Poonam Jhawar

Poonam Jhawar was born 14 August 1969 in Mumbai is a Hindi Film actress and model. Poonam Jhawar is a small time film-maker, singer, actress and model of Bollywood. She has not only acted as Female Lead in a few flop and little-known in Hindi movies and a bit role in the 1994 Superhit Mohra, but also acted in some South Indian films. Recently, she claimed that she was approached by the Playboy Magazine for an exposed shoot and she would be the first-ever Bollywood actress to pose in Playboy Magazine.

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Catrinel Menghia

Name Catrinel Menghia
Height 5 ft 9 in
Nationality Romanian
Famous For
Date of Birth October 1, 1985
Place of Birth Iaşi, Romania


Borned and raised in Iasi (Moldavian region of Romania), Catrinel Menghia wanted to become a famous athlet before starting modeling activity. She was born on October 1st, 1985.

Catrinel was discovered at age of 16 years old on the street by a local agent (Lucian) who brought her later in Bucharest to meet MRA Agency and Liviu Ionescu. After six months the parents agreed that Catrinel moves in Bucharest and starting an international modeling career.

She participated in the same Ford Models' Supermodel of the World Romania 2001 (as Elena Baguci in November 2001) where she won .... the same second runner-up prize.

She is living in Milan and working mostly for lingerie clients all over the world between New York, London, Munchen, Hamburg, Athens, Barcelon or Milan.She was discovered at the age of 16 on the street by a local agent who took her to Bucharest to meet Liviu Ionescu of the MRA Agency. Six months later, her parents allowed Menghia to move to Bucharest and start an international modeling career.

She participated in the Ford Model's Supermodel of the World Romania contest in November 2001, where she won the second runner-up prize.

Menghia now lives in Milan, Italy. She has done campaigns for major fashion houses and is the face of Giorgio Armani worldwide. She was also one of the new faces in the 2006 South African Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition and has appeared in FHM and Maxim.



Catrinel Menghia was born on October 1, 1985, in Iasi, Romania. Initially, she wanted to be an athlete, but later changed her career ambition to modeling. She moved to Bucharest to pursue her career in modeling.

She reached the 3rd spot in the Ford Supermodel of the World challenge. This gave her quite a lot of publicity and she began appearing in ads for Emporio Armani Underwear, Levi's, Triumph and many others.

Catrinel was also seen in magazines like Maxim, Cosmopolitan, FHM and others. She has also posed for the Swimsuit issue of Sports Illustrated magazine. Catrinel Menghia has also endorsed brands like Giorgio Armani and Lise Charmel.

Why is she famous?

Catrinel Menghia is famous as a Romanian model who has appeared in magazines like Maxim and FHM.

Here is one of her famous quotes:

"I have never relied on a man. I am an independent woman. But now that I am married, I like when my husband pushes me sometimes. But I worked all the time and I earned my own money."

Shriya Saran

Shriya Saran is an Indian film actress. She was born to Pushpendra Saran and Neeraja Saran on September 11, 1982 in Haridwar. Her father worked for Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. while her mother was a chemistry teacher. Her helping nature had shown up at very young age when she had saved money and donated it to a blind school. She has completed her bachelor degree and is still single.

Shriya’s career actually had its beginning with a music video shot in Banaras. It was through her dance teacher’s recommendation that she availed her first chance, but unfortunately she had to quit college in order to attend the regular shoots. She began her film career in Tollywood (Telugu Cinema) in 2001 with the movie “Ishtam” She got a good recognition for her role “Bhanu” in “Santhosham.” She has acted in mega budget films like ‘Tagore’ opposite Chiranjeevi. ‘Nuvve Nuvve’ opposite Tarun and “Chatrapathi’ with Prabhas were her biggest hits but one of her most significant achievements was her signing against Rajnikanth for ‘Shivaji’.It was budgeted 60 crores. She was also seen in ‘Boss’, ‘Devadasu’ and ‘Tulasi’. Her latest venture was ‘Mallana’. Her Tamil debut ‘Enakku 20 Unakku18 in 2003 was rated to be average.

Shriya’s personal life is as interesting as her looks. To ones surprise the black haired beauty likes to eat chapathi and likes to wear sarees. Her hobbies are dancing and swimming. Haridwar is her favourite place where she prefers to hum her favourite song ‘Main Zindegi Ka Saath Nibhana’. She reads the works of author Jeffery Archer and her favourite book is ‘Gone With the Wind’. ‘Channel 5’ and’ Poison’ are the perfumes she sprays and when it comes to films she picks out Rajnikanth, Shah Rukh Khan, Amitabh Bachhan, Madhuri dixit and Madhubala as her all time favourites.

In short….. “beware” ….’The Poison girl’ is capable of poisoning your hearts too.


Year Movie Name Role
2010 Komaram Puli Cast
2010 Don Seenu Cast
2009 Mallanna Cast
2009 Pista Cast
2007 Shivaji Cast
2007 Tulasi[2007] Cast
2006 Boss Cast
2006 Devadasu Cast
2005 Bhageeradha Cast
2005 Chatrapati Cast
2005 Mogudu Pellam O Dongodu Cast
2005 Subash Chandra Bose Cast
2005 Sada Mee Sevalo Cast
2005 Naa Alludu Cast
2005 Baalu Cast
2004 Nenunnanu Cast
2004 Arjun[2004] Cast
2003 Neeku Nenu Naaku Nuvvu Cast
2003 Tagore Cast
2003 Ela Cheppanu? Cast
2003 Nee Manasu Naaku Telusu Cast
2002 Nuvve Nuvve Cast
2002 Chennakeshavareddy Cast
2002 Santosham[2002] Cast
2001 Istam Cast
Marma Yogi Cast
Maha Muduru Cast
Seenu Gaadu Maha Muduru Cast

Irina Sheik

WHY IS SHE FAMOUS

Irina Sheik is on her way to achieving superstardom thanks to her sizzling appearance in the 2007 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition.
Irina Sheik Quote


IRINA SHEIK BIOGRAPHY

Irina Sheik (born Irina Shaykhlislamova) knows all about the benefits of traveling by train. After all, that’s where a fashion executive discovered her in 2004, during a lengthy three-day trip from Chelyabinsk to Moscow. That chance encounter convinced her to pursue a career in modeling and Irina was soon signed by Traffic, the same agency that represents supermodels such as Anne V, Daniella Sarahyba and Natasha Poly, among many others.

Since joining the agency, Irina’s smiling face has been featured in a handful of promotional campaigns for brands such as Intimissimi, Lacoste and Martini. She has also appeared on the covers of magazines throughout Europe, including Annabelle in Germany, Jalouse in Greece and Bolero in Switzerland.

Irina raised her profile even more in 2007, with her debut appearance in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition. The well-thumbed publication is routinely read by millions of men around the world, and her inclusion promises to transform this curvy goddess into a global star. Who knew that simply boarding a train could result in such a fabulous journey?

Lingerie

Want to know how and where lingerie originated? Then look no further, as we have compiled a concise, yet detailed, history for you of how lingerie has developed through the ages into what it is today. My how it has changed.

In one form or another, women have worn garments to support, suppress or accentuate their breasts as far back as 3000BC. Therefore, the modern day bra has developed from Cretan women who wore a hip corset beneath their ceremonial dress, the surcoate worn over the clothes in the middle ages. Depending on the fashions of the time the corset has aided to give shape and definition to the woman’s figure, such as the boyish shape of the Elizabethan & 1920’s.

By the 1500’s the corset elongated the body, flattened and raised the bust while hiding the stomach and hips. When worn with the ‘farthingale’ the wearer had to walk in a sedate gliding fashion. This is also the era of the iron corset - some say worn by Catherine D’Medici’s court as there were strict regulations which correlated a woman’s position in court by her waist size, others say it was for correcting bone deformities.

The corset, commonly known as a ‘stay’, was made of linen with boning and stiffened with paste. Women were then ‘straight-laced’ into them, and the term became synonymous with the pious Puritan women of the 17th century. By the latter part of this century the corsets were more elaborate and it was fashionable to wear them on the outside as in medieval times.

The flamboyant dresses of the 18th century gave way to the simple empire line frock after the French Revolution of 1789. The look did not require heavy corsetry as it kept a more natural shape. The stay was lengthened to shape the hips and thighs, although it is said some ladies wore no corset at all.

By 1825 the high waistline of the Regency style had dropped to a more natural level and corsets became essential to show off an hourglass figure with a desired waist of 18 inches (or less). The Victorian era was the heyday of the corset and advances in design were made through out the century. New metallic eyelets ensured that the tight lacing required to achieve the hourglass figure need not damage the corset. The invention of the sewing machine meant the corset could be produced more quickly than with hand stitching and corsets could be sold ready made. A huge variety of fashion corsets were made and also corsets for maternity, safari, sports, golfing and riding, even for these activities lacing and boning was still used. As corsets were in such demand whalebone became scarce, leading to the use of buffalo-bone, cane, steel, and steam moulding in corsetry.

By the beginning of the 20th century a bust bodices could be worn as an alternative to the corset and this supported the entire bosom as a whole. It was in 1914 when American Mary Phelps-Jacobs, patented her design in the name of Caresse-Crosby. It consisted of two silk handkerchiefs tied together with ribbon to make straps and a seam in the centre front, due to lack of interest, a few years later she sold her idea to Warner’s for $1500-. In 1935 Warner’s introduced the first cup sizing with only A, B &C. Britain continued to use the junior and medium sizing until the 50’s. In 1939 the word bra was added to the English dictionary, it is worth noting the brassiere in French means an infant’s bodice or harness, therefore soutien-gorge is the correct French term for bra.

Throughout the twentieth century the bra has been developed by advancements of man made fabrics such as, nylon, Du ponts’s Lycra, polyester, Elastane microfibres etc. These new fabrics have enabled garments to be lightweight, supportive, flexible and seamless, to have colourful prints and to be easier to wash.

The bra has taken many shapes through out the century. From the conical looks of the 1950’s sweater girls, maximum cleavage bras, sexy lace bras and of course the ‘burn your bra’ ethos of the Women’s Liberation Movement. It is estimated that the lingerie market was worth half a billion pounds at the end of the 1990’s.

The new millennium has seen further advancements in design and fabrics, with many innovative designs now in the market. There are also a number of celebrities who have their own lingerie range. Our own styles have developed and now offer a variety of styles for all occasions from 28-52 back B-K cup sizes.

Paris Hilton

Socialite. Born on February 17, 1981, in New York, New York. Paris Whitney Hilton is the eldest child of real estate developer Richard Hilton and socialite Kathy Richards Hilton. Along with sister Nicky and brothers Barron and Conrad, Hilton is one of multiple heirs to the Hilton hotel fortune.

Given the childhood nickname "Star" by her mother and grandmother, Hilton, who began modeling as a child at charitable functions, was born into acting stock. Her maternal grandmother was actress "Big" Kathy Dugan, and aunts Kim and Kyle Richards continue to earn film and television roles. Hilton is also related to Zsa Zsa Gabor (who wed her great grandfather Conrad Hilton), and can claim ties to Elizabeth Taylor, who was briefly married to Hilton's great uncle Conrad Nicholson Hilton Jr.

Hilton spent her childhood moving from one luxury home to another. While living in the family's Beverly Hills mansion, she attended her freshman year of high school at the Marywood-Palm Valley School in California. When the Hilton family relocated to New York City in 1996, she continued her studies at the Dwight School. At this time, the family took up residence in a suite at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in Manhattan, and frequently vacationed at a multi-million dollar home in the Hamptons.

As East Coast transplants, Hilton and her sister regularly attended society functions, charitable events, fashion shows and A-list parties. The two soon became regulars on the red carpet, and a titillating 2000 Vanity Fair spread shot by famed photographer David LaChapelle cemented their burgeoning fame.

Around this time, Hilton signed with Donald Trump's modeling agency, T Management. She was soon seen in a flurry of campaigns for leading clothing designers such as Christian Dior and Tommy Hilfiger, as well as national publications. Hilton has since worked with other top agencies, including Ford Models Management and London's Model 1 Agency.

Hilton, who courted regular media attention for her outrageous lifestyle, was christened "New York's leading IT girl" in 2001. Short-lived romances with actor Leonardo DiCaprio and boxer Oscar de la Hoya—as well as callous comments directed at her peers—earned Hilton bad press, and further fortified her reputation for careless jet setting and hard-partying.

Hilton soon tried her hand at acting, making a cameo in Zoolander, Ben Stiller's feature-length spoof of the modeling world. Over the next few years, she continued split her time between runways and movie sets, appearing in the 2002 horror flick Nine Lives. The following year, she acted in the feature films Wonderland and Cat in the Hat, and began work on her own small-screen reality series.

In November 2003, an unauthorized four-minute video of Hilton began to circulate on the Internet; dubbed "One Night in Paris," it featured Hilton engaging in intimate acts with then-boyfriend Rick Salomon. Salomon marketed the video, earning millions in sales, and Hilton filed suit. Although the case was settled out of court, reports stated that Hilton received $400,000 from the video. Additionally, she publicly stated that she had never intended the video to be a commercial venture.

Franziska Knuppe

Franziska was discovered by fashion designer Wolfgang Joop while at a Potsdamer café in 1997. In that year, she also won the Elite Model Look contest.

She has modeled for such brands as: Joop, Naj Oleari, and Oasis.


Name
Franziska Knuppe
Date of birth
7 December 1974(age 36)
Profession
Model


Birthplace
Germany
Sign of the zodiac
Sagittarius

Emilia Claudeville

Emilia Claudeville was born on February 16, 1989 in San Juan and she is a famous person.

Trivia:

- Being born on February 16, her zodiacal sign is Aquarius.
- Height: 5'5

Famous Why: Sexiness

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Alyssa Jayne Milano was born on 10th December of 1972 to Tom, a music editor and Lin Milano, a fashion designer. Her parents are Italian-American and Alyssa was born in a working class neighborhood in Brooklyn. She grew up in a modest house on Staten Island.

Her stage debut was on Broadway in the musical Annie at the age of 8, and her television debut in 1984 with her role as Tony Danza's daughter in the popular sitcom Who's the Boss?, which ran for eight years. She won three Youth In Film awards for Best Supporting Actress. While playing Annie she toured throughout the States for almost 14 months. And after successful stint as Samantha in Who's the Boss she took a hiatus after eight long years.

She returned back on screen after realizing that acting was her true passion. She looked to film, but didn't have huge success. Embrace of the Vampire and Poison Ivy 2 were considered soft porn in some sectors. In the meantime Alyssa had a brief stint as a pop star in the early 90's, releasing several dance/pop style albums in that were quite popular in Japan and Europe. In fact, in those countries many people think of her as a singer first, and an actress second!. She has had 5 albums released in Japan which all went platinum. These were titled Alyssa, Look In My Heart, Best in the world, Locked In a Dream, and Do You See Me?

With the lack of success Alyssa was having in films, she decided to give television another shot. Her role on Melrose Place again thrust her into the public eye and sent her career rebounding. She was with the show for two seasons, before being named as an early replacement in the cast of Charmed, co-starring Holly Marie Combs and Shannen Doherty. The role on the show proved Alyssa to be in it for the long run, and she is now well-enconsed in success.

Milano also starred in a made-for-TV movie called To Brave Alaska, about a couple fighting for their lives when they are abandoned in Alaska. She also starred in the made-for-tv movies The Surrogate, Candles in the Dark, and as Amy Fisher in the CBS rendition of the renowned Long Island Lolita.

She has played Reese Witherspoon's promiscuous best friend in the 1996 thriller Fear. The same year as her debut on Melrose Place, Milano attended the Sundance Film Festival, where her new movie, Hugo Pool premiered. At the festival she was awarded with the Spirit Award for women. Many may not remember, but she has also acted with Arnold Schwazzenneger as his daughter in the classic Commando.

Alyssa has seven tattoos. She has a sacred heart on her behind, a fairy kneeling in grass on her hip, rosary beads on her back, an angel on her left ankle, an Orobous (a snake biting its own tail) on her right wrist, an "Om" on the other wrist and a garland of flowers around her right ankle. Her favorite sport is Hockey. She likes to Play piano and flute. Her ex-husband, Cinjun Tate, is the lead singer for the rock group, Remy Zero.

"I've always believed in experiencing everything in life. When you walk out with blinders on, you cut yourself off from the angels and the fairies."

Alyssa also created a big stir with her TV dad, Tony Danza, when she posed nude in the 1993 pages of�Bikini magazine.

Tanushree Dutta

Tanushree Dutta, a Bong beauty, won the Miss India contest and is paving her own path in Bollywood.
Life before Miss India-Universe ‘04
Tanushree Dutta is a 1979 born, celebrating her birthday on 19th March. She was born in Jamshedpur, Bihar. Her father Tappan is associated with Life Insurance Corporation of India.
She has a degree in Commerce from Brihan Maharashtra College of Commerce, Pune. She worked in event management at the Oracle Institute before entering the Femina Miss India Contest. She won the crown, besides Miss Confidence and Miss Beautiful Smile and headed off to Ecuador where she took her place among the final ten at the Miss Universe contest. She is yet to get that one breakthrough role.
Show Business
Chocolate was to be Tanushree Dutta’s debut in 2005. However Aashiq Banaya Aapne beat it to the theaters. The movie enjoyed moderate success. She also had a Telugu release Veerabhadra. Apart from a cameo in 36 China Town, she didn’t have any movies in 2006. But had five releases in 2007 – Risk, Good Boy Bad Boy, Raqeeb, Dhol and Speed.
Her only release in 2008, Saas Bahu Aur Sensex did well.

Sarah Jean Underwood

Sara Jean Underwood" (born March 26, 1984) is an American "Playboy" model, and a university student. She was born in Scappoose, Oregon, was graduated from Scappoose High School in 2002, and is a senior at Oregon State University.
Sara Underwood first appeared in "Playboy Magazine" not only in its "The Girls of the Pac 10" pictorial of the October 2005 issue, but as the model featured on the cover of that issue as well. That cover depicted her holding a football, clad only in a body painting of an Oregon State Beavers football jersey and a painted imitation of matching bikini briefs. She next appeared in the magazine in July 2006, as the Playmate of the Month. In June of 2007, "Playboy" honored Underwood as its Playmate of the Year, and she's attended, as a consequence, a succession of events at the Playboy Mansion since then. Sara extended her Playboy "curriculum vitae" in January 2008, when the Playboy Cyber Club presented her as a Playmate Xtra. In March, 2008, Playboy ranked her at #25 for their '25 Hottest Playboy Celebrities.'
Underwood appeared in episode #2 of the E! network's series "The Girls Next Door", as a Playmate hoping to have her test shoot taken at Playboy Studio West. Subsequently, "Playboy" featured her as Miss July of 2006. She has since appeared in several more episodes of "The Girls Next Door". A season 3 episode mentioned, on May 6, 2007, that Underwood and her fellow "Playboy" models Holly Madison and Alison Waite had at one time or another worked for Hooters restaurants. Underwood once had worked at the Beaverton, Oregon, location.
On June 7, 2007, a group of Oregon State University women's studies students created a poster celebrating Underwood's selection as "Playboy"s 2007 Playmate of the Year, and posted it outside Bexel Hall, where it remained in place for only a few hours before Oregon State University staff took it down. The poster embraced the theme and the style of the 'Achievement' posters that line Campus Way at the university. The poster read, 'Sara Jean: First "OSU Beaver" "Playmate of the Year", Playboy June '07, OSU CENTERFOLD, "People, Ideas, Innovation".' (Jodi Ann Paterson was the first Beaver to earn the title - in 2000.)
Underwood appears as a pirate wench in the 2007 satirical comedy, "Epic Movie", along with fellow "Playmates", Qiana Chase, Irina Voronina and Jillian Grace.

Poonam Jhawar

Poonam Jhawar is a singer, model and an actress. Poonam, who is called Poo by her friends, was born on August 14th in Mumbai, India. Her mother is a poet and her family is from the “business class” in a country that cares for rank.

She is also now a producer, working on cinematic films like “Aanch” along with B.L.Saboo. “Aanch” stars Nana Patekar, Paresh Rawal, Ayesha Jhulka, and others. She played the role of Priya Agnihotri in that Bollywood film while co-producing it.

She has also entered the music realm with her debut single “Take Me Home Baby” from the album Pooh Kya Jalwa Hai.




Poonam Jhawar (born 14 August 1969 in Mumbai) is a Hindi Film actress and model.

Poonam Jhawar is a small time film-maker, singer, actress and model of Bollywood. She has not only acted as Female Lead in a few flop and little-known in Hindi movies and a bit role in the 1994 Superhit Mohra, but also acted in some South Indian films.

Recently, she claimed that she was approached by the Playboy Magazine for an exposed shoot and she would be the first-ever Bollywood actress to pose in Playboy Magazine.

Poonam Jhawar made her debut in bollywood in Mohra, a movie starring Akshay Kumar, Raveena Tandon, and Suniel Shetty in 1994. In the movie, she played a small role of Suniel Shetty’s wife, Priya Agnihotri. Before this movie she had done many ad-commercials. Once a producer saw her in an advertisement and called her for a screen test.

This was how her acting carrier took off in bollywood. After nearly nine years of acting in Mohra, she has acted and also sung a song, Sun Meri Rani, as a playback singer in the movie Aanch which was released in 2003.

This was a cinematic film and she has co-produced it with B.L. Saboo. In this movie there are stars like Nana Patekar, Paresh Rawal, Ayesha Jhulka, among others. She has also acted in movies like Deewana Hoon Main Tera in the past and The Black and White Fact, which is yet to be released.



Poonam Jhawar has recently entered in the music industry and has launched her debut album, titled “Poo Ka Jalwa”.

In the modeling field she has worked in many ad-commercials like Killer Jeans, Dove soap, sarees and dress materials etc.