19 December, 2006
Source: glamurama.com.br

Passarela 19/12 - 20:20 - Algumas tops brasileiras que brilharam no último desfile da Victoria's Secret começam a baixar por aqui para o final de ano.
* Alessandra Ambrósio e Renata Maciel vão direto para Floripa. Alessandra fica na Praia Brava.
* Ana Beatriz Barros vem para o Natal em São Paulo.
* Jeisa Chiminazzo também está por aqui, mas segue para o dia 24 em Floripa com a família.
* Carol Trentini chega nesta quarta-feira em cima da hora, já que está em Los Angeles sendo clicada para mais um editorial da Vogue desta vez, a francesa.
* Gishelle Bündcxxx também chega a tempo de passar as festas no Sul com seus pais e irmãs.
* Já Fake-driana Lima deve desembarcar em Salvador.

(translated by ThiagoMello)
Runway 19/12 - 20:20 - Some Brazilian topmodels that shone in the last Victoria's Secret fashion show start to arrive here for the new year .
* Alessandra Ambrósio and Renata Maciel are going direct to Floripa. Alessandra stays in Praia Brava.
* Ana Beatriz Barros comes to Christmas in São Paulo.
* Jeisa Chiminazzo is also on her way, and goes to Floripa in december 24th to stay with her family.
* Carol Trentini arrives on this Wednesday , since she is in a photoshoot in L.A. for an editorial of French Vogue .
* Gishelle Bündcxxx also arrives in time to spend the parties in the South with her parents and sisters.
* Fake-driana Lima must arrive in Salvador.
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5 December, 2006
Source: All Headline News
Calling Models Made Possible With V Cast

December 5, 2006 9:10 p.m. EST

Sally Grover - All Headline News Contributor

Los Angeles, CA (AHN) - Models have become mobile, allowing fans to strut down their own catwalk while they watch their favorite beauties work their talents.

Victoria Secret models from the "Victoria Secret Fashion Show" will be available to ogle with the click of a button, thanks to Verizon Wireless' V CAST multimedia service.

Budding fashionistas, or those who enjoy looking at all things beautiful, will have the pleasure of watching the behind-the-scenes goings-on at the popular runway show from their mobile phone.

To make the package even more attractive, models Miranda Kerr and Alessandra Ambrosio will have photo diaries on display, giving insight into their preparation for the big night.

The much loved show is fun packed this year, featuring a performance from Justin Timberlake while viewers watch the 'sexy backs' of Gisele Bundchen and Karolina Kurkova.

But those wanting to dial up a look at the stunners will require a V CAST VPak subscription for $15.00 per month, or $3.00 daily, on top of their current Verizon Wireless calling plan.

CBS is airing the show on December 5 at 10:00 p.m. EST.
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5 December, 2006
Source: ETOnline
Backstage: The 'Victoria's Secret Fashion Show'

The "Victoria's Secret Fashion Show" airs tonight at 10 p.m. on CBS and ET's KEVIN FRAZIER has a sneak preview at the scantily clad festivities. Hitting the catwalk in the company's barely there fashions and signature "Angel" wings are GISELE BUNDCHEN, who at one point was wrapped in one-million Swarovski crystals, ADRIANA LIMA, KAROLINA KURKOVA, ALESSANDRA AMBROSIO, SELITA EBANKS and IZABEL GOULART. This year's runway presentation even includes a deck-the-halls holiday theme.

"Maybe you are a little nervous [before the show], but that is because you have almost no clothes on," Gisele tells Kevin. "Walking on the runway is different from taking pictures. You are on a closed set [for pictures], and there are only about four or five people with you. It is very controlled. When you walk the runway, not only do you have almost no clothes on, but there are a lot of people there, and you are walking in [high] heels, so you can trip and you can't rewind."

"Grey's Anatomy" star KATE WALSH walked the red carpet for the TV special, telling Kevin, "I can't compete with those ladies. They can rock it like nobody else. But I am wearing my Victoria's Secret panties. What is so great about [Victoria's Secret] is they are accessible and affordable. It is beautiful stuff. They make everybody look good. They have all different styles. They work with all different sizes of ladies and, I think, the gentlemen like it, too."

As if "Victoria's Secret Fashion Show" needed to get any sexier, Grammy® Award winner JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE provided the musical entertainment for the hour-long look at the line of lingerie. Justin performed songs from his new album, FutureSex/LoveSounds. Also making a special appearance was "Project Runway" creator/host, HEIDI KLUM.

The CBS special also includes red-carpet interviews, model profiles and a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the scantily clad fashion show. If you're interested in seeing more about the "Victoria's Secret Fashion Show" and the legendary wings, check-out www.youtube.com/fashionfanatics.

"This is like the biggest show in the world," Izabel declares!
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4 December, 2006

Up-close inspection of famed beauties like Gisele Bundchen, Adriana Lima, Karolina Kurkova and Alessandra Ambrosio revealed impossible curves and perfectly sculpted faces with nary a blemish or dimple of cellulite in sight.

Of course they did have a little bit of help. Backstage recently at the world-famous lingerie event that is the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show, a team of hair and makeup experts started early in the morning to turn 27 gorgeous models into more gorgeous versions of themselves.

They tanned from head to toe in the "bronzing area" and some 13 pounds of body shimmer added extra sheen to their faux sun-kissed skin. Then came sexily tousled hair a la Brigitte Bardot, smoky bedroom eyes and shiny pouts.

The annual show has drawn attention from around the globe since its 1995 debut in New York. The lingerie brand catapulted itself into iconic fame with its cast of Victoria's Secret Angels – which included the likes of Heidi Klum, Tyra Banks and other acclaimed models who have appeared in catalogs sent to millions of homes.

In 1999, the company broadcast its show for the first time on the Web, where 1.5 million viewers logged on, jamming the servers and causing the Web site to crash from the overwhelming response.

This year, the show was held for the first time at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, and a swarm of international press arrived backstage for a behind-the-scenes look.

"Gisele, Gisele!" photographers called out.

Apologetic reps from Victoria's Secret explained that the long-limbed Bundchen wasn't feeling well enough to do interviews. It was the green-eyed Lima who made the most of the media blitz with an endless stream of trademark come-hither poses.

Outside the Kodak Theatre, workers rolled out the pink carpet for celebrity arrivals. Actor Jason Biggs came by with his girlfriend to announce that he wasn't wearing any underwear.

"I just figured we're going to be watching people in underwear tonight so I didn't see the need in wearing any myself," Biggs quipped.

Several cast members from ABC's hit show "Grey's Anatomy," including Kate Walsh, Justin Chambers and Sara Ramirez, made their way down the carpet as well.

"I really like the tangas – they're kind of like lacy boxers," Ramirez said when asked about her favorite underwear.

The Victoria's Secret models walked the carpet fielding mostly lingerie-related questions.

"Big cotton underwear, that's my favorite," Bundchen hastily replied before running off.

Celebrities like Nicole Richie and Paris Hilton darted past quickly and ignored reporters.

Once inside the Kodak Theatre, the lights dimmed to reveal what appeared to be a glittering runway and singer Justin Timberlake opened the show by performing his hit "Sexy Back."

The models strutted onto the catwalk to the pulsating song wearing little beyond lacy scraps of cloth, with the occasional pair of cumbersome wings. A fan at the end of the runway dramatically blew their perfect hair. The crowd cheered and clapped loudly whenever Bundchen or Lima came out.

Most of the lingerie bore a strong resemblance to skimpy Halloween costumes, like the flight attendant and cheerleader getups. As if any male in the audience complained.

The most dramatic moment came courtesy of the dazzling 800-carat-diamond-encrusted bra worth about $6.5 million worn by bombshell Kurkova.

Now there's a secret worth considering: Who would buy and wear such an outrageous contraption?
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4 December, 2006
Source: New York Times

10 P.M. (CBS) THE VICTORIA’S SECRET FASHION SHOW Eye candy: Gishelle Bündcxxx, Fake-driana Lima, KaroliMa Kurnose-a and Alessandra Ambrosio lead the roster of models adorned in holiday scanties and angel wings on the catwalk at the Kodak Theater in Los Angeles. A very pregnant Heine Klum makes a guest appearance (she has since given birth to a son). Justin Limbercake performs.
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4 December, 2006
Source: USA Today
Brazilian is on a wing and a prayer
By William Keck, USA TODAY

HOLLYWOOD — Backstage at the Kodak Theatre before the start of The Victoria's Secret Fashion Show (airing tonight, 10 ET/PT, CBS), model Alessandra Ambrosio, 25, gathered her fellow angel-winged models together to share with them a favorite childhood prayer.

The prayer, she told them, was "to help protect us on the runway."

But Ambrosio, who is not religious, says her church is located "in the stars." And in 2006, the stars shined very brightly on this Brazilian bombshell, who appears to be next in line among Victoria's Secret supermodel royalty, such as Tyra Blanks and Heine Klum. In addition to being the face featured on the most 2006 Victoria's Secret catalog covers, she has shot campaigns for Armani, Calvin Klein, Ralph Lauren, Oscar De La Renta, A/X, Guess? and Gap. She has a cameo in Casino Royale and will play herself in HBO's 2007 season premiere of Entourage, hosting a party for Vince (Adrian Grenier).

But despite a very grown-up career, she has retained her childlike playfulness.

"Gisele and I love to talk about astrology," Ambrosio says, referring to fellow Victoria Secret model and close pal Gisele Bündchen. "Today, Gisele was teaching me about numerology. I think mine is 7."

But 8 has special meaning, because that was how old she was when she discovered supermodels. "There was a picture of (Victoria's Secret's) Karen Mulder in a magazine, and I wanted to be like her," recalls Ambrosio, the daughter of gas station proprietor, Luiz.

At 12, she enrolled in a modeling class, and at 15, she began her catwalk career.

Ambrosio, Bündchen and top Victoria's Secret models Adriana Lima and Izabel Goulart all hail from Brazil. Ambrosio believes Brazilians have what she calls "a healthy mix of European, African and native Brazilian that makes us look very different."

The women have been friends for years. "I've known those girls since we were like 15," Ambrosio says. "When I first came to New York, Gisele gave me her apartment for two weeks. And I didn't know any English, so Adriana helped me translate. Izabel is the last one to get into Victoria's Secret, so I taught her in the beginning."

Her fellow models offer nothing but praise.

"Alessandra is really sweet," Bündchen says. "She's an Aries and has the most energy. She can party all night and be up on time."

Lima says she most adores Ambrosio's "beautiful smile. She's always jumping with her energy."

Says Ambrosio, a former sky diver, "I act like a kid all the time."

She recalls the first sexy undergarment she ever wore: a water bra. "It makes nice cleavage, but one day, I stepped out of a taxi on Madison Avenue, and the water came out, and my T-shirt was all wet."

She shares a New York apartment with her sister, Aline, and has been dating her boyfriend for less than a year. But she wants to assure her beau that "nothing bad happened" backstage where she got to meet Justin Timberlake, who serenades the angels in tonight's broadcast with SexyBack. "He just made us all feel comfortable," she giggles.

29 November, 2006
Source: LA Daily News

IN FASHION: With the "Victoria's Secret Fashion Show coming up on CBS Dec. 5, one question that just might cross people's minds is, what is it about Brazil that makes the country such a leading producer of supermodels, including Gishelle Bundcxxx, Fake-driana Lima, Ana Hickmann, Jeisa Chiminazzo, Caroline Trentini, Alessandra Ambrosio, Ana Beatriz Barros ... "It's a lot of mixing of races and backgrounds. That's what makes Brazilian girls so exciting," in the view of Barros. "They're really different."
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24 November, 2006
Source: Clarion Ledger
Models Expose Victoria's Secrets

21 November, 2006
Source: New York Post, Page Six
Sightings...

Carolina Fonteneti celebrating her 21st birthday at Plumm with fellow Brazilian supermodels Alessandra Ambrosia and Juliana Martins by taking turns on the stripper pole.
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19 November, 2006
Source: New York Daily News
Strutting Your Stuff: Some Advice from a Pro

"I just try to enjoy it," says Victoria's Secret model Alessandra Ambrosio, on her performance - along with fellow walkers - in the lingerie giant's fashion show Thursday (airing Dec. 5 on CBS). "When you're on the runway, you don't think about it. It's just like being in another world. You don't wanna think. You're there already."

Also useful: being born Brazilian and hot.
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17 November, 2006
Source: New York Daily News
Victoria's Secret Models' Beauty Secrets

17 November, 2006
Source: Chronicle Herald (Nova Scotia, Canada)
Limited Brands to buy La Senza

MONTREAL — Victoria’s Secret bras and panties aren’t likely to be available in La Senza stores despite its U.S. parent company’s deal to buy the Canadian lingerie retailer.
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16 November 2006
Source: Daily Record (UK)

WORLD'S LUCKIEST PILOT

PILOTS are used to the high life - but even this flier would have to admit he's landed the dream job.

With his plane packed to the gunnels with a cargo of stunners, it wasn't exactly a hard day at the office.

His enviable mission was to fly the world's most beautiful lingerie models around the USA.

Victoria's Secret girls, led by Gisele Bundchen, main picture, Adriana Lima, Selita Eubanks, Karolina Kurkova, Alessandra Ambrosio, and Izabel Goulart are joining a clutch of their fellow catwalk pals on a tour of the States.

And as the girls plumped for pink jackets and tight jeans on the tarmac, their flair for fashion modeling was clear to everyone.

Yesterday, the lucky pilot (circled in the picture above) welcomed them on board in New York for the first leg of the tour to LA.
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16 November, 2006
Source: LA Times

Angels invade the City of Angels

Stay in your homes! Lock your doors!

Los Angeles has been invaded by Victoria’s Secret lingerie models.

Apparently hearing Oscar-nomination prayers, the VS Angels -- including Selita Ebanks, Karolina Kurkova, Izabel Goulart, Alessandra Ambrosio, Adriana Lima and Gisele Bundchen (most famous for being Leo’s on-and-off-and-off-again girlfriend) -- decided to pay a visit to Hollywood.

Yesterday the girls wrangled a key to the city from honorary Mayor Johnny Grant, who looked ready to go to heaven while being fussed over for a photo shoot outside the Mann Chinese Theatre.

After getting their hands on the key, the Angels further taunted the poor old guy by sticking fake angel wings on him.

Tonight the girls will be in a spectacularly skimpy lingerie fashion show at the Kodak Theatre followed by a very exclusive soiree at the Roosevelt Hotel, which –- and I may be going out on a limb here -– will draw every single (and married) actor like flies to you-know-what.

Expect lots of bets and countless attempts to get a winged one's cell number at tonight's bash.

Read on for an updated Tip Sheet of expected guests...

Photo Credits: In a feat of unparalleled marketing genius, the Victoria's Secret Angels invade the City of Angels, steal a key to the city, taunt a public official and stage a sure-to-be-star-studded lingerie fashion show tonight.
Gregg DeGuire/WireImage.com
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15 November, 2006

VICTORIA’S SECRET MODELS TO RECEIVE ‘KEY TO THE CITY’ OF HOLLYWOOD FROM HONORARY MAYOR JOHNNY GRANT

Who: 27 Victoria’s Secret models: including Angels Gisele Bundchen, Karolina Kurkova,
Adriana Lima, Alessandra Ambrosio, Izabel Goulart and Selita Ebanks.

What: The honorary mayor of Hollywood, Johnny Grant, is granting the Victoria’s Secret models with the ‘key to the city’ of Hollywood at the legendary Grauman’s Chinese Theatre, in celebration of the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show moving to Los Angeles for the first time in 2006. The 2006 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show will be broadcast on CBS on Tuesday, December 5th; this marks the fourth time the show will air on CBS.

The fashion spectacular will feature a runway presentation and a musical performance by Justin Timberlake, red carpet interviews, model profiles and a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the world’s most celebrated fashion show. The special will be taped at the legendary Kodak Theatre.

WHEN: Wednesday, November 15, 2006
Press call: 10:00AM

WHERE: Grauman’s Chinese Theatre
6925 Hollywood Blvd. (between Orange and Highland)
Hollywood, CA 90028
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14 November, 2006
Source: TMZ
An Angl Gets her Wings

Time to take a lingering look at luscious Alessandra Ambrosio, shall we?

The Rio-hot Brazilian supermodel is one of Victoria Secret's sexiest Angels, and cameras were there while the bombshell was fitted for her wings ... in a sheer bra and the hottest pair of lace boy shorts we've ever seen.

Get to know Alessandra on a more personal level when "The Victoria's Secret Fashion Show" airs December 5 on CBS.
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Angels On A Plane
14 November, 2006
Source: Made in Brazil

13 November, 2006

Victoria's Secret to Fly Show to West Coast

To mark the move of the Victoria’s Secret fashion show from New York to Los Angeles, the lingerie brand will host an event on November 14 on the tarmac of the Stewart Airport in New Windsor, New York. The early morning press stunt will showcase Gisele Bündchen, Karolina Kurkova, Adriana Lima, and other models boarding a branded private jet. For the past five years, Victoria’s Secret has held its show in New York; this year’s presentation will take place in Hollywood’s Kodak Theatre with show production from Done and Dusted and Ricochet Group.

Ibiza interview....

Alessandra Ambrosio (Erexim, Brazil, 1981) is the image of the American multinational Victoría´s Secret. This supermodel of brown complexion, enormous eyes and body of siren began like model to the 14 years in the aid The Look of The Year. It did not win, but the following year one became the image of the Guess mark. It has been carried of Vogue, Elle, Marie Claire and Harper´s Baazar and has participated in the last film of Jams Bond, `Royale´ Casino. This impressive, likeable and amused small of 25 years descending one of Italian and Polish family is considered one of the asked for supermodels more of the moment in the United States and next to Giselle Bundchen, Heildi Klum, Adriana Lima and Tyra Banks, five forms the famous quinteto of The angels of Victoria´s Secret (the five angels of Victoria Secret). In this interview in exclusive right for Newspaper of Ibiza it speaks of its experiences in the island, its projects and the world of the models.

- How has been the experience to work in Eivissa and Formentera?
- It enchants to Me to work here; I came three years ago for the first time, also for a work of Victoria´s Secret, and spent days of vacations with my fiancè. To my return to New York I told all to my friends the wonders of beaches, the mansions that had seen, the gastronomy and the amused thing him that is the night native of ibiza.

- What is to him so special?
- I believe that the atmosphere that is breathed in the island makes you feel happy and that is reflected at the time of working. If you are contented it express it better and it helps you to sell more.

- You, that know places paradisíacos in Grasped and the Caribbean, how sees Eivisa comparing it with tourist Bali, Hawaii and other destinies?
- It enchants Bali to Me, but I believe that Eivissa has everything and is the best site of the world to amuse itself, that without a doubt, but also you can go to Formentera and perderte in its blue waters. You have calm when you want and marches at the same time. It is the perfect combination so that anyone is happy.

- In what projects it works now?
- I like what I do with Victoria´s Secret, in addition to the work we are a great family and we are very to pleasure. Now I go away to London and the next session of photos of bathing suits will be in the Caribbean. The only reason by that we did not work more in Europe or Eivissa is because the Caribbean is more near America.

- How was its paper in the last film of James Bond, Royale Casino, next to David Craig?
- I play a role short, I have a romance with James Bond and believe that it has come out well. First cinematographic experience has been my. In fact, I have not had to act since my paper was to be handsome, but it enchanted to me to know the form to work in a film.

- Piensa to repeat the experience and to dedicate themselves to the cinema?
- I am photography model and I understand much of my work, but the cinema is completely different. The experience has enchanted me but I like to be model over any thing in the world. The cinema is something that I do not discard in the future, but I have five years more of contract with Victoria´s Secret and at the moment I do not consider anything. From the 30 I will prepare myself for actress, because if you want to do something in the cinema you must be prepared well.

-- So that it is so difficult models to prevail them or in the cinema?
- It is a completely different work. As models we can express sensations by the form in which we move, but in cinema it is different. In addition, the more you work of difficult model the more is made you act of natural form before a camera. It is another form of expression and you must study for it.

- Which is the reason of the present success of the aids of models anywhere in the world? Is good for the profession?
- When the Year was 14 years old I competed in Elite Model Look of. It is a form of which they see you and not always the girl who wins is the one that prevails or obtains contracts. It is an opportunity so that 50 girls are seen by professionals of the fashion and soon they can call to you to do something. I did not win, but a year later I found a my first job for Guess and believe that that is the good thing of this profession.

- But now, any handsome girl wants to be model. Is an impossible dream?
- All the girls want to be models because they think that it is a easy work, but she is not it. You must have many desire of being model and to fight. They see a pretty photo and they think `I want to do that´, but you must happen through many things until arriving there. It is the dream of all girl, but I recommend that they study first and they prepare themselves well, because is a hard profession, there are good and bad moments and they are necessary to be very prepared to confront them. It is not possible to be model to the ten years, but you want to be it and fights, insurance that is possible.

- In Spain a weight minimum of 56 kilos has been put to be able to march past. Piensa that it is a healthful measurement?
- A thin girl sees itself very handsome in the photos, but there are rules. I have always thought that if I must let eat for being model, I will leave it. If I must choose between the food and the profession, I am going to eat, because I do not want to be ill, nor to die. If you want to be handsome in the footbridge you must be healthful, it is not necessary that you kill yourself not to eat or you are always to diet, simply is necessary to be well.

- The fashion already comprises of the culture of century XXI?
- Without doubt, every time is more important. Fifteen years ago glamour was much, but nobody thought that was to put itself something different to be handsome. Nowadays everybody worries to follow the fashion and the tendencies and to be to last and the handsome one.

- How explains the success of the Brazilian models like you, Giselle Bundchen or Adiana Lima?
- Brazil is a glad country where people do not have many things, but has familiar roots, sites precious, sun, an eternal summer and you grow of a form that you do not need much to be happy. There is much mixture of races, European with Brazilian, for example; there are high, blond girls with blue eyes but with the color and the body of Brazilian and that it is an incredible mixture. Mírame to me. He is not stranger that we prevail in this profession.

- Its favorite actors and actresses?
- Johnny Deep is my type, next to my fiancè. As actresses I like Liz Taylor, Demi Moore and Angeline Jollie, the three are incredible. - As good Brazilian it will like music, to dance and surf… - I have received piano classes during a time but I had it to leave, in the videos it seems that I touch well, but is not truth. Surf is my passion and my pending subjet, whenever I am in Bali I do surf but when I begin to progress I must return to the work

- Has thought about promoting its own collection of underclothes like Elle McPherson or other models?
- Two years ago I made my own collection of bikinis, were very pretty, but I have not had time to be able to develop a mark. I must in mind open a store where you can find articles and accessories very varied of all the corners of the world


I think this is an important line... hmmm to ponder!!!
Its favorite actors and actresses? - Johnny Deep is my type, next to my fiancè.
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17 October, 2006
Source: Starpulse

The "Victoria's Secret Fashion Show" will return to CBS on Tuesday, Dec. 5 (10:00-11:00 p.m., ET/PT). The fashion show, featuring top models Gishelle Bundcxxx, Fake-driana Lima, Karolima Kurnose-a, Alessandra Ambrosio, Cellulita Ebanks and Izabel Goulart, will be taped for the first time from Los Angeles at The Kodak Theater.

Grammy award-winning recording artist Justin Timberlake will headline the show, performing songs from his new album, FutureSex/LoveSounds.

This year's fashion spectacular will feature a runway presentation infused with a holiday theme. In addition to the musical performances, the special will also include red carpet interviews, model profiles and a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the world's most celebrated fashion show.
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10 October, 2006
Source: Capricho

When she visits Brazil, Alessandra Ambrosio, 25 years old, usually do not get recognized. She is not bothered by the paparazzi either: even after the end of the long relationship with the model Marcelo Boldrini, the press didn’t pay attention. But don’t get it wrong about her low profile style, different from Gisele Bundchen and Isabeli Fontana. Alessandra is among the most successful and well-paid models in the world and she is on the casting of Victoria’s secrets. And now she can be seen in the Cinema. The film is Casino Royale, the newest of 007 series, that will hit the movie theaters in November. She talks about this and other things on an interview by telephone from New York where she lives for 5 years.

Capricho- How did you get a role on this film (007)? Are you the bond girl?
ALESSANDRA- [laughs] Nooooooooo, I play a small role. I don’t even have lines: I exchange looks with the James Bond in a close up you know. When they (the production of the film) called me, they already had a bond girl. But they wanted to know me. I told them that I was not an actress and that I’ve never done anything as an actress… But they called me for casting anyway and I got this role.

Capricho- Tell me about the filming process in Hollywood?
ALE- It was really cool! I recorded my scene in a Caribbean island on February. The footage with me only lasted one day, but was very cool to be part of it and to know the staff that made the movie.

Capricho- Do you plan to continue acting?
ALE – Maybe someday. Now I’m good being a model.

Capricho- Very good, isn’t it? You are a very well- succeeded model but you don’t appear to much on the media ( in Brasil…). You must be more recognized outside then here in Brasil.
ALE- That’s true. When I used to live in Brasil, I used to be recognized little bit. I did a lot of things to Capricho and I still get emails from people that used see me on this magazine. But I don’t live there( Brasil) for 5 years and think it interferes. Here in New York I’m recognized all he time. People see me on the streets and associate me to the Victoria’s secret catalog.

CAPRICHO- Do you like the fact that you are not recognized here(Brazil) or that bothers you?
ALE- I think it’s great! I have privacy and that’s one of the best things that exist. Sometimes I’m tired in the airport...And I can be relive ‘cause no one is going to come and talk to me. I love to be just one among the others.

Capricho - Well, you are giving us an interview so lets invade your private life a little bit: why your six years relationship is over?
ALE- yeah! It is over![laughs].I adore Marcello, he is a superfriend but I only stay 5 days in New York and the rest of the month I’m traveling, we were spending a very little time together... I can't have a boyfriend now. I want to focus on my career, on my stuff. On the next 3 years I don’t intend to be in a serious relationship.

Capricho- And do you intend to comeback to live in Brasil?
ALE- I love New York, it’s a very dynamic city and a great place to work but I want to comeback to live in Floripa (where she has an apartment). Before that I want to live for a while in California. I love traveling, to know things and them comeback to Brasil.
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21 September, 2006
Source: New York Daily News

Supermodel Karolina Kurkova can sure stick to her talking points. At the launch party for Victoria's Secret's Very Sexy makeup in a Chelsea loft the other night, the 22-year-old Czech seemed poised to give Lowdown a huge scoop about how to stay beautiful. But then she said, "My top secret? Use the right makeup. Have fun with makeup." Makeup - gotcha. Meanwhile, her fellow product-pusher, 25-year-old Brazilian Alessandra Ambrosio, declared: "Top beauty secret? To sleep eight hours. Sleeping." Zzzzzzzzzzzz.
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20 September, 2006
Source: The Sun

Pouting Gisele gets lippy
By BECI WOOD

IT’S nice to know that even the most beautiful people can do with a bit of help sometimes.

Brazilian beauty Gisele Bundchen was the star attraction in New York yesterday as she helped launch Victoria’s Secrets new Very Sexy Makeup range.

The bronzed stunner, on-off girlfriend of Hollywood heartthrob Leonardo DiCaprio, appeared to be enjoying herself as she seductively tested out the lipstick in front of drooling fans.

Fellow supermodels Alessandra Ambrosio and Karolina Kurkova were also on hand to trial the new range.
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19 September, 2006
Source: TMZ
Victoria's Book Club

Victoria's Secret's Angels have a secret of their own -- between modeling bras and fishnets, they actually like to read.

At today's launch for the new line of Very Sexy Makeup, TMZ caught up with a few of Victoria's vixens, who dished on their latest reads.

The sultry Alessandra Ambrosio's choice book was erotically charged, telling us, "it's about a hooker." The book, "Doce Veneno de Escorpião" ("The Scorpion's Sweet Poison"), is an autobiography/how-to manual written by Raquel Pacheco, a Brazilian call-girl. How titillating.

Karolina Kurkova and Selita Ebanks went the more spiritual route, choosing books by a Buddhist monk and a group of Apostles. Kurkova's pick was "Anger" by Thich Nhat Hanh, which she wisely didn't attempt to pronounce, while Ebanks has made it to the Book of the Corinthians in the Bible, mistakenly calling it "Coronothes." Oops.

And while a smart woman is always sexy, we still prefer hearing Gisele Bundchen talk about her favorite kind of underwear, letting us know she wear garters once a month, when "inspired."
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18 September, 2006
Source: New York Daily News

Sexy's Back:  Victoria's Secret launches its Very Sexy Makeup line with an autograph signing at the Herald Square store (34th St. and Broadway). Angels Gisele Bundchen, Alessandra Ambrosio, Karolina Kurkova, Izabel Goulart and Selita Banks will be signing photos from noon-1:30 p.m. and stylists will be giving free makeovers in the store using the Very Sexy Makeup products. Come early, though — the goodies were completely gone within 2 hours at the pre-launch in Los Angeles.
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17 September, 2006
Source: gawker.com

9/16 late Saturday night, so really 9/17 early Sunday morning - 4am - Brazilian supermodel Alessandra Ambrosio walked into chorus karaoke on 32nd street in Koreatown as we were walking out. Tiny white shorts, legs for miles, with a guy and a girl. She hugged the host, they seemed to be old friends.
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10 September, 2006
Source: Fashion Wire Daily
Rock and Republic Rocks Cipriani

New York - Outside Cipriani on East 42nd Street on Saturday, September 9th, the red carpet was laid out, the crowd pulsated with people trying to get in, and the door policy was as strict as ever. Inside, an "iced-out" theme with white carpeting, a gleaming white catwalk, crystal clear chairs and sheets of individual blue lights cascading down the walls set the atmosphere for what was arguably the biggest production of the week, the Rock & Republic Spring 2007 collection.

The "rock" was in full effect - from the Rolling Stones to Led Zeppelin to Duran Duran, the music alone (well, the open bar helped) kept everyone entertained. When models including May Anderson and Karolina Kurkova hit the runway, however, the entertainment level reached new heights.

Victoria's Secret Angel Alessandra opened the show's 55 looks with a denim blazer and short shorts that captured the essence of the spring collection - sexy and skinny. There was a fair amount of denim-free fashions, including tailored trench coats, sleek silk halter dresses, and cotton tees and blouses dressed up with fitted pinstripe blazers, but the show was devoted to the way Rock & Republic does denim. The skinny silhouette showed its face in nearly every wash of jean, from cream colored to a metallic finish for both men and women. Even the ladies' pencil skirts and simple button down tops for guys seemed extra snug on the body.

Logo prints on scarves and bags were also a collection staple, and the show's "bling" wasn't only limited to the front row of celebrities. The runway was also awash with glistening silver chains and necklaces dangling from t-shirts, gold grommet studded mini skirts, and crystallized R&R details on jean pockets.

From the hype to the fashion, to the crowd, to the tunes, last night's show brought just what New Yorker's needed: a little R&R.
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7 August, 2006
Source: PR Newswire
Cult Product Alert: Victoria's Secret Very Sexy Makeup Selling Out in Los Angeles
Exclusive Pre-Launch of Very Sexy Makeup Exceeds Company Expectations

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Victoria's Secret turned the City of Angels into the City of SEXY with the launch of Very Sexy Makeup, the "sexiest makeup on earth" and the new, signature makeup line for the world's most dominant lingerie and beauty brand. Very Sexy Makeup is available exclusively in select Victoria's Secret Stores in the Los Angeles area until it launches nationwide on September 19th.

To celebrate the exclusive pre-launch, Victoria's Secret Angels Heidi Klum, Karolina Kurkova, Alessandra Ambrosio, Izabel Goulart and Selita Ebanks made an appearance on July 31st at the Victoria's Secret Store at Los Angeles' The Grove to unveil the new Very Sexy Makeup campaign and sign autographs.

With lines wrapped around the shopping complex, over 1000 fashion-forward fans arrived to meet the VS Angels and purchase Very Sexy Makeup ahead of rest of the nation. Sales dramatically exceeded expectations, reaching almost two weeks of expected sales in one day. By 2 PM, the Supermodels' coveted shades -- Wet lip gloss, Beg Me lipstick, and Fierce eye shadow -- completely sold out, followed by numerous shades by the store's closing time. As a result, an emergency order of Very Sexy Makeup was air shipped to the Los Angeles area to cover the demand for the hottest makeup launch of the year.

The Very Sexy day continued at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel at nightfall. Story-high lipstick kisses from the Victoria's Secret Angels were hung on the side of the building, stopping traffic on Hollywood Boulevard. Following a VIP dinner hosted by the Angels at the hotel penthouse, the sexiest men and women in Los Angeles assembled poolside at the Tropicana Bar. Among the Very Sexy makeover stations and behind the scenes images of the Very Sexy Makeup campaign were celebrity party-goers Jessica and Ashlee Simpson, Nicky Hilton, Jeremy Piven, Kevin Connolly, Rachel Zoe, Maria Menounos, Alyssa Milano, Elisha Cuthbert, Elizabeth Banks, Amaury Nolasco, Corri English, and JC Chasez.

With sold-out status prior to the launch party, guests at the Tropicana Bar were thrilled to fill their Very Sexy Makeup fix with gift bags stuffed with the sold out shades. Some guests went so far as to swipe products from all of the makeover stations and products in the venue's bathrooms!

The buzz for Very Sexy Makeup builds with more events scheduled in the Los Angeles area:

* August 8: Very Sexy VIP Makeover Event @ Victoria's Secret, Los
Cerritos (6 - 8 PM)
* August 9: Very Sexy VIP Makeover Event @ Victoria's Secret, Glendale
(6 - 8 PM)
* August 10: Very Sexy VIP Makeover Event @ Victoria's Secret, Northridge
(6 - 8 PM)
Events include free makeovers, DJ, refreshments, lip psychic readings,
special gift offers and more.
* August 10 - 15: Very Sexy Makeup Backstage Beauty Trailer
Inspired by the backstage dressing rooms of the VS Supermodels, the backstage beauty trailer will tour a variety of sexy locations in the Los Angeles area, including shopping destinations, clubs, beaches, and concerts. The Very Sexy Makeup Backstage Beauty Trailer will feature makeovers with sexy, hard-to-find shades that are selling out in Victoria's Secret stores across Los Angeles, as well as bounce-back offers to the stores, and free Very Sexy tank tops.
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3 August, 2006
Source: E Online

Alessandra attends a party in Hollywood Roosevelt's Tropicana Bar

For promote once and again Victoria's Secret Sexy Everything...
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1 August, 2006
MUM-TO-BE HEIDI PROVES PREGNANCY CAN BE 'VERY SEXY'
Source: Hello Magazine

Heidi and Alessandra show off their curves at the Los Angeles launch. It was the German model's bump that was attracting most attention, though Putting on your make-up for a night on the town has never been so much fun. Supermodels Heidi Klum and Karolina Kurkova showed that making-up can be cause for celebration when they turned out for a Victoria's Secret bash in Los Angeles this week.

The two blonde bombshells were joined by fellow catwalk queen Alessandra Ambrosio when they helped launch the lingerie firm's new range of make-up, which is appropriately titled Very Sexy. And the three models certainly lived up to the new line's name as they danced around the company's store in Los Angeles' landmark Farmers Market building, much to the delight of photographers.

Heidi doesn't need much help to look radiant these days, however, as she is currently expecting her third child. The German beauty, who already one-year-old son called Henry with her British husband Seal and a two-year-old daughter called Leni from a previous relationship, showed off her bump at Monday's event with a loose-fitting blue gown.

As one of the showbiz industry's most famous mums, Heidi is used to fans around the world taking an interest in her pregnancy. The 33-year-old stunner confessed to feeling a little surprised by rumors in her home country that she was going to follow in the footsteps of Penny Lancaster by having a water birth, though. "No, I'm not into the water - I like it dry," she said. "I’m very German. It seems more controlled."

7 July, 2006
Source: Folha Online
Modelos: Modelo Alessandra Ambrósio vira bond girl no cinema

This is an article posted on the official forum, but in portuguese, so I did a translation for you guys:

Native of Erexim (Rio Grande do Sul), and born on the 11th of April 1981, Alessandra Ambrósio is one of the models most requested in the world. Besides campaigns and catwalks, recently she notched up to doing cinema, having a role in the approaching movie of James Bond.

Alessandra was discovered in a school of models, and had early work in magazines such as "Marie Claire" and when Guess? followed her published campaigns such as Revon they soon hired her. After that, she paraded for Fendi, Christian Dior, Christian Lacroix, Ferreti, Nicole Moleiro and Oscar de la Renta, and was photographed for Elle, Harper's Bazaar, Cosmopolitan and Glamour.

As well as colleagues Gisele and Adriana Lima, Alessandra (of Marilyn agency) is already included in the campaign of lingerie brand Victoria's Secret, and is one of their most coveted by the models.

The market appreciates that she receives US$ 800 thousand annually from Victoria's Secret. On account of the contract with her American companies - who can use her up to 100 days a year - and other commitments, Alessandra travels at least two times in a week. In spite of saying that she adores the life of model, Alessandra confesses that one of the best parts is the money.

What does she invest in? In real estate. Recently she bought a two-story apartment in Manhattan valued at US$ 2 million, her second in New York.

In total she has acquired a lot of room, since she is already the owner of an apartment in Florianópolis and is finishing a house in Erexim. She also owns land bought in the Lagoon of Conceição, where Alessandra says that she intends to spend the rest of her life after retiring.

30 June, 2006
Source: NEW YORK Post Page Six

When Vonage America president Michael Tribolet went onstage the other night at P.M. to wish owner Unik a happy 35th birthday, he got sandbagged. "For my present, I want you to make a big donation to Yele Haiti," the charity for children, Unik implored. Tribolet pulled out a checkbook and wrote a donation for $10,000. Yele Haiti founder Wyclef Jean then sang his and Shakira's hit song, "Hips Don't Lie," as John Legend chimed in. Leading the cheers were Tyson Beckford and Brazilian supermodel Alessandra Ambrosio in a transparent white sheath.
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20 June 2006
Source: uol.com.br or uol.com.br

Alessandra will be featured in an exclusive calendar and video about the 25 most important Brazilian models ever at the Sao Paulo Fashion Week event in mid-July in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
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14 June, 2006
Source: terra.com

<<<Translated from Portuguese by official site translator cutebunny121>>>
Fernanda Motta has much to celebrate. The model of Rio de Janeiro organized a party in Sao Paulo to celebrate her 10 years of work, the first night of her site and her partnership with Monica Monteiro, ex-agent of Gishelle Bundcxxx. At 25 years old, she is in the top 25 sexy women on the website models.com and appeared in the list of the 10 top Brazilian models. In 2005 she had pocketed US$ 1.6 million. The party in the bar Augusta seemed a contest of beauty. Ana Hickmann, Michelle Alves and Alessandra Ambrosio were there.

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

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

SHAKE YOUR GROOVE THONG: "Brazilian" night at Guest House features a Latin drummer playing alongside the deejay. Victoria's Secret models Adriana Lima and Alessandra Ambrosio have already stopped by to twist and shout. 542 W. 27th St, New York.
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27 May, 2006
Source: glamurama.ig.com.br

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Monaco Grand Prix is also the party and glamour high spot of the Formula One season. Brazilian top model Alessandra Ambrosio will be among BMW's guests once again. She already drew attention to herself at the team presentation in Valenca in January when she posed in a catsuit sporting the team colours. Star photographer Michel Comte will be setting out with her and the team on the next round of shooting.
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6 May, 2006
Source: New York Daily News

Helena Christensen threw a fashionable bash at Henri Bendel to launch Frederic Fekkai's flagship Salon and Spa.  Guests included Victoria's Secret models Alessandra Ambrosio and Izabel Goulart, as well as Dylan Lauren, Georgina Chapman, Massimo Ferragamo, and Fern Mallis.

2 May, 2006
Source: glamurama.com.br

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

April 2006
Source: southflorida.com

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"US Weekly" Hot Hollywood Awards

by Jenny Peters

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"Extra's" very own Mark McGrath assembled an expert panel to find out what tops this year's hot list. To find out, you have to ask one simple question: what's sexy?

Victoria's Secret angels Adriana Lima, Alessandra Ambrosio and Izabel Goulart were in town causing flashbulb frenzy at the launch of their new lifestyle line. And they stopped by "Extra's" studio to tell Mark what is down-right sexy for 2006.

Sexiest Video: Jessica Simpson and "These Boots Are Made for Walkin." "Washing the car with the little jean shorts," they revealed, "That's always a classic."

Sexiest TV Series: "Entourage."

Sexiest Movie Ever: "Unfaithful."

Sexiest Male Actor: Patrick Dempsey. "His smile, his hair, his eyes. The eye contact is just, whoa!" the angels said.

Sexiest Female Actress: Halle Berry. "She's the whole package, right?" they teased Mark. "Let's be honest."

Sexiest Couple: Fellow angel Heidi Klum and Seal.

Sexiest City: Los Angeles. "The glam is here. Hollywood is here."

Sexiest Male TV Personality: Jay Leno. "He's very smart," they said. "For some people, that can be very attractive. I love the hair. I could play with the hair for hours."

There you have it! What's sexy on the Victoria's Secret's "What's Sexy List" for 2006.
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25 April, 2006
Source: models.com

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

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

By Mary Pilon, USA TODAY

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

International city: St. Tropez, France

U.S. city: Los Angeles

Car: Ferrari 430 Spyder

Food: Chocolate

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

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

P.M. Lounge owner Unik will kick off his Sunday night soirees at Cipriani Downtown with the birthday of Brazilian supermodel Alessandra Ambrosio.
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9 April, 2006
Source: FHMonline

9 April, 2006
Source: PR Web
AceShowbiz's Top 100 Celebrity Buzz: March 2006

Wednesday, 29 March, 2006
Source: uol.com.br

by Luciana Haug

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Kelly Slater Celebrity Surf Invitational

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

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

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

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

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

Check out the schedule of air dates on MTV here:

PREMIERE:
Saturday, March 25, 4:30 PM

RE-AIRS*:
Sunday, March 26, 1:00 AM
Sunday, March 26, 3:00 PM
Monday, March 26, 12:00 AM

Thursday, 2 February, 2006
Source: ofuxico.uol.com.br

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

30 January, 2006
Source: AskMen.com

Rank: 36
Alessandra Ambrosio

AskMen.com Desirability Score: 7.83

Last Year's Rank: N/A

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

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

2006 Career Forecast:
Thank the Lord for small miracles; we should be seeing a lot more of Alessandra in the upcoming year. All the top designers are scrambling to drape their new clothing lines on her tall, lean frame, including Calvin Klein, Ralph Lauren and, of course, Victoria’s Secret. She’s also launched her own line of swimwear (Alessandra Ambrosio by Sais) and has signed on to be the cover girl of Victoria’s Secret Pink. As if we needed another reason to flip through their catalogs.
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17, January, 2006
Source: planet-f1.com

BMW unveils its first F1 car to the world

At 13.00 hrs the first of BMW-Sauber's F1 cars will make its debut on the Circuito de la Comunitat Valenciana Ricardo Tormo.

Also ready to launch into the new team's maiden season are drivers Nick Heidfeld (28, Germany), Jacques Villeneuve (34, Canada) and newcomer Robert Kubica (21, Poland), who takes on the mantle of test and substitute driver.

On the eve of the official media presentation, the team's new look was already displayed during a major merchandising fashion show with Brazilian top model Alessandra Ambrosio and followed by a party in the CAC.

Test drives on the Valencia circuit will continue up to and including 19th January, during which time the track is reserved for the exclusive use of the BMW Sauber F1 Team. Between 23rd and 26th January the team will rub shoulders with the competition during testing in Barcelona.

"We have worked hard over the last seven months," said team boss Mario Theissen.

"We've driven forward the integration of the two locations, got an interim car up and running, signed up the drivers, concluded contracts with our major partners Petronas, Intel, Credit Suisse and O2 along with other sponsors, and negotiated 90 work contracts for new staff.

"That's not bad as an interim progress report.

"But we are not under any illusions: we have a long road ahead of us.

"2006 is a year of transition, and so would be premature to declare any sporting objectives. The main thing is that everything is pointing in the right direction."
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9, January, 2006
Source: insider.tv.yahoo.com

What's Alessandra Up To Now?

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

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

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

Brazilian covergirl Alessandra, 24, says, "There's a lot of different shapes. There's some stuff that I love that I'm gonna get! There's some that my mom's gonna get, some that my sister will. So, it's all different for different women."