and help to promote a healthy body image.” Girls under the age of 16 have already been banned from catwalks in London and the US, but this is the first time a magazine has issued its own standards. In 2009, Alexandra Shulman spoke out against the practice of designers providing tiny sample sizes. She sent a strongly worded letter to fashion houses saying she had been forced to hire girls “with jut…
Israel passed a law banning models from advertisements or fashion shows if they measure less than 18.5 on the body mass index (BMI). The new law is part of an effort to promote health for women of all sizes, and to stop glorifying the ultra-thin. “Beautiful is not underweight,” says Rachel Adato, one of the creators of the bill. In recent years, much attention has been paid to how wo…
Russian model Kira Dikhtyar has revealed the horrifying extremes employed by her peers in the fashion industry ahead of catwalk appearances. As another round of New York Fashion Week gets underway, Kira Dikhtyar admits getting down to sample size-zero is no mean feat, and some girls are prepared to do anything to lose pounds quickly. According to Kira Dikhtyar, 22, packs of cigarettes, diet pills…
…ter Cook cheated on her with a 17 year old girl Christie Brinkley fought a protracted court battle with Peter Cook where he accused her of only being interested in her fame. The couple had divorced in 2008 but continued to fight publicly over small amounts of money and accusations of sending rude emails and trading nasty swipes in the press. The pair reached an out of court settlement last year wi…
Customers who pre-ordered new smartphone Samsung Galaxy S3 face weeks of delays in receiving their handsets. Samsung signalled that it had faced issues in manufacturing blue models of the Galaxy S3. Vodafone added that it had also been advised of “shipping delays” to the 32GB version of the white version of the handset. Available devices went on sale in 28 European and Middle Eastern…
Kim Kardashian went one step further to prove she has the curvy credentials during a visit to Miami Beach on Monday with her sister Kourtney. While her older sibling – who recently gave birth to her second child Penelope – rocked a white T-shirt and shorts, Kim Kardashian opted for something more attention grabbing. Sporting a white swimsuit which enabled her ample cleavage, the 31-year-old cinch…
…e not faked and he was genuinely there that evening enjoying himself. “It was a bit of a marketing coup for us too.” DSK has been embroiled in a catalogue of sex scandals since being arrested in May 2011 for trying to rape Guinea immigrant Nafissatou Diallo, 29, when she came to clean his suite in New York’s Sofitel hotel. He was charged with attempted rape, sexual abuse, a criminal sexual act,…
x-foot-two stunner tweeted on Thursday to her 30,000 followers. Before now, Ireland Baldwin was best remembered in the media as “a thoughtless little pig” courtesy of her famous father’s furious 2007 phone rant. Ironically, she chose to make her debut in the New York Post since Alec Baldwin has had a notoriously torrid relationship with the publication. However, Ireland and Alec Baldwin “tex…
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s who don’t touch the make-up pot. You should keep looking nice, it makes you feel so much better.” Daphne Selfe looks beautiful, but so very different to today’s models: she has a tiny waist (“It was 24in, today it’s 27in! At least I haven’t got fat”), but rather chunky thighs, and wide shoulders. “I would never have made it starting out today,” Daphne Selfe admits. “I was too short, just 5ft 7in…
…d they were disappointed not to be walking away with any purchases. “I’ve been waiting here since yesterday afternoon, then this morning they say they won’t sell,” a man in his 20s told Reuters TV. “They broke customers’ hearts.” By about 10:00 local time in Beijing, the crowds had cleared the area in front of Apple store….
ng everything from the change in a woman’s freedom after she has children, to how the changes in the Middle East have affected women in the region. The editor of SLiNK, Rivkie Baum (a size 16-18 26-year-old), said the 3D technique was employed “to create a sensational selection of images with a military theme that truly come to life”. She added: “The issue is The Freedom Issue an…
Ann Romney cooled off on a Florida beach this weekend as her husband got fired up for the final presidential debate. As Mitt Romney indulged in a beach football game between his staffers and invited reporters, Ann Romney took advantage of the Florida sunshine in her fetching floral suit, going for a swim with her family at Delray Beach. Ann Romney, 63, looked glamorous in the brightly-colored, ha…
the teen magazine, she landed a record deal with Arista and began putting together her first album. Whitney Houston released her self-titled debut album two years later, in 1985, which sold more than 25 million copies internationally and paved the way for her to hit the big-time. The touching photographs only make the star’s untimely death seem even more tragic, and they are unearthed as it is re…
San Francisco Fashion Week 2011: when beauty meets technology. Australian department store Myer hosted Big is Beautiful fashion launch during Sydney’s Fashion Festival 2011 on Tuesday, hiring plus-size girls to model outfits by various labels. Sydney Fashion Festival, known as Mercedes-Benz Sydney Fashion Festival (MBFF Sydney), is Sydney’s premier fashion and lifestyle event and i…
Lindsay Lohan was snapped sampling various Elizabeth Taylor-inspired costumes for her role in the biopic Liz And Dick – her first leading lady part since the rather abysmal 2009 flop Labor Pains. However, Lindsay Lohan, 25, didn’t bother to brush her hair for the wardrobe fitting, instead just scraping her messy locks back into scruffy bun. A source told TMZ that Lindsay Lohan has bee…
…ch are branded as Slate or Ativ Smart PCs depending on where they are sold, function as hybrids – working either as standalone tablets or as laptops when added to keyboard docks. They update its 2011 Slate models and follow a similar format to Asus’s Transformer hybrids. In addition Samsung showed off the Ativ S – its first smartphone to run Microsoft’s upcoming Windows 8 P…
…size zero model in its latest campaign. The tissue allegations appeared in the memoirs of veteran fashion journalist Kirstie Clements, who was sacked from her role as editor of Australian Vogue in May 2012. Kirstie Clements claimed she once spent three days on a shoot with a model but didn’t see her eat a single meal. By the end of the trip, said Kirstie Clements, the model was so exhausted…
Japan where futures contracts were written for rice traders. A simple futures contract says that I will agree to buy rice from you in one year’s time, at a price that we agree right now. By the 20th Century the Chicago Board of Trade was providing a marketplace for traders to deal not only in futures but in options contracts. An example of an option is a contract where we agree that I can b…
Scientists drilling deep into the edge of modern Antarctica have pulled up proof that palm trees once grew there. Analyses of pollen and spores and the remains of tiny creatures have given a climatic picture of the early Eocene period, about 53 million years ago. The study, published in Nature, suggests Antarctic winter temperatures exceeded 10C, while summers may have reached 25C. Better knowled…
Toyota is voluntarily recalling more than 7 million vehicles worldwide, including some Yaris, Corolla and Camry models, over faulty window switches. Toyota said these would include 1.39 million vehicles across Europe, 2.47 million in the US and 1.4 million in China. It is the biggest single one since Ford recalled 8 million vehicles in 1996. Toyota said there had been no reports of accidents, inj…
Lindsay Lohan stripped off by the pool while relaxing at a Hollywood hotel over the weekend. Lindsay Lohan, 26, put her curves on show in a daring white swimsuit which featured a plunging sheer front. But her eye-catching look was tainted by blotchy fake tan, which was particularly noticeable around her armpit. The star regularly has bronzing disasters, but still refuses to embrace the alabaster…
…. “Yes, we are preparing a special package of things to send (Rice) after the Olympics to say thank you,” she added. The controversy is the latest to hit the swimmer, who won three golds at Beijing in 2008 and is the world record holder for the women’s 400m individual medley. In 2008, Stephanie Rice sparked outrage when a picture of her posing in a skin-tight police costume appeared on her F…
…ctoria’s Secret earlier this year, Kate Upton appears on this month’s issue of Vogue Italia with the simple tagline “Seductive”. Wearing Fendi fur and a Patricia Field bustier, Kate Upton, 20, was photographed by Steven Meisel for the Helmut Newton-style November cover. After shooting to fame at the start of this year thanks to her Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue cover, Victoria̵…
The 60th annual Miss Universe Pageant crowned its winner Miss Angola on September 12 in São Paulo, Brazil. Miss Ukraine (Olesia Stefanko) was First Runner Up, followed by Miss Brazil (Priscila Machado), Miss Philippines (Shamcey Supsup) and Miss China (Luo Zilin). Ximena Navarette (Mexico), Miss Universe 2010, crowns Leila Lopes (Miss Angola) as Miss Universe 2011 Miss Angola, Leila…
Tiger Woods and Lindsey Vonn drop his kids off at schoolTiger Woods and his new girlfriend Lindsey Vonn seem to be proving the doubters wrong. The acknowledged philanderer and his ski star girlfriend appear to be going from…
Carl Pistorius: Oscar Pistorius' brother acquitted in Marietjie Barnard's death caseCarl Pistorius, brother of Paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius, has been acquitted of culpable homicide over the death of a motorcyclist in South Africa. A magistrate ruled…
Oscar Pistorius will not compete in 2013South African athlete Oscar Pistorius will not compete again this year as he awaits trial for murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. Paralympic gold medallist Oscar…
Dick Trickle 911 call before suicideThe 911 call legendary NASCAR Dick Trickle made to a hapless operator before he ended his own life with a self-inflicted gunshot wound was released today. In the recording,…
Dick Trickle suicide: Chuck Trickle says his brother suffered chronic and debilitating pain in his chest Dick Trickle’s brother, Chuck, has said the legendary NASCAR driver suffered chronic and debilitating pain in his chest before his suicide. Richard “Dick” Trickle, 71,…
Dick Trickle commits suicide at 71 calling police before shooting himself to instruct where to find his bodyRetired race car driver Richard “Dick” Trickle died on Thursday at the age of 71 from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, police say. The body of the NASCAR legend was found…
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