Saturday, 8 June 2013
e3jFACES of the World : Nozomi Sazaki
Nozomi Sasaki (, previously known simply as Nozomi born February 8, 1988)during her fashion modeling career, is a Japanese glamour model and former professional fashion model from Akita.
After working as a fashion model for nearly 7 years, she has become famous as a gravure idol and main ringside commentator / spokesperson for the mixed martial arts competition Dream Fighting Championships and the kickboxing competition K-1 World Max since 2009.
Since late 2008 she has released five photobooks and two DVDs, and has also made countless appearances on television, magazines, and ads unrelated to fashion / cosmetic, including ones for Coca-Cola's green tea products, Suntory's 3 soft drink products, So-net, Willcom, Fujifilm, Kao, Rohto Pharmaceutical Co. and Seiko's Tisse brand line created for and dedicated to her. She has also endorsed an accessory brand, Cotton Cloud, since June 2010 when it was created for her and its first flag shop opened in Harajuku.
In 2010, she started her music career, debuting with the single "Kamu to Funyan" (噛むとフニャン) which featured rapper Astro and was used in the tie-in commercials for Lotte Fit's Chewing Gum. Sasaki's debut album Nozomi Collection was released on April 18, 2012.
She was given the nickname "No Mercy" for her countless reported atrocities toward other show-business girls she worked with, in her teenage years, especially toward actresses, glamour models, and fashion models from foreign countries, whom she considered to be "fat".
e3jFACES of the World : Lee Hyori of South Korea
Lee Hyori (born May 10, 1979) is a South Korean singer. She debuted as a member of the successful pop girl group Fin.K.L, but has since become a solo artist. In 2003 she released her debut solo album Stylish
which won many "Daesang"s (a Korean award equivalent to "Artist of the
Year"). In 2006, she was the highest-paid female singer in South Korea
when she signed a contract with Mnet Media.
e3jFACES of the World : Marian Rivera of the Philippines
In 2009, Rivera ranked #5 in Manila Standard's "2009 Top Celebrity Endorsers",#3 in "Top 10 Most In-demand Celebrity Endorsers in 2010 and was also included in 2011's Top 20 Endorsers.She was also hailed as FHM's Sexiest Woman in 2009.
e3jFACES of the World : Sandra Dewi of INDONESIA
Monica Nicholle Sandra Dewi Gunawan Basri (8 August 1983), better known as Sandra Dewi, is an Indonesian model and actress.
Dewi was born in Pangkal Pinang, Bangka on 8 August 1983. The oldest of three children born to Andreas Gunawan Basri and Chatarina Erliani, she is a Catholic of Chinese extract. After growing up in Pangkal Pinang and attending Catholic schools, she moved to Jakarta with her family in 2001 to attend the London School of Public Relations. Shortly afterwards, she won the Miss Enchanteur beauty contest and in 2002 was selected as Tourism Envoy for West Jakarta. She later participated in the Fun Fearless Female, sponsored by Cosmopolitan Indonesia, contest in 2006, in which she placed second.
Dewi achieved mainstream success with her role in the 2007 comedy Quickie Express, for which she received the 2008 Indonesian Movie Award for Best Newcomer. The following year, she collaborated with Dewi Sandra and Luna Maya on the song "Play", which was released for the UEFA Euro 2008 and she starred in Tarzan ke Kota, as well as singing some of the movie's songs.
Dewi has also acted in sinetron (Indonesian soap operas) and also music videos. In Hidayah, she played a Muslim character. She also performed in the video clip for Mulan Jameela's 2008 single "Wonder Woman"; she did so without pay, later saying that the experience was more worthwhile.She was later named "the most searched artist" by Yahoo! Indonesia.
Dewi has posed for Indonesia's version of For Him Magazine; the pictures were considered to possibly be against the then-recently passed Bill against Pornography and Pornoaction. However, she says that she supports the law and would never agree to a "vulgar" shot.She has described herself as still being a devout practicing Catholic.
Dewi was born in Pangkal Pinang, Bangka on 8 August 1983. The oldest of three children born to Andreas Gunawan Basri and Chatarina Erliani, she is a Catholic of Chinese extract. After growing up in Pangkal Pinang and attending Catholic schools, she moved to Jakarta with her family in 2001 to attend the London School of Public Relations. Shortly afterwards, she won the Miss Enchanteur beauty contest and in 2002 was selected as Tourism Envoy for West Jakarta. She later participated in the Fun Fearless Female, sponsored by Cosmopolitan Indonesia, contest in 2006, in which she placed second.
Dewi achieved mainstream success with her role in the 2007 comedy Quickie Express, for which she received the 2008 Indonesian Movie Award for Best Newcomer. The following year, she collaborated with Dewi Sandra and Luna Maya on the song "Play", which was released for the UEFA Euro 2008 and she starred in Tarzan ke Kota, as well as singing some of the movie's songs.
Dewi has also acted in sinetron (Indonesian soap operas) and also music videos. In Hidayah, she played a Muslim character. She also performed in the video clip for Mulan Jameela's 2008 single "Wonder Woman"; she did so without pay, later saying that the experience was more worthwhile.She was later named "the most searched artist" by Yahoo! Indonesia.
Dewi has posed for Indonesia's version of For Him Magazine; the pictures were considered to possibly be against the then-recently passed Bill against Pornography and Pornoaction. However, she says that she supports the law and would never agree to a "vulgar" shot.She has described herself as still being a devout practicing Catholic.
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