Fernanda TavaresBiographyFernanda Tavares was born September 22, 1980, in Rio Grande Do Norte, Brazil. It was clear early on that the budding brown-eyed brunette would become a certified beauty, and by the age of 9, she was doing smaller gigs in her hometown.Apparently, she won the Elite Look of the Year contest at 13, and was invited by agents to go to Sao Paulo to pursue modeling a year later. Suffice it to say, she hasn't stopped working since.look of the centurySigned with Marilyn in New York and Paris, Fernanda has posed for editorials in a slew of magazines on an international level, including Marie Claire US, Italy and Brazil; Elle France, Brazil and UK; Vogue US, France, Germany, and Italy; L'Officiel France; Cosmopolitan US and Brazil; Capricho Brazil; Harper's Bazaar US; and Allure US. In brief, Fernanda has surely been seen in one of the top fashion magazines around the world.And you didn't have to open certain magazines to see her, as Fernanda has graced the covers of L'Officiel, Vogue, Marie Claire, Capricho, Compolitan, Elle, and Biba, equally on the international editions of the magazines. After all her posing, Fernanda can say that her favorite photographer is Mario Testino.Fernanda has been walking down catwalks since 1998 for the world's biggest designers, including Chanel, Emanuel Ungaro, Herve Leger, Gianni Versace, Blumarine, Chloe, Christian Lacroix, Missoni, Prada, Salvatore Ferragamo, Valentino, John Galliano, Sonia Rykiel, Kenzo, and Yohji Yamamoto.selling like hot cakesWhat would a model be without her work in advertising campaigns? Fernanda has helped promote brands like Atelier Versace, Chloe, Giorgio Armani, Louis Vuitton, Mano, Nine West, Elite, Zoomp (Brazilian), and she was a big figure in the Ralph Lauren Spring 2000 collection, as well as the infectious, colorful Gap Jeans ads, also in the spring of 2000.Fernanda's sheer beauty was signed to represent the fragrance Guerlain, for which she was paid one million dollars to pose nude for the ad. And she was chosen as the face of Beauty Jungle, which has since ceased operations.victoria's secret powersBut no other ad campaign could elevate her like Victoria's Secret did. Fernanda was selected to be a Victoria's Secret model, and was one of the models at the renowned 2000 fashion show in Cannes, along with fellow Brazilian models Alessandra Ambrosio, Adriana Lima and Gisele Bundchen (Fernanda's best friend), and models Carmen Kass and Angela Lindvall. She also modeled for the company's Swimsuit Edition catalogue in 2000.Although her job takes her all around the world and back, Fernanda has been with the same lucky man for the past 4 years, and when she's not striking a pose or two, she enjoys swimming, jogging and doing what all young Brazilian women do.
Miranda Kerr
BiographyBorn in Sydney and raised in Brisbane, Australia, Miranda Kerr kick-started her modeling career in her early teens. Spurred on by the encouragement of her family and friends, Miranda fortuitously decided to enter the Dolly/Impulse Modeling Competition in 1997 when she was just 13 years old. She shocked everyone, including herself, when she won the competition, but she was completely surprised by the backlash that immediately followed her appearance in the Australian teen magazine Dolly.The media quickly turned Miranda Kerr’s winter-clothing pictorial into a debate regarding pedophilia and the acceptable age at which girls should start modeling. Nonetheless, Miranda gracefully handled the controversy and parlayed her newfound notoriety into a burgeoning career.miranda kerr gets work as a modelMiranda Kerr spent the next several years working nonstop, appearing in advertisements for companies such as Levi's and Baby Phat. She became a fixture within the pages of such illustrious publications as Elle, Harper’s Bazaar and Vogue, and she built a reputation as one of the most reliable and hardworking models on the scene.miranda kerr models for victoria's secretWhen she landed a coveted gig as one of the faces of Maybelline, Miranda Kerr's profile was given a significant boost. Her star only continued to rise when she was chosen as the first Australian to model on the runway for the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show, and when she appeared opposite Kanye West and Pharrell Williams in the music video for “Number One."miranda kerr is named no.19 in 2008 top 99In 2007, Miranda Kerr became the face of fashion retailer Arden B. and Clinique Happy. She also made a small-screen appearance in the comedy How I Met Your Mother, and ranked at No. 19 on AskMen.com's list of the Top 99 Most Desirable Women of 2008. 
Esti GinzburgBIOGRAPHYWhen we first saw the words "born," "Esti Ginzburg" and "1990" in the same sentence, we immediately pictured our future selves as those creepy old men who take up precious bench space in the park just so they can shamelessly stare at girls who weren't even born before their first heart attack. Fortunately, we have grade five math under our belts, and we were relieved to find out Ginzburg is a totally acceptable 19 years old. According to people like Mel Gibson, that age difference isn't gross at all.Born in Tel Aviv, Esti Ginzburg landed her first modeling gig at the age of 8 for Tnuva dairy farms. It wasn't exactly as big bucks as our "Got Milk?" campaign in the U.S., but it was a start. Ginzburg moved on to greener pastures six years later when she signed with Elite Models and began working for high-profile fashion houses like Tommy Hilfiger and Burberry.ESTI GINZBURG POSES FOR SPORTS ILLUSTRATED'S SWIMSUIT ISSUEHeidi Klum, Cindy Crawford and Elle MacPherson have all given us a reason to think of Sports Illustrated's Swimsuit Edition as the real Christmas, a time to remember the goodness in people, especially if said people are hot women in bikinis. Sure, there are times we have to listen to the rantings of a regular woman who futilely tries to convince us that the magazine edition is misogynistic and demeaning, but then we just remind ourselves that said woman is regular, prone to such human emotions as envy and, worse, jealousy. She's no (Victoria's Secret) angel.Any model knows that landing a spot in the Swimsuit Edition is career-changing. Esti Ginzburg knew that when she got the phone call. "I was shocked," she said. "I was standing in the streets of New York, and I got a call from my booker, and I was screaming, and I called my mom and sister and everyone to tell them. This was something I wanted for a while. It's a dream for a lot of models, and it's a big deal. I didn't even think I would get it. I went into casting and hoped it would happen, but I never thought I would get it."ESTI GINZBURG AND BIKINISShot by photographer Ricardo Tinelli in Naples, Italy, Esti Ginzburg's swimsuit shoot features her in the kind of bikinis that make you wonder just how sturdy the strings holding them together really are. Throw in the fact that she's draped across ancient monuments, and staring at them feels like you and Ginzburg are committing some wonderful sin together. Trust us, you'll want buy a vineyard in Northern Italy where the two of you could crush grapes with your feet in the nude, happily ever after.ESTI GINZBURG STARS IN TWELVELike many a model past, Esti Ginzburg wants you to know she can also act. But unlike Gisele Bundchen who decided that debuting her acting skills in a Jim Fallon-headlined movie would be a good idea, Ginzburg is starting in the big leagues. Her first film role in the Joel Schumacher-directed drama Twelve, which also stars Kiefer Sutherland, Emma Roberts, Ellen Barkin, and Chace Crawford. We'll have to wait until its 2010 release to see if Ms. Ginzburg is a little more Brooke Shields and a little less Shalom Harlow when it comes to making the transition from model to actress. Hopefully by then she'll have broken things off with her costar Chace Crawford, who she's rumored to currently be dating. And at least then she'll be 20 years old -- a little too old for Mel Gibson but no longer a teenager, and that's fine with us.
Bar RefaeliBiographyBar Refaeli was born on June 4, 1985, in a rural region of Israel. She was raised on a horse ranch, but her countryside origins never inhibited her ambitions. She started modeling before she could even walk and talk. At 8 months old, Bar Refaeli was already doing commercials.After starting her career before she was even 1 year old, Bar Refaeli had to undergo that traumatic experience that every child fears: getting braces. Of course, getting braces quickly derailed her modeling career. So, for over three years, Bar Refaeli resorted back to her normal life -- a life devoid of modeling.When the braces came off in 1997, however, Bar Refaeli wasted no time getting right back into the industry. At the tender age of 11, she burst back onto the modeling scene and has been there ever since. She then appeared in numerous advertisements and infomercials in Israel.bar refaeli in gqBar Refaeli’s rise to prominence seemed to happen overnight. At the age of 15, Bar began to modeling for catalogs such as Castro and Pilpel. Her undeniable good looks made her an automatic interest for most international magazines and covers.The turn of the century marked a sign of good things to come for the Israeli vixen. In 2000, she won the title of Model of the Year in a beauty contest, and in 2001, she won her title yet again, as her beauty and modeling talents couldn't be denied. In 2002 and 2003, she was chosen to be the home model of the Renuar fashion network. Additionally, Bar Refaeli was selected for an international fashion production and appeared in the French ELLE magazine.It was during her rise to prominence that she attained gigs with GQ and Ralph Lauren. However, Bar Refaeli claimed that it was the editorial section in an issue of ELLE France that cemented her celebrity. The editorial section attached her name with the face that so many people were becoming accustomed to seeing, and once her name was attached a celebrity was born.bar refaeli in sports illustratedBar Refaeli ended up doing photo shoots with Sports Illustrated magazine and Victoria’s Secret. Her career has essentially grown right in front of our eyes; she has developed a sense of how to work in front of a camera, and photographers like working with her. She says that working with photographers is “a cooperation between the model and the photographers.”In early 2007, Bar Refaeli landed more work with SI, and signed a deal with Chanel’s makeup brand.Putting her at an even higher pinnacle of celebrity, her once-romantic link with award-winning actor Leonardo DiCaprio speaks mounds for her popularity.bar refaeli is named no. 20 in 2008 top 99In 2007, Bar Refaeli was also awarded "Sexiest Import" at the 2007 Spike TV Guys' Choice Awards. So it's no wonder AskMen.com readers put Bar so high up on their 2008 Top 99 list.Bar Refaeli then appeared in the February 2008 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue.
Danica PatrickBIOGRAPHYBorn in Beloit, Wisconsin, on March 25, 1982, Danica Patrick grew up in a loving household with parents T.J. and Bev and sister Brooke. Danica Patrick's need for speed was not obvious from the get-go as, like many young girls, she loved to play with Barbie dolls as a child.At the age of 10, however, Danica Patrick got a glimpse into a world she would come to love. She accompanied her sibling on a trip to a go-karting lesson and quickly fell in love with sitting behind the wheel of a speedy vehicle. While sister Brooke soon abandoned racing, Danica Patrick was hooked, and she soon joined the World Karting Association (WKA).DANICA PATRICK IS A KARTING CHAMPIONWithin two years' time, Danica Patrick had become a racing fiend, and in 1994 she captured the WKA Grand National Championship in the Yamaha Sportsman class. She won additional karting titles in 1995 and 1996, and soon had established herself as a rising star. Her final season in the WKA came in 1997, and she went out with a bang, winning the Grand National Championship in both the Yamaha Lite and HPV classes.DANICA PATRICK JOINS FORMULA VAUXHALLThe next step in Danica Patrick's career was a big one. She upgraded her competition and joined the Formula Vauxhall Winter Series, moving to England in order to do so. Over the course of 1998, Danica Patrick kept up only an abbreviated racing schedule in the UK, because she was also spending time fine-tuning her technique at the Formula Ford racing school in Canada.Therefore, it was in 1999 that Danica Patrick made her true British racing debut. She finished her first full season in ninth place, then showed vast improvement by finishing second the next year at the Formula Ford Festival, the best-ever finish by an American at the British event.In 2001, her last year in England, Danica Patrick made a name back home in the U.S. She won the Gorsline Scholarship Award for Top Upcoming Road Racing Driver and competed in the tough British Zetek Formula Ford Championship. On the heels of these feats, Danica Patrick was touted as the top female open-wheel driver with international experience.DANICA PATRICK SIGNS WITH RAHAL LETTERMANWith a long list of accomplishments to her credit, Danica Patrick had the leverage to move up to the prestigious Indy Racing League. After trying out for many teams, she finally signed a multi-year contract with Rahal Letterman Racing (of which David Letterman is part owner) in 2002. To prep her for the heightened competitiveness of this league, she was sent to race in the Toyota Atlantic series for two years.Settling into her new job in 2003, Danica Patrick impressed both her team and the competition. She became the first woman in Toyota series history to win a pole position and reach the podium. In 2004, she placed third in the Toyota Atlantic Championship and was ready to officially race in the IRL.DANICA PATRICK IN THE INDY 500Danica Patrick became a third driver for Rahal Letterman Racing, making her big-time debut at the 2005 Toyota Indy 300. Though she was knocked out of the race on the 158th lap, Danica showed signs of brilliance during her rookie campaign, highlighted by an excellent running at the league's biggest race, the Indianapolis 500.Danica Patrick was only the fourth woman to race in the Indy 500, and the hype surrounding her participation grew each day. Despite all the pressure, she led for a total of 19 laps during the famed event, before falling back in the race's waning moments and finishing fourth. Still, Danica-mania had officially arrived.DANICA PATRICK JOINS ANDRETTI GREEN RACINGIn July 2006, Danica Patrick announced that she'd signed a deal to race with Andretti Green Racing. For the 2007 season, she scored her first three career podium finishes to finish with four top 5s and 11 top 10s. She scored her career best championship points finish of 7th with 424 points.She also placed on FHM's 100 Sexiest Women Of The World, placing No. 42 in 2006 and No. 85 in 2007.In February 2008, Danica Patrick appeared in Sports Illustrated's coveted Swimsuit Issue.DANICA PATRICK BECOMES FIRST WOMAN TO WIN AN INDYCAR SERIESApril 2008 was a landmark year for the sexy driver. Danica Patrick won her first race at Twin Ring Motegi in the Indy Japan 300, making her the first woman to win an IndyCar Series race in history. Danica Patrick took the Indy Japan 300 after the top contenders were forced to pit for fuel in the final laps.
Melissa haroBiographyMelissa Rose Haro was born on January 1, 1988, in San Jose, California, and grew up in the same house on the city's east side that her grandparents had previously lived in. Her modeling career got off to an early start when she was just 13. Despite having been a model since her early teens, she considers herself a nerdy, chess-playing bookworm at heart. Her love for reading may have helped her graduate a year early from James Lick High School at the age of 16.Melissa haro on project runwayMelissa Haro was crowned Miss Bay Area Teen in 2004, and was selected as fourth runner-up in the Miss California pageant that same year. Her success in her home state led to her being chosen as a model contestant for the premiere season of Bravo Channel's Project Runway reality series, hosted by supermodel Heidi Klum. The show debuted in December 2004, and Melissa Haro was the competition's youngest participant. She finished in the top three.She may reside on the West Coast, but Melissa Haro's career has mostly been based out of New York City, where Elite Model Management, one of the agencies that represents her, is headquartered. Priscillas Model Management and Look modeling agency out of San Francisco have also represented her. Some of the print campaigns she's appeared in include ads for Jessica McClintok, Bebe and Guess Jeans, who made her their spokesmodel in 2005. She's also been featured in spreads for Cosmopolitan, Elle and Vanity Fair magazines.Melissa haro in sports illustrated (twice)Joining the ranks of other bikini-clad babes, Melissa Haro made her debut as a Sports Illustrated swimsuit model in 2008. The publication's annual homage to the female form hit the newsstands in February. Her shots were taken in the Cayman Islands during the Caribbean isles' yearly Pirate Week festival, and Melissa Haro was photographed alongside members of the Seattle Seafair Pirates in some of the images. She showed off her finest attributes in skimpy swimwear, capped off with a tricorn hat with a skull and bones motif, in keeping with the session's pirate theme.Then, in February 2009, Melissa Haro made SI's Swimsuit Issue again.
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