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Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Gabrielle Reece - Sexiest Athlete...Ever
Maybe not much of you knew Gabrielle Reece, because she already retired from volleyball for more than a decade. But back then, she was one of the sexiest athletes alive. Gabby Reece was known as Women's Beach Volleyball League (WBVL) kills leader from 1993-1996. She also competed domestically in the 1999-2000 Olympic Challenge Series, the 1999-2000 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour, and other competitions.
But as good as she was as an athlete, Gabrielle Reece will forever be remembered for her beauty, fat-less body, and her magnificent flat abs. A lot of magazines were using Gabrielle Reece for their covers. She also appeared in our favorite "bunny" magazine once, where she bared all of her fabulous body.



Gabrielle Reece was born on January 6, 1970. She is 6'3" tall (1.91 m) with great physical strength, that you can compared her with Amazon women. In her recent years after retirement, she share some tips on how to build physical fitness and beauty on her website, Honeyline.



Gabrielle Reece is also a mother of two daughters. She married the Hawaiian big-wave surfer Laird Hamilton on November 30, 1997. They have two children together: Reece Viola Hamilton (born in October 2003) and Brody Jo Hamilton (born on January 1, 2008 in Hawaii).





Gabrielle Reece was born on January 6, 1970. She is 6'3" tall (1.91 m) with great physical strength, that you can compared her with Amazon women. In her recent years after retirement, she share some tips on how to build physical fitness and beauty on her website, Honeyline.



Gabrielle Reece is also a mother of two daughters. She married the Hawaiian big-wave surfer Laird Hamilton on November 30, 1997. They have two children together: Reece Viola Hamilton (born in October 2003) and Brody Jo Hamilton (born on January 1, 2008 in Hawaii).


Sunday, September 26, 2010
Priyanka Chopra- All About
Priyanka Chopra Biography
Born:
Jamshedpur, Jharkand, India, July 18, 1982
Years active:
2001 – present
Awards:
Filmfare Awards; Best Female Debut, Andaaz (2004), Best Villain, Aitraaz (2005)
Priyanka Chopra (born July 18 1982) is an Indian Film actress who works in Bollywood movies, and former Miss World.
After winning the title of Miss India World and later becoming Miss World 2000, Chopra made her acting debut with Anil Sharma's The Hero: Love Story of a Spy (2003). She had her first commercial success with her second release, Andaaz from the same year and won a Filmfare Best Female Debut Award for her performance in the film. Becoming the second woman to win the Filmfare Best Villain Award for her critically acclaimed performance in Abbas-Mustan's Aitraaz (2004), Chopra later went on to deliver commercial success with films like Mujhse Shaadi Karogi (2004), Krrish (2006), her biggest commercial success so far, and Don - The Chase Begins Again (2006), establishing herself as a popular actress.
Early life
Chopra studied at St. Maria Goretti in Bareilly, as a young girl and later came to the United States, where she was a student at Newton North High School in Newton, Massachusetts and North Delta Senior Secondary School in North Delta before returning to India to complete high school at Army School (Bareilly). She began college at Jai Hind College in Mumbai but left after winning the Miss World pageant.
Beauty contest winner
Chopra was crowned Miss India World and later Miss World in 2000. In the same year, Lara Dutta and Diya Mirza, both from India, won the Miss Universe and Miss Asia Pacific crowns, in a rare triple.
When she won the Miss World crown, she became the fifth Indian woman to win the title, and the fourth Indian woman to win in a span of seven years.
Acting career
After winning the Miss World title, Chopra became an actress. She first acted in a Tamil film Thamizhan (2002) and then moved on to Bollywood. In 2003, her first Bollywood film, The Hero: Love Story of a Spy released and won her good reviews. Despite being given a below average status, the film went on to become one of the highest grossing films of that year. Her next film, Andaaz opposite Akshay Kumar was a success, earning her a Filmfare Best Female Debut Award and a nomination for Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award.
Her next few films failed to do well at the box office. In 2004, her film, Mujhse Shaadi Karogi released and became the third highest grossing film of that year. Her first negative role in her next release, Aitraaz, a Hindi remake of the Demi Moore-starrer Disclosure won her critical acclaim and earned a Filmfare Best Villain Award. Her role also got her a second nomination for Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award. In the same year, she participated in a world tour aptly titled Temptations 2004 with Bollywood's leading stars, Shah Rukh Khan, Preity Zinta, Saif Ali Khan, Rani Mukerji and Arjun Rampal.
In 2005, she had many releases, though most did not do well at the box office. In 2006, Chopra starred in two of the most successful films of the year - Krrish and Don - The Chase Begins Again.
Nikhil Advani's multi-starrer, Salaam-e-Ishq: A Tribute To Love was her first release in 2007. The move failed to do well at the box office. Her most recent release, Big Brother also failed to do well.
Personal life
Born in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand to Ashok Chopra and Madhu Akhauri, both of whom are doctors, Chopra spent parts of her childhood in Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, Newton, Massachusetts and Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Her mother, a Tamil-Malayali-Kannada-Telugu from Tamil Nadu, comes from a Kayastha Bihari family settled in Jamshedpur, while her father, a Punjabi-Bengali-Marathi, comes from a family of Punjabi origin, settled in Baraeilly. She also has a brother, Siddharth, who is eight years younger than her. Since her father was in the Army, her family frequently moved.
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Priyanka Chopra- A Biography
Priyanka Chopra was born on July 18, 1982 in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand in India. She is a successful model as well as an actress. Her nicknames are Sunshine, Mimi, Yanka, Priyucka Cobra. Her father Captain Dr. Ashok Chopra is a doctor and her mother Madhu Akhauri is also a doctor. Priyanka Chopra’s father is a Punjabi-Bengali-Marathi and is originally from Punjab and her mother who is a Tamil-Malayali-Kannada-Telegu, is originally from Tamil Nadu settled in Jamshedpur. Her mother belongs to a Kayastha Bihari family. Her parents are settled in Baraeilly. Priyanka Chopra has got a brother called Siddharth, who is eight years younger to her. In her childhood Priyanka Chopra has shifted to a lot of places as her father was in army. She has spent her childhood in many places such as in Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, Newton, Massachusetts and Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Priyanka Chopra studied in St. Maria Goretti School in Bareilly and then from La Martinière in Lucknow and for further education she went to United States and was enrolled as a student of Newton North High School in Newton, Massachusetts and North Delta Senior Secondary School in North Delta. Priyanka returned back to India and completed her high school from Army School in Rae Bareilly. Priyanka Chopra completed her tenth standard in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, and started dreaming of a career as a software Engineer or a Criminal Psychologist. Priyanka Chopra then joined Jai Hind College in Mumbai but soon after she left the college as she had already won the Miss World Pageant. This 5 ft. 7 1/2" actress loves to wear sarees.
Priyanka Chopra won the Miss World Pageant in the year 2000. As a debutant her first film was Anil Sharma's The Hero: Love Story of a Spy(2003). Her second film was Andaaz which was a hit and it was for this film that she won the Filmfare Best Female Debut Award. In 2004 she was cast in the film Aitraaz directed by Abbas-Mustan, where she played a negative role and in turn won the Filmfare Best Villain Award. In the year 2004 she also appeared in films like Plan, Kismat, Asambhav and Mujhse Shadi Karogi. In 2005 there was another series of movies that she came up with including Blackmail, Karam, Waqt: The Race Against Time, Yakeen, Bluffmaster and Barsaat. 2006 was another successful year for Priyanka Chopra as she it was this year that one of her biggest blockbuster movie “Krrish” released. This followed by other movies which were commercially very successful such as Aap Ki Khatir and Don- The Chase Begins Again. Salaame Ishq: A Tribute to Love and Big Brother and big Brother were two films which increased her popularity in the year 2007, but both these movies failed to gain popularity in the box office.
Priyanka Chopra is awaiting three releases at the beginning of the year 2008 which includes Drona, God Tussi Great Ho and Love Story 2050. When she won the Miss world crown in the year 2000 she became the fifth Indian woman to win the Miss World title. Not only this, Priyanka Chopra was the fourth Indian to win this title within a time span of 7 years. In the beginning of her career she was first featured in a Tamil Film called Thamizhan in the year 2002. The Hero: Love Story of a Spy came after this film and became one of the highest earning films of that year. She was nominated as the Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award for her film Andaaz opposite Akshay Kumar. She was nominated for Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award for her acting in the ilm Aitraaz. Priyanka Chopra was the part of the world tour called Temptations 2004 with other big stars of Bollywood like Shah Rukh Khan, Saif Ali Khan, Preity Zinta, Arjun Rampal and Rani Mukherji.
Priyanka Chopra likes music and dance. Her hobbies are writing poems, reading short stories especially biographies of various legends. She is an active social worker. She is the only Indian in United States of America to be selected in the National Opus Honor Choir at the state level who does extensive work charity work in U.S.A and India. Priyanka Chopra is also the ambassador for CAF and CII in their literacy program.
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Kim Clijsters: Strange twist following Star's Victory
Kim Clijsters got some nice parting gifts for winning the U.S. Open: a check for $2.2 million, a nice, shiny trophy, a hug from her daughter and a two-spot drop in the rankings.
Yeah, you read that correctly. After winning the biggest event in the sport, Clijsters slipped from No. 3 to No. 5 in the WTA rankings. Here's how it went down:
Clijsters earned 2,000 rankings points for winning this year's tournament, but it had no net effect on her old ranking because she was defending 2,000 points via her win in '09. No matter what she did in New York, she couldn't earn any more points.
Vera Zvonareva and Venus Williams could though. Both players were bounced in the fourth round of last year's tournament and earned 280 points in the WTA rankings as a result. This year Venus made the semifinals and Vera advanced to the finals, gaining 620 and 1,120 points, respectively. This enabled both players to catapult past Clijsters.
The lesson to be learned here is the same as always: Rankings don't mean a thing.
Yeah, you read that correctly. After winning the biggest event in the sport, Clijsters slipped from No. 3 to No. 5 in the WTA rankings. Here's how it went down:
Clijsters earned 2,000 rankings points for winning this year's tournament, but it had no net effect on her old ranking because she was defending 2,000 points via her win in '09. No matter what she did in New York, she couldn't earn any more points.
Vera Zvonareva and Venus Williams could though. Both players were bounced in the fourth round of last year's tournament and earned 280 points in the WTA rankings as a result. This year Venus made the semifinals and Vera advanced to the finals, gaining 620 and 1,120 points, respectively. This enabled both players to catapult past Clijsters.
The lesson to be learned here is the same as always: Rankings don't mean a thing.
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