Sania Mirza

Sania Mirza was born on November 15, 1986 in Mumbai and resides in Hyderabad, India. She is an Indian tennis player coached by her father Imran Mirza. She began playing tennis at the age of six, turning professional in 2003. She was the highest ranked female tennis player ever from India, with career high rankings of number 31 in singles and 26 in doubles.

She became the first Indian woman to reach the fourth round of a Grand Slam tournament at the 2005 US Open, defeating Mashona Washington, Maria Elena Camerin and Marion Bartoli. In 2004, she finished runner up at the Asian Tennis Championship. On February 12, 2005, she became the first Indian woman to win a WTA singles title defeating Alyona Bondarenko of Ukraine in the Hyderabad Open Finals.


Sania won the Wimbledon Championships Girls' Doubles title in 2003, teaming up with Alisa Kleybanova of Russia.

As of September 2006, Sania has notched up three top 10 wins against Svetlana Kuznetsova, Nadia Petrova and Martina Hingis.

She was 5th in the list of Top ten Asian female players as of October 2006.

How about I share one of my beauty secrets. Okay, maybe it's not so secret, but it does make me prettier.

I know that I'm not supposed to do this because apparently it's bad for my skin... but I exfoliate every day.

I'm not just talking glycolic acid or some wussy gentle exfoliation that they always recommend. I have gotten into the habit of using sugar. Sugar and sometimes the (severly discontinued ancient) Urban Decay Joe Glow.

I've been doing it every day, sometimes twice a day for the past month or two and my skin looks incredible.

I'm using all the same skincare I normally do, but my skin has never looked this good.

So there's my secret. I don't even have to use primer anymore.

It does burn like hell for a minute, though. Hehe.

Miss Earth 2006 : Hil Yesenia Hernandez

Miss Chile, Hil Yesenia Hernandez crowned Miss Earth 2006. The final coronation was held in an open-air affair at the Agrifina Circle in front of the National Museum in Manila, Philippines.

Miss Earth Air 2006 awarded to Miss India, Amruta Patki.
Miss Earth Water 2006 awarded to Miss Philippines, Catherine Untalan.
Miss Earth Fire 2006 awarded to Miss Venezuela, Marianne Puglia and she was also awarded best in swimsuit.

The rest of the special awards are as follows :-
Miss Photogenic awarded to Miss Canada, Riza Raquel Santos.
Best in Talent awarded to Miss China, Zhou Meng Ting who performed a Dan-Ching-Fan dance during the Miss Earth 2006 Final Talent competition held at the Teatro Marikina last Nov 22.
Miss India, Amruta Patki also received an award for Best in Long Gown.
Miss Friendship awarded to Miss Italy, Maria Lucia Leo.
Best in National Costume awarded to Miss Samoa Mililani Vienna Tofa.

Hearty Congratulations to All Winners :-).

Check out our previous post of Miss Earth 2003 participant Vida Samadzai here and 2006 participant from India Amruta Patki here.

Zhang Han Yun

Zhang Han Yun (Kristy) was born on April 9, 1989 in Luo Yang, China. She was 2nd runner up in the chinese show Super Girl. Super Girl is a singing contest in People's Republic of China for female contestants. BabyX'mas is her huge hit musical album in China.

You can find more pictures and information about Baby Zhang here.

Check out profile of other Super Girl winner Li Yuchun here.

Bipasha Basu

It's the sexy Bipasha Basu and not the gorgeous Aishwarya Rai that wears the bikini in Dhoom 2 , that has hit the theaters this Friday.

She recently launched her website http://bipashabasunet.com which contains her diary, biography, filmography, photo gallery. A unique aspect of Bipasha’s website is an auction page for her stuffs like clothes and the proceeds of this auction will go directly to the Make A Wish foundation.

Check out our previous post of Bipasha here.

Katie Holmes

Katie Holmes was born on December 18, 1978 in Toledo, Ohio. She is an American actress. Holmes was annually named by both the British and American editions of FHM magazine as one of the sexiest women in the world from 1999 forward. She was named one of People's "50 Most Beautiful People" in 2003.

In early 2005 Holmes began a highly publicized relationship with actor Tom Cruise, sixteen years her senior. Cruise has dated since his divorce from Nicole Kidman, like Penélope Cruz and Sofía Vergara and finally Katie. The couple announced Holmes was pregnant in October 2005; and on April 18, 2006, she gave birth to a baby girl, Suri Cruise. On November 18, 2006, Holmes and Cruise were married at the 15th-century Odescalchi Castle in Bracciano, Italy.

Payal Rohatgi

Payal Rohatgi is a Bollywood actress and item girl. She is a computer engineer by profession. Payal Rohatgi won the title of Miss Tourism World in 2001 and was also a finalist at the Femina Miss India contest in 2000.
Payal's Bollywood debut was in Harry Baweja's Yeh Kya Ho Raha Hai, a Hindi remake of the Hollywood teen flick American Pie.