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Nov 4, 2011

Original Glamour Girl of Women Tennis - Gaby

Gabriela Beatriz Sabatini (born 16 May 1970 in Buenos Aires, Argentina) is a former professional Argentine tennis player. She was one of the leading players on the women's circuit in the late-1980s and early-1990s. She won the women's singles title at the US Open in 1990, the women's doubles title at Wimbledon in 1988, two WTA Tour Championships in 1988 and 1994, and a silver medal at the 1988 Olympic Games.

Sabatini also won most of the highest level regular events on the women's tour, including Miami and Rome (four times), and she scored a total 10 wins over every reigning number one player she faced during her career. Known affectionately as the Pearl of the Pampas, also as The Divine Argentine, her versatile stylish game and attractive Latin looks brought her a wide following, making her one of the most popular players ever on the women's tour.

Also see : Lesser known Tennis Stars

Sep 12, 2011

The bravest Soul Surfer in the World !

Bethany Meilani Hamilton (born February 8, 1990), daughter of Thomas and Cherilyn Hamilton, is an American professional surfer. She is known for surviving a shark attack in which she lost her left arm, and for overcoming the serious and debilitating injury to ultimately return to professional surfing. She wrote about her experience in the 2004 autobiography Soul Surfer: A True Story of Faith, Family, and Fighting to Get Back on the Board. In April 2011, the feature film Soul Surfer was released, based on the book and additional interviews.

On October 31, 2003, at the age of 13, Hamilton went for a morning surf along Tunnels Beach,Kauai with one of her friends, Alana Blanchard, and Blanchard's father and brother. Around 7:30 a.m., with numerous turtles in the area, she was lying on her surfboard with her left arm dangling in the water, when a 14 ft (4.3 m) tiger shark attacked her, ripping her left arm off just below the shoulder. The Blanchards helped paddle her back to shore, then Alana's father fashioned a tourniquet out of a surfboard leash, and wrapped it around the short piece left of her arm, before rushing her to Wilcox Memorial Hospital. Her father was supposed to have knee surgery that morning, but she took his place in the operating room. She then spent seven more days in recovery at the hospital.

Despite the trauma of the incident, Hamilton was determined to return to surfing. Less than one month after the incident, she returned to her board and went surfing again.

In July 2004, Hamilton won the Best Comeback Athlete ESPY Award. She was also presented with a special "courage award" at the 2004 Teen Choice Awards.
In 2005, Hamilton took 1st place in the National Scholastic Surfing Association (NSSA) National Championships, a goal she had been trying to achieve since before the shark attack. In 2008, she began competing full-time on the Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) World Qualifying Series (WQS). In her first competition against many of the world's best women surfers, she finished 2nd.

You may also like: An Aggressive Surfer

Aug 27, 2011

Lauren Budd Gallery

Lauren Budd isn’t a household name. In fact, not a lot of people knew her – until she dated the 37-year-old Little Britain star David Walliams. Then men started to get thristy with Lauren Budd pics.

Lauren is an 18-year old model from Hampshire. She was actually born in Australia but she moved to England a few months after her birth.She’s signed in with the Premier Model Management, and she actually changed her name to Violet for professional purposes. She even graced the cover of Boots magazine at one time. She also have endorsed some male cologne, appearing as the girl in a man’s pocket.