Auline Grac, Miss Provence, becomes Miss Prestige National 2013
Above Auline Grac in a promotional shot for an earlier modelling competition, Génération Mannequin 2010. It’s never quite as big a day as the Miss France result, but Auline Grac, Miss Provence, is the new Miss Prestige National in France for 2013, held at the Lido in Paris last night. The rival pageant was […]
Video interview: Cheryl Cole sums up her 2012 at Capital FM Jingle Bell Ball
Cheryl Cole, in a tight black jumpsuit, tells ITN backstage at the Capital FM Jingle Bell Ball, that she has had a ‘really good year’, reuniting with Girls Aloud and going on tour, calling it ‘exciting’. She says she would not plan for the new year: ‘You can plan till the cows come home […]
Miss Bourgogne, Marine Lorphelin, crowned Miss France 2013
Miss Bourgogne, Marine Lorphelin, is Miss France 2013, succeeding Delphine Wespiser. Lorphelin, 19, hails from Charnay-lès-Mâcon. She is 1·76 m tall (5 ft 9 in). She is in her first year of medicine in Lyon. Her interests are art, painting and fashion. She is a regular gym-goer. Lorphelin was originally crowned Miss […]
Angelina Jolie highlights Syrian plight in her latest UNHCR visit
J. Tanner/UNHCR Above UNHCR Special Envoy Angelina Jolie meets with refugees at the Za’atri refugee camp in Jordan. Actress Angelina Jolie, in her capacity as a UNHCR Special Envoy, visited Syrian refugees on the Jordan–Syria border. The refugees had made the dangerous crossing to Jordan from war-torn Syria. One family which Jolie met recalled […]
Johnnie Walker House opens in Beijing; Elisabetta Franchi’s new Milano boutique
Yang Li/ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images Last night, Johnnie Walker opened its Johnnie Walker House Beijing, which the brand claims to be ‘the world’s largest embassy for luxury Scotch whisky outside of Scotland.’ Diageo had already opened a Johnnie Walker House in Shanghai in 2011. The new boutique, which blends retail, club and artistic space, is located […]
As one scandal subsides, another erupts, on the eve of Miss France 2013
Breaking news: Miss Bourgogne, Marine Lorphelin, crowned Miss France 2013 Above Delphine Wespiser on the night of her win as Miss France 2012. As the contestants at Miss France 2013 head into Saturday night’s pageant, it appears that the three beauty queens who raised eyebrows over their earlier posing—which some deemed ‘erotic’—will be able to […]
Sweeta Desai at Chicago’s Clarke House Museum—Thomas Salme’s latest photographs
Thomas Salme Our Milano-based photographer (and author) Thomas Salme has been photographing on the other side of the Pond again, this time in Chicago, Ill. His latest subject: ‘23-year-old Chicago native Miss Sweeta Desai is modelling a very vintage piece from the early 1930s in this photo. This particular piece is from a chic […]
Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta reunite for Christmas album: first video released
It’s not the first time that the movie version of the musical Grease has inspired a charity single—Britons of a certain age will remember Hylda Baker (‘She knows, you know’) and Arthur Mullard teaming up for a cover of ‘You’re the One that I Want’ in 1978—but this time, it is with the original stars, […]
BMW’s Concept 4 Coupé the clearest sign yet there will be a 4-series
As early as 1978, there was a rumour that BMW would release a 4-series. That time, Motor magazine (the UK one, from IPC) hinted that there would be a sporting 3-series, possibly a sporting fastback. The rumour returned for the latest F30 generation of 3-series saloons: that BMW would introduce the 4 moniker for […]
Hennes & Mauritz announces clothing collecting initiative, reducing environmental impact
In a typically Swedish socially responsible fashion, Hennes & Mauritz has announced a clothing collecting initiative as of February 2013. In all its stores in all 48 countries, customers will be able to bring in used garments, with H&M committing to sustainability. Customers will get a voucher in return. The company says it […]
