership and life skills development program for primarily disadvantaged teen girls in the greater Los Angeles area. As of 2005, more than 240 girls have gone through the program.

Was accepted at UCLA and USC.

Signed with Elite Model Management her senior year of high school.

Her mother, Carolyn London, is a professional photographer, and worked as her manager.

Grew up in Inglewood, California.

Her friends used to call her "The Black Widow" because she used to break up with men she was dating before they would break up with her.

Her mother Carolyn London is her best friend.

Her brother Devin's ex-wife and children appeared on an episode of "America's Next Top Model" (2003) when the models are in Japan.

When she was eleven, she grew four inches and lost 30 pounds.

Her older brother Devin tormented her as a child. As adults, the two are friends.

Her parents, Carolyn London and Don Banks, divorced when she was six years old.

Is allergic to dogs.

In 2005, she revealed on "The Tyra Banks Show" (2005) that her measurements are 34-28-40.

She and Naomi Campbell reconciled on her talk show, "The Tyra Banks Show" (2005) (November 2005).

Received the Michael Award for "Supermodel of the Year."

Was named "Woman of the Year" for 2000 by Sports Illustrated.

Served as maid of honor at the wedding of best friend Kimora Lee to Russell Simmons

Her first name is an old Danish name, originally from the vikings.

Godmother of Kimora Lee's and Russell Simmons's daughter Ming Lee

Played as herself in the 1996 Nike commercials with basketball star Anfernee 'Penny' Hardaway and "Little Penny" Hardaway (voice of Chris Rock).

As a model, she had the following restrictions: - No Frontal Nudity - No Birds - No Cats - No Fish - No Cigarettes - No Alcohol.

As of February 2007, cites "Heroes" (2006/II) as her favorite TV show, and her favorite Heroes character as Hiro, played by Masi Oka.

Says her favorite cycle of "America's Next Top Model" (2003) is Cycle 1, because the girls did not know what to expect.

Chosen by FTC Publications Class-Elite Magazine (USA) as "The Role Model for Models" [2007].

She was raised in Inglewood, California with her brother Devin, and attended Immaculate Heart High School, an all-girl, independent Catholic private school in Los Angeles.

One of only two people to ever receive the editor's copy of the FTC Publications International Model's Guide. The other was Naomi Campbell.

Wore braces for two and a half years to straighten her teeth.

While a high school student, Tyra applied to five colleges with the intention of majoring in film and television production.

Within Banks' first week in Paris, other designers were so entranced by her presence on the runway that she was booked for an unprecedented 25 shows--a record in the business for a newcomer.

Attended Immaculate Heart High School in Los Angeles, California, a popular Catholic girls' school, where she claims that her classmates made fun of her because of her height and weight.

One of only four African Americans and seven women to have repeatedly ranked among the world's most influential people by Time magazine.

In 2007, Forbes Magazine estimated her earnings for the year at $18 million.

Until season 4 of America's Next Top Model, she would spend an hour with every girl who got kicked off the show talking with them in private. The producers asked her to stop this.

She is of Native American descent and has been an advocate against racism in Hollywood.

Personal Quotes

Self-love has very little to do with how you feel about your outer self. It's about accepting all of yourself. You've got to learn to accept the fool in you as well as the part that's got it goin' on.

Black women have always been these vixens, these animalistic, erotic women. Why can't we be the sexy All-American girl next door?

Believe it or not, I just really know how to pose well. It took me five years to learn what my best angles are.


[On Adrianne Curry's complaints that she did not receive what was promised her as the winner of "America's Next Top Model" (2003).] I have an invested interest in all the girls. I take Adrianne's struggles to bed with me at night. Adrianne's problem was that she went to Europe to try to make it and nobody knew who she was there. So it was like starting over. But after a girl leaves the show it's really up to her to be aggressive and try to succeed.

I'm a perfectionist. Sometimes I have to remind myself that it's OK if there are flaws here and there.

Vangie Tang - Hong Kong Model and Actress

Vangie Tang

Name: Vangie Tang
Chinese name 鄧穎芝 (Traditional)
Chinese name 邓颖芝 (Simplified)
Pinyin deng4 ying3 zhi1 (Mandarin)
Jyutping dang6 wing6 zi1 (Cantonese)
Birth name Gigi Tang Wing Chi (鄧穎芝)
Origin Hong Kong
Born 22 May 1985 (1985-05-22) (age 24)
Hong Kong
Other name(s) Vangie Tang
Occupation Singer
Genre(s) Cantopop
Instrument(s) Singing
Voice type(s) Mezzo-Soprano
Label(s) Sony Music
Years active 2004-present
Vangie-Tang-young model in bikini show.jpg_Hong Kong singer
Vangie attended St. Antonius Girls’ College for her secondary education. At the age of 15, she began skateboarding, BMX, and break dancing. At age 18, she entered the 2003 International Chinese New Talent Singing Championship - Hong Kong Regional Finals and became a top 8 finalist. Afterwards, her talents were discovered by C C To (杜自持), and under his tutelage, she was signed to Sony Music. Her debut album Glass Shoes was released on 3 December 2004, singles from the album such as “Glass Shoes” (玻璃鞋) and “Waited Half Day” (等半天) became hits. Her second album V2 was released on 8 December 2005. The song “Bitter Lover” became very popular. Her third album Summer Never Ends will be release in October 2007. Her music styles are Hip hop, dance, pop, and ballads.

Personally I like here attitude

Jiang Yi (Chiang Yi) Model and actress

Jiang Yi (Chiang Yi)

Name: 蒋怡 / Jiang Yi (Chiang Yi)
English name: Coco Jiang
Cantonese name: 蔣怡 / Jeung Yi
Profession: Model and actress
Birthdate: 1977-May-12
Birthplace: Changzhou, Jiangsu, China
Nationality: British
Height: 178cm
Weight: 55kg
Star sign: Taurus
Chinese zodiac: Snake
Blood type: A

TV Shows
Summer’s Bubble (2009)
Knock Knock Loving You (CTS, 2009)

Hot Shot as Li Ying (CTV, 2008)
Angel Lover as Angeline (2007)

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Ai Iijima - Actress

Ai Iijima (born in Mitsuko Ishii, 1972) made her first debut in late teens, and starred in over 100 of videos before retiring from the p business. Ai then became a mainstream TV celebrity, appearing in various variety and talk shows.
She later entered into the A Video business and became a big star but quit by the age of 20. After this, she crossed over into mainstream television variety shows, one of the few “talent” so far to successfully make such a transition. She is now an established celebrity on Japanese television, appearing in travel, lifestyle, game shows, and quiz shows.
Ai Iijima information
Ai Iijima has been facing health problems since late 2006, believe to be some kidney related problems. Get well soon, Ai Iijima, and enjoy your life after retirement.
Ai Iijima then created lots of controversy in 2000 with her semi-autobiographical novel, “Platonic Sex,” which revealed her rather painful teen years.
We’ve always believed the producers of US program fear factor must have watched a lot of Japanese TV programs to get their ideas.
From the late 90’s, sexy Japanese celebrity and former AV actress Ai Iijima has to deal her with “fear factor” - spiders crawling all over her body.

In 2001 Ai Iijima published Platonic Sex, a semi-autobiographical novel about a young girl leaving home to escape her parents and ending up as an adult movie star. The book was turned into a television series and a theatrical movie and is a bestseller in Japan.
Some famous authors were ridiculing the book initially, but the book still managed to become a bestseller, and was made into TV series.

Tila Tequila Details (Hot Sexy Model)

Basic Info:
NAME -Tila Tequila

DATE OF BIRTH - 24 October 1981

HEIGHT - 4' 11" (150 cm)

BUILD - Slim

EYE COLOR - Brown - Dark

HAIR COLOR - Black

BIRTHPLACE  - Singapore

STAR SIGN - Scorpio

ETHNICITY - Multiracial

OCCUPATION - Model/Singer/Actress

CLAIM TO FAME - A Shot At Love

MUSIC GENRE - Pop

Background: Tila Tequila is the stage name of Tila Nguyen. Born in Singapore to Vietnamese parents, Tila spent most of her life in the United States, where she eventually was discovered in a mall by a Playboy magazine scout. This lead to modeling jobs and appearances on reality TV and game shows.
Tila is also known for having close to two million MySpace friends.

A Shot At Love With Tila Tequila: MTV's A Shot At Love With Tila Tequila, aired in 2007.
The premise of the show was that Tila, a self-identified bisexual, was on a quest to find love from among both male and female contestants.

The show has been has been called everything from offensive to the worst reality TV show yet. Still, it had a strong following.
At the end of the season, Tila picked a male contestant. However, reports that the "relationship" had fizzled soon surfaced. Shortly after this, MTV announced that there would be a second season of the show.

Responses From the Bisexual Community: Sheela Lambert, the founder of the Bi Writers Association, blogged about her concerns with the show on the Huffington Post:

"The bi community spends much of its time fighting stereotypes and myths that don't accurately reflect who we are. People tend to associate us solely with our sexuality and forget that, like everyone else, we have other aspects to our lives. We fear that this show is more likely to add fuel to the fire of bisexual stereotypes, than to put them out."

Another view appeared in an article originally published in American Sexual Magazine. Nicole Kristal, a bisexual writer, says that despite the shows flaws:
"I've never had the opportunity before to watch a fellow bisexual woman struggle on national television with the disadvantages and advantages of dating both sexes, and for this reason alone, the show is truly groundbreaking."

Challenges to Her Sexual Orientation: Like many other bisexuals, Tila has had to face scrutiny over her sexual orientation, and the claim that she is not really bisexual.

Tila responded to these allegations on her website saying,
"One minute, back in the day when I was still modeling, people talked...about me for being "lesbian" for shooting sexy pictures with other females and now I'm too "straight" come one....who's really the confused one here? Definitely not me! HA!"