Jessica Stiehl

Jessica Stiehl.
Jessica Stiehl is a fictional character on the German soap opera "Verbotene Liebe (Forbidden Love)". The character was originated by Jana Julie Kilka on January 28, 2010. Jessica is mostly used as a classic comic relief.
Jessica is the niece of Justus Stiehl, butler of the Lahnstein family. When she comes to Düsseldorf she's determined to get rich and famous and do whatever she has to do for it. Her intentions are tested when she becomes involved in a scheme by the wealthy Tristan von Lahnstein, who wants to get rid of his twin-sister's boyfriend, Andi Fritzsche. As it later appears to Jessica, Tristan is obsessed with his sister Helena and has desires to have an incestuous relationship with her. Jessica lies about Andi raping her after a party, which opens up for a lot of tension between her and Helena and Andi. Helena's trust in Andi is destroyed because of the false claim and Andie is left anxiously wondering if he did hurt Jessica on the account that he blacked out after taking a few drinks, but is convinced by Oliver that he isn't the type of man to ever hurt a woman. However, eventually, Andi is found not guilty because of the lack of evidence that he ever did so. Jessica moves on with her relationship to Tristan and even becomes engaged to him. She breaks it off when she realizes that she only is a cover for Tristan's love for Helena. Tristan and Jessica end up sleeping together anyway as Jessica hopes she can gain something by it, but eventually ends things completely when Jessica has to have sex with Tristan with a wig to look like Helena. As Tristan's obsession with his sister is later found out by his family, Jessica's lie about Andi raping her is also exposed. Jessica eventually moves on to Constantin von Lahnstein, who just returned to town and has taken an interest in Jessica. But when he finds out the truth about her, he ends things with her before they even start.
Broke and discredited, Jessica wants the forgiveness of Justus, who eventually has her work as a maid for the Lahnstein family. Jessica uses her new position to dig up dirt about the Lahnsteins, but is confronted by Helena, who lets her know that her every move is watched. Jessica's rivalry with Helena hits a new high, when Jessica parties with Andi and his roommate Christian Mann and they end up having a threesome together. Andi and Christian, who's married to Oliver Sabel, cheated on their partners. While Christian tells Olli the truth and puts his marriage at risk, Andi wants to keep the night to themselves. But Helena finds out the truth and ends her relationship with Andi as well, after even trying relationship counseling. Even though Jessica is one of the reason Olli broke up with Christian, he and Jessica become friends over time and Jessica is even allowed to stay in the flat-share; even starting a friendly relationship with Andi. In May 2011, Jessica starts working as a personal assistant for Tanja von Lahnstein, who becomes her role model. She's later chosen together with Olli to model for the new Incest(?) campaign, with which Tanja wants to relaunch 'Ligne Clarisse', a fashion company who was once owned by Tanja's enemy Clarissa von Anstetten. While working for Tanja, Jessica also started sleeping with Tanja's ex-husband Ansgar von Lahnstein on several occasions. More recently Jessica is involved in trying to reunite Christian and Olli; realizing that they belong together and feeling even more remorse for spending a night with Christian in the first place.
In February 2012, she starts falling in love with Daniel Fritzsche, brother of Andi's and Helena's boyfriend. She is also revealed to suffer from dyslexia. Even though she and Daniel get closer, he insists that they are only friends. Daniel starts helping Jessica dealing with her dyslexia. This also creates tension with Helena, who is dating Daniel at the time. As Jessica tries to look more professional and leave her image as the dumb blond behind her father Günther comes to visit. He tells his brother Justus that he always thought Jessica was stupid but later is impressed when Jessica appears to have become a successful businesswoman. Daniel also falls in love with Jessica and they start a relationship. At the same time, Jessica becomes close with Arno Brandner, who is suffering terminal Alzheimer's disease, and is specially affected by Arno's death since her mother died from Alzheimers. Daniel breaks up with Jessica when she gets pregnant with Hagen's child after a drunk one-night stand. Hagen and Dana decide to help Jessica raise the child, and after Jessica gives birth to the child, Maximilian, and Hagen disappears, Jessica and Dana enter a civil partnership in hopes that Dana will also be able to take care of him.


Andrea Lowell

Andrea Lowell (born January 17, 1983) is an American actress and model most recognizable from her "Playboy" magazine nude pictorials and on air work for a variety of Playboy TV programs.
Career.
Lowell was the co-host of "The Playboy Morning Show" on Playboy Radio.
In 2006, Andrea appeared on VH1's "The Surreal Life" and then came back the following season as a cast member of "".
On November 20, 2015, at Lowell was a guest ring card girl.
Personal life.
Lowell attended the University of California, Irvine, where she pursued her Biology degree.
On December 29, 2009, Lowell married longtime boyfriend James Kim, who is of Korean descent, in Las Vegas.


Jerry Mathers

Gerald Patrick Mathers (born June 2, 1948) is an American actor. Mathers is best known for his role in the television sitcom "Leave It to Beaver", originally broadcast from 1957 to 1963, in which he played Theodore "Beaver" Cleaver, the younger son of the suburban couple June and Ward Cleaver (Barbara Billingsley and Hugh Beaumont, respectively) and the brother of Wally Cleaver (Tony Dow).
Early life and family.
Mathers was born in Sioux City, Iowa, in 1948, the son of a high school principal, and grew up in the San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles, California. Mathers has three siblings, one sister and two brothers, including Jimmy Mathers.
Early career.
Mathers began his career at the age of 2 when he appeared as a child model for a department store ad. Soon after, he starred in a commercial for PET Milk opposite vaudeville comedian Ed Wynn.
His early movies included "This is My Love" (1954), "Men of the Fighting Lady" (1954), "The Seven Little Foys" (1955) and Alfred Hitchcock's black comedy "The Trouble with Harry" (1955), in which he plays the son of Shirley MacLaine and finds a dead body in the forest.
"Leave It to Beaver".
Mathers states that he got the role of Beaver Cleaver after telling the show's producers he had rather be at his Cub Scout meeting than to audition for the part. The producers found his candor appealing and perfect for the role. Mathers played the Beaver for six years, appearing in all 234 episodes of the series. He was the first child actor to ever had a deal made on his behalf to get a percentage of the merchandising revenue from a television show. Indeed, "Leave It to Beaver" still generates revenue, more than a half century after its original production run.
The original sitcom has been shown in over 80 countries in 40 languages. Mathers noted that the "Leave It to Beaver" phenomenon is worldwide. "I can go anywhere in the world, and people know me," Mathers has said. "In Japan, the show's called 'The Happy Boy and His Family.' So I'll be walking through the airport in Japan, and people will come up and say, 'Hi, Happy Boy!'"
When asked in a 2014 television interview whether he had known at the time of the filming of the "Leave it to Beaver" series that the show was special, and would be in perpetual syndication, Mathers responded: "No, not at all. I had worked since I was two years old. I did movies. I didn't do any other series, but I had done a lot of movies and things like that so, in fact, every year it was a question whether we would come back for the next year 'cause you had to be picked up. So you would do 39 shows and then we would go to New York and meet all the press, and then we'd go to Chicago to meet the ad people, then we'd come back and take about five to six weeks off, and if we got picked up, then we'd start again. So we did that for six years because that was the length of the contracts at those times. So that's why there are 39 [episodes] for six years, and then it was off the air. Not off the air, but we didn't film any new ones [after that.]"
Mathers remained friends with Barbara Billingsley, who played his TV mother June Cleaver, and he remembered her after her death as "a good friend and an even better mentor. For me she was like the favorite teacher that we all had in school."
Music.
In 1962, near the end of the run of "Leave It to Beaver", Mathers recorded two songs for a single 45 rpm: "Don't 'Cha Cry," and for the flip side, the twist ditty "Wind-Up Toy." During his high school years, Mathers had a band called Beaver and the Trappers.
Later career.
As he moved into his teenage years, Mathers retired from acting to concentrate on high school. He attended Notre Dame High School in Sherman Oaks, California. During this time he led a musical band called Beaver and the Trappers. While he was still in high school, Mathers joined the United States Air Force Reserve in 1966. Wearing his dress uniform, Mathers, along with child actress Angela Cartwright, presented an Emmy award to Gene Kelly in 1967. After graduating from high school in 1967, Mathers continued to serve in the Reserve and made the rank of Sergeant. In December 1969, a rumor began that Mathers was killed in action in the Vietnam War. Although the origin of the rumor is unclear, Mathers never saw action and was never stationed outside the United States. Years later, in 1980, Mathers and Dow appeared with Bill Murray on "Saturday Night Live's" "Weekend Update" segment, making fun of the Vietnam War death rumor.
In 1973, Mathers attended the University of California, Berkeley, and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in philosophy. He then worked as a commercial loan officer at a bank before using well-invested savings from his acting career, which began at $500 a week, to begin a career in real estate development. In 1978, he reentered the entertainment industry. That year, he and Tony Dow starred in a production of the comedy play "Boeing, Boeing" which ran for ten weeks in Kansas City. Mathers and Dow then toured the dinner theater circuit in a production of "So Long, Stanley" for 18 months. In 1981, he worked as a disc jockey at KEZY radio in Anaheim, California.
In 1983, Mathers reprised his role in the television reunion film "Still the Beaver", which also featured the majority of the original "Leave It to Beaver" cast. The success of the television film led to the development of a sequel series, of the same title. The series began airing on the Disney Channel in 1984, then went on to be picked up by TBS and broadcast syndication, where it was retitled "The New Leave It to Beaver" and ran until 1989.
Mathers has since continued his career in films and television roles. In the 1990s, he guest starred on episodes of "Parker Lewis Can't Lose", "Vengeance Unlimited", "Diagnosis Murder", and as himself on "Married... with Children". In 1998, Mathers released his memoirs, "And Jerry Mathers as The Beaver".
In 2001, he appeared on a special episode of "The Weakest Link" titled "Child TV stars edition," where he got voted off in the first round.
On June 5, 2007, he made his Broadway debut with a starring role as Wilbur Turnblad in the Tony-winning best musical "Hairspray" at the Neil Simon Theater.
In 2018 and 2019, Mathers was seen promoting the "Leave It To Beaver" television series and other classic television series on the MeTV television network.
Other ventures.
In 2009, Mathers became the national spokesman for PhRMA and their Partnership for Prescription Assistance program.
Military service.
Mathers is a former member of the 146AW, California ANG (Air National Guard aka the Hollywood Guard), Van Nuys, California.
Personal life.
Mathers has been married three times. He met his first wife, Diana Platt, in college. She attended Vallejo Senior High in California; class of 1969. They married in 1974 and later divorced. Mathers met his second wife, Rhonda Gehring, while touring in the production of "So Long, Stanley". They have three children, a son (Noah) and two daughters (Mercedes and Gretchen). Mathers and Gehring later divorced. Mathers married his third wife, Teresa Modnick, in Huntington Beach on January 30, 2011.
Diabetes.
Mathers was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes in 1996. On the advice of his doctor, Mathers enrolled in a weight loss program with Jenny Craig in May 1997 and lost over . He later became the first male spokesman for Jenny Craig. He has also represented a Type 2 diabetes reversal program's publications in a television ad.


Marina Mora

Marina Mora Montero (born c. 1980) is a model who, as Miss La Libertad, was elected Miss Peru 2002 and represented Peru at Miss World 2002 where she finished third.
In 2016, she was guest judge in the final Miss Peru 2016 beauty pageant, celebrated in the Ecological Center and Studios of America Television Production, Pachacamac, Lima, Peru.
Personal life.
In 2005, Mora married her first cousin, Gustavo Mora. They later separated.


Ger Lagendijk

Gerrit Lagendijk (13 November 1941 – 11 August 2010) was a Dutch professional football player and agent.
Early and personal life.
Lagendijk was born in Rotterdam and grew up in Ridderkerk.
Playing career.
Lagendijk began his career with the youth team of Feyenoord. He later played senior football with ADO, De Volewijckers and PEC.
He spent the 1968 season in the North American Soccer League with the Vancouver Royals, scoring one goal in five appearances.
He finished his career with Hermes DVS.
Agent.
After retiring as a player, Lagendijk initially worked in insurance and as an arbitrator for the VVCS football association.
Lagendijk worked as a football agent and represented a number of players, including Ronald Koeman, Erwin Koeman, Hans van Breukelen, Adri van Tiggelen, John Bosman and Ernie Brandts.
Death.
Lagendijk died of a heart attack on 11 August 2010, at the age of 68.


Lottie Moss

Lottie Moss, born Charlotte Moss (9 January 1998) is a British fashion model. She is the half-sister of model Kate Moss.
External links.
Lottie Moss


Violet Chachki

Violet Chachki is the stage name and alter ego of Paul Jason Dardo (born June 13, 1992), an American drag queen, burlesque/aerial performer, content creator, model, and recording artist best known for winning the seventh season of "RuPaul's Drag Race". In June 2019, a panel of judges from "New York" magazine placed Chachki 16th on their list of "the most powerful drag queens in America", a ranking of 100 former "Drag Race" contestants. Chachki is genderfluid and uses "she"/"her" and "they"/"them" pronouns.
Career.
Dardo began performing in drag as Violet Chachki at the age of 19. The name "Violet" was inspired by Jennifer Tilly's homonymous character in the film "Bound", while "Chachki" is a variant of the Yiddish word "tchotchke", used to name a strictly decorative small collectible item or describe a beautiful young lady. They first performed at the bar LeBuzz in Marietta, Georgia. Using a fake ID to perform in local drag shows, they eventually won Miss New Faces at Friends on Ponce in Atlanta and was adopted as a "drag daughter" by drag queens Dax Exclamationpoint (who competed on the eighth season of "Drag Race") and Genre Monster. Later, Chachki was enrolled at the Savannah College of Art and Design at the Atlanta campus for fashion design, but dropped out to focus on doing drag. They became a regular cast member of The Other Show at the bar Jungle in Atlanta which gave them exposure locally and allowed them to perform with Alaska Thunderfuck 5000, Amanda Lepore, and Lady Bunny.
In 2013, they were photographed for "Legendary Children". The project focused on Atlanta's drag scene and was exhibited at Gallery 1526. Two photos that featured their genitals and gaff were covered up after complaints. Later, the censorship controversy caught the attention of "Vice".
In 2014, they appeared on the cover for the single "Cosplay" by Captain Murphy (AKA Flying Lotus). They also appeared in a commercial for the single on Adult Swim. Flying Lotus recorded the song as Captain Murphy for Adult Swim's Single Series.
In 2015, Violet Chachki was announced as a contestant on seventh season of "RuPaul's Drag Race", after having unsuccessfully auditioned for season six. On the show, they were noted for excelling in fashion and design related challenges and their focus on aesthetics and confident demeanor. On June 1, 2015, they won the competition and received a cash prize of $100,000.
Chachki is known for their burlesque performances and aerial work, including aerial silk and aerial hoop. In January 2017, Dardo joined "The Art of Teese", a neo-burlesque show headlined by Dita Von Teese.
In November 2017, they became the first drag queen in a major lingerie ad campaign, for the brand Bettie Page Lingerie.
In January 2018, they walked for Moschino in their Fall 2018 Collection at Milan Fashion Week.
In April 2019, they became the first international drag queen to have ever performed in India.
In May 2019, they attended the Met Gala, where the theme was "", wearing a glove-shaped Moschino dress which was altered by Jeremy Scott. Thus, they became one of the first drag queens at the event, alongside Aquaria and RuPaul.
In November 2019, they teamed up with perfume brand Heretic Parfum as collaborator and muse for the genderless fragrance "Dirty Violet".
Music.
On June 2, 2015, Chachki released the lead single from their upcoming EP, "Bettie". Their debut EP "Gagged" was released on June 30, 2015. In May 2018, they released their fourth single, "A Lot More Me", a burlesque track independent from an album.
Artistry.
Violet Chachki's style is characterized by their "obsession with vintage glamour". They have been referred to as "the living embodiment of a 1950s female archetype" and have cited designers Christian Dior, Thierry Mugler and John Galliano as inspirations, as well as "style icons" such as Lady Miss Kier, Dovima, Dita Von Teese, and Raquel Welch.
The influence of fetish fashion and art is a staple in Chachki's aesthetic, with references to the bondage and latex subcultures, John Willie's illustrations, dominatrix imagery and Bettie Page. They told "Design Scene" in 2016: "I think drag in itself is kind of a fetish, it’s kind of uncomfortable and I think bondage and latex are uncomfortable and they have that same feel... I think especially when you’re really feeling it and feeling your look and you’re willing to suffer through the pain to kind of present yourself the way you want to present... I think that’s kind of a fetish. I think it’s exhibitionism almost." Chachki is known for their tightly-laced corsets.
Personal life.
Born in Atlanta, Georgia, Dardo is half Ecuadorian.
Dardo is genderfluid and uses "she"/"her" and "they"/"them" pronouns.


John Courtright

John Charles Courtright (born May 30, 1970) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the Cincinnati Reds.
Courtright graduated from Marion Harding High School in Marion, Ohio, played college baseball at Duke and was selected in the eighth round of the 1991 Major League Baseball draft by the Reds.
In April 1994, while pitching for the Chattanooga Lookouts, Courtright was the first pitcher to face Birmingham Barons outfielder Michael Jordan in a regular season game. He struck Jordan out twice but asked for his autograph on the following day.
On May 6, 1995, he and Scott Sullivan were promoted to Cincinnati's Major League roster to replace Willie Greene and Johnny Ruffin. He made his debut on the same day at the age of 25 at Riverfront Stadium against the New York Mets. In the eighth inning, manager Davey Johnson double-switched him and Jerome Walton into the game for Deion Sanders and Scott Sullivan respectively. He pitched one inning and gave up one earned run and never pitched in the big leagues again.
A month after his Major League debut, he was traded to the Minnesota Twins for Dave McCarty.
Courtright served as an agent after retiring, representing such players as Zack Greinke, Jon Lester, Patrick Corbin, J. A. Happ, Clay Buchholz, Adam Lind, B.J. Ryan, Glen Perkins and Austin Kearns. He also represented manager John Farrell and former Reds teammate Scott Sullivan.


Mony Helal

Mony Helal () is an Egyptian model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Egypt 2018 and represented her country at Miss World 2018 pageant in China.
Career.
Actor in Ramez Galal prank show 2017.
Miss Egypt World 2018.
First Female Arab host/MC in Riyadh season, Saudi Arabia 2019.
Milan Fashion Week 2020.
Pageantry.
Mony was crowned Miss Egypt in September 2018 and qualified to participate in the 68th Edition of Miss World Pageant scheduled to be held in China (December 2018). She competed at Miss World 2018 pageant but unplaced.
Modeling.
She started her modeling career on 2012. She has been featured in campaigns for beauty brands such as Huda Beauty, Makeup Forever, Mac Cosmetics and She also joined Ramez Galal in his international TV prank show Ramez Taht Al Ard


David Falk

David B. Falk (born 1950) is an American sports agent who primarily works with basketball players in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He began his career representing professional tennis players for Donald Dell's ProServ and is best known for representing sports icon Michael Jordan for the entirety of Jordan's career. Besides Jordan, Falk has represented more than 100 other NBA players, and is generally considered to be the most influential player agent the NBA has seen. During the peak years of Falk's career in the 1990s, he was often considered the second-most powerful person in the NBA behind Commissioner David Stern, and in 2000 he had at least one client on all but two NBA teams. He was listed among the "100 Most Powerful People in Sports" for 12 straight years from 1990 to 2001 by "The Sporting News", and was also named one of the Top 50 Marketers in the United States by Advertising Age in 1995.
Falk negotiated the then-highest contracts in NBA history for Patrick Ewing and Danny Ferry. He also negotiated professional sports' first US$100 million contract for Alonzo Mourning as part of an unprecedented free agency period, during which his company, FAME, changed the entire salary structure of the NBA, negotiating more than $400 million in contracts for its free agent clients in a six-day period.
In January 2007, Falk re-launched FAME, and today serves as its founder and CEO. He represented nine players in 2012; in the prime of his sports agent career in the 1990s he represented as many as 40 players at a time.
Personal life.
Falk was born to a middle-class Jewish family on Long Island, New York, the second of three children. Falk's father had never finished high school and owned two butcher shops on Long Island, while his mother, Pearl Falk, had two master's degrees, spoke six languages, and had worked as an interpreter in World War II for Nelson Rockefeller in Latin American affairs. Falk described his mother, a teacher and inspirational force as "a perfectionist", and called her "the biggest influence in my life", the one who drove him to achieve great heights.
Nothing was really ever good enough. I brought home my college board scores—I think I got just under 1,400 the first time. She was crushed. She didn't understand how I could do so poorly. I think that I share a lot of those qualities. She used to have an expression that I would say is the guiding principle of my life: Always shoot for the stars and never settle for second best."
Falk's mother was an avid New York Knicks fan, a fact which influenced Falk's career decision upon his career path. Longtime childhood friend and colleague, Attorney Reid Kahn, remembers Falk proclaiming that he wanted to represent professional athletes in the fourth grade. Another high school friend noted that Falk was not good enough to make any of the teams at Douglas MacArthur High School (Levittown, New York), but that he was an ardent sports fan who frequently watched baseball games at Shea Stadium.
He graduated from Syracuse University in 1972, with a degree in economics, and subsequently, George Washington University Law School, where he earned a J.D. with honors in 1975.
During his law school years, his parents separated. Falk maintained minimal contact with his father, but remained very close with his mother until her death in 1988.
Falk lives in Rockville, Maryland with his wife, Rhonda (Frank). Rhonda served as an undergraduate admissions counselor for George Washington University for five years. For 10 years she worked as a production manager for a software company in Rockville, Maryland and later moved into the software publishing division and managed the distribution and sales of software through international resellers around the world. She also serves on the board of directors of Woodmont Country Club. They have two daughters, Daina,(born 1983) a graduate of Duke University, and Jocelyn (born 1988) a graduate of Syracuse University.
Sports marketing, promotions, and contracts.
ProServ and signing of Michael Jordan.
After many attempts to establish contact with agents Bob Woolf of Boston and Larry Fleisher, Falk turned to ProServ's Donald Dell in 1974. Falk attempted to get Dell on the phone for "six or seven weeks." Finally, annoyed at Dell's seeming unavailability, Falk called Dell's office "about 17 times in a three-hour period" until Dell took his call. When Dell informed him that ProServ was not hiring, Falk offered to work for free. Dell consented to take on Falk as an unpaid intern while he was attending law school, finally offering him a full-time job starting at $13,000 after his graduation from George Washington University Law School in 1975.
Dell was a former pro tennis player and primarily represented tennis players, so he allowed Falk to handle a large portion of ProServ's NBA dealings. Falk proved to be a capable agent and negotiator, as he signed the #1 NBA Draft picks in 1976 (John Lucas) and 1981 (Mark Aguirre), and negotiated the first million-dollar NBA shoe deal for James Worthy in 1982.
ProServ had an inside track with North Carolina after they successfully represented a number of N.C. basketball alumni, including Tom LaGarde, Phil Ford, Dudley Bradley, and James Worthy. In 1984, the same year Michael Jordan entered the NBA Draft, Frank Craighill and Lee Fentress, two of Dell's ProServ partners, left to start a competing firm, Advantage International. Dell and Falk signed #3 pick Jordan, while Craighill and Fentress signed Sam Perkins.
Nike shoe deal: "Air Jordan".
After signing Jordan, Falk quickly made the first great deal for him: the Nike shoe deal. At the start of the 80s, only Kareem Abdul-Jabbar had a six-figure shoe deal for $100,000 (with Adidas), and Nike was a small player next to companies like Converse, which had virtually owned the market on basketball shoes through the 1970s. After James Worthy signed an 8-year, $1.2 million endorsement deal with New Balance in 1982, also negotiated by Falk, Falk decided to make large demands to shoe companies for Jordan's services, including his own shoe line and a royalty.
We decided to stretch the envelope", Falk said. "Instead of calling up the companies and asking them how much they would pay Michael Jordan, we called them up and asked them to make a presentation and explain what they could do to promote him. Needless to say, this got a lot of quizzical replies."
Unbeknownst to Falk and Jordan, Nike had decided to target Jordan as their player of the future. Jordan himself was initially reticent; throughout college he had worn Converse because of the company's endorsement deal with Tar Heels coach Dean Smith, and off the court, he wore Adidas. Jordan had never worn or even seen a Nike shoe before the company contacted him.
Nike's initial offer was $250,000, his own shoe line, and a percentage of the revenues. Jordan already had a standing offer from Adidas for $500,000, and Falk demanded that Nike match the figure in addition to the revenue percentage. Nike came back with an offer of $500,000 and a smaller cut. Falk agreed.
"David Falk elected to take more guaranteed money and less revenue percentage", said (Nike Scout) Sonny Vaccaro. "So out of the chute he lost himself a lot of money. But in retrospect, it really amounted to nothing. It wasn't a big-time bidding war. Probably the most determining thing was Adidas wasn't going to offer him a lot of money. It was the first time that the athlete was going to share in the royalties of the shoe. That was the gamble."
The deal was all the more significant because it was considered difficult to market African-American players in 1984, especially in a team sport like basketball. In fact, Nike insisted on several "outs" in its initial contract with Jordan: the shoe line could be dropped if certain sales figures were not met, or if Jordan failed to make the NBA All-Star Game in his first three years. The shoe line was expected to earn $3 million for Nike in about three to four years. As it turned out, the Air Jordan sneaker earned Nike $130 million in 1985 alone, making their $500,000 contract with Jordan one of the great bargains of all time, a precursor to Jordan's more lucrative deals with Nike, including a 1997 deal for $30 million. Jordan's relationship with Nike is often considered the most successful sports endorsement relationship in history.
Marketing Michael Jordan.
Falk soon proved himself to be a capable agent with many innovative marketing ideas. He allowed Nike to establish Jordan's primary image, then began splitting it up among other advertisers, including Coca-Cola, Chevrolet, Gatorade, McDonald's, Ball Park Franks, Wilson Sporting Goods, Rayovac, Wheaties, Hanes, and MCI. Falk's ideas stretched to all areas of the marketplace, including a fragrance (called simply "Michael Jordan") made by the Beverly Hills designer Bijan, which was cited as the best-marketed product of 1996 by the American Marketing Association. Falk even came up with the idea of teaming Bugs Bunny and Jordan together in a feature film, and then sold the concept to Warner Bros. in 1993. The ensuing film, "Space Jam", was executive produced by Falk and released in 1996. Perhaps most importantly, Falk "set a precedent by 'opting out' Jordan from the league's licensing program, in effect reclaiming Jordan's image for his own use." Jordan himself was very grateful for his agent's remarkable negotiating and marketing abilities, even with Falk's penchant for making powerful enemies along the way.
A lot of people don't like David, but he's the best at what he does", Jordan told USA Today last year. "What he does is get underneath your skin, whoever he's negotiating with, because he figures out what your objectives are, your angles. He understands the market; he understands the players. He's a brash, arrogant, egotistical, aggressive negotiator, which is good, because when you have someone represent you, you want him to do that. Marketing-wise, he's great. He's the one who came up with the concept of 'Air Jordan.'"
Due partly to Falk's tenacity and partly to Michael Jordan's own professional success and personal magnetism, Jordan became "indisputably the most powerful and effective endorser of products in American history, ... (making) the business of hawking products more lucrative than playing the game." Jordan's success was such that he turned down $300 million worth of endorsement deals in the space of 4 months in 1998.
ProServ split, establishment and sale of FAME.
In 1992, after great early success, Falk considered himself underpaid and underappreciated. He split with ProServ and Donald Dell to establish his own company, Falk Associates Management Enterprises (FAME).
I paid more in taxes this year (1996) than I earned in 17 years working for Donald Dell", Falk said with some lingering bitterness. "I'm all for loyalty, but that has to be a two-way street."
In the split, a messy professional divorce, Falk brought all of his considerable client list with him, but agreed to provide Dell with 50% of fees for Dell's former clients and 17.5% of Falk's income for new contracts. Dell "sought arbitration to enforce the agreement, claiming that Falk 'unilaterally' had rewritten clients' third-party contracts to reduce fees to Dell."
Falk and partners Curtis Polk and Mike Higgins soon propelled FAME to the top of the NBA player representation business. At its peak, the company consisted of about 25 people and represented 45 players. During FAME's 7-year existence, it represented "an unprecedented 6 first-round draft picks in the NBA, negotiated over $400 million in contracts for its free-agent clients, and negotiated four of the five largest contracts in team sports history." Just prior to the company's sale in 1998, the contracts of Falk's players totaled almost $800 million.
In 1998, Falk sold FAME to the entertainment group SFX for $100 million, while remaining the group's president. In the space of a year, SFX bought 14 private sports representation companies for a combined $1.5 billion and consolidated them into SFX Sports Group in 1999, naming Falk as Chairman. One of the companies SFX acquired was ProServ, and Falk found himself in charge of the company that he had left on such bitter terms.
During his Chairmanship at SFX Sports Group from 1999 to 2001, "Falk oversaw the acquisition of a dozen sports agencies that enabled SFX to represent approximately 20 percent of MLB and NBA players." Largely due to the work of Falk and fellow agent Arn Tellem, the umbrella SFX Sports Group represented 78 NBA players in contract negotiations in 2000, and came to represent approximately one-third of NBA players in 2002.
1995 and 1998 NBA lockouts.
1995 NBA lockout.
Falk was one of the key figures in the 1995 NBA lockout. The lockout originally occurred when the players wanted a soft salary cap, while the owners wanted a hard salary cap. Falk led a rebellion on the National Basketball Players Association (NBPA) by establishing a dissident faction of 16 players and a number of agents (including players Michael Jordan, Patrick Ewing, Alonzo Mourning, Reggie Miller, and fellow agents Marc Fleisher and Arn Tellem) that began advocating for NBPA decertification. The goal was to strip NBA management of antitrust protection, making the salary cap and other forms of collective bargaining violations of antitrust laws, win a settlement in court, and then immediately re-form the Players' Union. NBA Commissioner David Stern criticized Falk's involvement in the negotiations, saying that he was "trashing his own clients." Kenny Gattison, the Charlotte Hornets' player representative, went so far as to blame the entire lockout on Falk.
I think this whole thing has been manufactured by David Falk", Gattison told The Charlotte Observer Friday night. "The guys he used to initiate the decertification drive aren't concerned with the union and the everyday little guy. These guys have been in the league 10 or 11 years and have yet to voice an opinion about what's going on. Then all of a sudden David Falk doesn't like what's going on."
Despite considerable support, decertification was defeated by a vote of the Players' Union, 226–134. But even though Falk did not manage to decertify the NBPA, his influence helped to lead to the abandonment of a luxury tax on salaries, and ultimately led to a deal that increased the players' portion of NBA revenues from 52% to 57%, as well as the salary structure that saw Michael Jordan make $33 million for the 1998 season alone. Some argued that the concessions Falk gained from the owners through his role in the 1995 lockout were the primary cause of another lockout that occurred just three seasons later.
1998–99 NBA lockout.
During the 1998–99 lockout, Falk was often described as the "invisible hand" that guided union negotiations. The NBPA President during the lockout, Patrick Ewing, was a client of Falk's. Falk was also the agent of "nearly half" of the union's 19-member negotiating committee, including Alonzo Mourning, Juwan Howard, and Dikembe Mutombo. Though his presence in negotiations was already assumed, Falk publicly stated in an October 31, 1998 "The New York Times" article that he would "roll up his sleeves and exert as much influence as he (could) behind the scenes... (planning) to take a more proactive role in ending the lockout."
Shortly after his statements in the "Times" article, Falk and Arn Tellem, who together represented more than 70 of the NBA's 400 players, organized a charity exhibition game, with part of the proceeds going to financially pinched NBA players. The rosters had a number of Falk clients, and some saw the game as a threat by Falk "to create a new league through a partnership with the entertainment giant SFX, which [had] recently purchased Falk's company for $150 million." The game was played on December 19, 1998 in the Atlantic City Convention Center, featuring 16 All-Stars and drawing a crowd of about 6,000 people. Falk and the other organizers had originally planned to give 90% of the proceeds to NBA players, but public criticism caused them to instead give almost all of the $1 million to national and local charities.
Meanwhile, Falk was being criticized on multiple fronts for his role in lockout negotiations. NBA Commissioner David Stern accused Falk and Arn Tellem specifically of "holding the deal hostage" to reap benefits for their high-end clients. Fellow player agent Harold MacDonald disparaged what he saw as Falk's excessive influence on the union's president, Patrick Ewing:
Every time I see Patrick say something, it's almost like watching the Energizer bunny", said the agent Harold MacDonald, who represents Derrick Coleman and Terry Mills. "I'm just waiting for Falk to put in another battery, and off Patrick goes again. Hardly any influence? Give me a break."
Isiah Thomas, who was President of the Players' Union from 1988 to 1994, blasted Falk by saying that "he's been trying to take over the union for years," and many saw Falk as the controlling influence in the union's negotiations. Falk's involvement in the 1998 lockout also led to Mike Lupica famously dubbing Falk "Rasputin off the bench" in a "New York Daily News" article, "the rare person who could make a writer root for a sports owner." The lockout finally ended just 29 hours before the cancellation of the entire NBA season after the players overwhelmingly ratified the latest deal put forward, 179-5.
Influence and inspiration.
Facilitating NBA trades.
Falk's client list, with Michael Jordan its centerpiece, made him one of the primary movers and shakers in the NBA, able to leverage teams into agreeing to his terms on contracts and trades. Some speculated that Falk engineered as many as one of every five NBA trades during the height of his power, and he was often considered the second-most powerful man in basketball behind NBA Commissioner David Stern. In "The Sporting News"' list of the "100 Most Powerful People in Sports", Falk was listed no lower than #32 for 10 straight years from 1991 to 2000, peaking at #14 from 1998 to 1999.
Falk has massive leverage", says the general manager of one N.B.A. team who didn't want his name used for fear of angering Falk. "If he just had Michael, he would be considered a marketing genius, which he is. But David represents so many players that he is a major force. He pretty much gets what he asks for."
A 1999 deal in which Falk forced the Minnesota Timberwolves to trade Stephon Marbury gives a good indication of how Falk used his power. Falk threatened the Timberwolves by telling them that Marbury would walk away in free agency at the end of the season if he was not traded, as well as suggesting that he would dump his stable of free agents into the lap of Chicago Bulls GM Jerry Krause if Marbury was not moved. As the Minnesota Timberwolves started looking around for possible trade scenarios, Falk even went so far as to veto a trade that would have brought Kerry Kittles (another Falk client) to Minnesota for Marbury, claiming that Kittles had no interest in playing for Minnesota. The Timberwolves were eventually forced to send Marbury to New Jersey in a three-team trade. Minnesota's General Manager, Kevin McHale, was greatly embittered about the trade, and has been quoted as saying that "If a nuclear bomb dropped on earth, two things would survive: roaches and David Falk."
A second trade which resulted from Falk's influence was the 2000 mega-deal which moved Knicks All-Star center Patrick Ewing to the Seattle SuperSonics in a four-team trade involving 12 players and 5 draft picks. Falk apparently made threats to the Knicks that he would move Glen Rice to the Miami Heat if they did not consent to trade Ewing, who supposedly wanted out of New York.
Falk was frequently blasted for making use of threats and side-deals to move his clients around and maximize their earnings, but he remained unapologetic, arguing that he was simply looking after the best interests of his clients.
That's called leverage", he said. "Every company in the world uses leverage whenever they engage in any negotiation. It's bad for the teams and good for the players. I work for the players."
Building wealth for clients and himself.
As early as 1992, even before his departure from ProServ, other NBA agents had begun acknowledging that Falk generally negotiated the contracts that defined the market for the year, and set the standard by which other agents were judged. By the end of the 1995 NBA lockout, Falk controlled enough top players that he was seen as "dictat(ing) the structure and the economics of the entire league," so much so that during one six-day period in the summer of 1996, he negotiated six contracts—for Jordan, Alonzo Mourning, Juwan Howard, Kenny Anderson, Dikembe Mutombo and Lee Mayberry—worth more than $335 million. Since Falk usually earned 4% of player contracts, which is the maximum amount allowed by the Players' Union, he made roughly $13 million for these 6 deals alone. He was so successful at negotiating contracts that in 1998, just before he sold FAME to SFX Entertainment, the contracts of Falk's players totaled just under $800 million.
Falk also earned as much as 20% of player endorsement deals and off-court income, and with Michael Jordan's endorsement deals alone soaring to over $40 million annually in the mid-90s, Falk counted his yearly income in the tens of millions. He also negotiated notable shoe endorsements for James Worthy, Boomer Esiason (the first NFL player to endorse the Reebok Pump) and Allen Iverson.
Falk was not well-liked around the league, with even NBA executives acknowledging that they felt he held a disproportionate amount of power. As the negotiator behind four of the five largest contracts in team sports history and the pre-eminent agent in the NBA, Falk was a contributor to the spike in player salaries that saw the average NBA contract rise from $330,000 in 1984, the year Jordan was signed, to $4.5 million in 2001, when he stepped down as Chairman of SFX Sports Group. Falk himself scoffed at the venom that was frequently directed his way:
There's always something to criticize -- I have too much power or too many clients. I scoff at that. Think about it: If you lived on a block with $300,000 houses and you sold yours for $2.5 million, your neighbors would thank you. But in my business they don't. That used to make me angry. Now I'm just amused.
Professional legacy.
Falk's enduring legacy can best be described as the NBA's new star-centered focus. Falk's idea was that since most people bought Chicago Bulls tickets to see Michael Jordan, Jordan himself should get a large proportion of the benefit.
Basketball is a hybrid between an individual and team sport", Falk is saying. "Very gifted players almost make a team by themselves. In that environment, a Michael Jordan, Alonzo Mourning, Juwan Howard, Shaquille O'Neal and Patrick Ewing bring in the fans. Fans come to watch them play primarily. They create marketing opportunities, new stadiums, luxury boxes, and they should be paid a disproportionate amount of money. The salary structure should be close to what it is in Hollywood, where Jim Carrey makes $16 million a film and the second star makes $2 million. That's what I believe as an economics major and as a neo-capitalist."
As David Halberstam put it in his book "Playing for Keeps: Michael Jordan and the World He Made",
Michael Jordan and David Falk helped make each other, and each profited to a remarkable degree from their special collaboration. It is true that Michael Jordan was the person who in the end actually did the deeds, went on the court and hit the final jump shot again and again, but it is also true that David Falk helped revolutionize the process of representing a basketball player, going into a team sport and creating the idea of the individual player as a commercial superstar.
Personal legacy and philanthropy.
On April 23, 2008, Syracuse University established The David B. Falk Center for Sport Management, an annex to the Carrier Dome, to better prepare graduates to enter the sports industry, and student-athletes to manage realities of professional sports through life-skills training, in its College of Human Ecology. It was supported by a $5 million gift from Falk and his wife Rhonda. The Falk Center's inaugural event was a panel discussion on issues in contemporary sports at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Falk is chair of the university's Sport Management Advisory Board.
On June 22, 2009, it was announced that Rick Burton was named the David B. Falk Distinguished Professor of Sport Management and will begin his position on August 20, teaching courses in international sport, sport communications and sport marketing while pursuing scholarly work, research and other academic initiatives in the Department of Sport Management. Burton was the first executive director of the Warsaw Sports Marketing Center at the University of Oregon's Lundquist College of Business, chief marketing officer for the U.S. Olympic Committee and commissioner of the National Basketball League in Sydney, Australia.
On March 24, 2011 it was announced that Falk had made a pledge of an additional $15 million to Syracuse University and "The David B. Falk Center for Sports Management".
In 2014, Falk and Patrick Ewing announced a $3.3 million donation to the John R. Thompson, Jr. Intercollegiate Athletics Center under construction at Georgetown University. The amount is a reference to Ewing's number, 33.
On Oct. 23, 2015, the Dean of the David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics, Diane Lyden Murphy, will lead a dedication ceremony to commemorate the opening of the new home of the college. For the first time in the college's history—which dates back to 1917 when the School of Home Economics began as a course in the College of Agriculture and the first nutrition course was taught—Falk College's academic disciplines and administrative offices are housed in a central location.
Other ventures.
Falk is also on the board of directors of Sapphire Brands; a founding investor in private aviation company, Marquis Jet and Golf GCX Partners; and a founder and principal in Relevad Media Group, a digital alternative advertising company. Falk is a frequent guest lecturer at universities across the country, including Harvard, Yale, and Duke, and serves on the George Washington University National Law Center's advisory board.
My mother was a teacher, and I think that's one reason that, amidst my deal-making skills, I have a very strong pedagogical bent", he says. "I really enjoy teaching, and believe it is one of the most important professions in our society."
Executive Producer.
Falk executive produced a number of sports-related films, including "Space Jam", which teamed Jordan with a number of Looney Tunes characters, "Michael Jordan to the Max", the critically acclaimed large-format feature, and the Sports Emmy Award-winning "On Hallowed Ground", a documentary on the history of the Rucker Park Basketball League.
"The Bald Truth".
Falk's first book, "The Bald Truth", was released on February 3, 2009.
Partial client list.
Falk's 2014 NBA player clients are in bold, while his non-NBA player clients are in "italics".


Robin Fox (theatrical agent)

Robin Fox MC (15 July 1913 – 20 January 1971) was an English actor, theatrical agent, and chairman of the English Stage Company, best remembered as the founder of a family of actors. His sons are James, Edward, and Robert Fox. His grandchildren include Emilia, Laurence, Jack, Freddie, and Lydia Fox.
Early life.
Fox was born in the parish of St George's, Hanover Square, Westminster, the son of Arthur William Fox and Hilda Louise Fox (formerly the actress Hilda Alcock, real name Hilda Louise Hanbury), a member of Herbert Beerbohm Tree's theatrical company), and was the grandson of Samson Fox (1838–1903), a British engineer and philanthropist, principal founder of the Royal College of Music and inventor of the corrugated boiler flue. His mother and his aunt Lily Hanbury were first cousins of Julia Neilson, mother of Phyllis and Dennis Neilson-Terry. Julia Neilson was married to Fred Terry, brother of Dame Ellen Terry. Altogether seven of his cousins were actors.
Career.
During the Second World War, Fox became an officer cadet and in August 1940 was commissioned into the Royal Artillery. In February 1945, he was awarded the Military Cross. He rose to the rank of acting major.
Becoming a theatrical agent, by the 1960s Fox was the senior partner of the Robin Fox Organization, with offices in Regent Street. As well as representing many performers, including Julie Christie, Paul Scofield, Marianne Faithfull, and Maggie Smith, he also acted on behalf of film-makers, of whom one was Joseph Losey.
In 1962, Fox quarrelled bitterly with Tony Richardson, when he attempted to forbid his friend Richardson from giving his son Willie Fox a part in the film "The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner". Fox claimed Willie had no talent for acting and should not give up his job in a bank.
In 1966, Robin Fox appeared in a cameo role in the film "Modesty Blaise", as a man who rings a doorbell.
In 1970, Fox and Oscar Lewenstein jointly succeeded Neville Blond as chairman of the English Stage Company, but Fox died from cancer only six months later.
Personal life.
Fox married Angela Worthington, an actress and the natural daughter of the English playwright Frederick Lonsdale. She had been the subject of Noël Coward's song "Don't Put Your Daughter on the Stage, Mrs Worthington!" She wrote two books about her life and marriage, "Slightly Foxed" (1986) and "Completely Foxed", and revealed that when she was newly married and first pregnant Fox told her "You do know that I have no intention of being faithful to you. I shall sleep with whoever I like". They had three sons, James, Edward, and Robert Fox.
Fox has been called "a notorious philanderer", and his conquests are reported to have included Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark (1906–1968), the widow of Prince George, Duke of Kent. He had a long affair with Rosalind Chatto, wife of the actor Tom Chatto, who was his secretary before she became an agent on her own account, and is claimed to be the father of her son, Daniel Chatto.
At the time of his death Fox was living at Ockenden Cottage, Cuckfield, Sussex. He left an estate valued at £102,625.


Mike Liut

Michael Dennis Liut (born January 7, 1956) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender.
Liut played for the Cincinnati Stingers of the World Hockey Association (WHA) from 1977 to 1979 and for the St. Louis Blues, Hartford Whalers, and Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1979 to 1992. He won the 1981 Lester B. Pearson Award for being the most valuable player according to his fellow players, and posted the league's best goals against average in 1989–90.
College and WHA career.
Liut played college hockey at Bowling Green State University. After being named twice to the CCHA First All-Star team, the St. Louis Blues selected him 56th overall in 1976. However, he opted instead to play for the Cincinnati Stingers of the WHA for two seasons. When the WHA merged with the NHL in 1979, the Blues reclaimed Liut's rights.
NHL career.
With four seasons of College hockey and two seasons of pro hockey in the World Hockey Association under his belt, Mike Liut arrived in St. Louis - and the National Hockey League - ready to step in and contribute. He immediately took over the starting duties for the Blues and made a major impact playing 64 games and posting a record of 32-23-9. His second season saw him improve and become arguably the top goaltender in the league posting a record of 33-14-13. He was voted a runner-up to Wayne Gretzky for the Hart Memorial Trophy for his efforts and was selected as a First Team All-Star and won the Lester B. Pearson Trophy as the league's MVP as determined by his peers. That fall, he was Canada's starting goaltender at the 1981 Canada Cup, which ended with an 8–1 loss to the Soviet Union in the final. Though he was not solely to blame, Liut's reputation as a top tier goaltender would never fully recover from the thrashing he took in that game and he would not represent Canada again in subsequent Canada Cup tournaments.
During his sixth season with the Blues, Liut was traded to the Hartford Whalers in exchange for net minder Greg Millen and forward Mark Johnson. The timing of the deal was a little odd because the Blues were in first place in the Norris Division at the time of the transaction but the reason behind the swap appeared to be money. The Blues, one of the most budget conscious teams in the league, moved out Liut and his reported $900,000 salary (tops on the team) and brought in two players whose combined salaries were less than they were paying Liut. This was not lost on Liut, who said, "I'm sure (Blues owner Harry Ornest) has been promoting a trade of some sort because of my salary."
With the Whalers, Liut provided a steadying influence and in his second season with the club, he led the NHL in shutouts with four. In that same season, Liut backstopped the Whalers into the Adams Division semifinals, where they were defeated by the Montreal Canadiens in overtime of the seventh game in a memorable playoff series. The Canadiens went on to win the Stanley Cup that year. In 1986–87, Liut led the Whalers to their first and only Adams Division title and was named to the NHL's Second All-Star Team. He also posted the league's best goals-against average, with the Whalers, in 1989–90.
He was traded to the Washington Capitals late in the 1989-1990 campaign and left Hartford holding fourteen franchise goaltending records and sharing six other records. With the Capitals, Liut joined another veteran, Don Beaupre, in handling the goaltending duties and his acquisition proved important in the post season when Beaupre was felled by an injury pressing Liut into service versus the New York Rangers. Liut won three straight games, including the last two in overtime to send the Capitals to their first ever Semi-Final berth to face the Boston Bruins where they were swept out of the playoffs. His heroics versus the Rangers would prove to be his last hurrah. He spent two more seasons with the Capitals but had difficulty maintaining his workhorse status because of a failing back, an ailment that led to his retirement in 1991–92. Liut was the last active WHA goalie in the NHL upon his retirement.
Following his playing career, Liut joined the University of Michigan as an assistant coach in 1995 until the end of the 1997–98 season. He received a law degree in 1995, and now heads the ice hockey division at global sports management leader Octagon.
Liut is a second cousin of former NHL player Ron Francis (who was also his teammate on the Whalers). Liut was amongst a handful of goaltenders to sport a plain white mask throughout his career, opting not to use customized artwork on his mask.


Esther Saavedra Yoacham

María Esther Saavedra Yoacham (born August 8, 1928 – August 13, 2017) is a Chilean beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Chile 1952 becoming the first-ever winner of the Miss Chile competition.
In 1952, Esther earned the first Miss Chile, becoming the official representative for Venezuela in the first Miss Universe pageant, which was held on 28 June 1952 at the Long Beach Municipal Auditorium in California.
Esther died on August 13, 2017 in Santiago, at the age of 82. According to "El Mercurio", her funeral was at 1:00 pm in the General Cemetery.


Lindsay Frimodt

Lindsay Frimodt (born March 28, 1981) is an American fashion model and fashion designer. She appeared in the annual "Victoria's Secret Fashion Show" in 2002 and 2003.
Life and career.
Lindsay Frimodt was born on March 28, 1981 in Sacramento, California.
Her advertisement campaigns include Donna Karan, Michael Kors, Giorgio Armani, Narciso Rodriguez, Zac Posen, Jill Stuart and Calvin Klein. She has appeared in the pages of "Harper's Bazaar", "Elle", "Marie Claire", and "Vogue". Frimodt has appeared on the cover of Russia's "Harper's Bazaar", France's "Bira", Italy's "Vogue"'s Beauty Supplement and US' "Planet" and "City". She walked the runway for "Victoria's Secret"'s annual fashion show in 2002 and 2003. She was featured in Justin Timberlake's music video for "I'm Lovin' It" and Amr Diab's video for "Lealy Nahary".
She also works as a fashion designer and teamed up with "Superbright" to create an augmented reality for her "Lindsay’s Designs" during the fashion week in 2016.The audience at the fashion show used mobile devices to run the application in order to get a whole new perspective on the models and clothes.
Personal life.
In 2011, she began dating actor Seann William Scott and the couple became engaged in March 2012. In January 2013, media outlets reported that the engagement had ended and the two had split as friends.


Carolyn Kawasaki

Carolyn Kawasaki (born May 25, 1962 in Chicago as Carolyn Jo Higar), better known in Japan as , is an American "gaijin tarento", i.e. a foreign celebrity active in Japan. Kawasaki was active as a model in the 1980s working in the United States, Europe, and Japan. In 1990, she married Mayo Kawasaki, a Japanese celebrity. Kawasaki became famous on Japanese television by playing off the stereotypical American woman from the Japanese point of view as loud, domineering and materialistic. She has appeared in television shows such as "Waratte Iitomo" and "Ninja Warrior" among others.


Joyce Jacobi

Joyce Fátima Marie Jacobi Samudio (born 1988, David, Chiriqui) is a Panamanian model and Panamanian beauty queen. She was elected Miss Panamá international 2009 this gave her the opportunity to compete in the Miss International 2009 pageant which was held in Chengdu, Sichuan, China. finally she was in the top 15.
Pageant participations.
In the 2009 participate in the contest Bellezas Panamá 2009 on Jun 17, 2009 win the title and crowned by "Alejandra Arias" Miss International Panamá 2008.
Joyce also participated in the Reina Hispanoamericana 2009 Beauty Pageant was held in Parque Urbano, in Santa Cruz, Bolivia on October 29, 2009. She was unplaced.
Jacobi represent Panamá in the Miss International 2009 in Chengdu, China finals was held on November 28, 2009 at Sichuan International Tennis Center, Chengdu, Sichuan, China. She was in the top 15.


Hinarani de Longeaux

Hinarani de Longeaux (born 12 June 1990 in Tahiti, French Polynesia) is a French model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned 2013 Miss France 1st runner-up. Hinarani later replaced Marine Lorphelin (The winner of Miss France) as France's represented at Miss Universe 2013.
Early life.
Hinarani De Longeaux worked as a model in France and executive assistant in an online travel agency.
Miss Tahiti 2012.
Hinarani De Longeaux, was crowned Miss Tahiti on Saturday 22 June 2012 in Papeete, Tahiti.
Prior to winning, Hinarani was the candidate that has been chosen by the public in order to be one of the four finalists of Miss Tahiti.
During the show, the question she had to answer was "What does beauty represent for you?"
Her answer was "Tastes and color cannot be debated, beauty is present in the eye of the beholder, it's a subjectivity issue. As the former first lady, Eleanor Roosevelt, said, future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams and tonight I want to believe in mine. The one who'll get the crown will beautifully finish the evening."
This title allowed her to participate in the Miss France competition which was held on December 8 in Limoges.
Her first runner-up, Ariirau Sandras competed in Miss International 2012. Second runner-up is Ina Pater and Miss Heiva is Vaea Terorohauepa.
Miss France 2013.
Hinarani de Longeaux was elected Miss Tahiti, then crowned 1st runner up to Miss France 2013 on 8 December 2012 in Limoges.
Even though the crowd made it clear that she was the favourite, she did not get the crown, and became Marine Lorphelin, Miss Burgundy's first runner up, who obtained more than 41% of the votes from the spectators. This title allowed her to participate at Miss Universe 2013, where she didn't get a placement.
After the Miss France show, she fulfilled her duties as first runner up by assisting in regional pageants and events, for the moment she's living in Paris.
Designations.
Hinarani later replaced Marine Lorphelin as France's representative at Miss Universe 2013. Hinarani was appointed as Miss Universe France 2013 due to Miss France, Marine Lorphelin being unable to participate in Miss Universe due to a busy schedule (Preparations for Miss France 2014 and Miss Universe 2013 were at the same time). Miss France 2014 was held in December.
Miss Universe 2013.
De Longeaux represented France at Miss Universe 2013. Although considered a favourite, she failed to place in the semifinals, ending France's four-year streak of consecutive placements in Miss Universe, from 2009 through 2012.


Craig Landis

Craig Landis is an American sports agent specializing in baseball and a former professional baseball player. As an agent, he represents Los Angeles Angels outfielder Mike Trout.
Career.
Athlete.
An All-American in both football and baseball at Vintage High School in Napa, California, Landis was drafted 10th overall by the San Francisco Giants in the first round of the 1977 MLB Draft.
He went on to play six seasons of minor league baseball, reaching as high as Triple-A.
After retiring from baseball, Landis accepted a football scholarship to Stanford, where he played defensive back and special teams.
Agent.
Landis earned degrees in economics, and worked on Wall Street before returning to the sports world in 1991, when a friend asked him to represent a high school player in the MLB Draft. He went on to represent players including Paul Konerko, J.J. Hardy, J.J. Putz, Randy Winn and Aaron Rowand. , Mike Trout is his only client.
In 2013, Landis expressed his frustration when the Angels renewed Trout's contract for just $510,000 in the wake of his AL Rookie of the Year and MVP runner-up season. Landis said: "Because Mike has less than three years of major league service and has not yet reached arbitration, the Angels have the right under the [collective bargaining agreement] to unilaterally impose a salary upon Mike, and they chose to do that today...I asked only that the Angels compensate Mike fairly for his historic 2012 season, given his service time. In my opinion, this contract falls well short of a 'fair' contract, and I have voiced this to the Angels throughout the process."
Prior to the 2014 season, Landis negotiated a six-year, $144.5 million contract for Trout with the Angels. The deal angered some around baseball who felt that Trout could have signed for more money and worried his contract would suppress the market for players in the future. Landis said, "What Mike was trying to accomplish was some financial security, but also keeping the door open for whatever may happen down the road."
Personal life.
Landis is the son of Jim Landis, a former All-Star with the Chicago White Sox and a five-time Gold Glove winner.


Sam Kratz

Sam Kratz is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera "Neighbours", played by Richard Grieve. He made his first screen appearance during the episode broadcast on 13 June 1994. Grieve quit the serial two years later and Sam departed on 21 June 1996. Grieve reprised his role in April 2005 for "Neighbours'" 20th anniversary episode.
Casting.
After studying drama for four years and acting in the various theatre productions, Grieve won the part of Sam in 1994. He relocated from Sydney to Melbourne for filming. "Neighbours" was Grieve's first major television role. He later stated that he had no regrets about taking on a continuing role on the soap, saying "I'm thrilled with the way things have gone. I was very nervous when I first started because it was a long-running job but it's turned out well." Grieve made his first appearance as Sam during the episode broadcast 13 June 1994.
Development.
Characterisation.
Sam was sent to Ramsay Street by his grandmother, Marlene (Moya O'Sullivan), to check out the house she had purchased. He befriended Brett Stark (Brett Blewitt) and his sister, Danni (Eliza Szonert), who started looking up to him, as she thought he was "glamorous". When Marlene arrived in town, she revealed to Sam that Brett and Danni were actually his cousins. Grieve told Amanda Ruben from "TV Week" that "Sam is just an upfront, natural guy, who gets around on his friendly charm." The actor added that Sam's main passion is his motorbike. He also displays "a love of freedom" which makes him loathe to settle down. Ruben revealed that Sam would secure a job at the local coffee shop and his "rugged good looks" would make him popular. Josephine Monroe, author of "Neighbours: The First 10 Years", stated that after a shaky start, Sam became popular in Ramsay Street and added "Sam may look rough, with his stubble and oil stains, but he has proven himself to be a rough diamond." Serena Coneele from "Inside Soap" described Sam as being good-looking and nice, but revealed that he would have a few secrets up his sleeve. Grieve told the writer, "Sam's unreal, I'd love to be more like him. I worry a lot more than he does and I've got a really bad temper. He's friendly and laid-back, and before long, he knows everyone in Erinsborough. He's that kind of guy!" The actor added that wherever Sam went, trouble and disaster seemed to follow him around. He later revealed that he would have liked Sam to have had more of a dark side, as he could be too good to be true at times.
Squirrel.
After Sam chaperones a high school dance, he attracts the attentions of Squirrel (Brooke Howden), a young student who becomes "glued to him like a fly in Vegemite." When Sam goes away on holiday with the students, Squirrel makes it clear that she has more than a crush on him. She eventually corners him and announces that she is pregnant with his child. Grieve revealed "Squirrel turns out to be a bit of a psycho! She is pregnant and she's convinced herself that Sam is the father, but he can't be because they haven't even slept together." "Inside Soap's" Victoria Ross commented that the Squirrel situation comes about just as Sam's life seems to be on "a general downward spiral". He had spent weeks fighting his feelings for Annalise Hartman (Kimberley Davies), who was due to get married. When her wedding was called off, Sam provided Annalise with a shoulder to cry on. But before he could declare his feelings for her, Squirrel's revelation made him think twice. Grieve told Ross, "Sam doesn't tell anyone about Squirrel's accusation because he's convinced that no one will believe his story, especially Annalise. When Sam eventually tells Annalise about Squirrel's accusations, their relationship turns around because she totally believes his story and agrees to stick by him. Their friendship grows into something more serious so I suppose Squirrel did him a favour."
Departure and 2005 appearance.
Grieve departed the serial in 1996. He quit his role in order to play the lead in the West End production of "Grease". However, as he was filming his final scenes, Grieve was informed that his application for a British work visa had been turned down. Grieve stated that he was ready to leave "Neighbours", and hoped to secure theatre work in Australia instead.
On 14 April 2005, Kris Green from Digital Spy reported that Grieve had reprised his role for the "Neighbours"' 20th anniversary episode, "Friends for Twenty Years", which was broadcast in July.
Storylines.
Sam arrives in Ramsay Street when his grandmother Marlene buys Number 24 Ramsay Street from Madge Bishop (Anne Charleston). Sam moves into the house but mistakenly sells the furniture belonging to Lou Carpenter (Tom Oliver), the previous tenant instead of the old furniture Marlene has shipped to the house. This leads to Lou suspecting Sam of being dodgy but ultimately changes his mind after the mistake is explained. Sam quickly makes friends with local teenagers Brett and Danni Stark who live next door at Number 22 with their mother Cheryl (Caroline Gillmer) and Lou and is later told by Marlene that the Stark kids and Cheryl are his cousins and aunt, respectively.
Annalise Hartman catches Sam's eye, but she is engaged to Mark Gottlieb (Bruce Samazan) who she is living with. Squirrel, one of Brett and Danni's classmates, takes a liking to Sam after he chaperones a dance. Sam rebuffs Squirrel, but she later returns and tells him he is the father of her baby. This is proved to be untrue when Danni urges Squirrel to confess. When Annalise returns after a holiday to get over Mark jilting her at the altar and later a cancer scare, Sam confesses his love for her and the two become an item. Sam's father, Patrick (Shane Porteous) arrives in Erinsborough keen to build bridges with his son but Sam is less than eager to reconcile with him as he and his mother had often left Sam in Marlene's care as a child while they furthered their careers. Sam is further angered when Patrick tells him that he has separated from Sarah, Sam's mother. The two men eventually reconcile after a going on a Bush Retreat.
Sam notices Annalise becoming more and more distant and shows disinterest in their sex life. It soon emerges that Annalise is having an affair with Stonefish Rebecchi (Anthony Engelman). Sam is upset and throws Annalise out. Things are not helped when Sam goes to visit Annalise at a motel and finds Stonie there. This results in Sam punching Stonie. Sam and Annalise try to salvage their relationship, but are unable to and Annalise leaves for London. Sam later becomes a male model for Stefano Gold and has a relationship with Cody Willis (Peta Brady). This is cut short when Cody is shot during a siege with drug dealers and dies a week later in hospital. Sam blames himself and grieves her death until Cody appears to him as ghostly during a whisky-induced hallucination and tells him to get on with his life. When Sam wakes up, he finds one of Cody's rings in his hand.
Annalise later gets in touch with Sam and tells him she wants to reconcile in London and they can travel Europe together. Sam jumps at the chance and leaves after attending the wedding of Annalise's sister Joanna (Emma Harrison) to Rob Evans (Graham Harvey). Sam sells his Handy Sam's Business to Malcolm Kennedy (Benjamin McNair). Sam and Annalise marry in 2000. Five years later, Sam appears in Annalise's documentary about Ramsay Street and says the girls were the best reason to live on Ramsay Street, although Annalise was the only one for him.
Reception.
For his portrayal of Sam, Grieve received a nomination for Most Popular Newcomer at the first National Television Awards. Serena Coneele from "Inside Soap" stated "At long last, a hunk who isn't squeaky clean is about to burn into Ramsay Street on a motorbike! Sam Kratz looks set to get the Erinsborough women running hell for leather to their make-up bags, and with his smouldering looks, it's not difficult to see why." A writer for the BBC's "Neighbours" website said that Sam's most notable moment was "Confessing his love for Annalise." Josephine Monroe commented that Sam was "a handsome biker always on the edge of the law". John Millar from the "Daily Record" thought Sam was "a few shrimps short of the barbie" and added "I have had grave fears about Sam's sanity ever since I spotted a poster for the Elvis film flop "Harum Scarum" on his wall. If he thought that was good, then there's no hope for him." "The Sun-Herald's" Pamela Jane called Sam "sexy", while her colleague Rachel Browne branded him a "motor bike-riding rough diamond".


Karmen Pedaru

Karmen Pedaru (born 10 May 1990) is an Estonian model. She is best known for her long-time work with Michael Kors.
Personal life.
Pedaru was born in Kehra, Estonia. She was raised by her grandmother after her mother died when Pedaru was five years old. Born into an athletic family, Pedaru became interested in sports at a very early age. From the age of six, she played a variety of sports, including basketball, association football, and handball. She played goalkeeper on Estonia's national U-19 football team for a year before she quit to pursue modeling.
Pedaru married Riccardo Ruini on 14 December 2012.
Career.
Pedaru was discovered in 2005, at the age of 15, at Draamateater theater in Tallinn. Shortly after, she signed with Next Models and appeared in an editorial for "Teen Vogue". Her runway debut came the next year when she walked for Christopher Kane during the spring 2007 season. Her big opportunity came when she walked the fall 2008 shows during New York Fashion Week; she ended up walking 43 runways, making appearances in shows such as Marc Jacobs, Donna Karan, Givenchy and Dries Van Noten.
Since then, Pedaru has appeared in advertisements for Chloe, Gucci, Jill Stuart, Missoni, Nicole Farhi, Ralph Lauren, and Derek Lam. In 2011, she replaced fellow Estonian model Carmen Kass as the new face of Michael Kors, who called her look "sporty, sexy chic," and in 2012, she appeared in a campaign for Belstaff alongside actor Ewan McGregor. Pedaru has walked for numerous designers in New York, London, Milan and Paris, including Shiatzy Chen, Alexander McQueen, Chanel, Christian Dior, D&G, Diane von Furstenberg, Louis Vuitton, Roberto Cavalli, Versace, and Yves Saint Laurent, and in 2011, she made her debut at the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show, where she had two outfits, one of which had wings. She has appeared in editorials for "Numéro", "Harper's Bazaar", "Elle", "V Magazine", "W Magazine", "Dazed & Confused" and the Italian, French, British, Korean, German, Portuguese, and Japanese editions of "Vogue".
As of March 2014, Pedaru was ranked #4 in the "Top 50 Models" list compiled by Models.com. She is currently ranked as an Industry Icon and Money Girl.


Ofer Shechter

Ofer Shechter (; April 8, 1981) is an Israeli actor, entertainer, model, and TV host.
Early life.
Shechter was born and raised in Moshav Hadar Am. At the age of seven, Shechter took part in a commercial for a watermelon ice pop which was broadcast on Israeli TV. After serving in the military, Shechter attended Yoram Levinstein's theater course and studied acting in front of a camera.
Career.
By 2002 Shechter was selected, together with a group of young Israeli hosts that included Mali Levi, Michael Hanegbi, and Yael Goldman, to host the Israeli youth TV show "Exit" on the newly established Israeli Channel 10. In "Exit" Shechter received a wide media exposure, not necessarily because of his hosting talent but because of the many provocations Shechter caused during the show, which most notably was the one he did during a live show in which he revealed his buttocks before the young audience. Due to his many provocations, eventually the show was transferred to be broadcast on cable.
By 2003 Shechter played in the Hot 3 telenovela "Mishak Hahayim" (Game of Life) and appeared in the Israeli children's song contest The Festigal, in 2004 he starred in the Israeli musical "Peter Pan" and hosted the music festival in Samakh. In 2005 Shechter played the lead role in the telenovela "Telenovela Ba'am" (Soap opera, Inc.) alongside Yael Bar-Zohar and in 2006 he played in the telenovela "Ha-Alufa" (The champion) alongside Yehuda Levi. In addition, meanwhile Shechter also participated in several campaigns and advertisements for Cellcom and Bamba. Shechter was also featured as the leading model in the swimsuit campaign for the Israeli swimsuit manufacturer Pilpel in 2006. In addition, Shechter also participant in the regular cast the satirical show "Mo'adon Layla" (nightclub). Shechter participated also in dubbing several Animated series and movies to Hebrew — amongst them "" (as Zuko in season 1) the film "Cars" (as Lightning McQueen) and the 2015 film Shaun the Sheep movie and its 2020 Sequel (as Shaun).
In 2006 Shechter took part in the Israeli film "NO exit" which won the Wolgin award in the Jerusalem Film Festival. In 2007 Shechter participated in the second season of the telenovela "Ha-Alufa". In 2008 Shechter participated in the weekly drama series "To love Anna" Channel 10 alongside Moshe Ivgy, the movie "Lost Islands" directed by Reshef Levy, the series "Lost & Found," and the Israeli drama series "Until the wedding" (עד החתונה). Shechter also participates in the satirical show "Shavua Sof". In 2009 Shechter continued to play a series "Ha-Alufa" . In November 2009 he played in the Israeli drama series "Noah's Ark". In February 2009 Shechter played the lead role in the Israeli drama film "Phobidilia".


Joe Sambito

Joseph Charles Sambito (born June 28, 1952) is a former pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Houston Astros (1976–1982, 1984), New York Mets (1985) and Boston Red Sox (1986–1987). He batted and threw left-handed. He graduated from Bethpage High School in Bethpage, New York
A fastball and slider specialist, Sambito was a starter in the minors, as he led the Southern League in strikeouts at Triple-A Columbus in 1975. A year later he was promoted to the Astros, where he immediately moved into a relief role.
From 1978 through 1981, Sambito led Houston in saves, with a career-high 22 saves and a 1.78 ERA in 1979 – a season in which he posted a string of 40 consecutive innings without allowing an earned run and was named to the National League All-Star team. He started 1982 with four saves and a 0.71 ERA in nine appearances, before it was discovered that bone chips had damaged the ligaments of his pitching elbow. He missed the rest of the season and all of 1983 recuperating from Tommy John surgery. The next two years, he failed in comeback attempts with Houston and the New York Mets.
Sambito made the Red Sox roster out of spring training in . He would go on to post a 2–0 record with 12 saves that season, and helped the Red Sox reach the World Series. Arguably his most memorable save as a Red Sox came on June 17, 1986. Holding onto a 1 run lead, Sambito retired Don Mattingly and Dave Winfield with the bases loaded to close out the game. He retired in 1987 after posting a 2–6 record with 6.93 ERA. In an eleven-season career, Sambito posted a 37–38 record with a 3.03 ERA and 84 saves in 461 games.
Following his retirement, Sambito became a players counselor and representative. Some of his clients have included Andy Pettitte, Ryan Klesko, Jeff D'Amico and Morgan Ensberg.
Sambito currently resides in Irvine, California.
On July 28, 2013, Sambito was inducted into the inaugural class of the Bethpage High School Athletic Wall of Fame.
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Lauren Pope

Lauren Grace Pope (born 29 September 1982) is an English model, television personality and DJ. In 2010, she began appearing in the ITVBe reality series "The Only Way Is Essex". She left the series in March 2019.
Career.
Television.
In 2004, Pope appeared in the second series of "Mile High" for two episodes. In October 2010, she began appearing in the ITVBe reality series "The Only Way Is Essex". Pope left the series in October 2015 to pursue business endeavours, but announced her return 18 months later. Pope returned to the series in 2018, but announced her departure again in 2019.
Music.
In 2007, Pope began a career as a DJ. "Nuts" magazine named her the "world's sexiest DJ". Since becoming a DJ, Pope has also become involved in producing. Pope also appears in the music video for the song "Ready for the Weekend" by Calvin Harris.
Business ventures.
In 2007, Pope designed and launched her own brand of clip-in hair extensions, Hair Rehab London, appearing on the ITV reality series "Tycoon". The show saw Peter Jones search for entrepreneurs with ideas that he helped turn into profitable companies, while the eventual winner was chosen by the public. Pope came fourth out of the six contestants, but continued to work with Jones after the show, which expanded her business. In 2014, Pope collaborated with In The Style to launch the High Summer collection. In 2018, Pope released another range of hair extensions with her brand, Hair Rehab London.
Personal life.
In March 2020, Pope announced that she was pregnant with her first child. She announced that she had given birth on July 11, 2020, to a daughter named Raine Anais Keterman.


Lucy Clarkson

Lucy Clarkson (born 6 July 1982) is an English model best known for being the fourth official Lara Croft model from the "Tomb Raider" series of video games, a role she took on in May 2000, at the age of 17, and held for two and a half years until 2002 when Jill de Jong took over.
As well as her role as the official Lara Croft, she has modelled for Vivienne Westwood and many other international designers. She was educated at Wath-upon-Dearne Comprehensive school.
She began modelling after participating in an Elite Model Agency competition, where she was one of 12 winners out of 16,000 applicants. Until that point she had no modelling experience. At the age of 16 she became the face of More Magazine and subsequently appeared on numerous covers. She was subsequently featured in a number of high-profile advertising campaigns for prestigious brands and magazines including: La Senza; Chanel; Diesel; "Sports Illustrated"; Favela Brazilian swimwear; Marks and Spencer; "Marie Claire"; Wrigleys; Kinder; Veet and De Beers.
Having suffered from an eating disorder, Clarkson is now a spokeswoman against size zero and is a regular on BBC News 24. Another main focus is raising money for SPANA (Society for the Protection of Animals Abroad) and is a celebrity patron.
In the summer of 2008 Clarkson appeared in a BBC documentary "Jess my new face" where she was interviewed by a young lady (Jess) who was born with a facial disfigurement and was interviewing well-known faces in the media who have had difficulties with their physical identities.
In April 2009 Clarkson appeared in a BBC documentary called "My Life as an Animal: Dogs" where she was given the task of living as a dog for four days. Clarkson quit the show after just two days fearing that she would be ridiculed as a consequence of appearing on the show.
She is a regular guest on BBC London radio with presenter Joanne Good for The Late Show weeknights at 10pm
Clarkson represented Special K and was made the face of Special K's Glamour Magazine diary girl for 2011.
In 2011 Clarkson jointly founded The London Academy of Modelling with ex-model and business partner Julie Grant. The site is not active at this time.
Clarkson has done campaigns for Peter Millar, Demron Bra, Favala Swimwear, Meridian Spa, and most recently she has been working as a host with the Beach channel covering events etc.
In August 2014 Clarkson spent five weeks in Phuket Thailand filming Asia's biggest interior Design TV show "The Apartment" she starred along with 10 other celebrities competing against each other for charity. This was aired January 2015 on Style networks.
In March 2016 Clarkson hosted "Taste Of Dubai" in Dubai.