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The beauty of the NC Mountains - Fall of 2009.

For the third year in a row, residents and visitors have voted Philadelphia the city with the least attractive people, according to a survey by Travel + Leisure. But that's not all; the City of Brotherly Love also ranked as the least stylish, least active, least friendly and least worldy by 60,000 respondents who ranked 30 cities in several categories ranging from food to nightlife to culture. On the bright side, the beauty of the museums and art galleries was enough to boost Philly to the third spot in the Historical Sites/Monuments category.

Some of you may have read my article on cities with the most beautiful women, this however is about the countries with the most beautiful women. It's always possible to find a city with beautiful women in a land of not-so-amazingly beautiful women. These places on the other hand, are entirecountries with beautiful women. 10. Denmark I've been to Denmark many times, & I can say that I've not found anything rotten there to date. And definitely not the women, the women here are as striking as they come. A lot like their Swedish neighbours, the women of Denmark are...

EL PASO, Texas -- The Sun City has many things to offer, but according to one online magazine, handsome men isn't one of them. Total Beauty.com ranked El Paso No. 1 for the ugliest guys in the country. "I don't think I'm ugly, no I don't," said Corey Keith of northeast El Paso. But the magazine didn't judge men by looks alone. Editors included physical fitness and education. In the article it said, “Nearly 15 percent of the dudes in this Lone Star City have less than a 9th grade education. The city also suffers from a notably high rate...

"it is a plain fact of American political life today that Democrats are completely dependent on black votes. The day African Americans stop casting 80 to 95 percent of their votes for Democrats is the day Democrats stop winning elections." - Mona Charen, Do-Gooders In the Age of Obama, racism has no place in America. Therefore, if a white girl wins a beauty pageant at a historically all-black university, it will be celebrated as a historic first; or, not made a big deal of at all, since she would have been judged upon the merits of her beauty, regardless of...

Stiletto Maker Louboutin Re-Designing Feet Of Fashion Icon Doll; New Yorkers Let Out Collective 'Are You Serious? A French shoe designer is being called on the carpet for a comment he made calling Barbie fat -- specifically her ankles. The iconic, incredible Barbie is now a bigger fashion symbol than ever. In fact, some in the fashion world seem to think she's too big. Stiletto maker Christian Louboutin is re-designing a fashion Barbie set to come out next year, and according to Women's Wear Daily, found her ankles a bit too fat for his taste, so he re-shaped the doll's...

BRITISH women’s obsession with having large breasts is putting their looks and health at risk, experts have warned. Surgeons say “going too big” can create an unnatural look as well as breast tissue damage, drooping and over-stretched skin. But the desire to copy the enhanced bosoms of stars like Katie Price and Pamela Anderson is strong. Cosmetic surgeon Roy Ng said: “Seven years ago most women wanted to go up one cup size. Today the average is one and a half to two cup sizes. This is an average increase of 15 to 25 per cent.” His colleague Patrick Mallucci...

BUDAPEST, Hungary -- It was a night for unnatural beauties. Contestants showed off breast implants, nose jobs and face lifts as Miss Plastic Hungary 2009 strove to promote the benefits of plastic surgery in a country where artificial enhancements are viewed mostly with a wary eye. "I think this competition is long overdue," said photographer Marton Szipal, one of the pageant judges. "Hungarians used to laugh about plastic surgery but it's time for Hungarian women to care more about their appearance. They are the most beautiful in Europe."

Hugh Hefner announced this morning the news that Barack Obama has won the 2010 Playmate of the Year title in a stunning victory, given the fact that he is neither a woman, nor is 2010 yet here. "Barack's beauty and poise cannot be denied; he is truly a unique human being and an example for all.", Hef announced from the Playboy Mansion at 11:00 A.M. today. No word yet when the pictures of the prize-winner will appear in Playmate nor has Mr. Obama given a statement on this development.

On Today's Show... September 29, 2009   State-Run Media to President Obama: Get Off TV and Let Us Carry the Water Obama's media lackeys know that when he talks, his support falls. (Rush 24/7 Members: Listen) » WP: Time to Act Like a President   » Fineman:  Mr. President, Stay off TV » Connolly:  In Delivering Care, More Isn't Always Better, Experts Say What President Limbaugh Would Do About Afghanistan We win. They lose. This isn't about politics. It's about victory. (Rush 24/7 Members: Listen)   El Rushbo Jogs Fifth of a Mile, Considers Judging Miss America Pageant Should he...

Audience gasps as Irish rock star tells Mary Coughlan she has great gamsControversial rock star Bob Geldof infuriated female delegates at the Global Irish Forum in Dublin Saturday when he told deputy Prime Minister Mary Coughlan that she had lovely legs. Coughlan visibly blushed when Geldof made his announcement and there was an audible gasp from members of the audience. Geldof "went way over the line," said one female delegate who asked not to be named. "That was a blatantly sexist remark about a woman who is doing a professional job at the very highest level." Another woman said she...

September 20, 2009 British Beauty The Women of This Country Aren't As Good-Looking As Their European Sisters, But Their Inner Beauty Can More Than Make Up For It AA Gill. I’m writing this from the south of France. Provence is hot. The whited limestone flags are hot. The Roman ruins are hot. The figs and the flaking alleés of plane trees are hot. The black bulls in the field are bloody hot. And naturellement, the girls are très chaudes. They’re hot, cycling along in little summer dresses. They’re hot, looking sulky and existentialist in town squares. They’re hot in pedal...

A reader wrote in asking me why most men are "fascinated" with redheads. In this instance, I think "fascinated" is a nice way of saying "obsessed." She admitted to being a redhead, and, therefore, the object of such ardor. Columnist suggests attraction to redheads may be because they are a genetic rarity. She's asked these men why they are so drawn to the crimson-haired, and the best she ever got out of them was "Redheads iz just hawt, yo!" This is true, but it is not the whole truth. I wouldn't say most men love redheads. A sizable majority, sure....

Von Hildebrand remarks further that it's vitally important for human beings to be aware of their ontological value -- their dignity as persons made in God's image and likeness. The pantheistic view that we're but drops in an immense universe is fake humility, a subtle lack of gratitude for the fact that God -- in His infinite bounty and generosity -- has metaphysically "knighted" us. Apart from ontological values that are more or less beautiful according to their ontological rank, von Hildebrand speaks about qualitative values, moral values, intellectual values, and aesthetical values, to mention the most important ones. These...

Lizzie Miller is considered too large to model plus-size clothes. Is the reaction that followed the publication of this picture going to change that? 'It's a photo that measures all of three by three inches," gushes Cindi Leive, editor of US Glamour in a post on the magazine's blog, "but the letters about it started to flood my inbox literally the day Glamour hit newsstands." The picture in question, illustrating a story about body confidence, has generated more than 700 comments on the site, and featured on the US Today morning TV programme. What does it show? A beautiful, creamy-skinned...

Women have long complained that their faces are often the last thing men look at – and now a scientific study has proved them right. Researchers found that virtually half – 47 per cent – of men first glance at a woman’s chest. A third of the so-called ‘first fixations’ are on the waist and hips, while fewer than 20 per cent look at the face. Not only are breasts often the first thing men look at, they also glance at them for longer than any other body part, the experts discovered. It’s thought that the reason might be evolutionary,...

Ponca City, We love you writes "The Telegraph reports that men who spend even a few minutes in the company of an attractive woman perform less well in tests designed to measure brain function than those who chat to someone they do not find attractive. This leads to speculation that men use up so much of their brain function or 'cognitive resources' trying to impress beautiful women, they have little left for other tasks. Psychologists at Radboud University in The Netherlands carried out the study after one of them was so struck on impressing an attractive woman he had never...

Men lose their minds speaking to pretty women Talking to an attractive woman really can make a man lose his mind, according to a new study. Pat Hagan 03 Sep 2009 The research shows men who spend even a few minutes in the company of an attractive woman perform less well in tests designed to measure brain function than those who chat to someone they do not find attractive. Researchers who carried out the study, published in the Journal of Experimental and Social Psychology, think the reason may be that men use up so much of their brain function or...

Georgia May Jagger: look at her now In August this year, Georgia May landed her first big modelling assignment. Chosen as the face of premium denim label Hudson Jeans' autumn/winter 2009 campaign, the 17 year-old was shot by Mario Sorrenti, the renowned fashion photographer famous for shooting a young Kate Moss topless for the Calvin Klein Obsession adverts.

When she was 16, Crystal Renn signed a $250,000 modeling contract and moved to the city. But after starving herself for years to stay at 95 pounds, she gave it all up to become a plus-size model -- and finally, at size 12, achieved major success. With her memoir, "Hungry," due out Sept. 8, Renn tells her story to The Post. Nine years ago, when I was 14 years old, a modeling scout spotted me at an etiquette class in my hometown of Clinton, Miss., and pulled me aside to show me a photo of supermodel Gisele in a clingy...

I came across Paulo Reis’ photo of Raquel Zimmerman and could not resist talking about it. I had a surreal experience last Sao Paulo Fashion Week. As Raquel made her way through the catwalk, people would scream and clap, as if she were a rock star. I have never experienced anything like this in a fashion week, where people usually keep to themselves. It was madness. Raquel is now considered the Number One model these days. Move over Kate, move over Gisele. She’s appeared in the latest campaigns for Gucci, Hermès, Giorgio Armani, Jean Paul Gaultier and Viktor & Rolf...

As I always do around this time of year, I pushed aside the Arab-Israeli conflict for a moment to contemplate the more serious conflict between secular Muslims and Christian Arabs and the growing religious extremism in the Middle East. There are 22 Arab countries, yet only two had the courage (or pride in their women) to field entrants in this year's Miss Universe Pageant, which was held in the Bahamas, where string bikinis replace car bombs and women are truly free. The only two Arab countries that entered contestants, again, were Egypt and Lebanon. Now I know Egypt and its...

Barbara Simone of Glen Burnie, Maryland, considers herself terribly flawed. She refuses to show her ankles and she'd never allow them to be photographed. She barely wants to talk about them; in fact, when asked about her legs, she mumbles under her breath that she hates them. 1 of 2 Why would someone be so self-conscious about a certain part of her body? "I have cankles -- that's all I can say," she laments. "They are huge and they are horrible. ... And I will never wear a skirt or dress again." Cankles? What are cankles? We've heard about saddle...

We've introduced you to all 84 beauties participating in the Miss Universe pageant on August 23. You voted and we've narrowed down on the 10 most popular contestants.Which of these 10 do you think will take home the crown?Has Miss India made it to the final list?Move ahead to find out and vote once more at the end for the country you think will win the 2009 pageant! The lovely Angelika Jakubowska, 20, Miss Poland, just about made it to the top 10, with 456 readers voting for her. Luscious-locked Lourdes Figueroa, 21, was a favourite with 480 readers -- she nabbed...

Los Angeles, CA (BANG) - Barbra Streisand doesn't recognize her "older" face when she looks in the mirror. The 67-year-old Hollywood actress is shocked every time she sees her aged reflection, because she still feels so young in her heart. She said: "It's a whole different problem now. You get older, and it's a bit of a shock. I still feel so young inside. And that's me in the mirror? Well, if you don't see it, I'm thrilled." However, the "Funny Girl" star always expected find the ageing process easier to deal with than some of her more glamorous peers,...

Tracie Egan is a writer for Jezebel who has her own blog, "One D at a Time." In a post about why she doesn't fear competition from CocoPerez, Perez Hilton's new lady fashion site, she offers this aside: I think that gay men are actually the most to blame for many of the problems in the fashion industry, like the absence of womanly curves on the runway, and the hideous, figure-assaulting trend that is the tent dress, which no women who have ****, and no straight men who have an appreciation for ****, have any use for. It's hard to...

The contestants worked the runway in the Bahamas in a swim wear show leading up to the biggest pageant in the world on August 23.

<p>Some think politics is monotone and parliamentary sittings are boring. However, real beauties can sometimes be in these seats. We have compiled a list of ten successful women who rule the world and their beauty is breath taking.</p> <p>1. It was a bit difficult to decide which beauty to assign to the first place, we will start with exotic Japanese Yuri Fujikawa, who was named the most beautiful politician in the world by bloggers. She is a representative of the city Hachinoha and was recently involved in a sex scandal, when she was spotted entering a hotel embraced by a married man. However, nobody held it against her and he is famous for being too beautiful for politics.</p>

Spring has replaced the winter’s frosty dawn Birds return with sounds reclaimed Their brilliant colours grace the skies. Honey-suckle scent lingers in the air Buds burst open to reveal their hidden treasure Amid the shades of a rainbow, flowers flourish. Butterflies dance from blossom to bloom Trees announce the season with tender leaves Like fingers, they point towards the heavens.

Somebody must have spiked the water cooler at The Hill. How else can you explain the fact that they named California Congresswoman Maxine Waters one of the fifty most beautiful people in Washington, DC? Stop laughing. This is serious.

Rainbow colours, glorious, Melt into scenic views— Radiant through softened glow, Creating all things new. Freshness lingers past the rain, Embracing nature’s charm— God’s vibrant promises still proclaimed With tender hues of calm. Sunbeams gently stroke my face, And Heaven’s warmth abides— My spirit yearns for His embrace And peace His touch provides. He gently soothes a hurting heart, And wipes away each tear— With healing words, my grief departs And sorrows disappear.

Seventy-year-old congresswoman makes most beautiful list Posted: 04:00 PM ET From CNN Associate Producer Martina Stewart WASHINGTON (CNN) — California Democrat Rep. Maxine Waters has a beauty secret. "I bathe in moisturizer,'" the 70-year-old congresswoman told the Hill newspaper. Waters is one of seven lawmakers that made the cut for the Capitol Hill paper's 2009 50 Most Beautiful List, landing in position #5 in the top 10. Other lawmakers on the list include New Mexico Democrat Rep. Martin Heinrich, who scored the top spot on the list, Washington Republican Rep. Dave Reichert, Colorado Democrat Rep. Betsy Markey, California Democrat Rep....

50 Most Beautiful 2009 - Top 40 (HTML) By The Hill Staff (some samples) Debbee Keller- Team spirit Hometown: Georgetown, Texas Political party: Republican Relationship status: Single Adrienne Watson Age: 21 Hometown: Carmel, Ind. Political party: Democratic Relationship status: Single Bronwyn Lance Chester Age: 40 Hometown: Leicester, N.C. Political party: Republican Relationship status: Married Courtney Carrow Hometown: “Navy brat” Political party: Republican Dating status: “In a great relationship” Maria Espinoza Age: 28 Hometown: Arlington, Va. Political party: Democratic Relationship status: Married Sally Stone Age: 22 Hometown: San Diego Political party: Republican Relationship status: Boyfriend

It's the kind of astute analysis you'd expect from MSNBC - the place for the politics. CNBC regular and MSNBC fill-in anchor Donny Deutsch solved the mystery behind the media's fascination with former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin. According to the former advertising executive, it has nothing to do with her stance on several hot-button issues - an advocate of gun rights, a pro-life stance on abortion, pro-exploration and drilling for oil and concerned about the fiscal policies of President Barack Obama. Instead, he contended, it is her sexual appeal that held the media's attention - and not just from a...

Researchers found that attractive women have more children than their less attractive counterparts and that a higher proportion of those children are female. Once those daughters become adult they tend to be good looking themselves and so the pattern is repeated as women over the generations become steadily more aesthetically pleasing. As attractive couples are less likely to have boy than a girl, men, in contrast, remain as aesthetically unappealing as their caveman ancestors, the scientists claim. The findings have emerged from a series of studies of physical attractiveness and its links to reproductive success in humans. In a study...

When it comes to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's fashion choices, women often talk about her trademark pantsuits and speculate that she wears them to hide her "cankles" -- slang for chubby ankles. The takeaway from years of public comments about her ankles is that Clinton's leg coverage has made American women fixated on their own cankles and that they're resorting to plastic surgery and new workout regimens to get narrower ankles. The battle to get rid of cankles was a front page headline in The Wall Street Journal Thursday, which prompted this stream of pre-coffee emails from my girlfriends:...

RIYADH (AFP) - Saudi beauty queen Aya Ali al-Mulla trounced 274 rivals to win a crown, jewellery, cash and a trip to Malaysia, and all without showing her face, Saudi media reported on Friday. With her face and body completely covered by the black head-to-toe abaya mandatory in the conservative Muslim kingdom, 18-year-old Mullah was named "Queen of Beautiful Morals" late on Thursday, newspapers said. There was none of the swimsuit and evening gown competitions and heavy media coverage of beauty pageants elsewhere when the contest was decided in the eastern city of Safwa. Instead, the winner and the two...

Sarah Palin on the list:

Rachel Christie is setting out the ground rules for any man brave enough to be a potential suitor - and you can bet there will be plenty, after she became the first black Miss England this week. ..... 'You hear black kids say: "I can't do anything with my life. I live in a ghetto." I say: "Well, get off your backside and get out of it. Stop making your ethnicity an excuse." I want to show them you can do anything you want, whatever your colour. I don't like hearing: "I can't do this or that because I'm black."...

Chubby Lower Legs, Latest Styles Don't Mix As Women Wage Costly Fight Against 'Cankles'

Victory for Linford Christie's niece as she becomes first black Miss England By DAILY MAIL REPORTER 21st July 2009 Linford Christie's niece was crowned the first black Miss England in the competition's history today. [Pic in URL] Rachel Christie, 20, who is also on course to appear at the London 2012 Olympics, chased down the competition to claim the prestigious prize at the event in central London. The Londoner who specialises in the heptathlon, was one of the bookies' favourites to win the competition. Rachel Christie, who was named as the winner of Miss England 2009 at the Metropole Hilton...

Biden: Kiev has most beautiful women @ 11:57 am by Eric Zimmermann Kiev, Ukraine has the most beautiful women in the world, according to Joe Biden. The Vice President, who's visiting Ukraine and Georgia this week, made that observation while chatting with Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko. The two had just finished a visit to a memorial commemorating Ukrainians who had perished in Stalin-era famines. According to a pool report, the two stopped in a local pub in Kiev to chat and relax. "I cannot believe that a Frenchman visiting Kiev went back home and told his colleagues he discovered something...

The perfect woman may not exist in reality, but scientists now know what she would look like. The discovery follows five years of painstaking work by researchers at Montreal's McGill University, who digitally selected and blended the best features of the world's most beautiful woman, to create a single composite face, revealed here for the first time.

The top 10 Hottest Babes on Star Trek (TOS) 1. Kelinda from By Any Other Name This is probably the only episode in which Kirk not hits on a woman, but hits a woman. That’s okay because Kirk apologizes to her, over and over. Barbara Bouchet (born 1945) played Kelinda. 2. Lt. Marlena Moreau fom Mirror,Mirror In the alternate Terran Empire Universe the rank of captain has its privileges, and one of is Lt. Malena Moreau. Lt. Moreau did not love Kirk; she wanted to sleep her way to the top, as much as 1960s TV allowed to show. Apparently...

The Hollywood star's striking appearance was often put down to the contrast between her ample cleavage, tiny waist and swinging hips. Her vital statsistics were an amazing 37-23-36. But her voluptuous body was not all God-given, it has been discovered – she boosted her bust to a D cup using a heavy duty padded bra favoured by strippers and burlesque dancers. One of her bras – known as a Fling – is up for auction in Britain after being unearthed after 50 years in a private US collection. The heavy-duty bra – which "perfectly positioned" and enlarged the breasts was...

Obama and Mayara Youngsters from emerging countries as well as those from the industrialized nations got together in L'Aquila, in Italy, at the same time the leaders of the G8 were helding their summit. The group of youngster known as "Junior 8" - J8 - is discussing among other themes poverty and global warming. On Thursday, July 9, a representative of each national delegation had the opportunity to meet the leader of their own country for a picture. The Brazilian representative, the carioca (from Rio de Janeiro) Mayara Tavares, a 16-year-old beauty on its way to meet Brazilian president Luiz...

Women wanting to get pregnant should find themselves an ugly man, new research suggests. Scientists have found attractive males produce less sperm during sex. Researchers think good-looking males are biologically geared to hold back their sperm in each encounter to increase their chance of impregnating more females. But unattractive males know they are not going to bed so many females — so when they do get lucky they give it all they've got.

Serenaded by the white goddess: Photographer Willy Vanderperre does a graceful and magnificent job capturing Austrian model Iris Strubegger as an icy marionette, pale of form, cool of beauty, existing in a dreamy realm of her own for V #60. A Touch of Class indeed.

Researchers found that men preferred the shape of ordinary women, equivalent to dress size 14, than so-called super-attractive models, according to a study that compared the body shapes of ordinary women, Playboy centrefolds, models from the 1920s and 1990s and glamour girls. Professor Rob Brooks at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia, and colleagues, asked 100 male students to judge the attractiveness of 201 line drawings of female torsos with different hip, waist and shoulder measurements.

Start from the outside, then work your way in. That's the artistic lesson Kathryn Stats learned the first time she attempted to paint Zion National Park more than 30 years ago. "Painting from within the park is just mind-boggling," Stats said. "Everything's so big, and you're so little." She moved her easel to just outside Rockville, Utah, where she could look into Zion from a distance. Even then she found the light moving so quickly -- sparking fiery reds, stark yellows and vivid oranges as it traveled across formations -- that her subject changed almost completely with every half-hour. And...