Ludivine Sagnier

Ludivine Sagnier (born 3 July 1979) is a French actress and model who has appeared on screen since 1989. She was nominated twice for the César Award for Best Supporting Actress with "Swimming Pool" (2003) and "A Secret" (2007).
Personal life.
Sagnier was born in La Celle-Saint-Cloud, in the "département" of Yvelines, France. Her mother is a retired secretary and her father is a professor of English at the Paris University.
Career.
She made her film debut at the age of nine in "Les Maris, les Femmes, les Amants", (1989) directed by Pascal Thomas. She had other small roles in the early 1990s, being directed by Alain Resnais and in Jean-Paul Rappeneau's Cyrano de Bergerac with Gerard Depardieu.
In 1994 she went to study at the Versailles Conservatoire, where she won a prize in classical music. Her return to cinema saw her gain commercial and critical success, notably in films directed by François Ozon. His musical comedy "8 Women" was awarded acting prizes for Sagnier and her seven co-stars collectively.
The next year she starred alongside Charlotte Rampling in Ozon's psychological thriller "Swimming Pool", a role which again garnered her nominations and prizes. Other notable films she has appeared in include a Hollywood "Peter Pan", as Tinkerbell, and the crime thriller "Mesrine: Public Enemy No.1".
Three films starring Sagnier screened in Los Angeles in 2011 where Sagnier was in attendance at all three screenings. "Pieds nus sur les limaces" (Lily Sometimes) was shown at the City of Angels, City of Light Festival in April. "Love Crime" and "The Devil's Double" were shown at the Los Angeles Film Festival in June.
Sagnier starred as Esther Aubry in the 2016 English-language drama series "The Young Pope". She reprised the role in the follow-up miniseries "The New Pope", released in 2020. Sagnier plays Claire in the hit French thriller series "Lupin", which premiered on Netflix in January 2021.


Mizuki Kubodera

 is a beauty pageant contestant who represented Japan in Miss World 2008 in South Africa. She studied International Relations.


Burton Rocks

Burton Evan Rocks (June 25, 1972), born in New York City, is an American sports attorney/agent, and writer. Rocks collaborated with Yankee outfielder Paul O'Neill on the 2003 "New York Times" bestseller "Me and My Dad: A Baseball Memoir".
Early life and education.
Burton Rocks is the son of chemist Lawrence Rocks.
As a child Rocks was often hospitalized due to life-threatening asthma, suffering three code blues before the age of five. He graduated from Ward Melville High School and then graduated from Stony Brook University with a history degree in 1994, where he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. Rocks then graduated Hofstra University School of Law.
Writing.
Rocks is the co-author, with New York Yankees outfielder Paul O'Neill, of the 2003 "New York Times" bestselling book "Me and My Dad: A Baseball Memoir", detailing O'Neill's relationship with his father and how they bonded over baseball. Andrea Cooper reviewing for the "New York Times" described the book as a charming eulogy for O'Neill's father. Rocks has also co-written books with other athletes and media figures.
In 2006, Burton Rocks and Andrew Goodwin co-founded and launched the social media company Chatwithastar Inc.
In 2015 Stony Brook University hired Rocks as an adjunct business professor.
C.L. Rocks Corporation.
Rocks is the founder and owner of C.L. Rocks Corporation, a sports agency, which he launched in 2008, based on a metric he created during law school. The agency has numerous high-profile clients.
In 2018 Rocks negotiated a six-year contract extension worth a guaranteed $26 million for client Paul DeJong, the biggest contract ever signed by a Major League Baseball player with less than one full year of major league service time. "Forbes" SportsMoney profiled Rocks' "Quantified Intangible Sheet" evaluation methodology used in DeJong's contract extension negotiations.
In January 2019 Topps announced plans to issue a collectible card for Rocks.


Laurence Treil

Laurence Treil (born 28 February 1967) is a French model and actress. She was a famous fashion model who was also a Revlon spokesmodel during the 1980s, before becoming an actress, featuring in several films and television programmes.
Biography.
Early life.
Treil had several health issues starting with a therapeutic abortion that specifies following this intervention had never giving birth to a child, she developed a brain tumor at the age of 10 and also had neurosurgery at the age of 26, but survived after an extended period of hospitalization.
Modelling career.
In 1984, she moved to Paris by pursue a modelling career at the age of 16 and started becoming a successful fashion model, her career was managed by several modelling agencies include Prestige, American Model Management, Premier and Madison Models. Treil appeared in a number of advertising campaigns such as Mexx, Revlon, , Capucci, Jean Paul Gaultier and Calvin Klein, as well as the magazine covers including "Glamour", "Cosmopolitan", "" and "Madame Figaro".
In 1988, Treil was inducted for a Revlon spokesmodel were fronted by two American models Kara Young and Christy Turlington. She modeled for Balmain and filed a sexual harassment complaint against the president of the company in 1997.
On 17 June 2019, she visited at the Galerie Vivienne under the stylist Nathalie Garçon, initiator of the association organized a fashion show in order to improve the visibility and outlook on women over fifty.
On 22 January 2020, Treil walked the runway during the Jean Paul Gaultier haute couture fashion show for 'Spring/Summer 2020' collection, as part of Paris Fashion Week at Théâtre du Châtelet in the city's first arrondissement.
Acting career.
In 1985, Treil appeared in three music videos ("Slave to Love", "Don't Stop the Dance" and "Windswept") to promote singles by singer Bryan Ferry from the English art rock band Roxy Music which were highly successful for the chart-topping "Boys and Girls" album. By the same year, Treil appeared in a television commercial for Vittel mineral water brand, and in the following year, she also appeared in the advertising campaign for Mexx clothing range.
In 1989, she appeared in her first major role for Georges Wilson's "" (also known as "The Damned Woman in the Lake"), playing the naked mythical creature in a film based on Marcel Aymé's 1943 speculative fiction novel of the same name, which also starred Lambert Wilson, Jean Carmet, Suzanne Flon, Jacques Dufilho and Macha Méril. During the early 1990s, Treil followed her two consecutive screen appearances in both French and Canadian cinema, such as 1991's "Jesuit Joe" and 1993's "Entangled" featuring Roy Dupuis, Judd Nelson and Pierce Brosnan. In 2003, Treil made her fourth and final screen appearance for Frédéric Brival's "Le Veilleur", with Antoine Basler and Jackie Berroyer.
Treil had several French television appearances throughout over the years, when she first appeared in 's ' on 11 February 1989 was interviewed by Thierry Ardisson, as well as her second appearance in the special HIV/AIDS edition of ' on 24 April 1993, and her third appearance was TF1's "Qui veut gagner des millions ?" (the French version of "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?") on 6 July 2002, along with Jean-Pierre Foucault is the main host of the show.
Personal life.
On 6 January 2004, she became vice president of the EVA Association which aims to assist people recovering from debilitating illness through experiences in adventurous sports, and Treil was also an avid skydiver.
On 3 October 2005, Treil was invited to Jean-Roch's birthday party at the Paris' VIP Room, alongside with various guests including Adriana Sklenaříková-Karembeu, , Lorànt Deutsch, Frédéric Beigbeder, Didier Drogba, Pascal Obispo and Grace Jones.
On 18 June 2007, Treil attended the 's paintings exhibition cocktail at the Salons Jacques Dessange, that included Sarah Marshall, Nora Arnezeder, Florence Darel, Alessandra Martines, Liane Foly, and Yves Rénier. That same year (on 2 October), she enlisted in a post-show party held at the exclusive Champs-Élysées establishment as joined by Trudie Styler, as well as The Police frontman Sting with his band mates Stewart Copeland and Andy Summers were honoured by Christine Albanel as chevaliers of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.
On 14 March 2013, Treil visited 'The Door Club' opening a cocktail and art exhibition preview with Patrick Skatcha, Delphine de Causans and Josy Foichat.
On 13 November 2015, she attended at the second annual film and music festival in the seaside resort of La Baule-Escoublac, which was chaired by Christophe Barratier and Sam Bobino, with the festival paying a tribute to the composer Michel Legrand.


Paul Charles

Paul Charles (born 1949, Magherafelt) is a Northern Irish novelist, concert promoter, manager and talent agent.
Charles managed his first act, The Blues by Five, when he was 15 years old, and had to list the number of his local telephone call box on business cards. The telephone would be answered by whomever was passing, who would then walk to Charles' house and knock on the window to let him know there was a call for him.
In 1967 he moved from Northern Ireland to London, planning to study civil engineering, but soon began writing for Belfast-based magazine "City Week", filing live reviews of Irish groups performing in London, and returned to the music business full-time. He then became manager, agent, lyricist and roadie for progressive rock band Fruupp.
When the band split up Charles formed a promotion agency, Asgard, with associate Paul Fenn. The agency's first big signings were English punk bands Radio Stars and the Buzzcocks. Charles' clients now include Tom Waits, Ray Davies, Christy Moore, Don McLean, Waterboys, Nick Lowe, Lisa Ekdahl, Ronnie Spector, Marti Pellow, Ani DiFranco and Paul Carrack.
Personal life.
Charles lives in Primrose Hill, London, and Donegal with his wife Catherine.


Dorothy McGowan

Dorothy McGowan (sometimes credited as Dorothy MacGowan, born circa 1939) is a Brooklyn, New York-born former model and actress. As a model McGowan appeared on numerous covers of "Vogue", "Harper's Bazaar", "Elle", "Glamour", and other publications in the 1960s. She was photographed by Richard Avedon, Irving Penn, Melvin Sokolsky, Francesco Scavullo, and others.
A daughter of Irish immigrants Sarah and Michael McGowan and born in the Bay Ridge section of Brooklyn, she had one sister, Mary, and two brothers, Peter (1930–2007), a policeman who became a Roman Catholic priest, and James, a policeman whose role as lead negotiator in a hostage crisis was dramatized in the film "Dog Day Afternoon".
McGowan was one of photographer William Klein's favorite models. After the release of his film "Who Are You, Polly Maggoo?", in which she starred, she disappeared from public view and apparently neither acted nor modeled again.
She was married to, and divorced, from photographer Didier Dorot, with whom she has two children.
In 2007 Dorothy Dorot was living in Mamaroneck, New York.


Michael Wilding

Michael Charles Gauntlet Wilding (23 July 1912 – 8 July 1979) was an English stage, television, and film actor. He is best known for a series of films he made with Anna Neagle, for the two films he made with Alfred Hitchcock and for being Elizabeth Taylor's second husband.
Biography.
Early life.
Born in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, England, and educated at Christ's Hospital, Wilding left home at age 17 and trained as a commercial artist. He went to Europe when he was 20 and supported himself in Europe by doing sketches. He wanted to get into designing sets for films and approached a London film studio in 1933 looking for work. They invited him to come to work as an extra.
Acting career.
Wilding appeared as an extra in British films such as "Bitter Sweet" (1933), "Heads We Go" (1933), and "Channel Crossing" (1933). He caught the acting bug and decided to make it a career. He reportedly appeared in an Austrian film called "Pastorale".
He made his stage debut in "The Ringer" in 1934 for the Watford Repertory Company and made his London stage debut in "Chase the Ace" the following year. He could be spotted in the films "Late Extra" (1935), "When Knights Were Bold" (1936), and "Wedding Group" (1936). He was in two musicals on stage, "Spread It Abroad" and "Home and Beauty".
In 1937–38 he toured Australia and New Zealand with Fay Compton's stage company. The plays included "Personal Appearance", "Victoria Regina", "Tonight at Eight Thirty" and "George and Margaret". While in Australia he filmed a prologue for "Personal Appearance".
Back in England he appeared in the first Gate Revue, then followed this with another revue, "Let's Face It" and a pantomime, "Who's Taking Liberty".
He had bigger film parts in "There Ain't No Justice" (1939), "Convoy" (1940), and "Tilly of Bloomsbury" (1940). He had a good role in "Sailors Three" (1940), and "Sailors Don't Care" (1940).
Wilding had a leading role in "Spring Meeting" (1941) but was back to support parts in "The Farmer's Wife" (1941). His films grew more prestigious: "Kipps" (1941), "Cottage to Let" (1941), "Ships with Wings" (1941), "The Big Blockade" (1941), "In Which We Serve" (1942), "Secret Mission" (1942), and "Undercover" (1943). He played in "Quiet Weekend" on stage for a year. In 1943 he performed for the troops in Gibraltar with John Gielgud.
Stardom.
Wilding finally became a film name with "Dear Octopus" (1943). He followed it with "English Without Tears" (1944).
Collaboration with Anna Neagle.
What really made him a star was appearing opposite Anna Neagle in "Piccadilly Incident" (1946). Director Herbert Wilcox had wanted Rex Harrison or John Mills and had only taken Wilding reluctantly. However, once he saw the rushes he signed Wilding to a long-term contract. "Piccadilly Incident" was the second most popular film at the British box office in 1946. After co-starring with Sally Gray in "Carnival" (1946), Wilding was reunited with Neagle and Wilcox in "The Courtneys of Curzon Street" (1947), the biggest hit at the 1947 British box office and one of the most-seen British films of all time. Alexander Korda cast him opposite Paulette Goddard in "An Ideal Husband" (1947), another hit, but it failed to recoup its enormous cost. Wilding, Neagle and Wilcox reteamed for "Spring in Park Lane" (1948), another outstanding hit. It led to a sequel, "Maytime in Mayfair" (1949), which was also enormously popular.
Wilding was now one of the biggest stars in Britain—indeed he was voted as such by the readers of "Kine Weekly". Director Alfred Hitchcock then cast him in two consecutive films that he produced through his own film production company Transatlantic Pictures (distributed through Warner Brothers Pictures). The first, "Under Capricorn" (released in 1949), in which he played opposite Ingrid Bergman and Joseph Cotten, was shot mostly in London but had final retakes and overdubs filmed in Hollywood. It was one of Hitchcock's few flops. His second film for Hitchcock was the more popular "Stage Fright" (released in 1950), also filmed in London, with Marlene Dietrich and Jane Wyman. Thirteen years later, in 1963, Wilding starred in an Alfred Hitchcock Hour episode titled "Last Seen Wearing Blue Jeans".
Wilcox used him in a film without Neagle, "Into the Blue" (1950) and the public response was considerably less enthusiastic than for the films they made together. He put Anouk Aimée under personal contract and announced plans to make a movie together but none resulted.
Hollywood.
MGM made an offer for Wilding to appear opposite Greer Garson in "The Law and the Lady" (1951); the film was not a success. He returned to Britain for "The Lady with a Lamp" (1951), a biopic of Florence Nightingale with Neagle and Wilcox. It was popular in Britain, though less so than their earlier collaborations.
So too was "Derby Day" (1952), the last Neagle–Wilding collaboration. Wilcox tried Wilding with a new star, Margaret Lockwood, in "Trent's Last Case" (1952), a minor hit. In 1952 British exhibitors voted him the fourth most popular star at the local box office.
In May 1952 Wilding signed a long-term contract with MGM. He turned down a role in MGM's "Latin Lovers" and the studio put him under suspension.
In Hollywood, Wilding supported Joan Crawford in MGM's "Torch Song" (1953). 20th Century Fox borrowed him to play a pharaoh in their big budget spectacular, "The Egyptian" (1954), which was a box office disappointment.
At MGM he was Prince Charming to Leslie Caron's Cinderella in "The Glass Slipper" (1955), and Major John André in "The Scarlet Coat" (1956).
Supporting actor.
Wilding journeyed with Taylor to Africa to appear in "Zarak" (1956) for Warwick Films, after which his marriage to Taylor ended. He began appearing regularly on U.S. television, including the title role in the 1957 episode "The Trial of Colonel Blood" of NBC's anthology series "The Joseph Cotten Show".
He had some roles in "Danger Within" (1959), a POW movie; "The World of Suzie Wong" (1960); "The Naked Edge" (1961); "The Best of Enemies" (1961); and "A Girl Named Tamiko" (1962).
Final films.
His last roles included "The Sweet Ride" (1968) and "Waterloo" (1970).
His last appearance in a feature was in a cameo in "Lady Caroline Lamb" (1972), which co-starred his last wife, Margaret Leighton. His last role was in the TV movie "" (1973).
Box-office ranking.
At the peak of his career, British exhibitors voted him among the most popular stars in the country:
Personal life.
Wilding was married four times: to Kay Young (married 1937, divorced 1951), actress Elizabeth Taylor (married 1952, divorced 1957), Susan Nell (married 1958, divorced 1962), and actress Margaret Leighton (married 1964 until her death in 1976).
He and Taylor, who was 20 years his junior, had two sons, Michael Howard Wilding (born 1953) and Christopher Edward Wilding (born 1955). In 1957 he had a short-lived romance with actress Marie McDonald, who was nicknamed The Body.
In the 1960s he was forced to cut back on his film appearances because of illness related to his lifelong epilepsy.
Death.
Wilding died on 8 July 1979 in Chichester, West Sussex, as a result of head injuries suffered from a fall down a flight of stairs during an epileptic seizure. His body was cremated and the ashes were scattered.
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Sharon Johansen

Sharon Johansen (born October 11, 1948) is an American model and actress. She was "Playboy" magazine's Playmate of the Month for its October 1972 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Alexas Urba.
Johansen was born in Norway, but when she was a year old her family moved to Wisconsin.
For a brief time, Johansen worked as a receptionist for Pierre Salinger.
She posed nude for the December 1979 "Playboy" pictorial "Playmates Forever!".


Sora Choi

Sora Choi (Korean: 최소라; born September 5, 1992) is a South Korean fashion model. She won the third cycle of the reality television show "Korea's Next Top Model".
Early life.
Choi was born and raised in Bucheon, South Korea. She started modeling when she was a junior in high school, after she was scouted by a model agency in Seoul. She was tagging along with her friend to a meeting at the agency and once there, she was signed on the spot. Choi attended the model department at Dongduk Women's University, one of the top schools for female fashion in South Korea.
Career.
Choi's first editorial and cover was for W Korea in 2012. She made her international debut at Louis Vuitton's cruise show in May 2014, which took place in Monaco. In the following season, she walked for Alexander Wang, Fendi, and Versace. From 2016 to 2018, Choi walked for Louis Vuitton’s collection shows in Paris as a city exclusive model. She has also walked for brands such as Prada, Gucci, Miu Miu, Chanel, Saint Laurent, Hermès, Alexander McQueen, Givenchy, Lanvin, Dior, Celine, Moschino, Valentino, Proenza Schouler, Loewe, Michael Kors, Paco Rabanne, Marc Jacobs, Burberry and many others. In 2019, walking a total of 89 shows, she became the model that has been on the most shows that year.
Choi has featured in over 60 international advertising campaigns for brands including Alexander McQueen, Louis Vuitton, Saint Laurent, Dolce and Gabbana, Marc Jacobs, Coach, Prada, Bottega Veneta, Tom Ford, Burberry, NARS Cosmetics, Dior, Salvatore Ferragamo, Hugo Boss, Fendi, Zara, COS and more.
Choi has appeared in editorials for magazines such as American, Italian, German, British, Chinese, Japanese and Korean editions of "Vogue", "V" magazine, "Interview", "i-D", "Dazed", "Teen Vogue", "New York Times Style Magazine" and many others. She has also appeared on covers of Korean, Italian and Japanese Vogue, i-D, Dust, Document Journal, Manifesto magazine, Korean, Singapore and Kazakhstan Harper’s Bazaar, Numéro China, and more.
In 2017, Choi was listed on models.com's Top 50 models list. In 2020, She won models.com's "Readers' Choice Model of the Year" award. She is currently ranked as an "Industry Icon" by models.com.
Personal life.
In August 2019, Choi married Korean photographer Kove Lee in Bali, Indonesia. The black wedding dress that she wore was a gift from Miuccia Prada.


Ruth Higham

Ruth Higham (born 1978) is an English former glamour model from Harwood, Lancashire (a suburb of Bolton). She began appearing as a Page 3 girl in the "Daily Star" and "The Sun" newspapers in 1998.
Early life.
Higham attended Canon Slade School in Bradshaw, Greater Manchester, which Sara Cox had also attended several years earlier. She became a beauty consultant for Max Factor.
Modelling.
Higham was a Page 3 model from 1998 until around 2004. She first appeared on Page 3 of "The Sun" on 17 April 2000 and appeared in the newspaper 30 times. From 2002 to 2006, she was the model for Aintree-produced Big D peanuts; this caused a 35% increase in sales in 2003. She was also associated with a testicular cancer awareness campaign under the slogan "Say nuts to cancer". In April 2005, she starred in a television commercial for BT with Jeremy Clarkson. She has also appeared in advertisements for PS2 and Solpadeine. In 1999, she appeared in a web-based 'soap opera' called "Launderama" for detergent manufacturer ACDO in Bolton, where she played the part of "Glo White" in a tour of UK universities. She also appeared in a short drama series on the former channel Granada Breeze called "4Play", in which she played the role of a TV presenter based in Manchester. In February 2003, she appeared with two other models on "Blind Date", becoming the first candidate to be rejected.


Lindsay Ellingson

Lindsay Marie Ellingson (born November 19, 1984) is an American model. She was a Victoria's Secret Angel from 2011 to 2014. In 2015, Ellingson co-founded beauty brand, Wander Beauty, where she currently serves as creative director.
Early life.
Ellingson grew up in Moreno Valley, California. Prior to being discovered on the street, she went to college at the University of California, San Diego to study biology. After a test shoot, she was sent to Paris by her model agency, where she met John Galliano who put her on the map.
Career.
Ellingson first walked the runway in the Spring/Summer 2005 ready-to-wear shows. She has walked in numerous shows including Shiatzy Chen, Blumarine, Chanel, Christian Dior, John Galliano, Gucci, Valentino, Lacoste, Victorias Secret, Marc Jacobs, Oscar de la Renta, Zac Posen, Diane Von Furstenberg, Sophie Theallet, and Giorgio Armani. Her campaigns include Moschino, DKNY, MAC, Dolce and Gabbana, Charles David, H&M, and Tommy Hilfiger. She has graced the covers of "Vogue", "Marie Claire", "Elle", "D" Magazine, GQ and "L'Officiel" internationally and has appeared in the pages of "Allure", "Flair", "V", and "i-D" as well.
Her career with Victoria's Secret began in 2007, where she walked for the brand for 7 straight years. Ellingson and Emanuela de Paula were chosen to be spokeswomen for "Body by Victoria" by Victoria's Secret alongside Alessandra Ambrosio and Marisa Miller. She was also a featured model in the 2010 Victoria's Secret "SWIM" catalog. She is currently listed as one of the brand's 12 "supermodels" and was one of the featured models during the 2009 fashion show. In 2011, she became one of the brand's signature Angels, as well as the face of its perfume line VS Attractions and its new bra, Gorgeous. , she became one of the faces of Clarins. .
In 2015, Lindsay co-founded luxury beauty label, Wander Beauty, where she currently serves as creative director.
Personal life.
In November 2013, after six years of dating, Ellingson became engaged to her long-term boyfriend Sean Clayton, a medical equipment salesman and former college football player. They were married on July 12, 2014, in Bluffton, South Carolina. They have one son, Carter John, born on May 15, 2020.


Model Citizens

Model Citizens is a reality television show which aired on PAX TV in 2004. Models travelled to different parts of the United States and worked on community projects such as building a basketball court or an aviary. The show was hosted by Larissa Meek of "Average Joe: Hawaii", a model and former Miss Missouri USA and Miss USA contestant.


Kara Monaco

Kara Monaco (born February 26, 1983 in Lakeland, Florida) is an American model. She was chosen as Playmate of the Month by "Playboy" magazine in June 2005. She appeared on the cover of the June 2006 issue of "Playboy" as the 2006 Playmate of the Year.
Early life.
Kara Monaco was born on February 26, 1983 in Lakeland, Florida. She worked as a bartender, modeled swimwear and was a lingerie model. Monaco is a former competitive gymnast, and has spent time as a dance team coach in addition to her fitness video work. She also worked at Disney World, where she was one of the performers who portrayed Cinderella and Snow White in the resort. She is related to fellow model and April 1997 Playboy Playmate Kelly Monaco. She is Kelly’s cousin.
Career.
Monaco has appeared in various reality television series, such as "The Girls Next Door", "Keeping Up with the Kardashians" and "Big Brother 14". Besides her Playmate appearance, she has been a part of various other "Playboy" related media, such as the 2006 "Playmates at Play" swimsuit calendar and "Playboy Special Edition Girls of Summer".
Monaco appeared in "FHM" and "Men's Fitness" magazines. Her connection with "Playboy" began when she chosen as one of "Playboy's Sexiest Bartenders 2004" and she appeared on the cover of "Playboy Special Edition Girls of Summer" in August 2004. Later, Monaco was chosen as Playmate of the Month by "Playboy" magazine for June 2005. That same year, she participated in a home video fitness program, "Envy", under the name "Vala" (the "V" in "Envy"), and acted together with C.J. Gibson, sister of Playmate Raquel Gibson. In June 2006, she was chosen as Playmate of the Year and later appeared in episodes of the E! reality television series "The Girls Next Door" which followed the lives of Playboy creator Hugh Hefner and his girlfriends.
In 2006, Monaco also appeared in the game show "Identity" and the television film "Sideliners". She also appeared in the 2006 "Playmates at Play" swimsuit calendar. In 2007, Monaco appeared in three episodes of "Up Close with Carrie Keagan"; an episode of "Model Dating: Hawaii"; and on an episode of "Jimmy Kimmel Live!", portraying Miss America for a skit. Branching off from reality television, Monaco portrayed Michelle in two episodes of the soap opera "Passions". Monaco continued to make guest appearances in "The Girls Next Door" throughout 2007 and 2008. In 2008, she appeared in three episodes of another reality show, "Mind of a Model".
On July 4, 2012 Monaco was revealed to be one of 16 houseguests participating in the fourteenth edition of the reality competition series "Big Brother". Monaco was mentored by "Big Brother 10" winner Dan Gheesling. She was evicted from the show on July 19 which was Day 13 in the house. Monaco was the second person evicted, coming in 15th place.


Bhumika Arora

Bhumika Arora is an Indian fashion model.
Bhumika was the February 2016 cover model and named the next Indian Supermodel by Vogue India.
Bhumika has appeared in editorials for American Vogue, British Vogue, Vogue India, Vogue Paris, Teen Vogue, Elle USA, Marie Claire Italia, i-D Magazine, Love Magazine, L'Officiel India, Interview Germany and UmnO Magazine. She walked her first international runway show in Paris for Dries Van Noten's fall/winter 2014/2015 collection. However, her breakout season was the Fall 2015 shows when she debuted at the New York Fashion Week walking for Alexander Wang. Three days later, she walked for Vera Wang and Vogue.com singled her out as No. 3 in its "7 Things We Loved Today". Following her debut at New York Fashion Week, Bhumika debuted at the London Fashion Week that season walking for Daks, Gareth Pugh, Jonathan Saunders, Preen and Simone Rocha before heading to Milan, where she walked in the Fendi show, walking for Karl Lagerfeld.
In between Fall 2015 and Fall 2016 season, Bhumika walked for major brands and designers such as Hermes, Chanel, Fendi, Versace, Jean Paul Gaultier, Kenzo, Dries Van Noten, Missoni, DSquared2, Manish Arora, Ferragamo, Etro, Roberto Cavalli, Dolce & Gabbana, Viktor & Rolf, Anna Sui, Alexander Wang, Emilio Pucci, Vera Wang, Bottega Veneta, Stella McCartney, Alberta Ferretti, Max Mara, 3.1 Phillip Lim, BCBG Max Azria, Gareth Pugh, H&M, Koché, Léa Peckre, Ports 1961, Brandon Maxwell, Derek Lam, Prabal Gurung, Fenty x Puma and Balmain. She notably fell twice during the finale of the H&M Fall/Winter 2016-2017 Ready-to-Wear fashion show.
She also walked for Karl Lagerfeld at Chanel's Cruise 2016/2017 show in Cuba which was staged at the iconic Paseo del Prado, a colonial boulevard, in Havana. She appeared in a short film, shot by Nick Knight for Dazed & Confused in celebration of NikeLab & Olivier Rousteing's collaboration alongside the designer himself, football star Cristiano Ronaldo and a host of other models.
Early life.
Bhumika Aurora studied a Bachelor of Business Administration from Chandigarh. Bhumika made her international debut aged 26 for Dries Van Noten in 2014. However, she is notable for her 2015 Fall/Winter fashion season where she was an Alexander Wang semi-exclusive, walking a total of 25 shows for Fall/Winter 2015.


Primrose Archer

Primrose Mary O. Archer is an English fashion model.
Early life.
Archer was born in Worcestershire, England—the eighth of ten children—and raised on a farm. She and her siblings appeared in "British Vogue" in a 2005 editorial photographed by Tim Walker when she was a child. She was educated at The Bewdley School.
Career.
Archer was discovered at Birmingham's Clothes Show Live. In December 2018, she appeared on the cover of "British Vogue", hand-chosen by editor-in-chief Edward Enninful, for one of the month's four covers; models like Stella Tennant and Adut Akech appeared on other covers. The cover was photographed by Steven Meisel.
Archer has modelled for Anna Sui and Marc Jacobs campaigns, while walking the runway for Michael Kors, Valentino, Max Mara, Matty Bovan, Burberry, Simone Rocha, Coach New York, and Missoni.


Skin Diamond

Raylin Joy or Skin Diamond (born February 18, 1987) is an American actress, singer-songwriter, model and former pornographic actress.
She has since retired from adult film acting to pursue other interests such as songwriting and mainstream acting.
Early life.
Diamond was born in Ventura, California, She was raised in Dunfermline, Scotland where her parents moved as missionaries. Her father is of Ethiopian descent and her mother is of Danish, Czech, Yugoslavian and German descent.
Career.
Diamond started her career as an alternative model posing for GodsGirls, before branching out into art modeling and fetish modeling for photographers in Europe and the United States. Her unique look attracted the attention of a wide variety of photographers.
In 2009, she posed on the cover of Bizarre winning their first ever "Cover Girl Search" competition, after which she was signed to London-based modeling agency Girl Management. She also entered the adult film industry in 2009, performing her first scenes with Joanna Angel and James Deen for Burning Angel.
In 2011, she posed in an editorial campaign for i-D magazine's "The Exhibitionist Issue No. 312" wearing Louis Vuitton and American Apparel.
In 2012, Diamond posed for comic book artist David Mack, who portrayed her as Echo in the Marvel Comics miniseries "".
Diamond first dabbled in the music industry with her 2013 song/music video, "Sex in a Slaughter House". which she wrote as part of a scene for Brazzers.
In 2014, Diamond was on CNBC's list of "The Dirty Dozen: Porn's Most Popular Stars". Diamond also starred (with Allie Haze) in the music video for American hip hop recording artist B.o.B, for his song "John Doe", which features Priscilla Renea.
Diamond was the "Penthouse" Pet of the Month for July 2014. That same year, she made her directorial debut with the film "Skin Diamond's Dollhouse" for Deviant Entertainment.
In 2015, Diamond was named Penthouse Penthouse Pet of the Year Runner-up.
In 2016, Diamond performed her last adult film scenes to pursue mainstream acting and singing full-time, after she was cast in the role of Dylan Quinn in "Submission", a series on Showtime exploring BDSM themes. It was also during this time period that she launched her music project with the release of her first official single and music video ("Fire" produced by Ben Cole) under her real name, "Raylin Joy". She briefly posed for Dechristo Studios in 2019 in a shoot for Penthouse magazine
In April 2020 Diamond and eleven other adult/former adult actresses appeared in the music video for the G-Eazy song "Still Be Friends".
Personal life.
Diamond has two piercings in her navel, and one in her right nostril. She is also well known for her distinctive shaved-on-one-side haircut; because of this, she has been featured in the column "Beauty Showdown" in the magazine "Cosmopolitan". When she first entered the adult film industry, her hair was pink. She is bisexual.
Her father is Rodd Christensen, an actor and photographer.


Marie de Villepin

Marie Galouzeau de Villepin (born 8 May 1986) is a French model, actress and singer. The daughter of former Prime Minister and diplomat Dominique de Villepin, she spent most of her childhood in India before moving to various countries in Latin America and Africa.
As a young girl she landed a role in Danièle Thompson's movie "La Bûche" and then took acting classes at Cours Florent as well as from Raymond Acquaviva, both in Paris. When she turned 18 and after graduating with a degree in applied mathematics from Dauphine University Paris, she moved to New York to pursue a modeling career. After several seasons on the catwalks of New York, Milan and Paris, appearing in ad campaigns of major designers shot by the likes of Mario Sorrenti, Inez and Vinoodh, and Gilles Bensimon, Marie was selected to be the face of Givenchy's perfume "Ange ou Démon".
For her starring role in Veit Helmer's "Baikonur", shot in the steppes of Kazakhstan and in Moscow, Marie completed a full cosmonaut training course in zero gravity. She has training in kickboxing, Judo, and hi-octane water sports, and has been an equestrian since the age of six.
In 2009 she formed a 4 piece band called PINKMIST in which she sings, writes and plays guitar. After recording their first EP they performed many shows all over Europe, including, London, Paris, Brussels, and Berlin. She is currently working on her latest music collaboration to be revealed in early 2019.
Modeling.
She was the bride for the French fashion designer Franck Sorbier in his Fall 2004 Couture collection. Her first major breakthrough was a fashion story shot by Gilles Bensimon in the American edition of "ELLE" in October 2005.
She was the face and the spokesperson of the perfume "Ange ou Démon" by Givenchy from 2006 to 2010.
In 2007, she was also chosen by Krizia for their Spring and Fall 2007 advertising campaigns.
In 2007, she was also on the catwalk in London at the event "Fashion Rocks" for Christopher Kane.
She currently models in New York under the alias of Marie Steiss. Marie Steiss was on the runway for Krizia in Milan, Spring and Winter 2007 collections; for Givenchy in Paris, Spring 2007 RTW collection. She was on the runway in New York for Diane von Fürstenberg, Spring 2006, Winter 2006, Winter 2007 and Spring 2008 collections. She was also seen on the catwalk for Catherine Malandrino and Nicole Romano, Spring 2007 collections; for United Bamboo, Winter 2006 collection.
Marie, like both her siblings, is blonde and slender (1.80 m, 55 kg). Since her role as Betty Catroux in the movie "Yves Saint Laurent", she's been appearing in various fashion magazines, such as Elle France.
In 2013, she was the face of the advertising campaign of the Makeup brand "Ardency Inn". She was shot by Claiborne Swanson Frank for a newly released book, "Young Hollywood". In 2015, she is in the cover of the French summer issue of LUI magazine, partly topless.
Acting.
She had a small career as a child actor, playing in the Danièle Thompson directorial debut "La bûche" (English: "Season's Beatings") (1999) alongside Sabine Azéma, Emmanuelle Béart and Charlotte Gainsbourg. She had a role as "Philippa of Hainault" in a French TV miniseries, "Les Rois maudits" (2005), based on the novels of Maurice Druon.
She had a small part in the Quentin Tarantino film "Inglourious Basterds" (2009), but her performance was cut during the final editing.
She decided to take back her real name - Marie de Villepin - when she got her first female leading part in the film "Baikonur" by German director and producer Veit Helmer. She was the face of makeup "Ardency Inn", for which she modelled, sang and acted, in 2013.
She also works for "Above Live Video"; she interviews personalities (such as Michelle Rodriguez or Angela Lindvall), writes and gives her voice to some of these videos.
She co-stars in the short movie directed by Rie Rasmussen "Devouring Art" (Art & Fashion) which was on 21 March 2013 in online vs.magazine.
In 2013, she played muse Betty Catroux in Jalil Lespert's film “Yves Saint Laurent", released in the U.S. by The Weinstein Company.
In 2014, she portrayed Andréa in a fashion video directed by Julien Landais called "Masque d'Or" shot in the Grand Trianon's Versailles Palace.
Music.
Marie de Villepin is currently the lead singer of the group Pinkmist.
Modeling agencies.
IMG models / Why Not model agency (Milan) / Iconic management (Berlin)


Riccardo Petrucchi

Riccardo Petrucchi (born 21 December 1954) is an Italian football agent. Though English company Pluriel Limited (previously Mondo Service Limited), he brokered number of deals, including Mauro Zárate.
he was suspended seven months for third-party ownership on Zárate, as Pluriel Limited claimed €14.95 million from Lazio, excess Zárate's wage and comparable to Al-Sadd's €20 million. However it was shortened to just one month by " Corte di Giustizia Federale" of FIGC.
Petrucchi also suspended one year in September 2010 for Empoli F.C.'s deals. ( Abate, Almirón, Antonini, Fedeli, Gasparetto, Lodi, Marzoratti, Mchedlidze, Negrini, Rincón, Tavano, Volpe and Zanetti) But the suspension later shortened, ended on 1 March 2011 by the decision of Tribunale Nazionale di Arbitrato per lo Sport of CONI.


Vicki-Lee Walberg

Vicki-Lee Walberg (born 11 October 1975) is a British actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss United Kingdom 1997 and represented United Kingdom at Miss World 1997 where she placed Top 10. She was the last title holder to advance to the semifinal of the contest. Walberg later went on to work in television and was a 'Dolly Dealer' in Bruce Forsyth's Play Your Cards Right on ITV during its 2002 revival.


Claudia Arce

Claudia Arce Lemaitre (born April 4, 1991 in Sucre, Bolivia) is a Bolivian actress, singer, model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Bolivia 2009, representing the Department of Chuquisaca. In the development of the contest she won titles as "Yanbal Face Best Smile" and "Best National Costume".
Claudia stood for Bolivia in the Queen of the World 2009 contest held at Berlin, Germany, and also in Miss Universe 2010, without success. She was the first woman born in Bolivia's Department of Chuquisaca who participated in Miss Universe.
Biography.
Claudia Arce was born on April 4, 1991 in the city of Sucre, Bolivia. She is the daughter of Marcelo Arce and Denise Lemaitre.
She began studying industrial engineering but then switched to business administration at Private University of Valley.
Claudia also won the first place in her country's national competitions of Physics, Chemistry, Astronomy and Astrophysics held between 2005 and 2007. In 2008 she was nominated for the "International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics" in Indonesia.
She speaks three languages: English, German, and Spanish.
She was a special guest on the Bicentennial of the first cry for freedom in South America in her hometown, Sucre, as well as on the Bicentennial anniversary of La Paz.
Amongst her queen agenda, Claudia has officially visited several municipalities in Beni and traveled to Lima, Peru for a photo shoot of the Yanbal year end catalog.
She also appeared as the company image of Fancesa in Fexpocruz 2009 and was a Samsung's Teleinformática fair's model, among many other ones.
Claudia Arce has been the only Miss Bolivia to date with the longest reign in history, due to a decision of the event's organization, which held the annual event in August instead of May.
From November 2011 through December 2011, Claudia Arce Lemaitre toured through India with the “Healthy Kids, Happy Kids” children's charity organization. Founded by Satish Sikha, they provided food, clothing and medical treatment to thousands of children in need.
Since 2013, she has been an entertaining and news host in Bolivia's ATB television network, and also performed as actress in a few local theatrical shows.
Music video.
Claudia sang and acted in a music video "The Full Moon (Luna Llena)" directed and produced by Gotham Skyline Productions.


Johann Urb

Johann Urb (born 24 January 1977) is an Estonian-American actor, film producer and former model.
Early life and education.
Johann Urb was born in Tallinn as the son of Tarmo Urb, a musician, and Maris Urb. At the age of ten he moved to live in Finland with his mother and her new Finnish husband. Mostly they stayed in Tampere. When he turned 17, he moved to the United States where his father lived as he started his career in modeling in New York, which led him later on to pursuing a career in acting. He studied in the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute.
Career.
In 2001, Urb landed a small part in the film "Zoolander". Later, he made an appearance in the short film "Fear of Feathers" and had a role in one episode of "". In 2004, Urb appeared in the short-running television series "The Mountain". Following that, he guest starred in several television shows and made smaller film roles.
In 2005, Urb played a tall, Scandinavian-vintage worker, an awkward yet loyal ranch hand for Willie and Missie LeHay in "Love's Long Journey," the third installment in the 8-episode Hallmark television series "Love Comes Softly."
Urb would then get his first major film role in "The Hottie and the Nottie" in 2008. The next year, Urb made a short appearance in Roland Emmerich's disaster epic "2012" as a heroic pilot and he played a journalist in the fantasy TV series "Eastwick". He also played the part of Leon S. Kennedy in "", which was released in 2012. He also played the part of U.S. Park Ranger Burt Moore, the boyfriend of Abby Sciuto in the series "NCIS".


Peter Eade

Peter John Aylmer Eade (11 March 1919 – 25 April 1979) was an English theatrical agent most well known for his representation of individuals such as Kenneth Williams, Ronnie Barker, and Joan Sims.
Eade died in Ropley, Hampshire in 1979, aged 60. In the 2006 BBC television film "", about the life of Williams, Eade was portrayed by Ron Cook.


Dilone

Janiece Altagracia Dilone (born May 13, 1994), known mononymously as Dilone, is an American model. She has been on the cover of Allure and is currently ranked one of the Top 50 models in the industry by models.com.
Early life.
Dilone has nine siblings and is of Dominican descent. She goes by Dilone because she wanted to represent her family.
Career.
Dilone started modeling at 18. She is signed with DNA Model Management and got her big break in Marc Jacobs's fall 2016 show. She gained wider exposure in the 2016 and 2017 Victoria's Secret Fashion Shows. In her debut season, she walked in over 51 shows.
She has starred in advertisements for David Yurman, Balmain, American Eagle Outfitters, H&M, Stella McCartney, Coach, and Versace.
Dilone can be seen alongside models like Adwoa Aboah, Issa Lish, Maria Borges, and Binx Walton in Sephora's "Let Beauty Together" campaign in their stores. She is openly bisexual and lives in Brooklyn.


Next Top Model (Romanian TV series)

Next Top Model by Cătălin Botezatu is a Romanian reality television show based on Tyra Banks' "America's Next Top Model". It pits aspiring models against each other in a variety of tests to determine who will win title of Romania's "Next Top Model" along with a lucrative 4-year-long modelling contract with MRA Models worth 50,000 Euros.
All three seasons of the competition were hosted by Romanian fashion designer Cătălin Botezatu, making him the fifth male host of the "Top Model" franchise after Fyodor Bondarchuk, Alexander Tsekalo (both Russia), Jay Manuel (Canada) and Nathan Lee (Vietnam, later replaced by Hà Anh). The panel is completed by photographer Gabriel Hennessey, makeup artist Mirela Vascan, hair stylist Laurent Tourette and model agent Livio Ionescu.
Show format.
Challenges.
Each episode usually begins with the contestants receiving training in an area concurrent with the week's theme. For example, contestants may get coached in runway walking, improvisational acting, or applying makeup to suit various occasions. A related challenge soon follows, such as a mock (or real) runway show or interview, and a winner is chosen by a judge. She receives some prize, such as clothing, a night out, or an advantage at the next photo shoot. The winning contestant may gain immunity from elimination at the next judging.
Photo shoots.
The next segment is usually a photo shoot, which may involve beauty shots, posing in swimwear, lingerie or other clothing, posing nude or semi-nude, posing with a male model, or posing with animals among other themes. Performance in each week's photo shoot typically weighs heavily in the final judging, and it can result in the elimination of one or more contestants.
Judging.
The final segment of each episode involves judging by a panel of fashion industry experts. Each contestant's photo, or video performance, is then shown and evaluated by the panel. After all photos have been evaluated, the contestants leave the room and the judges deliberate.
The elimination process follows a rigid format. The host reveals, one by one and in order of merit, the photos of the contestants who have not been eliminated. The last two, three, or four contestants who have not received their photos are brought forward for special critiques by the host before the final photo(s) is/are revealed. The contestants who have not received a photo are thus eliminated from the competition.
International destinations.
In contrast to the American version of "Next Top Model" where a trip to an international destination is usually scheduled at about two-thirds of the way through the competition, Romania's "Next Top Model" is non-committal about traveling. The first season traveled abroad four times, and the second and third seasons traveled a total of three times.
Seasons.
Season 1 began airing on February 3, 2011, on Antena 1, and was eventually won by 16-year-old Emma Dumitrescu. The season saw controversy when Lucia Popa was disqualified after physically attacking Dumitrescu. Castings for season 2 were held in the spring of 2011, and season 2 began airing on September 15, 2011. Laura Giurcanu ultimately won the competition. Season 3 began airing on September 20, 2012, and was eventually won by Ramona Popescu.


Dani (singer)

Danièle Graule (Castres, 1 October 1944), known as Dani is a French actress and singer.
Biography.
In 1966 she was contracted to Pathé-Marconi and released her first single "Garçon manqué". In 1968 "Papa vient d'épouser la bonne" sold a million copies and was a major hit. Dani was meant to have been France's Eurovision Song Contest 1974 entry with the song "La Vie à 25 ans", but President Georges Pompidou died in the week of the competition, so she never entered Eurovision properly. Her only English language record release to date is "That Old Familiar Feeling", which has the same music as "La Vie à 25 ans" but with English lyrics by British singer-songwriter Lynsey de Paul.
In cinema, she has played the script-girl Liliane in François Truffaut's "Day for Night" and in the last Antoine Doinel-adventure "Love on the Run" a short-time-affair of Antoine, Christine's friend Liliane. Truffaut who makes her famous with one role in two movies: she is Liliane in "Day for Night". The fickle girlfriend of actor Alphonse (Jean-Pierre Léaud) recruited as a script trainee who is pinching for the English stuntman. In 1978, this Liliane becomes the friend of Christine Doinel alias Claude Jade in the last film of the Doinel cyclus. Truffaut uses Liliane's flashbacks for "Love on the Run". Here Liliane becomes the best friend of Christine (Claude Jade). And later, she has an affair with her husband Antoine, again Jean-Pierre Léaud. Thanks to the installation of new and old scenes, Claude Jade also mounted in the flashbacks of "Day for Night", it seems Dani was already part of the Doinel Cycle.


Pedro Riesco

Pedro Riesco Herrera (born 25 October 1969) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a forward. After retirement, he worked as a youth coach and an agent, as well as having success in amateur seven-a-side football.
He amassed La Liga totals of 93 games and 12 goals during four seasons with Rayo Vallecano, Deportivo La Coruña, Real Valladolid and Albacete Balompié. He also played in the second and third tiers of Spanish football in the course of a 14-year professional career.
Playing career.
Getafe.
Riesco was born in the Spanish capital, Madrid, and began his professional career with Madrilenian side Getafe. He made his way into the team in the latter stages of the 1989–90 Segunda División B campaign, making his debut in a 2–2 draw at home to Juventud Cambados on 11 March. He scored his first goal on 29 April, netting after just four minutes away to Cultural Leonesa at Estadio Antonio Amilivia, in a match which Getafe ultimately won 2–1. He followed this up with a second goal a week later in a 3–1 home win over Real Ávila, and added a third before the end of the season, in the 2–1 home win over Arosa on 20 May. A week later, he played in a 2–1 away defeat at the hands of Pontevedra at Estadio Municipal de Pasarón, which marked his 11th appearance of the season.
Despite this defeat in the final match, Getafe ended the season as runners-up. Riesco's good form was attracting attention, and he moved on at the end of the season.
Rayo Vallecano.
Staying in Madrid, Riesco joined newly relegated Segunda División side Rayo Vallecano in 1990. He made his debut on 9 September at home to Deportivo La Coruña, coming on as a 68th minute substitute for Rafael García Cortés. Rayo ultimately lost the match at Vallecas 3–0. His full debut came a week later in a 1–1 away draw against Real Avilés Industrial, and he kept his place for the home fixture against Figueres on 23 September, which ended in the same scoreline.
He made 14 appearances that season, but it was in 1991–92 that he would really make his name. He played 39 times in all competitions, and his eight goals were a major factor in Rayo securing the runners-up spot in the league and earning a return to La Liga after two seasons away. He made his top flight debut on 5 September 1992, against Valencia at Mestalla Stadium, in a match which Rayo lost 1–0. Their first home game was eight days later against Logroñés, which ended 2–1 in the hosts' favour. On 1 October, Riesco scored a brace in the 4–1 Copa del Rey third round first leg victory over Tudelano at Estadio Ciudad de Tudela; Rayo went on to win the tie 10–2.
Riesco opened his league account on 8 November with a goal just after half time against Sevilla at Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium, although he couldn't prevent the hosts taking a 3–2 victory. Ultimately, that season was his best in the top flight, as he scored eight goals in 39 appearances in all competitions. Unsurprisingly, this form led to interest from bigger clubs, including Real Madrid and Atlético Madrid, and by the end of the season it was known that he was moving on. His final match for Rayo was a 2–2 home draw with Albacete Balompié on 13 June 1993.
Deportivo La Coruña.
Despite interest from Madrid's two giant teams, it was confirmed in May 1993 that Riesco would join Deportivo La Coruña, with a fee of 100 million Pta and a three-year contract. Head coach Arsenio Iglesias was in the process of building his legendary "Super Depor" side, which featured the attacking talents of Brazil international Bebeto alongside Claudio Barragán and Javier Manjarín, both of whom would earn call-ups to the Spanish national team thanks to their exploits with the club. Despite this competition, Riesco started the first game of the season on 5 September, a 0–0 home draw with Celta Vigo at Estadio Riazor, although his opportunities in the league would be limited.
On 28 September, Riesco made his European debut in the home second leg of the UEFA Cup first round tie against Aalborg BK of Denmark. He came on as a substitute for Bebeto, who had already scored a hatrick, with 13 minutes to play, and "Depor" ultimately won 5–0 to overturn a 1–0 deficit from the first leg and progress to the second round. Their opponents there were England's Aston Villa, and again Riesco started on the bench for the home first leg. Again, he was brought on with 13 minutes left, this time for Manjarín, with the scores at 0–0. Two minutes later, Dean Saunders gave Villa the lead, but Riesco scored his first Deportivo goal 3 minutes from time to ensure the match ended as a draw. The second leg at Villa Park, in which Riesco also made a late substitute appearance in place of Manjarín, ended 1–0 to the visitors and saw "Depor" progress once more.
Riesco scored again on 12 January, netting the only goal of the Copa del Rey round of 16 second leg against Real Oviedo at Estadio Carlos Tartiere, although as the first leg had ended 3–1 to Oviedo, "Depor" were still eliminated. He finally opened his league account on 27 March, scoring just seconds after being introduced in place of Bebeto with 20 minutes to play at home to Athletic Bilbao, a match which ended 4–1 to the hosts. He ended the season with three goals in 25 appearances, although 18 of those were from the bench, helping the club to the runners-up spot in the league.
Before the start of the 1994–95 season, Deportivo signed Spanish international forward Julio Salinas from Barcelona, pushing Riesco further down the pecking order. A prospective move to Racing Santander fell through due to "Depor" insisting on a prohibitively high price. By November, it had been announced that Bulgarian Emil Kostadinov would also join from Porto in January, and Riesco told the Mundo Deportivo newspaper of his desire to leave the club. Among others, Santander (again), Real Betis, Español and Albacete Balompié were all reported to be interested in signing him.
He sat on the bench for the second leg of "Depor"'s UEFA Cup third round tie against Borussia Dortmund of Germany at Westfalenstadion on 6 December, but didn't play a single minute in that or any other competition. During the Christmas break, another move, this time to Compostela on loan, fell through at the last minute in bizarre fashion. Compostela president José María Caneda had already announced the signing, and Riesco cut short his Christmas holiday to travel from his home in Madrid to formalise the deal. However, just hours before he was due to be presented to the press, Riesco was told they had changed their minds, and didn't want him after all. It was later explained that the fee demanded by Deportivo was once again the issue.
At the third time of asking, a deal was finally agreed, and Riesco joined Real Valladolid on loan during the January transfer window. He made his Valladolid debut away to Logroñés on 8 January 1995, coming on for Mami Quevedo with 19 minutes to play in the 0–0 draw at Estadio Las Gaunas.
His home debut followed two days later in the second leg of Valladolid's Copa del Rey third round tie against Extremadura at Estadio José Zorrilla. He marked the occasion with a goal, which helped his team to a 2–1 victory and progress to the next round. His first league start came in the 2–0 home win over Sporting de Gijón on 29 January, and three days later he scored in another cup match at home to Toledo which ended in the same scoreline, although Valladolid were eliminated 3–2 on aggregate. He scored his only league goal for Valladolid came in a 2–0 home win over his potential employers, Compostela, on 19 February, and he ended the season with three goals in his 18 appearances.
Riesco returned to his parent club ahead of the 1995–96 season, and did make one final appearance for "Depor". This came on 14 September, when he came on in place of Manjarín for the last seven minutes of their UEFA Cup Winners' Cup first round first leg match against APOEL of Cyprus at Makario Stadium, which ended 0–0. Riesco was not involved as Deportivo won a stunning return leg 8–0.
With opportunities still severely limited at Deportivo, Riesco went out on loan again in October, this time to Albacete Balompié until the end of the season. He had to wait until 17 December to make his Albacete debut, which came in a 3–1 away win over Tenerife at Estadio Heliodoro Rodríguez López. From then on, though, he was a fixture in the team, and made his home debut a week later in a 2–0 win over Athletic Bilbao at Estadio Carlos Belmonte. He netted his first goal for the club in a 2–0 home win over Mérida on 25 February, and ended the season with four goals from his 27 matches. At the end of the season, Albacete found themselves in a relegation playoff against CF Extremadura, and Riesco played in both legs as they lost 2–0 on aggregate and were relegated.
Deportivo Alavés.
After only 26 matches in three seasons, Riesco finally left Deportivo for good in the summer of 1996, signing for Deportivo Alavés in the Segunda División. He made his Alavés debut in a 1–0 Copa del Rey first round win over Cultural Leonesa at Estadio Antonio Amilivia on 4 September, and also featured in the second leg at Mendizorrotza Stadium two weeks later, which Alavés won 2–0. His league debut came against Real Mallorca on 22 September, coming off the bench for Bruno Alicarte after 66 minutes of the 3–1 defeat at Lluís Sitjar Stadium.
Riesco had to wait until 20 October to make his first start in the league, in the 1–0 loss to Eibar at Ipurua Municipal Stadium. Six days later, he started in front of Alavés's home supporters in the league for the first time, as they beat Lleida 3–1. He finally netted his first goal for the club in a 4–0 home win over Écija Balompié on 22 December, and ended the season with four goals in 34 appearances. 1997–98 was to be even more successful for both club and player: Riesco played 45 times, and contributed three goals, while Alavés enjoyed one of the most successful seasons in their history, winning the Segunda División title and earning a return to the top flight for the first time since 1955–56. They also enjoyed an excellent run in the Copa del Rey, reaching the semi-finals for the first time in their history.
This cup run included a famous victory over Real Madrid in the round of 16. Going into the second leg at Santiago Bernabéu Stadium on 21 January, Alavés held a slim 1–0 advantage thanks to Manuel Serrano's goal in the first leg. With just ten minutes gone in the second leg, Riesco doubled their advantage, which would prove to be crucial. Despite Real goals from Roberto Carlos and Davor Šuker, Riesco's goal sent Alavés through the quarter-finals thanks to the away goals rule.
Alavés went on to beat Riesco's former club, Deportivo La Coruña, in the quarter-finals, before finally being eliminated by Real Mallorca in the semi-finals. Despite this success, and Riesco's key part in it, his contract was not renewed at the end of the season. His final match for Alavés was a 3–0 home win over Toledo on 16 May, in which he played the last 15 minutes after coming on for Sívori.
Ourense.
With his former club heading for La Liga, Riesco remained in the Segunda División by joining their erstwhile rivals Ourense in July 1998. He made his debut in the first match of the season, coming on as a substitute for Víctor Arias in the 3–0 away defeat by Sevilla at Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium on 30 August. From then on, he was a fixture in the starting line-up, making his home debut six days later in a 1–0 defeat at the hands of Málaga.
In the next league match on 13 September, at home to Recreativo de Huelva, he scored his first goal for Ourense from the penalty spot, which proved to be the only goal of the game. He ultimately scored four goals in 21 games, but once again did not have his contract renewed by the club at the end of the season. His final Ourense game for the club came on 30 May, playing for the last half hour of the 1–0 home win over Logroñés after coming on in place of Gaúcho. This victory wasn't enough to prevent Ourense's relegation, as they ended the season bottom of the table, a massive 20 points from safety.
Terrassa.
Like Ourense, Riesco descended to Segunda División B in 1999–2000, joining Terrassa. He made his debut in the first match of the season, a 0–0 away draw with Cartagonova at their eponymous stadium on 29 August. Eight days later, he marked his home debut with a goal in the 3–0 victory over Lorca at Estadi Olímpic de Terrassa. This was one of three goals he scored in his 27 appearances during his first season with Terrassa.
The following season was his most prolific with the club, scoring six goals in 30 games. 2001–02 was to bring more success, as he scored three times in 21 appearances and helped Terrassa to a place in the promotion playoffs. He featured in five of the six playoff matches, against Barakaldo, Ceuta and Hércules, as Terrassa won all six and secured promotion to the Segunda División for the first time since 1978–79.
Riesco was now approaching his 33rd birthday, and struggled with injuries during the ensuing second tier campaign. He played just six times that year, just twice in the starting line-up. His final appearance was a one-minute cameo on 23 February 2003, being brought on in place of Juan Carlos Sanz at the end of a 2–1 win over Salamanca at Helmántico Stadium. Riesco retired at the end of the season after over 350 professional appearances in a 14-year career.
Retirement.
After his retirement, Riesco quickly moved into coaching, becoming the head of Terrassa's grassroots operation. He left the position in October 2004, being replaced by Carles Guardia. Later, he became an agent, working with, among others, Óscar Rico. He negotiated Rico's signing by Riesco's former club, Deportivo Alavés, in 2009. Like many other former players, including Dani García, Toni Muñoz, Óscar Mena and Kiko, Riesco has also enjoyed success in amateur seven-a-side football. He won the national "Soccer 7" championship with his team, Desperdicios Majadahonda.
Honours.
Getafe
Rayo Vallecano
Deportivo La Coruña
Deportivo Alavés
Terrassa


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Bob LaMonte

Bob LaMonte is an American sports agent who works primarily with National Football League coaches and management. He is the founder and president of Professional Sports Representation, Inc. LaMonte also represents college coaches and Major League Baseball and NFL players. In 2007, his head coaching clients earned more than $37 million.
In 2008, LaMonte represented three of the top ten NFL's most valuable coaches by Forbes. As of February 5, 2010, LaMonte represented a total of forty five clients with forty being involved in football.
Biography.
LaMonte graduated from the Santa Clara University in 1968.
He was a nose tackle on the varsity football team in 1964 and 1965.
In 1970, he received a master's degree in diplomatic history from San Jose State University. Lamonte taught history at Oak Grove High School until 1973, and moved on to teach at Santa Teresa High School until 1992. He was part of the coaching staff of the football programs at both schools. In 1981, one of his former students, Rich Campbell, asked him to represent him as Campbell would go on to be selected in the first round of the 1981 NFL Draft by the Green Bay Packers. He would represent former San Francisco Bay Area athletes including Dave Stieb, Robin White, Mervyn Fernandez, and Nick Vanos. On March 8, 1985, LaMonte negotiated the longest baseball contract at the time with the Toronto Blue Jays for Stieb.
In 1992, Mike Holmgren asked LaMonte to represent him to negotiate a deal for the heading coaching position for the Green Bay Packers.
He retired from teaching that year, and moved on to focus on representing NFL coaches, and would help expand the role of NFL head coaches by also being involved in personnel decisions. Already the head football coach of the Philadelphia Eagles since 1999, LaMonte negotiated a contract to expand the duties of his client, Andy Reid, to become executive VP of football operations.
Books.
LaMonte's book on leadership was entitled "Winning the NFL Way", and was released in 2005.


Isis King

Isis King (born October 1, 1985) is an American model, actress, and fashion designer. Most widely known for her role on both the eleventh cycle and the seventeenth cycle of the reality television show "America's Next Top Model", she was the first trans woman to compete on the show, and became one of the most visible transgender people on television.
Biography.
King was assigned male at birth but has stated that "mentally and everything else" she was "born female." She has stated that people might refer to her as "transgender" or "transsexual", but she prefers the phrase "born in the wrong body". While in high school, King came out as "gay" but later felt that it was not an accurate label for her.
King has an associate degree in design and illustration from the Art Institute of Philadelphia. King moved to New York to begin her transition from male to female, but didn’t earn enough money to afford rent and because her family opposed her transition. As a result, she moved into the Ali Forney Center for homeless LGBTQ youth.
In 2007, King appeared in an MSNBC special titled "Born in the Wrong Body", which documented the lives of transgender teens from across the United States. King began hormone replacement therapy in the summer of 2007, as part of her transitioning process. She had gender confirming surgery in 2009, which she stated on "".
Early career.
King had been runway modeling for seven years before participating in "America's Next Top Model". Her experience included competing in the underground ball culture scene. In a promotional interview for ANTM, King stated she was looking forward to runway as she had been "walking" for seven years. Her post-show runway credits include the Amore Fashion Show, Howard University Fashion Show, Colors Fall/Winter 2009–10 Line, Secret Society, and Images Fashion Show (for which she received an award).
She has also worked as a receptionist at a hair salon, and as a program assistant for a nonprofit organization.
"America's Next Top Model".
King was living at the Ali Forney Transitional Living Program when she learned about an upcoming photo shoot for the tenth cycle of "America's Next Top Model".
King asked ANTM art director Jay Manuel whether she could be accepted as a girl "born in the wrong body" if she were to audition as a contestant for the program. After the shoot, show host and producer Tyra Banks had her staff search out King to encourage her to audition based on her performance in the photo shoot. King became one of fourteen finalists for the eleventh cycle of the show. She placed tenth overall.
Isis King began posing for a photography set primarily concentrated on youth homelessness, which became the catalyst for her returning for cycle 17.
In 2011, she participated in Cycle 17 of "America's Next Top Model"—also known as the "All-Stars Cycle"—along with 13 other returning contestants from past Top Model cycles. She was eliminated in the third week of the competition.
Taz Tagore, co-founder of the Reciprocity Foundation, said that King had an agenda when participating in Cycle 17, she wanted to break the stigma and destroy the barriers for those who identify with the LGBTQ+ community. She became a role model for women in that community.
After "ANTM".
King appeared on "The Tyra Banks Show" twice. In her first appearance she discussed her life story further, along with fellow contestant Clark Gilmer. Banks surprised King by introducing her to Marci Bowers, a fellow trans woman and top gender reassignment surgeon, who offered her an all-expenses-paid surgery which was conducted in 2009. New shots were taken after the surgery, which were revealed in King’s second appearance. King's transition to being anatomically female was deemed "complete." She also appeared on "Larry King Live" on July 25, 2009. King competed in the seventeenth overall and first 'All Star' cycle of America's Next Top Model, which aired on the September 14, 2011. She was eliminated.
Since then King has worked with American Apparel, making her the first transgender person to do so.
In July 2015, Isis was a guest star on multiple episodes of the soap opera "The Bold and the Beautiful".
King played Gia in a guest role on season 7 of the Showtime show "Shameless".
In Fall 2016, King's docu-series "Strut", executive produced by Whoopi Goldberg, aired on the Oxygen Network. It followed five trans models, and documented King's move from New York to Los Angeles.
In 2019, she starred in the Netflix series "When They See Us", created by Ava DuVernay. A series about the real story of the Central Park Five. She plays Marci, the deceased older sister of Korey Wise. King said that playing this role is ‘like a magnifying glass on the world right now’(express online). King’s role is “relatable to who she is as a person.”She feels like transgender women of color are especially at risk of being the victim of murder.
In August 2019, King was the subject of a "Deadline" interview. In it she discussed trans visibility, acceptance, and other matters.
On July 3, 2020, King appeared on fellow "America's Next Top Model" star Jay Manuel's weekly web chat, Jays Chat, to discuss the show's Cycle 11, on which she made her debut.
Print work.
King appeared in "Us Weekly" (September 2008), "Seventeen" magazine (December 2008/January 2009), "Out" magazine, "Mallard International" magazine, and the cover of the Spring 2010 "Swerv" magazine. King also did a variety of test shots that were used to promote her visit to "The Tyra Banks Show". In 2012 she became American Apparel's first openly transgender model. However, Media Advocates Giving National Equality to Transsexual & Transgender People (MAGNET), an anti-defamation organization dedicated to educating the media about transsexual, transgender, and intersex issues, launched an education campaign against the t-shirts King modeled because they say "Gay O.K.", which some feel is misleading since King is a straight transgender woman. Chanel Jessica Lopez, a transsexual and transgender communities based counselor at New York City's Anti-Violence Project, called for a boycott of the t-shirts for the same reason.
King is now signed with AEFH Talent for Theatrical, and PRESTIGE Talent for commercial work in Los Angeles.
In 2014, King was featured on the fifth anniversary cover of "C☆NDY" magazine along with 13 other transgender women: Janet Mock, Carmen Carrera, Geena Rocero, Laverne Cox, Gisele Alicea, Leyna Ramous, Dina Marie, Nina Poon, Juliana Huxtable, Niki M'nray, Peche Di, Carmen Xtravaganza, and Yasmine Petty.
Cultural impact.
King is one of a small but growing number of transgender people and characters in film and television, and her inclusion on ANTM has been called an "unprecedented opportunity" by Neil Giuliano, president of GLAAD. By competing on the show, King has brought national and prime time attention to issues of gender transitioning and gender expression. "New York" magazine has called King the cause célèbre of Cycle 11, comparing her to previous contestant "issues" featured on the show such as Cycle 9 contestant Heather Kuzmich's Asperger syndrome. ANTM executive producer Ken Mok stated her casting was done in support of "redefin[ing] what beauty is," one of "Tyra's original missions" for the show.
Due to the intimate nature of the program, which films the contestants living together during the several weeks of the competition, GLAAD spokesman Damon Romine noted "the show deals head on with the contestants confronting their own phobias. Facets of King's transitioning process have been portrayed in the show, such as her hormone injections and subsequent nausea.There's going to be support, and the reverse of that. It opens the door for the other girls and the viewers to get to know King and the transgender community." Some of King's fellow contestants revealed prejudices and misunderstandings about transgender issues, and others commented about how her gender transitioning would be poorly received in their own small communities or in the southern United States. Contestants have referred to King pejoratively as a "he/she" and a "drag queen".
"New York" magazine noted that King is one of few transgender models in history to rise to public prominence, comparing her to Teri Toye, former club kid Amanda Lepore, and the gender-bending club promoter and model André J. Simon Doonan, creative director of Barneys New York, told ABC News that the time may be right for a transgender supermodel: "Maybe it's time for a tranny to end up on the cover of "Vogue"."
Personal life.
King is a practicing Christian and attends Mosaic Church in Los Angeles.
Her younger sister Chanel died as a baby after being born with all of her organs outside of her body. Because of that, Isis King has participated in the Catwalk for Cause, where all the proceeds go to Johns Hopkins Children's Center in Baltimore.
In 2016, she began to focus on her acting and modeling skills and moved to Los Angeles.
She is a motivational speaker and shares her experiences to schools across the country.


Lis Vega

Lis Vega is a Cuban actress, singer, vedette and model, best known for her roles in the Mexican TV series Santa Diabla and Amorcito corazón.
Personal life.
On October 20, 1977, Vega was born as Liseska Vega Gálvez in Havana, Cuba. In 1997, Vega emigrated to Mexico after an exchange trip to Italy. She is the daughter of Lázaro Vega and Martha Elena Gálvez, is married to Mauro Rivera and has one sister, Lieska Vega Gálvez. Her parents, Lázaro Vega and Martha Elena Gálvez, divorced when she was ten years old.
At 15, Vega went to Italy in a cultural exchange where she participated in the TV show "Cuba 95".
In 2008, Vega married Federico Díaz, who later confessed to her that he is a homosexual which ended their marriage after only four months.
On February 11, 2013 she married Chilean Mauro Rivero after a month of dating, when they had known each other only eight months.
Career.
Vega lived in Mérida, Yucatán when after emigrating to Mexico, then moved to Mexico City where she attracted the attention of Juan Osorio. In 2004 Vega accepted the role as fellow Cuban, Niurka Marcos, in "Mi Verdad" which was produced by Osorio, a docudrama about the "roller coaster" relationship between Niurka and Osorio.
Vega appeared in Playboy magazine in 2003, 2011 and in 2016. She appeared on the cover in 2011 and in 2016 she was featured as part of a tribute to vedettes which included a six-day, two-week stage show of Vega singing and dancing burlesque, tango and the Mexican hat dance at the Ferrocarrilero Theater in Mexico City, Mexico.
In 2005 Vega participated in "Big Brother VIP: México", she was the 13th out of 25 to be expelled from the competition.
In 2013 Vega participated in "Santa Diabla" as Lisette Guerrero, after moving to Miami. In 2014 Vega took part in Miami Fashion Week. That same year she performed as "Fly" in "Goooza: A Musical Cabaret Show" at the Flamingo Theater Bar in Miami, Fl as well as in a tribute to Charlie Chaplin called "Burlesque".
By 2016 Vega had become an "internet sensation". She had acquired 183,000 followers on Instagram with videos of her workouts, one of which had gone viral.
In 2018 Vega recorded the single "Como a Nadie le Importa" with fellow Cuban Romi.


Fati Jamali

Fati Jamali (14 November 1988) is a Moroccan actress, singer and a television presenter best known as Miss Arab Beauty 2014.


Sammy Jo Carrington

Sammy Jo Carrington (born Samantha Josephine Dean; formerly Fallmont) is a fictional character on the ABC television series "Dynasty", created by Richard and Esther Shapiro. The niece of central protagonist Krystle Carrington (Linda Evans), Sammy Jo marries and has a son with Steven Carrington (Al Corley, later Jack Coleman).
Originated by actress Heather Locklear during the series' second season in 1981, Sammy Jo was a recurring character until the end of the fifth season in 1985, when Locklear was promoted to a permanent cast member. The character remained on the series until its finale in 1989, with Locklear reprising her role for the 1991 miniseries "".
In The CW's 2017 reboot of the series, actor Rafael de la Fuente portrays a gay male version of the character named Sam "Sammy Jo" Jones.
Original series.
Storylines.
Season two.
After traveling the amateur race car circuit with her stepfather, Frank Dean, young Sammy Jo Dean is sent to Denver to stay with her aunt, Krystle, who has recently married millionaire Blake Carrington. Sammy Jo becomes romantically involved with Blake's son, Steven, who has been struggling with his sexuality. Neither Blake nor his ex-wife, Alexis, particularly care for Sammy Jo, who is a bit common for their tastes. Sammy Jo and Steven elope, much to the disapproval of the rest of the family. It soon becomes clear that Sammy Jo has married Steven for his money, as she starts buying expensive clothes and charging them to Blake. Sammy Jo overhears Steven talking with Alexis about the secret possibility that Blake is not Fallon's biological father. Later, while drunk and arguing with Fallon at a party, Sammy Jo confronts Fallon with this revelation. A pregnant Fallon drives off upset and crashes her car, resulting in an emergency C-section. When Alexis learns that it was Sammy Jo who told Fallon that Blake was not her father, she offers Sammy Jo a check for $20,000 to sign a declaration stating that she and Steven never consummated their marriage so that it can be annulled. Sammy Jo refuses to sign, and instead blackmails Alexis by threatening to show Steven the declaration. Sammy Jo takes the $20,000 and leaves Denver. Steven follows her to Hollywood, but she rejects him, telling him that he cannot give her the material things that she wants.
Season three.
While Steven is missing and presumed dead in an oil rig explosion, Sammy Jo returns to Denver with a baby, Danny, who she claims was fathered by Steven. Sammy Jo leaves the baby with Blake and Krystle, and moves to New York to pursue a modeling career. When Steven turns up alive, he goes to New York and suggests that they marry. Sammy Jo refuses.
Season four.
Steven's new wife Claudia starts receiving gifts and phone calls seemingly from her presumed dead ex-husband, Matthew Blaisdel. Steven and Claudia eventually track the ruse to Morgan Hess, a private investigator with ties to Alexis. However, it is Sammy Jo who has employed Hess, and she returns to Denver to fight for custody of Danny.
Season five.
Sammy Jo tricks Steven's brother, Adam, to take her to the airport, allowing her to kidnap Danny. She demands $30,000 a month for his return. Claudia convinces Adam to help get Danny back. He does, and Sammy Jo returns to New York, defeated. Later, Krystle comes to visit Sammy Jo with Daniel Reece, who she says is Sammy Jo's biological father. Daniel dies soon afterward, leaving his wealth to Sammy Jo. However, Krystle is executor and refuses to disburse the inheritance until Sammy Jo "straightens up". Furious, Sammy Jo returns to New York, vowing revenge. When her actress friend Rita Lesley practices a new role in a blond wig, Sammy Jo realizes she is a lookalike for Krystle.
Season six.
Sammy Jo plans to use Rita to impersonate Krystle and trick the bank into releasing her inheritance. Soon Rita's lover, Joel Abrigore, takes over the scheme, intending for Rita to embezzle as much of Blake's money as possible. Joel kidnaps Krystle, and Rita takes her place in the Carrington mansion. Sammy Jo becomes uncomfortable with the plan when she suspects that Joel and Rita poisoning Blake. In "The Alarm" (1986), a frightened Sammy Jo confesses to Steven. He saves his father from Rita while Sammy Jo frees Krystle from captivity. Blake and Krystle agree not to press charges in return for Sammy Jo's cooperation with the police search for Joel and Rita. Sammy Jo becomes romantically involved with Clay Fallmont. When she catches him kissing his ex-girlfriend Amanda Carrington—Steven's younger sister—at the La Mirage hotel, the women get into a fight and fall into the pool while the hotel is consumed by fire.
Season seven.
Sammy Jo tells Clay she is pregnant in "The Choice", and they marry in "The Letter". She finds out she is not pregnant but is afraid to tell Clay; she eventually does, and they dissolve the marriage in "The Birthday". With Danny acting out in school over his parents' custody conflicts, in "The Test" Sammy Jo and Steven decide to live together platonically in an attempt to give Danny a normal home life. They fall into bed together in "The Dress", but Steven realizes it was mistake in "Valez", and moves out.
Season eight.
Steven is annoyed when Sammy Jo becomes romantically involved with Josh Harris, the quarterback on the football team Steven owns. Josh quits the team over his cocaine addiction, and proposes to Sammy Jo. When she refuses, he overdoses and dies. Sammy Jo begins dating Jeff Colby, and he proposes as well. She accepts, not knowing that he has been sleeping with his ex-wife, Steven's sister Fallon.
Season nine.
Sammy Jo confronts Fallon over Jeff, and the women have a muddy catfight. It ends in laughter when they realize that neither one of them wants Jeff. They become friends. Sammy Jo becomes romantically involved with Tanner McBride, only to learn that he is a Catholic priest.
"The Reunion" (1991).
By the 1991 "" miniseries, Sammy Jo has returned to her modeling career in New York. She is sleeping with her married boss, which ultimately gets her fired. Sammy Jo returns to Denver and is welcomed back into the Carrington family.
Reboot.
A pilot for a "Dynasty" reboot for The CW was announced in September 2016, and Rafael de la Fuente was cast as Samuel Josiah Jones, a gay male version of Sammy Jo, in March 2017. The new series premiered on The CW on October 11, 2017.
Characterization.
The nephew of Cristal Flores (Nathalie Kelley), a Hispanic version of the original series' Krystle, Sam is a "cute schemer" who is romantically connected to Steven Carrington (James Mackay). Executive producer Stephanie Savage said, "With Steven Carrington out and proud, it makes sense for Sammy Jo to be a man." Executive Producer Sallie Patrick said that Sam has "every bit of the pot-stirring troublemaker vibe that Heather Locklear had on the original." De la Fuente said of the character, "His heart is in the right place, but he's had a rough upbringing and he's had to figure out how to survive. Sometimes he's a little bit naughty, a little bit of a schemer, but he's not a bad guy. He's not trying to harm anyone." According to de la Fuente, "He's not really a villain, but he does naughty stuff. I think audiences are going to like him because he has a way about doing the things he does that is just very funny and charming. He uses his natural sexuality and charm to get away with murder, and it's fun to watch because he's a little bit outrageous sometimes. A lot outrageous." Sam is also devoted to his aunt Cristal, with whom he shares a mysterious past in Venezuela.
Patrick said of Sam, "It felt right to make him [Steven's] soulmate." De la Fuente noted, however, that Sam's relationship with Steven will be a "rollercoaster" that will "take quick, sharp turns". He said of the attraction between the characters:
Patrick said of Sam and majordomo Anders, "We've introduced their friendship, and I totally 'ship them together. Locking them in the basement was so much fun ... Sammy Jo is always getting in over his head, so it made sense for him to be the first one knocked out. And the funniest person to lock him in the basement with seemed to be Anders."
An intoxicated Sam marries a stripper named Scorpio during Fallon's bachelorette party in "My Hangover's Arrived". Showrunner Josh Reims explained, "We went into the episode with Sam thinking, 'I'm never going to have another relationship again.' So even though he got married under the influence, it showed that—deep down—he does want a relationship, whether he knows it or not." The episode was later confirmed to be the season finale, since production of "Dynasty" was suspended in March 2020 as a direct result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Filming of only 20 of the 22 ordered episodes of the third season had been completed at that time, and Reims said he hoped to be able to use reworked versions of the remaining two episodes to start season four. He explained, "We were going to bring back Ryan (aka 'Scorpio') for Episodes 21 and 22, and we were going to explore the idea of Sam trying to have a relationship with this guy. It was going to be an interesting triangle if we were to bring back Fletcher, Sam's married ex-boyfriend."
Storylines.
Season one.
In the premiere episode "I Hardly Recognized You", Sam has a one-night stand with Steven, and helps himself to some of the cash in Steven's pocket. Later, they meet again as both men realize that Sam's aunt Cristal is Steven's new stepmother. Steven tries to uncomplicate matters by keeping his distance from Sam, who is staying at the mansion, but is won over by Sam's compulsive honesty and thoughtfulness. Meanwhile, Sam's mother Iris is in trouble and needs money, but Cristal is unable to send any without Blake finding out. To secure the money, Sam arranges for a friend to steal Cristal's engagement ring and other valuables during a charity gala in "Guilt is for Insecure People". An incriminating phone that had been in Blake's possession is stolen as well, and Sam goes to Steven for help retrieving it in "Private as a Circus". Sam gets mad when Steven involves the police without telling him, but just as they are about to reconcile, a repentant Sam admits his complicity in the robbery to a furious Steven. In "Company Slut", Carrington majordomo Anders manipulates Sam into the path of Steven's ex-boyfriend Ted Dinard. Steven is thrown to find that Ted and Sam have slept together, and a remorseful Sam explains to Steven that he has struggled so much to survive that he has trouble turning down opportunities. In "The Best Things in Life", Cristal remembers how Sam's abusive father Alejandro caused her miscarriage when she tried to protect Iris from him. Iris comes to Atlanta for the holidays in "Rotten Things", and Sam is shocked by the revelation that Cristal killed his father Alejandro while defending Iris in Venezuela. In "A Well-Dressed Tarantula", Sam is icy to Cristal for letting him believe that his father abandoned the family. Alive and scheming with Iris, Alejandro reveals himself to an emotional Sam, who has no idea that his parents are extorting Cristal to push through their shady deal with Carrington Atlantic. Sam helps Cristal and the Carringtons turn the tables on Alejandro and Iris by taking his father's phone and impersonating him to his minions.
Sam and Steven move out of the mansion to live together as platonic friends, and Fallon hires Sam as her assistant. In "Nothing But Trouble", a distraught Ted shows up at their apartment and, using drugs and believing that Steven and Sam are romantically involved, stages a scuffle with Sam and leaps out of an upper story window. Sam admits to Steven that he is in the country illegally in "The Gospel According to Blake Carrington", so Steven lies his way to Ted's hospital bedside to retrieve an earring that links Sam to the accident. Anders sets Sam up with an immigration lawyer to begin the citizenship process. In "Our Turn Now", Sam is hurt when Steven puts a stop to rekindling their romance, and has Fallon set him up with a date for her wedding. Steven is jealous watching Sam get to know his date, Liam Ridley, but eventually Steven and Sam decide to get back together. With Sam facing deportation, Steven sleeps with Senator Daniels' wife Melissa, with whom he had an affair 10 years before, to help him secure an O-1 visa for Sam in "Poor Little Rich Girl". Steven proposes marriage to Sam while eulogizing his grandfather, Thomas. Believing Sam to be a poor match for her son, Steven's newly returned mother, Alexis Carrington, tries to frame Sam for shoplifting in "Don't Con a Con Artist". Fallon thwarts the plan, and Sam assists her in a plot to expose Alexis' machinations to Steven. Steven and Sam marry in "Dead Scratch", but the Carringtons are subsequently trapped in a fire. Sam escapes, but Steven is nowhere to be found.
Season two.
In the season two premiere "Twenty-Three Skidoo", Sam is mourning Cristal, who died in the fire. Several women appear claiming to be the person from whom Cristal—whose real name is Celia Machado—stole her assumed identity. Sam is aware of enough details to know that they are all lying. Steven has not yet told Sam about Melissa's pregnancy, which is starting to show. Blake exposes the truth about Melissa to Sam, who comes to accept the news of the baby as a positive thing in his life.


Bridget Marquardt

Bridget Christina Marquardt (née Sandmeier; born September 25, 1973) is an American television personality and model, known for her role in the reality TV series "The Girls Next Door", which depicted her life as one of "Playboy" founder Hugh Hefner's girlfriends. Although not a Playboy Playmate, Marquardt has appeared in nude pictorials with her "Girls Next Door" co-stars and fellow Hefner girlfriends Holly Madison and Kendra Wilkinson.
Early life.
Marquardt was born Bridget Christina Sandmeier in Tillamook, Oregon. Shortly after her birth, Marquardt's mother moved the family back to California, where Marquardt was raised. Her parents divorced when Marquardt was in the fifth grade. Her mother remarried, and Marquardt and her younger brother Edward moved to their stepfather's ranch, where they later gained a half-sister, Anastasia. Marquardt attended Galt High School for her freshman and sophomore years and then transferred to Lodi High School, from which she graduated in 1990.
Marquardt graduated from San Joaquin Delta College with an associate degree. She matriculated at California State University, Sacramento and graduated in 1998 with a B.A. in communications and an emphasis on public relations. In 2001, she earned her Master's Degree in Communications from the University of the Pacific in Stockton, California.
She later took a graduate level course in broadcast journalism through University of California, Los Angeles Extension, which was depicted on the first season of "The Girls Next Door", most notably when she had to be absent from her first "Playboy" shoot in order to take her final exam.
Career.
On the advice of friends who suggested she pose for "Playboy" magazine, Marquardt sent a letter to "Playboy", inquiring how to become a Playmate, before enrolling at San Joaquin Delta College. In 1998, aged 25, she entered Playboy's Millennium Playmate search. In 2001, Marquardt moved to Los Angeles, California and did local modeling jobs and small acting roles. After unsuccessfully testing twice for "Playboy", she was invited to the Playboy Mansion and soon became a regular there. In October 2002, after more than a year of visiting the Mansion, she was invited to move in and become one of Hefner's girlfriends.
Marquardt is featured on the E! TV show "The Girls Next Door", and has appeared with Holly Madison and Kendra Wilkinson in three cover pictorials in "Playboy" magazine, the November 2005, September 2006 and March 2008 issues. She has appeared in several films, including the horror/comedy "Kottentail" in which she portrays a scientist doing genetic research on rabbits. She appeared in an episode of "Curb Your Enthusiasm" as herself along with Madison and Hefner in 2005. She also appeared as herself along with Madison, Wilkinson and Hefner in the "Entourage" episode "Aquamansion". The episode's final act took place at the Playboy Mansion. She appeared in "The House Bunny" with her fellow models and Hefner alongside Anna Faris.
Marquardt appeared in a 2002 episode of "The Man Show" and as one of Hefner's playmates in the video game "", which was released in January 2005, as well as in an episode of "Celebrity Paranormal Project" which aired on November 19, 2006. She took an online paranormal course because of her interest in paranormal activity. On June 1, 2007, she started her "Bridget & Wednesday Friday Show" on Sirius Radio's Playboy station. In August of that year, she, Madison and Wilkinson appeared in the music video for the Nickelback song "Rockstar". Later that October, Marquardt appeared as a contestant on the Fox Reality cable show "The Search for the Next Elvira". She was one of the final six out of 20 contestants.
In 2008, Marquardt appeared on an episode of NBC's "Last Comic Standing" along with Wilkinson and Madison, in an episode in which the trio were told funny "bedtime stories" by the competing comics. Marquardt and the rest of the Girls Next Door appeared in a July 1, 2008 episode of NBC's "Celebrity Family Feud".
February 2009 was Marquardt's final appearance in "Playboy", in a nude photo spread shot with Madison and Wilkinson that was touted as a farewell to "The Girls Next Door". After leaving Playboy, she hosted "Bridget's Sexiest Beaches", a TV series on Travel Channel, which debuted on March 12, 2009, but ended after one season.
In April 2010, Marquardt announced plans for her own reality show. The pilot was to begin shooting in April and would cover her life after leaving the Playboy Mansion and her current relationships. In March 2011, she announced via Twitter that E! had decided to not pick up her reality show but stated that she was looking forward to other opportunities.
In 2012, she worked as a contributor to Yahoo's "Animal Nation" series, writing articles and shooting related short documentary pieces.
Bridget is a paranormal investigator and in early 2019 she started the podcast "GHOST MAGNET with Bridget Marquardt".
Personal life.
In the September 17, 2007 issue of "Star" magazine, Marquardt stated that she was married but separated and had been living in the Playboy mansion since October 2002. According to the interview, her husband supported her move to Los Angeles, that they remained friends, and that they were in the process of divorcing.
On September 25, 2008, Bridget told "E! News", "I married my best friend when I was 23, but when I realized I wanted to move to LA to follow my dreams, we separated and eventually divorced." In a December 2008 interview, Marquardt stated that she was single, and in early January 2009, it was reported that Marquardt had moved out of the Playboy Mansion to "become her own person."
In late 2008, Marquardt began dating director Nicholas Carpenter, son of original Mercury astronaut Scott Carpenter. They started living together in a house Marquardt purchased in Sherman Oaks. The pair became engaged in the fall of 2015.
As seen on various episodes of "The Girls Next Door", Marquardt had a Pekingese dog named Wednesday, or "Winnie", and a black Persian cat named Gizmo. Gizmo died in June 2015. Winnie died in September 2020.


Yadira Geara

Yadira Geara Cury (born February 1, 1986) is a beauty queen and former tennis player from the Dominican Republic. She played for the Dominican Republic Fed Cup team in 2002 and 2003. At the age of 18, she participated in Miss Dominican Republic 2004, placing 3rd runner up. In 2005, she entered and won Reina Nacional de Belleza Miss República Dominicana 2005 was chosen to take part in Miss International 2005, where she placed as first runner-up. In 2007, she decided to compete for Miss Dominican Republic Universe 2008, where she earned the right to participate in Miss Continente Americano, won by Marianne Cruz.


Alanna Arrington

Alanna Lynn Arrington (born November 18, 1998) is an American model from Cedar Rapids, Iowa. She has been on the cover of Maxim and Elle U.K.. She is a model for Victoria’s Secret.
Early life.
Born to Anthony and Amy Arrington, Arrington has one sister named Amyah. Arrington is biracial. She attended Erskine Elementary School, McKinley Middle School, and Washington High School in Cedar Rapids and was on their varsity basketball team.
Career.
Arrington was scouted by the talent agents Jeff and Mary Clarke of Mother Model Management, in St Louis, Missouri. She subsequently signed to Next Model Management. She first worked in Los Angeles before moving to New York City to do high fashion modeling.
Arrington debuted during the 2016 F/W ready-to-wear collections, opening the Altuzarra show. She walked over 20 shows that season, including Chanel, Tommy Hilfiger, Louis Vuitton, Etro, Céline and Diane Von Furstenberg. Since then she has walked the runway for Missoni, Max Mara, Mulberry, Tom Ford, Alberta Ferretti, Stella McCartney, Balmain, Roland Mouret, and Yeezy.
Arrington has appeared in editorials for magazines such as Vogue, British Vogue, Vogue España, Vogue Russia, Teen Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, Elle, Interview, Allure, i-D, and Wonderland Magazine. Arrington has appeared in advertisements for Polo Ralph Lauren, Gap Inc., Urban Outfitters, DKNY, Mango, Stella McCartney, H&M, Levi’s, Express, and Aldo.
She walked the 2016-2018 Victoria's Secret Fashion Shows.
She is ranked as a "Money" girl on models.com.
In 2017, she was chosen as one of the "11 Models You Need to Know" by Vogue Arabia.