Thursday, August 5, 2010
Friday, March 26, 2010
German actress Claudia Ciesla in New Delhi
Photo: German actress Claudia Ciesla during the promotion of her Indian film 'Karma' at PVR Plaza, New Delhi, India on Wednesday 10 June 2009.
Heavy Metal Singer Kimberly Goss
Founding member of the Finnish heavy metal band Sinergy Kimberly Goss, age 32, was born in Los Angeles to a Korean father and a German-American mother, who was a jazz singer. She is a vocalist and keyboardist associated with bands such as Therion, Dimmu Borgir and Children of Bodom.
Before starting her own band she sang and played keyboards for Norwegian black metal band Ancient and was also the keyboard player for Swedish symphonic metal band Therion. In august of 1997 she and guitarist Jesper Strömblad formed the first incarnation of Sinergy. Over the years Sinergy has teamed up to tour with bands like Nightwish, Angra, Dark Tranquility, In Flames and Children of Bodom. They've also played some of the biggest metal festivals in the world including Wacken Open Air.
Hairstyle: Dutch Mezzo-soprano Simone Simons
Dutch Mezzo-soprano Simone Simons, 25, is a singer who is the lead vocalist of symphonic metal band Epica. She is noted for her long hair that adds to her personality during live concerts.
Xie Qiuping has the longest hair in the world
Xie Qiuping, a Chinese woman who holds the record for world's longest hair, began growing her hair to its current length in 1973 at the age of 13. On 8 May 2004, her hair was measured to be 5.627 meters (18 ft 5.54 in) by Guinness World Records.
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Long hair: Miss World 2008 Ksenia Sukhinova
Ksenia Sukhinova (also spelt as Ksenya Sukhinova or Kseniya Sukhinova), 22, winner of Miss Russia 2007 and Miss World 2008 pageants, lives in Tyumen, Siberia, Russia where she was studying cybernetic systems at the Tyumen State Oil and Gas University. Ksenya is noted for her hairstyle with blonde, long and flowing hair. A big fan of sports, she has been practicing calisthenics, swimming and biathlon since childhood.
Kseniya Sukhinova was the second runner-up at the Miss World 2008 Beach Beauty competition, winner of Miss World Top Model 2008, and on 13 December 2008, she was crowned Miss World at the finals in Johannesburg, South Africa. The first runner up was India's Parvathy Omanakuttan and the second runner up was Gabrielle Walcott of Trinidad and Tobago. Kseniya was the second Russian contestant to win the Miss World crown after Julia Kourotchkina who won in 1992.
About her victory she said, "I am very glad to have brought this crown to Russia. I am proud that it is Russia that got the crown and I devote my victory to the whole country and to its every citizen…" She also said that she hoped to improve ‘Russia's international image to show the world that a girl from Russia could personify kindness, beauty and happiness.’
American model and television host Michele Merkin
American model and television host Michele Merkin, 34, was born in San Francisco, reaching 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) by the age of 14, played basketball in school and began modeling part time from the age of 15. She modeled for 15 years, living in Paris, Milan, New York, and Los Angeles, and appeared in such magazines as ELLE, Marie Claire, Harper's Bazaar and Vogue and over 60 commercials. It included campaigns for Clairol and the Nintendo video game Perfect Dark, for which she appeared as the lead video game character Joanna Dark and in-store promotions; Merkin's hair was cut short and dyed black for the appearances. Merkin co-hosted the cable television program Foody Call with Rossi Morreale, a reality show which combined cooking and romance, by teaching men to seduce women with food.
