Miss World Europe of Kaiane Aldorino

Kaiane Aldorino (born 8 July 1986) is a Gibraltarian beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Gibraltar 2009 and Miss World the same year in Johannesburg, South Africa.

She was the first Miss Gibraltar to ever reach the semifinals of the Miss World beauty pageant.

Aldorino was born in Gibraltar where she still resides. Prior to becoming Miss Gibraltar 2009, she had been working as a human resources clerk at St Bernard's Hospital in Gibraltar for five years.

As with most Gibraltarians she is bilingual, speaking both English and Spanish. She enjoys playing netball and training at the gym.

She has been a dancer since the age of 14 with Urban Dance Group, and has experience performing locally and abroad. She has performed in Gibraltar and Spain, and has trained in Modern, Hiphop, Contemporary and Commercial styles[citation needed]. The highlight of her dancing career, and an experience she has mentioned for many Miss World interviews, has been when she participated at the 2008 International Dance Organisation World Showdance Championships, in Riesa, Germany, where she represented Gibraltar in the Formation category as part of the Gibraltar National Dance Team. They obtained a 17th place, and made history by being the first time Gibraltar passed the first round, in the Formation category.

Aldorino made history on the 12 December 2009 by becoming the first ever Miss Gibraltar to be crowned Miss World.[1] She was also the first Gibraltarian contestant to have reached the beauty pageant's semifinals after receiving the title of Miss World Beach Beauty.

Shortly after Aldorino was crowned by her predecessor, Ksenia Sukhinova of Russia, Gibraltar burst into celebration as many Gibraltarians took to the streets. The masses waved the Flag of Gibraltar and chanted in jubilation as cars hooted their horns and fireworks were set off. Chief Minister of Gibraltar Peter Caruana hailed her win as a "wonderful achievement for her and for Gibraltar" and promised a "homecoming fit for a queen".

Homecoming

On 15 December 2009, the Government of Gibraltar announced Kaiane would be flown into Gibraltar from London on a private jet the following afternoon.

On 16 December 2009, the Government issued a press release in which it detailed the events that would take place upon Kaiane's arrival. These included a public greeting at Gibraltar Airport a parade through Main Street, where Kaiane would ride in the same open-top car as Diana, Princess of Wales and Prince Charles during their honeymoon visit to Gibraltar.

On 17 December 2009 Gibraltar came to a standstill as she paraded down Main Street preceded by the band of the Royal Gibraltar Regiment and then appeared at the City Hall balcony. This was followed by a press conference and reception at the Rock Hotel. The celebrations culminated with a fireworks display from Gibraltar Harbour. The government also requested all businesses in Gibraltar who were reasonably able to do so to close between 4pm and 6pm on this day to allow their staff to take part in the welcoming celebrations.

Beauty Michelle Trachtenberg

Michelle Christine Trachtenberg (born October 11, 1985) is an American television and film actress. She is known for her roles as Dawn Summers in the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer and as Georgina Sparks in Gossip Girl. She has also appeared in the films Harriet the Spy, Ice Princess, EuroTripand 17 Again.

Trachtenberg made her first television appearance at the age of three, in a commercial for Wisk Detergent. She went on to feature in over 100 more commercials. Michelle Trachtenberg appeared in her first credited role as Nona F. Mecklenberg in The Adventures of Pete & Pete from 1994 until 1996. During the same period she played Lily Montgomery in All My Children, in which she first worked with future Buffy star Sarah Michelle Gellar.

Trachtenberg appeared on The CW hit show Gossip Girl as Georgina Sparks, who recently left rehab and brings back the dark past Serena van der Woodsen desperately wants to leave behind. She returned to the show for a multi-episode story arc towards the end of the second season. Trachtenberg appeared in the season 3 finale and the season 4 premiere. In 2009, Michelle Trachtenberg was a cast member on the NBC drama Mercy, the series however was not renewed for a second season.

Trachtenberg appeared in the 2009 film 17 Again alongside Zac Efron, Sterling Knight and Matthew Perry. She also had a small role in the comedy film Cop Out.

On October 21, 2010, It was announced that Trachtenberg will star in new series that is being developed for The CW to premiere in Fall 2011. In addition to starring in the series she also serve as executive producer along with Gossip Girl producers Stephanie Savage and Josh Schwartz.

Russia's most beautiful girl and her rivals

Girls from the Urals region attracted great attention at the Miss Russia 2010 beauty pageant held on Sunday, March 7 in the Barvikha Luxury Village concert hall.

Irina Antonenko, a 18-year-old student from the Urals city of Yekaterinburg, was crowned Miss Russia 2010.

Along with the title and the crown, Antonenko received a cash prize of $100,000 and an opportunity to represent Russia at the forthcoming Miss World pageant in Nha Trang, Vietnam.

The most beautiful girl of 2010 is a finance-student and a model. Irina says cooking is one of her biggest hobbies.

Miss Indiana Teen USA

The Miss Indiana Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Indiana in the Miss Teen USA pageant. This pageant is directed by Sanders and Associates.

Indiana had a slow start at Miss Teen USA, and did not place until 1991. That placement became the first of a four-year streak, which included three semi-finalist and one 1st runner-up placings.

Six Indiana teens have gone on to win the Miss Indiana USA crown, more than most other states. The most successful of these, Kelly Lloyd, who achieved Indiana's highest ever Miss Teen USA placement also went on to earn one of Miss Indiana USA's highest placements in 2002. Even more notable, Lloyd was a Triple Crown winner.

Miss America's Outstanding Teen state pageants

Miss America's Outstanding Teen pageants select the representative for each state for the Miss America's Outstanding Teen pageant.

Although Miss America state pageants used to run unofficial teen competitions, Miss America's Outstanding Teen was first official teen pageant associated with the Miss America Organization and the first for which there was a national competition.

The first national pageant was held in August 2005.

Unlike the Miss America Pageant, there is no swimwear component of the competition: delegates compete in interview, evening gown, sportswear and talent.

Kaitlyn Christopher

Kaitlyn Marie Christopher (born 1986) is a beauty queen who has held the title Miss Indiana USA and competed at Miss USA.

Christopher was crowned Miss Indiana USA 2005 on November 14 2004. She was the first Miss Indiana USA to hail from Kokomo, Indiana since 1979. This was Christopher's first attempt at the Miss Indiana USA title, however she had placed in the Miss Indiana Teen USA pageant in 2002 and 2003.

Despite her young age at Miss USA, Christopher, was not new to pageant competition. she is the only contestant to win three PageantCrown Titles (Teen Indiana 2002, Miss Kentuckiana 2005 and America's National Miss 2005). She was the youngest contestant to win the latter two titles. Other Miss Kentuckiana winners who became Miss USA delegates Kristen Johnson of Kentucky and Tashina Kastigar of Indiana. PageantCrown's America's National Miss Pageant has been a launching pad for several contestants who have later landed spots on the Miss USA and Miss America Stage.

On 11 April 2005, Christopher represented Indiana in the Miss USA 2005 pageant held in Baltimore, Maryland. She failed to make the cut in the nationally televised pageant, which was won by Chelsea Cooley of North Carolina. Christopher was one of only three eighteen-year-olds in the national contest, along with Sarah Medley of South Carolina and Laci Scott of Oklahoma.

Christopher is a pre-medicine medical student at IUPUI (Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis). She has received both an academic and a Sam H. Jones Community Service Scholarship to cover her education expenses. Her ambitions are to continue to medical school then work as a medical doctor. Christopher is a 2004 graduate of Western High School.

In April 2006 it was announced that Christopher will compete in the new NBC reality television series Treasure Hunters that will air from June 18 2006. She will team up with fellow Miss USA 2005 delegates Kristen Johnson of Kentucky and Melissa Witek of Florida for the competition, which was taped during September and October 2005.

Christopher is currently the host of "The Spot", a newsweekly at IUPUI.

In 2007 Christopher will appear in a feature-length film produced by The Really Really Big Show of Indianapolis, Indiana, titled "A Day in the Life of Joe Redwood". She has previously appeared in various comedic short films produced by the company in 2006.

Women in Turkey

Women in Turkey Turkey is an interesting example, from the aspect of the position of women, because it is a country which is influenced by all the contradictions of globalization and traditions. 

First of all, the great majority of the population in Turkey is Moslem. Today, women are observed in the forefront of various echelons of the administration of the state. 

However, there are still inequalities between women and men, and also between women from different sectors of society, in accessing important development sources, such as education, health and employment. 

For many years the position of women in society has improved gradually. Although there are some decrees in violation of the equality of men and women in the law, significant steps have been taken in recent years to alleviate this discrimination. 

A national mechanism has been established and some laws have been amended. The number of Women's Studies Centers set up in universities have reached 13, a Woman's Library was founded and a number of projects were put into practice by the governmental and non-governmetal organizations. 

Most importantly, a sensitivity has been created on the subject of discrimination against women, and this issue began to be perceived as a problem which should be discussed. Turkey has participated in all the international conferences on the subject of women and has signed many international agreements directly or indirectly related to women. 

Turkey also accepted without reservations the Action Platform which was adopted at the Fourth World Women's Conference held in Beijing in 1995, in which she participated with a large delegation completely composed of women. By the year 2000, the Republic of Turkey represented by the State Minister at the Conference undertook: •

To increase the ratio of literacy among women to 100 percent, • To decrease the maternal-child mortality by 50 percent, • To make the eight year primary education compulsory, and • To remove the reservations included in the Charter for the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW). 

In accordance with these undertakings, the compulsory primary education was extended to eight years and the reservations at CEDAW were removed.

Beauty Leah Dizon

Leah Dizon (Ria Dizon?) (born September 24, 1986) is an American-born gaijin tarento, singer, and gravure idol in Japan.

Born and raised in Las Vegas, Nevada, she moved to Tokyo, Japan in 2006 to pursue an entertainment career and made her recording debut on Victor Entertainment later that same year.

1986–2004: Childhood and youth

Dizon at an Oxnard, California car show in 2005.

Leah Donna Dizon was born in Las Vegas, Nevada on September 24, 1986. Her mother is of French descent and her father is half Chinese and half Filipino.

Her parents work as casino dealers. Dizon is the fourth of six children: she has two older brothers, an older sister, and two younger brothers. In an interview, she explains that she grew up listening to rock and R&B music and trained in dance.

Dizon has said that her mother was "very strict and monitored [Dizon's] spending habits". When she was 14 years old, she worked at a clothing store and eventually saved enough money to travel to Japan alone for a trip.

She attended the private Las Vegas Academy Of Performing Arts for her freshman and sophomore years but graduated from the public Eldorado High School in 2004, where she became active in theater.

At the age of 18, Dizon relocated to Los Angeles, California and attended college as a film major for her freshman year.

2005–2007: Destiny Line, early work, and career debut

While living in Los Angeles, Dizon worked as a promotional model for local car shows. Eventually, her photographs were posted online. It was reported that there were 2 million Google hits within an entire year, with the majority of the viewers being located in China and Japan.

Much of the attention received was attributed to her unique looks; she was asked by many Japanese fans—who had seen her photographs—to work in their country

which eventually prompted her to submit several demo tapes and dance videos to Victor Entertainment. An agent offered and signed her to a recording contact.

In March 2006, Dizon moved to Tokyo and began Japanese lessons alongside voice training. She released her first photobook, Petite Amie (which means "girlfriend" in French)

in October 2006—Petite Amie was ranked as the third best-selling photobook of 2006 and 2007. A few pictorials for various magazines followed.

Dizon made her musical debut under Victor Entertainment on February 14, 2007 with the single "Softly".

This was followed by "Koi Shiyō" , and "L・O・V・E U". which also peaked at 7 on the Oricon Weekly Chart. The title track is described as a "grooving, up-tempo dance song" and the single features 2 B-sides: "Could you be that one?" and "Aishiteru～ Love Story" (アイシテル～ Love Story?).

Koi Shiyō was used in a Lotte TV ad, while "Could you be that one?" was featured in a PlayStation 3 Ninja Gaiden Sigma TV ad, with Dizon starring in both commercials.

In September 2007, Dizon released her debut album, Destiny Line, under Victor Entertainment. The CD+DVD Edition contains 14 tracks, 10 of which she penned herself on the single PVs alongside a special album PV "Again and Again".

The CD Only Edition contains the digitally-released remix of "Koi Shiyō", called "Koi Shiyō (Yasutaka Nakata-Capsule Mix)".

After the release of Destiny Line, Dizon continued with two singles: "Love Paradox" and "Vanilla" (both 2008). Her second album, Communication!!!

was released on August 2008. "Under the Same Sky" was used as the theme song for the Japanese drama Tokyo Prom Queen. She made a guest appearance on the show as Naomi, the prom queen from the previous year.

In a September 26, 2008 blog post on her official website, she announced that she was engaged to Bun (分 Bun?), a Japanese stylist whom she had met while shooting "Love Paradox" seven months before.

Additionally, she wrote that she was expecting her first child in late April of the following year on her official website. On October 10, 2008, the couple married in a traditional Japanese ceremony.

These initial stages were chronicled and announced during her Communication!!! Album Tour several days after the marriage. Dizon was quoted as saying, "I have important news to tell you. I have actually got married! I'm pregnant, too. My family and I are very happy.

Now, I think they'll have a lot of difficulties and changes. Of course, it is a little scary. But also, I am interested and looking forward to beginning a new life." The couple's daughter, Mila (美蘭 Mira?), was born on April 24, 2009.

On February 14, 2010, Dizon appeared on live television and discussed making cookies for Bun. Subsequently, she confessed that their relationship had been aversive ever since the birth.

That same month, she was featured in a spread for Glamourous Magazine, where she discussed motherhood and her hopes to return to the entertainment industry.

It was her first magazine cover in nearly two years. On October 30, 2010, she confirmed news reports that she and Bun had separated and filed for divorce earlier that month, and she is currently seeking full custody of their daughter.

According to Dizon, the split was due to "busy schedules and inability to meet regularly differing opinions toward raising children" alongside "irreconcilable differences".