Anastasia Rodionova

Anastasia Rodionova ended 2009 ranked No. 97 in WTA singles and No. 40 in WTA doubles.

Lakshmi Rai

Lakshmi Rai (aka Laxmi Rai) was born on May 5, 1981 in Hubli, Karnataka, India. She is model turned actress mostly appears in South Indian films like Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam language films. She started her career with Tamil film Karka Kasadara in 2005. Currently she is filming romantic comedy Bollywood movie HHey Gujju where Himesh Reshammiya is performing double roles. Shruti Agrawal is another lead actress in this movie.

Miss World 2008: Ksenia Sukhinova

Ksenia Vladimirovna Sukhinova was born on August 26, 1987 in Nizhnevartovsk, Russia. She is 5ft 10in tall, blond hair with blue eyes Russian beauty queen who won the title of Miss Russia 2007 and Miss World 2008.

Ksenia Sukhinova of Russia was crowned by Miss World 2007, Zhang Zilin of the People's Republic of China.

Ksenia also won the title of Miss World Top Model.

Parvathy Omanakuttan of India became the first runner up while Gabrielle Walcott of Trinidad & Tobago became second runner up.

Also check out our previous posts on Miss World 2005 and Miss World 2006.

Anushka Sharma

Anushka Sharma was born on 1st May 1988 in Bangalore, Karnataka, India. She is 5ft 9in tall elite model and actress in the Bollywood film industry. Anushka made her Bollywood debut with Yashraj film Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi, directed by Aditya Chopra where Shahrukh Khan played male lead role.

Before appearing in Bollywood she has done campaigns for Silk & Shine, Whisper and Fiat Palio.

Apart from that she is doing her major in Economics.

Another Bun in the Oven: Lindsay Davenport

Lindsay Davenport has withdrawn from the Australian Open and is off the WTA indefinitely because she is pregnant with child No. 2.

Julia Vakulenko

Julia Vakulenko was born in the Ukraine but now plays with Spanish citizenship. She has four ITF singles titles and a high WTA singles ranking of 32nd.

Arrest Made over Sharapova Threats

Here's an odd (and sad) story: A former University of Wisconsin football player has been arrested over threats made regarding Maria Sharapova. The player, Leonard Taylor, played for the Badgers from 1995 to 1998. Over the past several months, he left dozens of phone messages for his former coach, Barry Alvarez, in which he told Alvarez (among other things) of a desire to marry Sharapova - but also made threats against Alvarez, against the life of Sharapova, and against Sharapova's family.

Anna Kournikova

We feature Anna Kournikova today because ... um ... er ... hey, do we really need a reason?

Jelena Jankovic

Say this for Jelena: She's not afraid of bold fashion statements.

Vania King

Vania King is an American tennis player of Chinese extraction who has one career WTA singles title (from 2006). She's known more as a doubles player, and her five career WTA doubles titles include two from the latter half of 2008 - one with Nadia Petrova in September; another in November with Anna-Lena Gronefeld.

Dinara Safina

The year 2008 has been a kind one to Dinara Safina. As this is written, she's No. 3 in the WTA singles rankings. Safina reached six finals in 2008, winning four tournament titles.

Venus Williams

Congratulations to Venus Williams, who won the WTA Sony Ericsson Championships for the first time on Sunday. Venus defeated Vera Zvonareva 6-7, 6-0, 6-2 in the finals.

Vera Zvonareva

Vera Zvonareva opened the WTA Sony Ericsson Championships as the 8th seed and with a victory over the 6th-seeded Svetlana Kuznetsova. Zvonareva entered the tournament ranked No. 9 in the world.

Elena Dementieva

Elena Dementieva at the 2008 WTA Championship launch party.

Svetlana Kuznetsova

Svetlana Kuznetsova at the WTA Championship seeding party. Svetlana enters that tournament ranked NO. 7 in the world.

Fashion Movie Special

Fashion is a latest Bollywood movie directed by Madhur Bhandarkar. Here is a special post to cover all the hot and happening model actress of this movie Fashion:


Priyanka Chopra is playing lead role as Meghna Mathur in this movie. Check out more pictures of Priyanka here.

Kangna Ranaut is also playing lead role. Check out more picture of Kangna here.

Mugdha Godse is making her Bollywood debut with Fashion. She is also palying lead role in this movie. Check out more pictures of Mugdha here.

Manini De, a famous TV actress and comedian who is also playing in this movie.

Suchitra Pillai Malik

Kitu Gidwani, famous Indian TV actress is also part of this movie.

Chitrashi Rawat is also performing in this movie. She has also performed as Komal Chautala in Chak De India.

Usha Bachani aka Asha Bachani.

Ana Ivanovic

Ana Ivanovic defeated Vera Zvonareva 6-2, 6-1 on Sunday to win the Generali Ladies Linz in Linz, Austria. It was Ivanovic's first final since the French Open, but her third tournament title of 2008.

Dominika Cibulkova

Yellow.

Sambhava Seth

Sambhava Seth is an item girl who performs in Bollywood movies and music album videos. She has performed in many movies like Kaafila, 36 China Town, Zameer and many more.

She was also part of reality TV show Big Boss Season 2 hosted by famous Indian actress and Big Brother winner Shilpa Shetty. Sambhavna evicted from the Big Boss house on Day 47 of the show. Alina Wadiwala, Diana Hayden, Jade Goody, Ketaki Dave, Monica Bedi, Payal Rohatgi, Rakhi Vijan are also part of Big Boss Season 2.

Jelena Jankovic

Jelena Jankovic is back to No. 1 in the WTA world singles rankings after winning her last two tournaments. Those are the China Open (Sept. 22-28, 2008), and then the Porsche Grand Prix in Berlin, where Jankovic defeated Nadia Petrova in the final.

Olga Kurylenko

Olga Kostyantynivna Kurylenko was born on November 14, 1979 in Berdyansk, Ukrain. She is 5ft 9.5 in tall Ukrainian model and actress. She was discovered by a female model scout while on vacation in Moscow at the age of thirteen and began her film career in France in 2005.

She received the certificate of excellence award at the 2006 Brooklyn International Film Festival for her performance in L'Annulaire. She will soon appear as Bond girl Camille in the forthcoming 007 film, Quantum of Solace along with Daniel Craig.

Falguni Pathak

Falguni Pathak the Daandiya Queen is a talented singer and energetic performer from India who sings Hindi as well as Gujarati songs. She was born in Baroda, Gujarat, India and now settled in Mumbai after marriage. Her debut album was released in 1998. Her album "Yaad Piya ki Aane Lagi" was a huge hit.

She performs in the event called Sankalp at Goregaon, Mumbai during Navratri Festival (Indian cultural festival of nine nights devoted to Goddess) every year.

Maria Kirilenko

Maria Kirilenko, ranked No. 33 in the WTA singles rankings as of this writing, won her third title of 2008 on Sept. 28. She defeated Samantha Stosur for victory in the Korea Open. Kirilenko previously won the Estoril and Barcelona championships earlier in the year.

The Book on "Venus"

These images are from a new art book - a coffee-table book, so to speak - featuring Venus Williams photographed by fashion photographer Koto Bolofo. The photos are artistic and sensual, and Venus has never looked better.

The book is published by Steidl (www.steidlville.com) with a cover price of $60. Discounted copies are available on Amazon.

Amber Liu

California Amber Liu won the NCAA women's singles championships in 2004 and 2004 while playing for Stanford University. She is engaged to tennis Hall of Famer Michael Chang, who is also her coach.

Vanessa Menga

Vanessa Menga is now retired from competitive tennis, but she won a gold medal in doubles for Brazil at the 1999 Pan American Games, and reached a high of No. 163 in the WTA singles rankings. She has appeared in the Brazilian edition of Playboy.

Adah Sharma

Adah Sharma was born on May 11, 1987 in Mumbai, India. She is blue eyed 5ft 7in tall Indian actress who is debuting in Bollywood industry with horror movie 1920 opposite model turned actor Rajneesh Duggal. Anjorie Alagh, Roshni Chopra and Barkha Bhist are also part of this film. Rakhi Sawant is appearing in an item song Bichhua in this movie.

Adah has done her schooling from Auxilium Convent High School and later graduated from Mumbai University with a degree in psychology. Apart from knowing malkem, gymnastics and yoga, she is a trained kathak dancer.