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Die-hard Patriots fan Maria Menounos was forced to host an entire broadcast of her show “Extra” in a bikini after losing a bet that her beloved team would beat the Giants in the Super Bowl this year.

Belgian politician risks Muslim backlash after using teenage daughter dressed in burka and bikini for campaign against Islam Cover up: Politician's daughter An-Sofie Dewinter poses in a burka and bikini in a campaign against Islamic extremists A Belgian politician has risked causing uproar among Muslims after starting a 'Women Against Islamization' campaign featuring his 19-year-old daughter wearing a burka and a bikini. Filip Dewinter, leader of the far-right Vlaams Belang party, uses a shot of his daughter An-Sofie Dewinter in the dark blue bikini for the political campaign. The glamorous teenager dons a burka that covers her head and face,...

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(edit) In an interview on the 90 Minutes television program, Abu Ismail said he supported what he called “Islamic dress” for women, meaning the hijab, or veil. Asked about what would happen to a woman wearing a bikini on the beach, he responded, “she would be arrested.” Days later, he went on the Biladna Bil Masr program and lashed out at the show’s popular TV host, Reem Maged, and all other unveiled women in the country. He declared al-tabarouj  (the failure to cover one’s hair and of wearing makeup) a “mortal sin” and said he would make such actions “criminal,” citing his...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BIKINI: 65 Years In The Life Of The Two-PieceSimone Foxman | Jul. 5, 2011, 5:31 PM From ridicule to ubiquity, the bikini has come a long way over the past 65 years. It was on this date in 1946 that French fashion designer Louis Réard hired a nude dancer to sport his two-piece creation after the runway models he approached refused to wear it. But despite provoking controversy -- centering around everything from morality to skin cancer to liposuction -- it is clear that the teenie weenie suit is here to stay. Click here to see the most...

She is supposed to be advertising a sexy bikini. But instead the model on this poster, in Birmingham, has been defaced in an act of vandalism blamed on militant Muslims who were offended by her flesh. Similar acts of vandalism have been carried out in the London borough of Tower Hamlets. Police there also believe extremists are responsible. The advert, which promotes a £3.99 bikini top from high-street fashion retailer H&M, a scantily-dressed model stands on a sun-kissed, white sand beach. The freestanding advertising unit, stands in the Balsall Heath area of Birmingham, which has a large Muslim population. Across...

Panama City Beach -- A cell phone camera captured the action in the Panama City Beach Burger King on Front Beach Road Saturday, as a crowd of tourists nearly rioted at the restaurant. Employees dialed 9-1-1 for help, as one bikini-clad woman, later identified as Kimesia Smith of Montgomery, Ala., jumped up on the counter and threw a charity coin jug at employees, and 3 of Smith's friends also began throwing napkins, utensils, and trays throughout the location. The woman in the bikini, who became concerned about the whereabouts of her two children after Panama City Beach Police placed her...

The second season of the Lingerie Football League saw expansion, a television presence on MTV2, an "All-Fantasy Game," and a number of YouTube videos of the "action." Maligned as it may be, when you add it all up, the LFL is a minor success story -- set to reach 14 teams next season. Now, the formula is being taken to hoops -- even if there already is a large, established women's professional league.

Brazil's raw materials and the Chinese bikini problem By Justin Rowlatt BBC, Rio de Janeiro China's presence in Brazil is due to become widespread China is one of Brazil's most important trading partners but the relationship poses dangers as well as offering huge money-making opportunities. "Do you want to see Jesus?" the helicopter pilot asked us. It would be an unusual offer from anyone, but from a pilot it would normally be a cause for serious concern. Not today, though. We were in the private helicopter of Eike Batista, Brazil's richest man. We had just flown past Sugarloaf mountain and...

A woman worried about full body scan radiation, wears a bikini for a possible pat-down at Los Angeles International.

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NORTH SPOKANE-- Bikini Baristas in North Spokane are at the center of a clothing controversy. Some locals claim the outfits at Big Shots Espresso at Lidgerwood and Francis have crossed the line. The girls say they’re just trying to have fun at work. In fact, they were comfortable enough to let KREM 2 News videotape them at work. The owner says the girls make up to $19 an hour. But not everyone likes it. One woman says she found it shocking to see the ladies out dressed like “porn stars” and “prostitutes” trying to sell coffee. The baristas say they’ve...

A British holidaymaker has been charged with indecency in Dubai after walking through the world's largest shopping centre in a bikini. The woman was buying clothes and gifts in the Dubai Mall, fully dressed but in a low-cut top, when she was accosted by an Arabic woman and criticised for wearing 'revealing clothing'. The pair then became embroiled in a heated row in front of hundreds of bemused shoppers. Incensed by the Arabic woman's comments, the British woman told her to 'mind her own business' before stripping out of her clothes and 'taunting' the locals by walking around in only...

You want to show your patriotism this weekend? Take a tip from Jessica Simpson and Lady Gaga: Do it with a bikini! Here are 20 styles for sale online right now. Skirts, ruffles, string - you name it. Check 'em out and see if any of these patriotic styles are for you....

A FRENCHMAN may have officially unveiled the bikini, but it was the Gold Coast's grand dame of fashion, Paula Stafford, who made the two-piece cossie a cheeky Aussie icon. The "queen of the bikini" celebrated her 90th birthday on Thursday with a slap-up party and the launch of her biography, Bikini: The Paula Stafford Story. French engineer Louis Reard is widely credited with inventing the bikini in 1946. He named it after Bikini Atoll, the site of French nuclear tests in the South Pacific. But it was Mrs Stafford who made Australian beachgoers say "ooh la la" when she launched...

Miss Bikini World is crowned  Winners ... Miss Bikini World finalists     By STAFF REPORTER Published: 30 May 2010 A ROMANIAN college student has become the new Miss Bikini World. The annual competition final took place today in Sanya, China.   Diana, 22, beat 63 other contestants to win the crown. She said: "I am so excited that I do not know what to say. "All the contestants are very strong and I must say I am so lucky to win." Kasey-Lee Brunker from Australia bagged the Miss Spring crown and Luna Ramos from Venezuela was named Miss Summer....

A Manhattan woman whose picture was used as a sexual aid in the hit movie "Couples Retreat" has filed a $10 million lawsuit over her inspiring -- and unwitting -- appearance in the Vince Vaughn flick. Irina Krupnik "only learned of defendants' lascivious use of her photo in the film" after it was released in theaters -- and was horrified to discover it was being used as a "masturbatory prop" for a character played by Jon Favreau, the makeup artist says in papers filed in Manhattan Supreme Court. "That photo was taken nearly 10 years ago for a modeling job...

Those office suggestion boxes often found sitting at the receptionist’s desk or in a workplace lounge can be rife with interesting comments... More than 2,900 hiring managers nationwide shared some of their most memorable requests and recommendations. Among them: Allow people to change clothes in their cubicles. Put beer in the vending machine. Jail time should be covered under family medical leave. Institute bikini Fridays. Only require work during daylight hours because employee is scared of the dark. Request a special smoking area for medical marijuana. Request that the HR person wear nicer shoes.

A new Guinness World record has been set in South Africa for the most women to parade around in a bikini, organisers say. Kellogg’s Special KR’s Sarah Mansfield said 287 bikini clad women descended upon Melrose Arch in Johannesburg on Saturday to help break the record for the “World’s Largest Bikini Parade”. “Decked out with smiles, sunglasses and even heels, these confident and fun-loving women of all ages, shapes and sizes paraded down 1,690 meters of Melrose Arch Boulevard to break the world record. “We were delighted to see tall, short, boyish, curvy, pear and apple-shaped women all have the...

Dissolvable bikini row A bikini that dissolves in water has outraged killjoy women's rights campaigners. The saucy thong swimsuit - sold as the perfect present for dumped boyfriends - looks like a real bikini but disappears completely after just a few seconds in water. Sellers in Germany bill the Get Naked costume as a chance for men to get their own back after a break-up. But women's rights campaigner Rosmarie Zapfl stormed: "It is an absolute insult to women that this has been invented." The dissolvable bikinis are being sold on the German revenge website www.racheshop.de with sizes 34 and...

The Paris Plage people knew what they were doing when they put that retro bathing-beauty on this year's beach poster. Body-covering, single-piece swimsuits are indeed the fashion, but for want of real news, le Parisien decided to fill a page yesterday under the headline: "Le monokini, c'est fini!." Le Parisien's story was over a decade out of date, but that did not prevent foreign media from lifting it as a suitable silly season item. Topless bathing in reality ceased to be fashionable well before the fin of the last siècle and for years few young women have been venturing onto...

What is the downside of her publishing pictures of herself with little clothing on a social networking site. Even if it is just friends, or even friends of friends...how far could these pictures go?

A sunbathing session in western Sweden took a sinister turn on Friday when a teenage girl in Lidköping attempted to strangle her cousin with a bikini top. Two cousins, both 17-year-old girls, began fighting with each other on Friday in Lidköping in western Sweden. One girl attempted to strangle the other by pulling her cousin's bikini top up around her neck and pulling it tight. She also reportedly bit and threatened to kill the other girl, according to Nya Lidköpings-Tidningen newspaper. The girl was arrested for attempted murder, but was later transferred to a juvenile facility.

For many, bikini-clad women and fireworks stands are sure signs that summer is here. But some Puyallup citizens say the two don’t belong together. Taking a clue from the area’s proliferation of bikini espresso joints, a stand called Nearly Naked Fireworks opened June 28 on the corner of North Meridian Street and Fifth Avenue Northeast. Neighbors who live on the north end of downtown Puyallup are not happy. As of Wednesday afternoon, a total of 17 people had contacted Puyallup city officials to complain about the bikini fireworks stand. One resident, Annie Starwich Claeys, said the main issue is the...

Few things divide this nation more than the vexing swimwear question: stripes or polka dots? Purveyors of polka-dots invariably point to the fact that an entire song was written about their spotted pattern, and often proceed to sing the 1960 novelty hit's signature verse: It was an itsy bitsy teenie weenie yellow polka dot bikini that she wore for the first time today... Friends, patriots, countrymen... can't we all just get along?

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Hundreds of Bikini Models Look to Restore America’s "Fading Patriotism"Six years after the start of combat operations in Iraq, one volunteer organization is still going strong, and looking to expand.The Patriot Girls currently operate in 38 states, and hope to spread their unique brand of stars and stripes boosterism to all 50 states by the end of the year, as they train the spotlight on the sacrifices the troops and their families are making.And how do they attract the spotlight? With their stars-and-stripes bikinis, of course.  OSCAR RABEIRO "You need to look good in a bikini," says Patriot Girls...

[photo gallery] Courtney Friel of Fox News was interviewed recently by SoupCans. The anchor goddess answered the following question: Soup: How did the gig with Fox News come about? Friel: Well…I went on a date with Roger Ailes....

Six years after the start of combat operations in Iraq, one volunteer organization is still going strong, and looking to expand. The Patriot Girls currently operate in 38 states, and hope to spread their unique brand of stars and stripes boosterism to all 50 states by the end of the year, as they train the spotlight on the sacrifices the troops and their families are making. ... snip ... "We get very insulted when people criticize the war and forget that a lot of Americans are still sacrificing their lives so we can still live here in this great country,"...

New Jersey is drawing the line when it comes to bikini waxing. The state Board of Cosmetology and Hairstyling is moving toward a ban on genital waxing altogether after two women reported being injured in their quest for a smooth bikini line. Both women were hospitalized for infections following so-called "Brazilian" bikini waxes; one of the women has filed a lawsuit, according to Jeff Lamm, a spokesman for New Jersey's Division of Consumer Affairs, which oversees the cosmetology board. Technically, genital waxing has never been allowed — only the face, neck, abdomen, legs and arms are permitted — but because...

[photo: Borat and 5 bikini wearing women] Sacha Baron Cohen, best known for playing “Borat,” has done it again. This time he talked his way onto an Alabama National Guard base by posing as the producer of a German documentary. Cohen was eventually busted after being recognized by a cadet. “It’s an embarrassment to the Alabama National Guard,” said Staff Sgt Katrina Timmons. “Since then we have put in protocols to make sure this doesn’t happen again.” Embarrassed National Guard officials fear ...

Spring break is coming up, which means it's time to invest in a sexy new swimsuit.If you’re Jessica Alba, you can get away with just about anything. But if you’re not, we’ve got some great advice to make this year the best spring break beach experience ever.Yes, going to the gym and toning up is important because swimsuits, by virtue of their form and function, tend to leave little to the imagination.More important, however, is learning which swimsuits work best for your body type. Cuts, shapes, fabrics, prints can have a major impact on how your beach-bod looks, so...

[photos] For god’s sake, man, is there no morality left in the world? Now Sports Illustrated has admitted that its swimsuit issue actually included models who had been (gasp) enhanced with PhotoShop. This is such shocking news, such a remarkable revelation, that we must pause to gather our senses about us. OK, we’re back. This is truly....

(photo) The 23-year-old Israeli-born model Bar Refaeli was allegedly slated for last year’s cover, but was dropped and replaced by Marisa Miller when Bar couldn’t keep the good news to herself. As Page Six reports: “It’s very secretive, and the magazine likes to keep people guessing.” Boyfriend and overpaid actor Leonardo DiCaprio has been pushing hard to get his squeeze on the cover. But judging from the photos and video, his effort was unnecessary. Obama’s stimulus plan has been criticized for not taking effect fast enough. After the obligatory research the IHTM staff must rigorously and dutifully perform, we can...

The winners of the 2008 Miss World beach wear, runner up, Miss South Africa,Tansey Coetzee (L), the winner, Miss Mexico, Espinoza Anagabriela (C) and first runner up, Miss Russia, Kseniya Sukhinova (R) are in Durban, South Africa, 29 November 2008. The contest was moved to South Africa at the last minute and this section Miss World sees all the women being judged in beach wear. The final will be staged in Johannesburg on December 14. EPA/KIM LUDBROOK   Miss Germany, Anne-Kathrin Walter, judged in the beach wear section of the 2008 Miss World in Durban, South Africa, 29 November 2008....

Alaska Governor Sarah Palin has kicked up a media firestorm since John McCain announced she would be his vice presidential running mate. In the two weeks since the announcement, Palin, 44, has been attacked for being a bad mom, an inexperienced bimbo and a vapid ex-beauty contestant. Many people have also been frantically searching the Internet for sexy photos of Sarah Palin, and apparently hit pay dirt when saucy photos of Palin toting a rifle wearing a star-spangled bikini were uncovered. However, those photos--like the rumors that Palin's son Trig is actually her grandson--are fake. Whether you agree with Palin's...

Judah Freed opposes Sarah Palin, but points out that fake photos of her do damage to political discourse. Here's the actual photo of a young girl in an American Flag bikini holding a rifle. ... Below is that picture with Sarah Palin's head superimposed on the image.

Ace of Spades has been using a great investigative tool for any blogger–Sitemeter. What brings visitors to your site? Right now it’s people searching for pictures of Sarah Palin in a bathing suit. Not just pathetic horndogs, that is…these are liberals who think that finding such shocking evidence of sinful depravity will galvanize social conservatives against her. Thing is, it’s happened before–to Michelle. Those of you who have followed this site for a while might remember when Gawker came up with some inept photoshops of Michelle in a bikini and ran them, to cheers from Michelle’s critics who believed this...

Swedish clothing company Ellos has pulled two-piece bikinis designed for baby girls and apologized for the products after widespread protests. The bikinis, which were designed for girls as young as 2 months old, were pulled from stores after children's and women's groups complained that the revealing swimwear contributed to the sexualization of the bodies of small children, Swedish news agency TT reported Thursday. Ellos is a family company. We do not want anyone taking offense from our assortment, Ellos representative Per-Olf Gustafsson said. We have erred in this case and we will do our best to ensure that there is...

Bikinis and other sexy stimuli can make men more prone to seek immediate gratification — leading to blown diets, budgets and bank accounts, new research suggests.In the study, detailed in the Journal of Consumer Research, men alternately fondled t-shirts and bras (which were not being worn during the test).After touching the bras, men valued the future less and the present more, said lead researcher Bram Van Den Bergh of Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in Belgium. Viewing ads with women in bikinis had the same effect.

A ban on bikinis at the city pool is expected to be revised, ending a short-lived prohibition on the popular two-piece pool attire. The restrictions were not popular, even in the community where the council passed a resolution in 2006 to favor the "natural family" consisting of a working husband, a stay-at-home wife and a "full quiver of children."

Women will continue to be barred from bathing topless at an indoor pool in the central Swedish town of Enköping following a decision by the town council’s recreation committee on Tuesday. Prior to the decision, committee member Stefan Brandberg cited concerns about the health of young girls in his opposition to the proposed lifting of the ban. “We believe that it can contribute to anorexia—there is a risk for that,” he said to the newspaper Expressen. Monica Hällgren, chair of the Enköping recreation committee, confirmed that one of the central arguments for leaving the ban in place was concern over...

A controversial car wash is generating more than just suds. Some parents and church members say they want the Bikini Car Wash kicked to the curb and out of their neighborhood. With women bikini-clad and bearing more than just sponges, at a newly opened car was on South Flores, you can get your car hand-washed, waxed and dried, complete with a view. Even those without cars go to soak in the sight of the sultry suds. "I got a bike for now, but pretty soon I'm going to get me a car," Adam Tagle said. "I think it's wonderful." Yet...

A high school science teacher in Florida has been booted from class, a decision she claims administrators made not based on poor job performance but on her moonlighting gig as a bikini mate aboard a local charter fishing boat.

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - A Singapore national serviceman who sashayed into a lift early one morning wearing only a pink bikini has been handed a day's jail and a S$11,000 ($7,529) fine by a court in the city-state, a newspaper said on Tuesday. Tan Wen Zhong, 21, admitted to five charges, including "outraging the modesty" of the woman who shared the lift with him and "fraudulent possession of women's underwear," Singapore's Straits Times reported. The paper said a subsequent police search of his apartment turned up 46 pieces of women's underwear and bikinis as well as four obscene films. Tan, who...

MADRID, Spain - Spain's government-run Women's Institute has labeled a 2008 calendar for low-cost airline Ryanair featuring bikini-wearing air hostesses as sexist and said it would be sending letters of complaint to Irish and EU authorities. The institute, which defends women's rights, said that while the fact that the proceeds from calendar sales would go to charity was positive, the photographs "represent the stewardesses as sexual objects" and "reinforce discriminatory stereotypes." "It is significant that that only women are used, in a sector in which there is a considerable percentage of men," the institute, which is part of the Labor...

Making a run for freedom Posted on Sat, Oct. 06, 2007 By NICHOLAS SPANGLER The remarkable thing about running through downtown Miami at lunch hour in nothing but Nikes and a red, white and blue thong is how many people don't notice. They were talking on their phones; shuffling documents; concentrating on walking. Not until he climbed the steps of the Miami-Dade Courthouse did a few lawyerly types point and smile at the nearly naked man. He was Michael Tisdale, a lumberjack hailing from the Redland, protesting the state of the nation. This had nothing to do with his being...

It was a sea of skin, peroxide and fake tan — over 1000 women in bikinis descending on Bondi Beach in an attempt to beat a world record that didn't actually exist. The event, organised as a promotion between Cosmopolitan Magazine and Gillette, aspired to set a Guiness World Record for the "world's biggest swimsuit shoot". A blend of 100 paid models and many more volunteers — mostly more interested in the free $120 goody bag than the notion of creating history — gathered in the sun. However, there was widespread confusion between the models and other attendees regarding how...

With the opening of China's economy, women are also becoming more open about showing their bodies, and they can do it with bikinis in the summer. This swimwear is becoming popular among Chinese girls. But before wearing a bikini, there are a few things women need to know before donning a bikini. Many women will try to lose weight before wearing a bikini. Yet fashion experts say that in order to look attractive in a bikini, the following eight things are more important than weight. Tip 1: The color of your skin means much more than the color of the...