The Best Artis Collection: May 2009

Sunday, May 31, 2009

Aída María Yéspica

Aída María Yéspica Jaime (pronounced [aˈiða maˈɾia ˈʝespika ˈxaime]), is a Venezuelan beauty queen born on July 15, 1982 in Barquisimeto, Venezuela. She is the girlfriend of footballer player Matteo Ferrari and they have a baby boy, Aron, born on November 27th, 2008. Aida Yespica's career began in the Venezuelan famous national pageant Miss Venezuela in 2002. As Miss Amazonas, she represented the state of Amazonas. The winner was Mariangel Ruiz but Yespica became a big favorite among the press. Her measurements 90-60-90 despite her average height (1.73m or 5'8") made her capture the attention of the press.

Aida Yespica Jaime moved to Milan, Italy to start her modeling career back in 2003. She has become a big star in the Italian entertainment business and has graced the covers of multiple magazines including GQ and Maxim. Aida appears regularly in Fashion TV and RAI doing photoshoots, fashion commercials or as a presenter. On January 2007 Veronica Lario, the wife of Italian [then former] Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi published a scathing front page letter to the editor in "La Repubblica" in which she asked Silvio Berlusconi to apologize for flirting openly with two women at a public event. In the letter, she said that her dignity had been violated. This letter was published on January 31, 2007 and Silvio Berlusconi's party issued a public statement saying he would always protect her dignity. At a recent awards dinner, Berlusconi was quoted as saying : "If I wasn't already married I would marry you right away" to Mara Carfagna, a representative of Forza Italia, and "With you I'd go anywhere" to Yéspica.

Adriana Sklenarikova

Adriana Karembeu (born Adriana Sklenaříková, 17 September 1971) is a Slovak fashion model. She was born to a Slovak mother and Czech father in Brezno, a small town of central Slovakia (then part of Czechoslovakia). She was also one of the models for Wonderbra and was very popular in Europe for her Wonderbra billboards.

On 22 December 1998, she married French football player Christian Karembeu and took his name. She lives permanently in Paris, but she has also lived in various cities in Europe such as Athens, Madrid and Middlesbrough. Karembeu is a vegetarian.

Adriana Francesca Lima

Adriana Francesca Lima (born June 12, 1981) is a Brazilian model best known as a Victoria's Secret Angel since 2000 and a spokesmodel for Maybelline cosmetics from 2003 to 2009. At age 15, Lima finished first place in Ford's "Supermodel of Brazil" competition and took second place the following year in the Ford "Supermodel of the World" competition before signing with Elite Model Management in New York City.

Lima never thought about being a model, although she had won many beauty pageants in elementary school. However, she had a friend at school who wanted to enter a modeling contest and didn't want to enter alone, so Lima entered with her. Both sent in pictures, and the contest sponsor soon asked Lima to come out for the competition. Soon after, at the age of 15, she entered and finished in first place in Ford's "Supermodel of Brazil" model search. She subsequently entered the 1996 Ford "Supermodel of the World" contest and finished in second place. Three years later, Lima moved to New York City and signed with Elite Model Management. After acquiring representation, Lima's modeling portfolio quickly began to expand, and she appeared in numerous international editions of Vogue and Marie Claire. As a runway model, she has walked the catwalks for designers such as Vera Wang, Christian Lacroix, Emanuel Ungaro, Giorgio Armani, Fendi, Ralph Lauren and Valentino, among others. Lima became a GUESS? girl in 2000, appearing in that year's fall ad campaign. She also appeared in the book A Second Decade of Guess? Images.

Carolyn Hennesy

Carolyn Hennesy (born June 10, 1962) is an American actress known for a recurring role on the television program Dawson's Creek and starring in the 2002 action thriller Global Effect. Hennesy was born in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of Oscar-winning art director Dale Hennesy, and a niece of actress Barbara Rush and cousin of Fox News reporter Claudia Cowan. She studied at the American Conservatory Theatre and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts. She is a veteran of many stage productions as well as the comedy troupes the Groundlings and the ACME Comedy Theater.

Hennesy had supporting roles in the films Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003), Legally Blonde 2: Red, White and Blonde (2003), Click (2006), The Heat Chamber (2003) and Cougar Club (2007). She made three appearances on That '70s Show and guest-starred on Reba as the mother of Reba's son-in-law, Van. She made a guest appearance on Drake & Josh as Mrs. Abernathy, the boss of the Ball & Vance Fish Corp. She is currently playing mob attorney Diane Miller on the long-running daytime drama General Hospital, a role she began in January 2007. She also voiced Blair Lansfield in the video game Star Ocean: Till the End of Time. She appeared in the short film Till Death Do His Part, and appeared as Judith Haven in an episode of What I Like About You.

Hennesy also wrote a book called Pandora Gets Jealous. She is working on a sequel, called Pandora Gets Vain that will be released in August, 2008. Hennesy is married to actor Donald Agnelli.

Mikalah Analise Gordon

Mikalah Analise Gordon (born January 14, 1988) is an American singer and eleventh-place finalist on the fourth season of American Idol. She was the second finalist eliminated on March 25, 2005.

Gordon was born in Las Vegas, Nevada, the same city as her American Idol audition. Her mother, Victoria Cavaricci, is Italian American, and her father, Rocky Gordon, is Jewish. Gordon was raised Catholic and attended St. Francis de Sales Roman Catholic School from 3rd to 8th grade. During her formative years Gordon regularly performed on stage with her father, a jazz musician who mentored his daughter, attempting to improve her versatility. Before Idol, she was with the Helen Joy Young Entertainers, sang at the White House, and worked at an oxygen bar.

Hijii Mika

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# Name (romaji): Hijii Mika
# Profession: Actress
# Birthdate: 1982-Oct-13
# Birthplace: Tokyo, Japan
# Height: 158cm
# Star sign: Libra
# Blood type: AB
# Talent agency: Stardust

TV Shows
* Code Blue (Fuji TV, 2008, ep11)
* Kiniro no Tsubasa (Fuji TV, 2007)
* Ai no Sorea (Fuji TV, 2006)
* Ougon Kishi GARO Special (TV Tokyo, 2006)
* Ougon Kishi GARO (TV Tokyo, 2005)
* Dollhouse (TBS, 2004)
* Kamen Rider Blade (TV Asahi, 2004)
TV Shows

* Code Blue (Fuji TV, 2008, ep11)
* Kiniro no Tsubasa (Fuji TV, 2007)
* Ai no Sorea (Fuji TV, 2006)
* Ougon Kishi GARO Special (TV Tokyo, 2006)
* Ougon Kishi GARO (TV Tokyo, 2005)
* Dollhouse (TBS, 2004)
* Kamen Rider Blade (TV Asahi, 2004)

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Thursday, May 21, 2009

Jaslene Gonzalez Pictures

Jaslene Gonzalez is a Puerto Rican fashion model, and the winner of Cycle 8 of America's Next Top Model. Jaslene Gonzalez was born in Puerto Rico and grew up in Humboldt Park, Chicago. She attended Notre Dame High School for Girls in Chicago. She was an online college admissions advisor prior to America's Next Top Model.

Gonzalez had done some modeling prior to America's Next Top Model, having been represented by Avant Garde Models. In her CW "Close-up" interview, it was revealed that she appeared in fashion shows for local Chicago designers, including Michelle Gomez of Chicago and Alexis Arquette, as seen in local Chicago newspapers Extra and La Nota.

Gonzalez said in her Seventeen interview that she had been in an abusive relationship with her ex-boyfriend; the relationship ended shortly before the filming of Cycle 7. Jaslene tried out for Cycle 7, but only made it to the semifinals. Assuring the judges that she would be back for the next cycle's audition, Jaslene's determination caught the eye of producers, who thought she had potential.

Eva Maria LaRuy Pictures

LaRue was born Eva Maria LaRuy in Long Beach, California, and is of Puerto Rican, French, Dutch and Scottish ancestry. She is a member of the Bahá'í Faith.

LaRue began acting at the age of six and was later a teenage beauty queen. She won Danfranc Productions Miss California Empire 1984 title at the state pageant held in Irvine, CA. From 1993 to 1997 and again from 2002 to 2005, LaRue portrayed Dr. Maria Santos Grey on All My Children.[2] There, she was half of one of All My Children's supercouples Edmund and Maria. She received a Daytime Emmy Award nomination in the category of "Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series" for All My Children. She also received a nomination in 2004 in the category of "Outstanding Original Song" for composing the song Dance Again with You, which was used as a backdrop to the lovemaking scene after the third marriage of the characters Edmund and Maria June of 2003.

LaRue also performed in television movies over the years, appearing as Annette Funicello in a biographical movie of the former Mouseketeer and also in the adaptation of Danielle Steel's Remembrance as Princess Serena. While on All My Children, LaRue developed a notable friendship with Sarah Michelle Gellar, who portrayed the role of Kendall Hart on the soap opera. LaRue also portrayed George Lopez's sister, Linda Lorenzo, on the TV sitcom George Lopez.

In the fall 2005, LaRue began the role of Natalia Boa Vista on CSI: Miami. It was revealed in the end of Season 4 that Eva's character, Natalia Boa Vista, was the mole in the lab reporting back to the FBI. Beginning with Season 5, LaRue became a fulltime cast member.

Edyta Sliwinska Pictures

Edyta Śliwińska (born in Warsaw, Poland on May 6, 1981) is a professional ballroom dancer. She is best known for her appearances on the American version of the reality television series Dancing with the Stars. Śliwińska is the only professional dancer to appear on all eight seasons of the American series.

In the debut season of Dancing with the Stars in June 2005, Śliwińska partnered boxing champion Evander Holyfield, with whom she placed 5th in the competition. For the second season, she was paired with actor George Hamilton, and again came in 5th place. With the third season, her partner was actor Joey Lawrence, and the couple achieved 3rd place. Śliwińska and Lawrence were part of the first performance tour of the show from December 19, 2006 to February 11, 2007.

For Season 4, she originally had Vincent Pastore as her partner, but Pastore dropped out after a week of training, as he was unable to keep up with the hard pace of preparation.[5] On March 2, John Ratzenberger was announced to be Pastore's replacement, giving Ratzenberger the least time of any celebrity to prepare for the series. On May 1, 2007, Sliwinska and Ratzenberger became the sixth couple eliminated from the competition, with a finish of 6th place.

In Season 5, Śliwińska was partnered with soap opera actor Cameron Mathison. They became the eighth couple eliminated before the Semi-Finals, with a finish of 5th place for the third time. In Season 6 her partner was NFL player Jason Taylor. They won second place, giving Śliwińska her best finish in six seasons.

In Season 7, Śliwińska and her partner American Comedian and Roastmaster Jeffrey Ross were the first couple voted off. They did not get their chance to show their Quickstep. During practice, Ross suffered an eye injury. Misty May-Treanor had suffered a leg injury in week three of the competition, and since she wanted to show America her Jive, Śliwińska danced it for her on the next night's result show. After week six, Śliwińska temporarily replaced Julianne Hough as Cody Linley's professional partner until Hough recovered from surgery scheduled on October 28, 2008.

In Season 8, Śliwińska was paired with NFL player Lawrence Taylor. They were eliminated in the seventh week of the show on April 21, 2009 with the lowest judged score of 21 and came in 7th place.