The best we gave was the two Brazilians: top model Alessandra Ambrósio
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Alessandra was already one of the guests of the party of the fashion designers Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana.
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The Brasilians circling around the party were ...Alessandra Ambrósio...
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Alessandra attended the D&G party at the Martinez Hotel during the 59th Annual International Cannes Film Festival.
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Alessandra was in Monte Carlo/Cannes for the Monte Carlo Grand Prix.
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...Gishelle joined fellow models ALESSANDRA AMBROSIO, Karolina Kurkova, Adriana Lima and Izabel Goulart in Los Roques, Venezuela for the sizzling photo shoot...
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Wednesday, 21 December, 2005
Source: my TV set

Alessandra was a guest judge on the premier airing of the fourth episode of Season Two of Project Runway. In the US it airs on Bravo and will be repeated.
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Wednesday, 2 November, 2005
Source: wireimage.com

Spotted at “An Enduring Vision” – A Benefit for the Elton John AIDS Foundation at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City on 2 November, 2005. Alessandra with her best friend Ana Beatriz Boros.
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Thursday, 20 October, 2005
Source: Fashion Week Daily

...VS model Alessandra Ambrosio was also on hand to give tips to those who weren't born to be underwear models.
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24 March, 2006
Source: Global Surf News

...CBS and the lingerie maker have set a date of Tuesday, Dec. 6 for the show, which will feature Banks, Heidi Klum and a host of other Victoria's Secret models showing off the titular company's designs..."new modeling sensations" Selita Ebanks and Izabel Goulart will make their show debuts. ..
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On Monday, 27 February, Alessandra's newest Victoria's Secret TV commercial will began airing in the US. The spot is for Body by Victoria.
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On 3 November Alessandra appeared on the Tyra Banks Show in an episode called "Secrets of the Supermodels."
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Wednesday, 19 October, 2005
Source: alessandraambrosio.com

Alessandra was featured on the VH1 special, The Fabulous Life of the World's Hottest Supermodels.
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Friday, 26 August, 2005
Source: Abington Mariner

30 May, 2006
Source: glamurama.ig.com.br

<<<Translated from Portuguese by official site translator cutebunny121>>>
We remember the party thrown by Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana in Cannes this weekend. The best we gave was the two Brazilians: top model Alessandra Ambrósio and Simone Abdelnur - ex of David Coulthard. The first one kept conversation Pierre Casiraghi, the youngest child of Caroline de Mônaco. With Simone it seems that there was strong chemistry with Paris Latsis - ex of Paris Hilton
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29 May, 2006
Source: glamurama.ig.com.br

<<<Translated from Portuguese by official site translator cutebunny121>>>
Two generations of top models marked their presence in the Festival of Cannes, this Saturday. From one age, a supermodel of the 1990's, Claudia Schiffer. Of the other, Alessandra Ambrósio, one of the most famous angels of Victoria's Secret.
Alessandra was already one of the guests of the party of the fashion designers Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana. She began there early Friday and was still there when it finished the following morning.
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27 May, 2006
Source: glamurama.ig.com.br

<<<Translated from Portuguese by official site translator cutebunny121>>>
The scheduled party of Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana Martinez happened this Friday in a hotel in Cannes. All the famous ones that came for the film festival were there. Like Bono, Camilla Al Fayed - heiress of the Harrods-, the editor of the French Vogue Carine Roitfeld and her daughter Julia. The Brasilians circling around the party were Ana Paula Junqueira, Érika of the Seas Guia, Simone Abdelnour, Gabriela Di Tulip, Alessandra Ambrósio, Helcius Pitanguy, Henry Pinto, Matheus Massafera and Michel Saad.

All this group of Brazilians spent Saturday resting on the boat of Ana Paula Junqueira for it was the birthday of Mario Bernardo Garnero.
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1 May, 2006
Source: ABC News

INDIO, Calif. (AP) —Madonna thrilled thousands of fans at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival Sunday, even as she brought a mainstream feel to the traditionally edgy event.

A swollen outdoor crowd erupted in cheers after the Material Girl made her entrance inside a glittering disco ball that split in two and launched into "Hung Up" for her opening number. She performed an abbreviated set of five songs in less than a half hour.

Not everyone was excited to see the pop star at the musical extravaganza best known for its lineup of indie-rock bands and dance-oriented DJs.

"I'm here for anything but Madonna," said Alessandra Ambrosio, a Brazilian model. "Madonna is too pop to be here."

More than 100,000 people came to the inland desert for two sold-out days of sun and sound. With 47 acts on Sunday's bill alone, fans had so many choices they had to miss some bands to catch others.

Theresa Hioki, 20, sat next to her bother on a large expanse of grass, contemplating the rest of the day's music ahead of them. Sunday's lineup also included the up-and-coming Matisyahu, a Hasidic reggae and hip-hop artist.

Hours before Madonna, the San Francisco-based Mates of State, a husband and wife duo, performed their unique blend of alt-pop drum and organ music.

Jason Hammel, a former cancer researcher, bounced in his seat as he beat his drums furiously, while his wife, Kori Gardner, a former school teacher, swayed in her red summer dress and played complex passages on her organ. The couple has grown from Oakland party gigs to receive a wave of attention for their smart, singable tunes.

British chart favorite James Blunt drew a large crowds, playing to a wedged-in audience in the Mojave Tent. Near the tent openings, the crowd stood 20 deep to catch a glimpse of the singer as he crooned mellifluous tunes, capping his performance with the hit "You're Beautiful" from his album "Back to Bedlam."
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27 April, 2006
Source: news.yahoo.com

"US Weekly" Hot Hollywood Awards

by Jenny Peters

Fashion Wire Daily - Los Angeles - What's a good excuse to throw a big Hollywood party? Give out some awards to the cutest people in Tinseltown, celebrating their "outstanding taste in fashion," and the crowd forms.

That's just what "US Weekly" did on Wednesday, April 26, at the latest chic restaurant in town, Republic on La Cienega, handing out their "Hot Hollywood Awards" in conjunction with their May 3 "Hot Hollywood" issue.

Jessica Alba, looking great as usual in a décolletage-revealing black dress and Kwiat diamond hoop earrings, took top honors of the night with the "Style Icon of the Year" nod, while Stacey Kiebler (also dripping in Kwiat diamonds) was awarded the "Hottest Reality Style."

Carmen Electra has the "Hottest Sexy Style," while Jennifer Love Hewitt took home the "Hottest Body Style." Paris Hilton came to the party and took home the "Hottest Red Carpet Style" trophy; her sister Nicky went home empty-handed, however.

Other winners on hand at the excuse-to-have-a-party awards were Avril Lavigne, Ludacris, Maria Sharapova, Kelly Osbourne, Brittany Murphy, Jamie-Lynn Sigler, and Jesse McCartney. And also along for the free cocktails, food and DJ Samantha Ronson's spinning tunes were others of the Hollywood Hot Set: Tyrese, Dave Navarro, Tori Spelling, fashion designer Jennifer Nicholson, stunning Brazilian supermodel Alessandra Ambrosio, and ultra-cutie Nick Cannon.

Spotted checking out the scene were the red-carpet regulars – Garcelle Beauvais, Haylie Duff, Harry Hamlin and wife Lisa Rinna, Shannon Elizabeth, David Spade, Michelle Trachtenberg, and Kimberly Stewart – who seem to hit every party that happens around town.

The most ironic thing about the night? The fact that most of the night's red-carpet walkers and award winners get their "outstanding taste in fashion" from someone else. It is the stylists, not the stars, are the real "hot" people in Hollywood these days, dictating to their clients just what to wear whenever they step out the door!
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25 April, 2006
Source: ExtraTV

What's Sexy, According to the Victoria's Secret Angels

April 2006
Source: southflorida.com

With the gossip items about celebrity sightings and media coverage of the Paula Abdul incident, some in the club scene — and on nightlife-related blogs — are already wondering whether Xenii is overexposed.

Ten months, after all, can be like 10 years in the club world.

The club promoters, club owners and scenesters who privately bash Xenii say it's a refuge for the sorts of men who wouldn't get past many velvet ropes or couldn't charm the pretty girls if they didn't have money.

"If you are the kind of person who needs to name-drop B-celebrity names in order to validate your existence, then this is the place for you," wrote "Lordy," an anonymous poster on the nightlife and L.A.-centric website "Caroline on Crack." "It's about as socially rewarding as a monster truck rally."

Perry rejects the criticism and likes to compare Xenii to Andy Warhol's Factory and Studio 54, both exclusive clubs in Manhattan three decades ago.

But even some Xenii regulars aren't sure whether all the hype is true.

Susan Blackman, a publicist and self-proclaimed "tastemaker" was not impressed by the males on view on a recent Saturday while enjoying cocktails in the cordoned-off VIP area at the Hollywood Ren-Mar Studios.

"There are no hot guys here," the 28-year-old said.

She and a girlfriend then recognized actor Michael Bellisario from the TV show "JAG," in a mesh trucker baseball cap, and rushed to talk to him.

Bellisario, 26, started coming to Xenii parties last June. He said he did not need to pay for membership because Perry "wants Hollywood here. I spread the word."

As his guests networked, flirted, drank and stargazed, Perry was stationed at a sofa continuing to field Blackberry calls from the door. This time, it was the Los Angeles fire marshal, waiting in the studio's courtyard.

Perry went to confirm with the marshal that, with daylight saving time kicking in that morning, the party could go until 6 a.m. instead of the usual 5 a.m.

"I don't ever want to let you down," Perry told L.A. Fire Inspector Glen Martinez, who approved the extra hour.

As the morning wore on, more taxis appeared outside the party on Gower. Valets worked frantically to get cars.

After a night of dancing, Victoria Secret's model Alessandra Ambrosio skirted a couple of paparazzi on her way out of the party and got into the front seat of a four-door Maserati driven by a friend. The car stereo began to blast Aerosmith's "Dream On," and then, with a screech of the tires, the driver sped off into the approaching dawn.
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Thursday, 2 February, 2006
Source: ofuxico.uol.com.br

<<<Translated from Portuguese by Google Language Tools>>>
Alessandra Ambrósio disputes vacant of Bond Girl Plus a Brazilian model will be able to appear for the first time in public in the international cinema. Alessandra Ambrósio, that as well as Gishelle Bundxxxx shines in passarelas of the whole world, is in the dispute to be the new Bond Girl. Although the Italian model Caterina Murino has been announced as the interpreter of the beauty of Royale Casino, the colunista Mônica Bergamo, of the periodical Leaf of S. Paulo, informed that Alessandra will make tests for the longone, that it will be carried out by Daniel Craig. Still according to São Paulo publication, Alessandra was seen with the producers of series 007. Beauties already had refused the paper of Bond Girl. Sienna Miller and Charlie Theron had been some of them. The model, of 24 years, is one of the Brazilian stars that shine in the world. Alessandra Ambrósio already participated of important international advertising campaigns, as of grifes Guess and Victoria Secrets.

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9, January, 2006
Source: insider.tv.yahoo.com

What's Alessandra Up To Now?

While Leo Dicaprio parties in L.A. and Miami, ex Gishelle Bundxxxx is doing what she does best: modeling bikinis, in the new 2006 Victoria's Secret Swim 2006 Catalog.

Gishelle joined fellow models ALESSANDRA AMBROSIO, Karolina Kurkova, Adriana Lima and Izabel Goulart in Los Roques, Venezuela for the sizzling photo shoot.

The new catalog, sent out this past weekend, unveils new beach collections by Body by Victoria Essentials, Miracle Bra and Very Sexy, and Beach Sexy, among others. Push-up tops, plunge tops, halters and string bottoms are all included in the new offerings along with sarongs and Indian-inspired embellished bikinis.

Brazilian covergirl Alessandra, 24, says, "There's a lot of different shapes. There's some stuff that I love that I'm gonna get! There's some that my mom's gonna get, some that my sister will. So, it's all different for different women."
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October 21, 2005
Source: NY Post Page Six

MAN-EATER Shannen Doherty has a new boy toy. The sexy former "90210" star made the scene the other night at the L.A. launch of Victoria's Secret's new Mood line of aphrodisiac-inspired candles and home fragrances — which seem to work. Doherty, 34, planted herself on the lap of a studly college senior: USC quarterback and Heisman Trophy winner Matt Leinert. He nearly scored a touchdown right in their banquette, our spywitness reports. Also at the bash, held at the aptly-named Club Mood and hosted by Alessandra Ambrosio and Tyra Banks, were Paris Hilton and Stavros Niarchos, Mike Tyson, Kevin Federline, Joaquin Phoenix and Christian Slater.
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20 October, 2005
Source: Fashion Week Daily

Send Me An Angel (And please make her smell good too)
by Faran Krentcil

(LOS ANGELES) "It smells so good in here!" exclaimed Tyra Banks to The Daily. The supermodel, talk show hostess, and “fierce”Victoria's Secret face was at L.A. hotspot Mood last night to promote VS beauty's latest initiative, Mood candles, and she was right—thanks to the company’s waxy new products, the club smelled less like booze and way more like a sexy boudoir.

"I put candles everywhere," said Banks. "In my bathtub, my room but I don't light them because they already smell good and I don't want them to melt and get all gross!"

Fellow VS model Alessandra Ambrosio was also on hand to give tips to those who weren't born to be underwear models. "Have makeup and hair people to make sure everything's fine,”she joked. “No, if you use one of these Mood aphrodisiac candles, it'll get you in the mood to feel sexy. The boyfriend's gonna love that!"

20 October, 2005
Source: PR Newswire

Victoria's Secret Angels Launch New Aphrodisiac-Inspired Home Fragrances at VIP Event at LA Hotspot MOOD

HOLLYWOOD, CA, Oct. 20, 2005 -- Victoria's Secret, the brand known for the sexiest lingerie and beauty products on earth, will now scent your home sexy with the launch of MOOD by Victoria's Secret, a collection of aphrodisiac-inspired home fragrances. The hot and sexy collection features 8 scents -- feminine florals, enticing edibles, intoxicating spices, and tempting fruits -- all with known aphrodisiac properties that excite the senses and stimulate sexual attraction. Scents include: Beguiling (Freesia), Yearning (Creamy Gardenia), Ripe (Sweet Fig), Slow Melt (Dark Chocolate), Succulent (Blackberry Spice) and Hidden Fire (Enchanting Amber)

To kick off the launch, on October 19, Victoria's secret supermodels Tyra Banks and Alessandra Ambrosio hosted an exclusive party at LA's hottest night club, Club Mood. Celebrity guests such as Joaquin Phoenix, Eve, David Spade and Carmen Cass, lit up over the new line of candles and sachets. Banks has a favorite Mood candle -- Beguiling, which is a freesia scent." My favorite scent is Beguiling, scented with Freesia" says Banks. "It smells soapy and clean, which I like." The jam-packed fete went late into the night as DJ Sam Ronson ignited the crowd and Paris Hilton, Kevin Federline, Daisy Fuentes, Drea de Matteo, Constantine Moralis and Cindy Margolis danced the night away and enjoyed a signature cocktail from Gran Centenario Tequila -- The Angel's Aphrodisiac -- a tempting creation of Gran Centenario Plata and fresh juices. MOOD candles and sachets are housed in sleek black glass, featuring 3 wicks and luxurious boxes punctuated with sexy, prowly animal prints. Deluxe Filled Candle (65 oz, $225); Large Filled Candle (10 oz, $28); Votive Set (two 4 oz, $24); Sachet Set (three 6 oz, $24) the new mood collection will be available in Victoria's Secret Stores across the country.
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19 May, 2006
Source: automobilsport.com

It's that time of year again. On 28th May the Formula One teams will line up on the grid for the Monaco Grand Prix. The race on the Côte d'Azur is the most glamorous and prestigious date on the F1 calendar and attracts the most attention worldwide. Nowhere else do the fans get as close to the action or see more of it: with the track the shortest and tightest of any grand prix venue, the cars cover more laps than anywhere else.

Overtaking on the streets of the principality is the exception rather than the rule, yet the race usually provides its fair share of entertainment. One reason for the frequent thrills and spills is the narrow and twisty nature of the circuit, which means mistakes tend to be punished.

In the week following the Spanish Grand Prix, the BMW Sauber F1 Team - with drivers Nick Heidfeld, Jacques Villeneuve and Robert Kubica - completed three days of testing at the Paul Ricard circuit in France.

The Monaco circuit is the shortest GP course of all at 3.340 kilometres. Nowhere else are more laps covered (78), yet the race distance of 260.520 kilometres is the shortest in the calendar.

Monaco has hosted 52 grands prix since 1950. The circuit length varies from 3.145 km and 3.370 kilometres. For the first 14 GPs the race distance covered an impressive 100 laps. 27 drivers have made it into the winners' list so far. The most successful F1 driver in Monaco to date is Ayrton Senna, with six triumphs to his name.

It wasn't until 2004 that garages for the cars were installed along the pit lane in Monaco. Prior to that, the teams had to shunt the cars back and forth from the makeshift garages in the paddock and the pit lane between practice and qualifying sessions and then for the race. The old building essentially served as a shelter for the fuel rigs, spare parts and computer equipment.

On Friday Monaco traditionally remains free of Formula One engine noise. That is why the first two practice sessions are held on Thursday.

The Monaco Grand Prix is also the party and glamour high spot of the Formula One season. Brazilian top model Alessandra Ambrosio will be among BMW's guests once again. She already drew attention to herself at the team presentation in Valenca in January when she posed in a catsuit sporting the team colours. Star photographer Michel Comte will be setting out with her and the team on the next round of shooting.

2 May, 2006
Source: glamurama.com.br

Canguru
02/05 - 16:11 - Nasce uma nova top. E ela já vem com madrinha de primeira grandeza. Lucilda Ambrósio é estrela da campanha da Hering para o Dia das Mães. Como coadjuvante, a filha Alessandra Ambrósio, que aparece junto nas fotos. Essa é a estréia de Lucilda no mundo da moda. Já Alessandra está entre as modelos mais sexies do planeta.

<<<Translated by cutebunny121 - Official Site Translator>>>
Lucilda Ambrosio is the star of the Hering campaign on Mothers Day (it was May 14th in Brazil btw). Her co-star, daughter Alessandra Ambrosio, also joins in the photos. This is Lucilda's first step into the world of fashion. Alessandra is already one of the sexiest models on the planet.
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Saturday, 25 March, 2006
Source: floridatoday.com

While Brevard County surf fans were swept up by the Sebastian Inlet Globe Pro event in January, Cocoa Beach's Kelly Slater was toiling away for MTV's cameras over three days on Hawaii's Kona Coast. The seven-time world champion worked with the cable network to make up a guest list of surfing pros and celebrities for a sports-entertainment event styled after the old Rock-N-Jock specials.

The result -- "Kelly Slater Celebrity Surf Invitational" -- premieres at 4:30 p.m. today on MTV. While pros such as Hawaii's Bruce Irons and California's Rob Machado did compete, Slater was surprised by the proficiency of some of the celebs.

The event will re-air tonight at 11, Sunday at 1 a.m. and 3 p.m. and Monday at 1:30 a.m. Here are five noteworthy participants:

# 1. Pop singer Ashlee Simpson: Though she'd never before been on a board, Simpson was the top surfer in her division.

# 2. Pro skater Tony Hawk: Already a cult icon on a skateboard, Hawk's no slouch in the water.

# 3. Reality TV star Jack Osbourne: A self-proclaimed "adrenaline junkie," Ozzie's boy took top honors in his division.

# 4. Supermodel Alessandra Ambrosio: Slater's dating one Brazilian beauty (Gishelle Bundcxxx), but this is the one who actually dared to get on a board for this event.

# 5. Rock band Incubus: Members Brandon Boyd and Mike Einziger are surfing enthusiasts. The pair won another event -- the Surfrider Celebrity Surf Jam -- recently in Huntington Beach, Calif.
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Friday, 24 March, 2006
Source: Global Surf News

Kelly Slater Celebrity Surf Invitational

Kelly Slater opens up a surf school for celebrities in a special for MTV

Surfersvillage Global Surf News, 24 March, 2006 : - - Rock stars and movie stars join the biggest names in surfing at the Kelly Slater Celebrity Surf Invitational for three days of competition and events on the Kona Coast of Hawaii. Seven-time world champion Kelly Slater and Quiksilver team riders mix it up with celebrities; Ashley Simpson, Jack Osbourne, Ashley Parker Angel, Meagan Good, Alessandra Ambrosio, Sal Masekela, G-Love, Chris Shiflett from Foo Fighters and Brandon Boyd from Incubus, all styled in the latest offerings of boardshorts and clothing from Quiksilver and Roxy.

The hour-long special will premier this Saturday, March 25 at 4:30PM (ET/PT) and is part of “MTV’s Spring Break 2006”

Watch the premiere of the "Kelly Slater Celebrity Surf Invitational" on Saturday March 25 at 4:30pm and see the 7x World Champ teach the likes of Ashlee Simpson, Jack Osbourne, Ashley Parker Angel and Meagan Good how to surf on the Big Island of Hawaii. Joining Kelly as special guest instructors are Quiksilver Young Guns, Dane Reynolds and Ry Craike, along with Rob Machado, Shane Dorian and Bruce Irons.

Learning how to rip isn't all smooth sailing for the celebs - watch as their boards and bodies take a few dings - but a good time was had by all.

Check out the schedule of air dates on MTV here:

PREMIERE:
Saturday, March 25, 4:30 PM

RE-AIRS*:
Sunday, March 26, 1:00 AM
Sunday, March 26, 3:00 PM
Monday, March 26, 12:00 AM
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18 October, 2005
Source: Washington Post

Ted and Tyra's Synchronized Exits

ABC News yesterday made official what had been widely speculated for some time: Martin Bashir, Cynthia McFadden and Terry Moran will co-anchor "Nightline" when Koppel leaves the show, which will happen the night of Nov. 22.

Marty & Our Gang take over on Nov. 28.

Though we have been told in the past that the "Nightline" folks are not aware of the dates of so-called sweeps ratings periods, Koppel's bow-out, which is sure to grab a big crowd, falls in the November ratings derby, as does the debut of the new "Nightline," which no doubt will attract a good number of curious news junkies.

How lucky for "Nightline," which has slowly but steadily been losing viewers in the sweeps since the start of this millennium.

On Dec. 6, precisely two weeks after Koppel's last "Nightline" appearance, CBS will broadcast the triumphant return of "The Victoria's Secret Fashion Show," which, while infused with its usual bouncy, festive holiday spirit, will be marked with some sadness when Banks makes her final fashion show appearance for the well-known undies-and-so-much-more company.

Koppel is a TV pioneer who broke new ground at "Nightline" when it debuted as a regular ABC show on March 24, 1980. Originally a series of late-night news specials called "The Iran Crisis: America Held Hostage" (and first anchored by Frank Reynolds), "Nightline" made waves as a live, single-subject news program and is widely credited, as Reuters recently noted, with helping usher in the nation's demand for round-the-clock news.

Koppel reportedly is going to announce when he leaves "Nightline" that he will be doing something for pay cable network HBO.

Banks is also a TV pioneer, and her name is synonymous with Victoria's Secret. Like Koppel, Banks broke new ground in the world of media. She was the first African American model to grace the covers of both GQ and Sports Illustrated's swimsuit issues, as well as the Victoria's Secret catalogue.Banks went on to create and executive-produce one of a very few shows that have put a whole network -- UPN -- on the map. "America's Next Top Model" is averaging 4.8 million viewers this season -- to Koppel's 3.7 million. Banks also has a syndicated daytime talk show, which is averaging about 1.7 million viewers.

Victoria's Secret hopes it can fill the void created by the departure of the spectacularly voluptuous Banks with "the next generation of Victoria's Secret 'Angels' "--to wit, "new modeling sensations" Selita Ebanks and Izabel Goulart, who will be making their VS fashion show debuts on CBS. This is kind of like asking Jennifer Love Hewitt to stand in for Audrey Hepburn. Oh, wait -- some network tried that.
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25 April, 2006
Source: models.com

Watch out Tyra and Heidi! Moving fast in the “model-as-sexy-brand” sweepstakes is Brazilian belle Alessandra. This German GQ snap shows why this beauty is looming fast as a MVP in that market.
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24 April, 2006
Source: USA Today

Victoria's Secret compiles a 'sexy' who's who

By Mary Pilon, USA TODAY

What's sexy to Victoria's Secret? On the lingerie company's first "What is Sexy?" list, winners were subject to debate, says spokeswoman Monica Mitro. "Sexy always changes," she tells USA TODAY. "We looked at self-confidence, humor, presence, achievements."

International city: St. Tropez, France

U.S. city: Los Angeles

Car: Ferrari 430 Spyder

Food: Chocolate

Video: Jessica Simpson's These Boots Are Made for Walkin'

Sexiest movie ever: Unfaithful (2002), starring Richard Gere and Diane Lane
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Sunday, 16 April, 2006
Source: New York Post

P.M. Lounge owner Unik will kick off his Sunday night soirees at Cipriani Downtown with the birthday of Brazilian supermodel Alessandra Ambrosio.
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Wednesday, 29 March, 2006
Source: uol.com.br

by Luciana Haug

<<<Translated from Portuguese by cutebunny121 >>>
She has had her Florianopolis apartment for 7 years, she has lived in NYC for five years. She weighs 52 kilograms.

She filmed for James Bond in the Bahamas, she has only a small part. She wanted to se how she'd so at acting, but for mow she wants to stay as a model because it's what she loves. She intends to model for another 4-5 years then she wants to have a family nd give all of her attention to that. She might continue the Alessandra Sais line one day, but she's not sure.

She has been learning to surf for 3 years, but she forgets everything because she has to keep going back to America and can't practice there. She loved doing the Kelly Slater invitational, she says she "learnt too much!"

She misses her home but she says her life is in NYC now. Her mom comes to visit her in NYC alot and her sister has been living there the last year.

She also says she doesn't want to get anymore serious with Marcelo yet because they are not together enough because of work. They sometimes have up to 2 months apart. He also 'understands her' and she loves him very much because he is intelligent and likes the same things she does!

<<<Translated from Portuguese by Google Language Tools>>>
One of top the most requested and well paid models of the world, Alessandra Ambrósio (24) -- colleague of Gishelle Bündcxxx (25) in the parades of grife of lingeries Victoria's Secret -- does not have much time to work in its native land. "I do not obtain to conciliate the projects that I have in the exterior with daqui", it laments. But, always that it can runs for its apartment in the Brave Beach, the 30 kilometers of the center of Florianópolis, capital of Santa Catarina. "I love this beach! I have this apartment already makes seven years ", it remembers the gaucho of Erechim, it has five years consolidated in New York, U.S.A., where its boyfriend also lives, the model Marcelo Boldrini (27). The catarinense apartment has "its face", according to top. "the Michelini Molossi, that is gaucho, took care of of the decoration. It chose well legal things, deloused and half hippies, as it is my style. It said its plans and I approved ", I count the beautiful. With looking at sensual and body of perfect measures -- 1m76 of height, 82 cm of bust, 61 cm of waist, 89 cm of hip and 52 kilos --, Alessandra is the star of the new campaign of the Hering. E, beyond the success in the model career, gives the first steps now as actress: estréia ahead of the cameras in the new film of 007, Casino Royale, with the English Daniel Craig (37) in the paper of James Bond -- that it has estréia foreseen for November. In exclusive interview to the FACES, top speaks on its plans. - How it was its participation in the film? - We record in the Bahamas, in the Caribbean. I made a small tip. As I was never actress, it was plus a participation to see as I left myself. But until today never I made an interpretation course. The truth is that for the time being I only want to be model. It makes ten years that work in this and is what I love. - With how many years it intends to stop? - it does not give to say, never knows what it goes to happen in the following day. Everything depends on the people, the market, a gamma of things that the model career involves. I intend to be plus one four or five years. I want to have family, children and from there I go to want to release the profession to give attention to the particular life. - What it would like to make later? - as much thing Has... I made a collection of biquínis in the passed year, for the Pink Tea, that took my name. I adored, I gave palpites in the creation of the parts, perhaps I continue with this and have a mark of biquínis. But still I did not decide. - You surfa have much time? - I love surfar. It has three years I started to have lessons, here in the Brave one. But it is difficult: when I am learning, I have that to come back toward the United States and, six months later, when I come back to Brazil, already I unlearned everything... In the beginning of February, I was invited by the surfista Kelly Slater (world-wide heptacampeão and affaire of Gishelle Bündcxxx) for an event in favor of reefs of chorales, in the Havaí. It organized a competition where singers, actors and models had had lessons with professionals. I learned excessively! - Feels lack of Brazil? - Much! Taste to live in New York, I have my friends, my house, my life is there. But when I am here I do not want to go even so. - and its family? - I have much homesickness. My mother always goes for New York and my sister is liveing with me has one year. Thus she is more easy. - Have how much time namora you? - Namoro has six years. The Marcelo also is gaucho and deferred payment in New York, but at the moment it is in Brazil studying to be actor. - Already they think about something more serious? - Still not, we are very new and our life is race. We arrive to be up to two months without in seeing them because of the work... But it has what he attracts me in a man: he is intelligent, tans the same things that I e, for also being model, understands the profession.
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Monday, 27 March, 2006
Source: FHM Magazine

Alessandra Ambrosio. #56. Last year: #84. The Brazilian invasion of catwalks and the 100 sexiest list continues. Of her three compatriots, only Alessandra rose more than 25 spots in the past year.
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30 January, 2006
Source: AskMen.com

Rank: 36
Alessandra Ambrosio

AskMen.com Desirability Score: 7.83

Last Year's Rank: N/A

What She is Known For:
Perhaps the leggiest of leggy supermodels, this 5’10” Brazilian goddess is a true-to-life ugly duckling story. Alessandra was so embarrassed of her protruding ears that she went under the knife to have them fixed at 11. After she recovered, Alessandra enrolled in the Elite Modeling Agency. From there, it was cover shoots for major Brazilian fashion magazines and finally (and thankfully) a gig with Victoria’s Secret.

2005 Career Highlights:
At the televised Victoria’s Secret catwalk show, Alessandra stood (literally and figuratively) head and shoulders above the other majestic lingerie models -- which is no small feat. She looked so festively gorgeous in her Santa hat and fur-lined mini skirt that stores all over America quickly sold out. She also appeared as a guest judge on Bravo’s Project Runway, since seeing her reflection in the mirror makes her an expert in judging beauty.

2006 Career Forecast:
Thank the Lord for small miracles; we should be seeing a lot more of Alessandra in the upcoming year. All the top designers are scrambling to drape their new clothing lines on her tall, lean frame, including Calvin Klein, Ralph Lauren and, of course, Victoria’s Secret. She’s also launched her own line of swimwear (Alessandra Ambrosio by Sais) and has signed on to be the cover girl of Victoria’s Secret Pink. As if we needed another reason to flip through their catalogs.

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17, January, 2006
Source: planet-f1.com

BMW unveils its first F1 car to the world

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9 December, 2005
Source: Fashion Week Daily

Santa, Baby!
Ever since televised runway show, everyone wants to sit on Victoria's Secret's lap

(NEW YORK) It looks like the Victoria’s Secret angels won’t be the only lovelies having a very merry Christmas this season. After the December 6 catwalk show extravaganza aired on CBS, the retailer reported that Alessandra Ambrosio’s santa hat and fur-lined mini-skirt had completely sold out in stores across the country. In fact, over 17,000 sets of the $34 mini and $10 hat sold in the week immediately following the runway show and catalog release, the latter of which features Ambrosio in the sexy get-up. So successful was the fashion show this time around—Victoria’s Secret executives cancelled the show in 2004 after Janet Jackson’s Superbowl fiasco—that the company will re-air “the world’s sexiest fashion show” on Tuesday, Dec. 13, at 9PM on UPN.
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30 November, 2005
Source: Taipei Times

Brazil's best beach babes found in Florianopolis

By Dominic Sutcliffe
THE GUARDIAN , FLORIANOPOLIS, BRAZIL

It's Friday night at the Confraria das Artes, one of the hippest nightclubs in Brazil, and the crowded patio looks like a fashion shoot set in an antique store. Reclining on vintage couches and creaking rocking chairs under Moroccan chandeliers, dozens of long-limbed, honey-skinned blondes are sipping caipirinhas and flirting with tanned men in muscle shirts.

Supermodels Gishelle Bundcxxx, Mariana Weickert and Alessandra Ambrosio are known to frequent the Confraria, as is local tennis star Gustavo Kuerten. Keen to discover who's who, I ask our waiter, Rogerio, a dashing 20-something surfer dude, to point out the bar's stars. But Rogerio is of no use.

"I don't know any of them," he shouts over the ambient dance track. "I just took this job to earn some money so I could surf all day. A few years ago no one cared anything about Floripa. But now it's gone crazy!"

If a local like Rogerio is disoriented, imagine how I feel. I thought I knew something about hip Brazil -- the chic resorts of Angra dos Reis, Buzios and Parati, where the likes of Mick Jagger, Naomi Campbell and Ronaldo hang out. But when a Brazilian friend in London told me that the hottest place in the country -- and the new Punta del Este of South America -- was an island city in the south called Florianopolis, I almost laughed. Floria what? It sounded like a Greek island. Or a brand of toothpaste. If it was so popular, why hadn't we heard of it? Turns out millions of South Americans have -- but they've been keeping it to themselves.

An hour's flight from Sao Paulo, not far from the border with Uruguay, Floripa, as it's known to locals, is the capital of Santa Catarina state. It lies on a gorgeous 483km2 island made up of 17th-century fishing villages, jungle-covered hills, emerald lagoons and more than 40 pristine white sand beaches. Flying in from Sao Paulo, it looks like tropical paradise. Put a volcano on those hills, and it could be Hawaii.

Linked to the mainland by a single suspension bridge, for many years Floripa was -- like the rest of Santa Catarina -- a rural idyll.

But in the past five years, the island's popularity has exploded. As crime rates in Sao Paulo and Rio soared, wealthy urbanites snapped up homes on its beachfronts and opened restaurants, clubs and bars on its lagoon shores. In 2002, it was said Florianopolis was the best and safest place to live in Brazil. Today, more Brazilian and South American tourists head to Floripa on their December breaks than anywhere else in the country except for Rio. And in summer the regular population of 330,000 swells to more than 1 million.

They come for the beaches, the surfing, the snorkelling, the seafood and, of course, to party like only South Americans know how.

Setting the scene

If Floripa is a potential Punta del Este, the center of the "scene" is Lagoa da Conceicao, a village set around the main lagoon in the heart of the island, beneath the wooded hills. Kite surfers skim the glassy water, dodging wooden boats ferrying tourists to seafood restaurants on the far shores, and the sidewalks have the air of a hip southern Californian beach town: bustling surf shops, trendy coffee bars and an excellent gourmet "kilo restaurant" called Um Rosa, where regulars pile up huge portions of fresh fish, mussels, salads and organic meats from a buffet bar for 22 Brazilian reais a kilo (NT$336).

It is the beaches beyond Lagoa that are the real attraction, though, and it was time to test them out. Those in the north, Jurere and Ingleses, are the most commercial: a kind of Brazilian Costa del Sol, with high-rise condo developments and tacky restaurants with menus in Spanish to help out all the Argentines. Far better are the beaches to the east and south, facing open ocean: Campeche, Joaquina, Praia Mole and Barra da Lagoa.

On the advice of my Brazilian friend in London we had avoided staying in the city itself and instead based ourselves at Pousada Natur, a privately-run guesthouse in the serene suburb of Campeche -- and a mere block from the beach. An unspoilt boomerang curve of pure white sand, Campeche looks out on a small emerald island that has been declared a national marine park. It has a famous right-break wave that only the legendary surf paradise of Jeffrey's Bay in South Africa can rival. Not that I know what a right break means, but every morning hundreds of daredevil kite surfers and boarders paid tribute to it, doing heart-stopping leaps and breakneck speed twists over the towering barrels.

Surfing is a religion in Floripa and there are several beaches on which to convert. I spent my second afternoon on Barra da Lagoa, under the expert tutelage of Evandro dos Santos, a former Brazilian champion with his own surf school. He had the looks of a film star and the English of a four-year-old. "Watch wavey! Look beachy! Stand uppy!" he advised, before bursting out laughing every time a bathtub-sized tiddler toppled me. That said, my board was as big as a raft and soon enough even I got the hang of things. By the end I was waving like a superstar at the sunbathers on the beach as I rode the ripples in.

Real waves are best left to the pros, though, and luckily my visit coincided with a round of the World Surfing Championship on Praia Mole and Joaquina, two of the best surf beaches in Brazil.

Among the contestant were local stars Fabio Gouveia and Diego Rosa, and six-time world champion (and former Baywatch actor) Kelly Slater.

They were impressive enough, but it was hard to concentrate: on the beach, in front of the cafes spinning break beats and selling beers, was a constant parade of barefoot, thong-wearing beauties: such facsimiles of Gishelle Bundcxxx that for a moment I thought I had spotted her.

Bundcxxx comes from the neighboring state of Rio Grande do Sul, but since she was unleashed on the world Santa Catarina has been gripped by model mania. As with Rio Grande do Sul, and unlike the rest of Brazil, the interior was settled by German and Polish farmers in the early 19th century. Over the generations their DNA has mixed with Portuguese and Brazilian blood to produce that distinctive dusky, dark blonde look. There are now five international model agencies in Floripa alone.

The hippest hangout of all remains the Confraria das Artes back in Lagoa, opened in 2002 by textile designer Rico Grunfeld, another Sao Paulo transplant. "When I first came here, there was nothing except kitschy discos," he says. "I knew from visiting Paris, London and Miami that what this town needed was a lounge!" So, with somewhat bemusing logic, he created a sprawling nightclub with its own clothing boutique and four indoor-outdoor spaces decorated with vintage furniture, clocks, antique cameras and oil paintings - -- all of which are for sale along with the cocktails.

It seems to have worked: the Confraria is frequently rated by Sao Paulo style mags as one of the best clubs in the country and by 9pm the queue outside stretched to the end of the block.

Seedy or soulless?

The city of Florianopolis dates back to 1752, and the arrival of Portuguese from the island of Madeira. For centuries it was a famous southern port, fortress and whaling post, but after a recent reclamation of the docks to build a highway, it has lost much of its charm. Today it's a maze of modern glass high-rises and faded cement tower blocks facing the mainland. Indeed, I was relieved to be staying out in Campeche: one could get lost in the city, and apart from a gleaming new Sofitel that is being built on the waterfront, the hotels looked seedy or soulless.

And yet remnants of the city's past still exist. The 1898-built public market, just back from the docks, is permanently packed, its stalls teeming with fresh shrimp, mussels, oysters and grouper the size of tractor wheels. Don't miss Box 32 in the heart of the market, a classy cafe with a dozen tables and bar stools where the post-work crowd come for a lager and Portuguese pastries.

A short drive south is another gem: Armazem Viera, built in 1840, the oldest bar on the island, its wooden floor, creaking balcony and ocean-green walls dating back to the glory days of the port. In keeping with Floripa's new image, though, it has updated its drinks menu and features more than 70 premium cachaca cocktails, as well as a dozen mixed with that old sailor's favorite, absinthe.

But there are only so many nights you can spend on the tiles and I saved my final two days to explore the lesser-known parts of the island.

You need a car to get around and after several days of taking pricey taxis, I contacted Marta Chiesa of Brazil Ecojourneys, the first (and so far only) English-speaking tour company to open on the island. A Brazilian who had spent several years in London, she had an insider's eye for the hidden gems. We headed north first, to the mainland-facing village of Santo Antonio do Lisboa. A mere 10 minutes from Floripa and chichi Lagoa, here was another world. Stone bungalows lined the waterfront, sun-bleached fishing boats bobbed in the bays and women rode donkeys down cobbled streets past 250-year-old churches. It looked exactly like Madeira.

We then drove south, through the least developed part of the island, to the even more beautiful town of Ribeirao da Ilha. Old men played chess and draughts on waterfront benches and seafood restaurants lined the water. The best of them was Ostradamus, a sailor-themed oyster bar opened by former hot dog seller Jaime Jose de Barcelos in what used to be the garage of his house. By some way the best seafood restaurant on the island, it was so good that we stayed well past dinner and in the end forwent a final fling at the Confraria.

At the time I was quite happy about the early night, but now I'm not so sure. When I arrived back in London, my Brazilian friend wanted to know whether I had seen Gishelle. Apparently she was all over the Brazilian papers, photographed in Florianopolis with new boyfriend and new World Surfing Champion Kelly Slater. One of the pictures of her is on Praia Mole; another looks as if it might be on one of the vintage couches at the Confraria.
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10 November, 2005
Source: Fashion Week Daily

Supermodels Speak! ( Victoria's Secret's angels tell us how they do it)

(NEW YORK) Part of the excitement of the Victoria’s Secret runway show is the antics backstage. Clad in red silk Victoria’s Secret robes, the world’s most sought-after models converge for a day of primping, beauty, and sexy lingerie baring. It wouldn’t be the frenzy that it is without those girls—and the teams of experts that work feverishly to ensure that, with each strut, they’re at their very best. The Daily caught up with a handful of talent—some veterans plus one newbie—and then exposed what really goes on to produce the world’s most watched runway show.

Alessandra Ambrosio
Time she woke up: “7:00 in the morning.”
She ate: “Chocolate donuts and some Starbucks coffee.”
She prepared: “I went to the spa yesterday, for the first time, for five hours.”
Her runway mentality: “I try to work out and try to eat healthy, but that never works in the end. The donuts didn’t help either.”
Her message to men: “Enjoy the show, the sexiest night on television!”
Bidding farewell to Tyra: “We’re going to miss you. She’s been an amazing angel, and she’ll always be an angel to us.”
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8 November, 2005
Source: PR Newswire

IMPERIA Vodka to Host Million Dollar Event for Victoria's Secret

100 Cases of Premium IMPERIA Russian Vodka, 100 Pounds of Exquisite Caviar, 30 of the World's Most Beautiful Supermodels and 1 Ultimately Sexy Dita Von Teese....

NEW YORK, Nov. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- IMPERIA, Russia's #1 luxury vodka, will host an extravagant party following the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show on Wednesday, November 9th at the Lexington Armory. The luxury vodka company is pulling out all the stops to make this the most spectacular and forbidden fete in New York City for 2005 -- save possibly for IMPERIA's fireworks-filled launch on Liberty Island during September's fashion week. This extravaganza, too hot for TV, will feature 100lbs of caviar and 100 cases of IMPERIA Vodka, which will be delivered by armored truck and security detail. All will be served by a bevy of sexy Russian beauties. The coveted invitations will allow the hand-chosen guests to mingle with some of New York and Hollywood's uber-VIP's and of course, the Victoria's Secret catwalkers including Heidi Klum, Tyra Banks, Gishelle Bundcxxx, Karolina Kurkova, Alessandra Ambrosio, Naomi Campbell and Angela Lindvall. The entertainment will be equally extravagant as the beautiful Dita Von Teese, shock-rocker Marilyn Manson's fiance, takes the stage for one of her infamous
burlesque shows in a giant IMPERIA Vodka martini glass. Known for throwing remarkable events, IMPERIA will celebrate Victoria's Secret's holiday collection with ice bars, giant holiday bows, toy soldiers and wrapped gifts all set against a Russian backdrop. With bright pinks,
purples, and whites, IMPERIA will bring the Victoria's Secret brand to life as IMPERIA's Russian beauties serve guests in Russian-inspired, custom designed babydoll dresses. Highly sought after, IMPERIA Vodka is the first-ever brand to partner with Victoria's Secret fashion show and party, with a full runway segment dedicated to and inspired by Russia. The segment, will feature eleven looks, two sets of
wings, and major "bling" -- compliments of Jacob the Jeweler -- and supermodels Tyra Banks, Heidi Klum, Angela Lindvall, Eugenia Volodina, Tatiana Kovylina, and Natasha Poly on the runway.

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Tuesday, 1 November 2005
Source: Weeklydig.com

Media Farm’s Gratuitous Brazilian Model of the Week Award goes to—who else—the Boston Herald, for splashing a picture of Victoria’s Secret model Alessandra Ambrosio on its October 25 cover. The teaser, “Thieves target her hot stuff,” led to a page 7 story that recapped (stay with us here) a loss-prevention trade magazine’s account of a story that broke in Boston nearly a year ago, about an Andover woman who was busted selling stolen underwear over the internet.

But who needs news to be current when you’ve got pictures of hot models and leads like this: “Call them the thong arm of the law”?

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Friday, 26 August, 2005
Source: Abington Mariner

Dangling delights
By Max Bowen/ mbowen@cnc.com

If you happen to go to the Marshfield Fair this weekend, keep an eye out for Andrew Spader, an Abington jewelry artist trying to make a business out of a hobby.

Since the early 1980s Spader has been designing jewelry, from sun catchers and eyeglass chains to earrings and chokers. He began making them while living in California and used the money he made selling them to finance his move to the east coast in 1992. Spader lived in Weymouth for seven years, before moving to Abington in 1999.

Once the move was made, the jewelry went into a box, and he concentrated on his computer repair business, PC House Calls, which he has done for the past seven years.

That all changed one day, when Spader met Alessandra Ambrosio, a Victoria's Secret model, through a friend of his. Ambrosio saw some of Spader's work and thought he had real talent.

"If it's good enough for a Victoria's Secret model, it's good enough for me," said Spader.

Since the beginning of the year, Spader has been hard at work trying to turn his hobby into a profession. He still works at PC House Calls, but hopes turn his jewelry making into his new job. Spader said often takes his jewelry with him when he goes to client's homes to fix their computers, and sometimes makes a few sales while he's there. He has also sold his jewelry at flea markets in Revere, although he said the results weren't so good.

His shop on Nantasket Beach, however, has done very well.

"I couldn't ask for a better office," said Spad