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Abbey Lee Kershaw

Abbey Lee Kershaw born June 12, 1987 in Melbourne, Australia, also known as Abbey Lee, is an Australian fashion model. She attended Clifton Hill Primary School and then Melbourne Secondary College, the Academy of Mary Immaculate

She has appeared in ad campaigns for brands such as Gucci, D & G and CK Jeans. Abbey Lee has appeared in editorials for V, Numéro, Chinese Vogue, and W. She has graced the cover of Australian Vogue, V and Dazed & Confused and has been photographed by Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin, Nick Knight, Mario Testino, Steven Meisel and Craig McDean.

Adelaide Clemens

Australian lass during a screening of the little seen film Wasted On The Young. The thing that immediately stands out about her is the fact she looks IDENTICAL to Michelle Willams (Dawson's Creek, Oz The Great And Powerful). It's almost like when they started casting Dakota Fanning's sisters in movies instead of Dakota Fanning... by getting a younger, identical looking twin, Dakota Fanning lives on forever without even needing to show up.
I get a similar vibe with Adelaide Clemens. As Michelle Williams ages and is too old or busy for some roles, Adelaide Clemens steps right on it. That sounds like a stab at Adelaide Clemens, but it's not, it's the opposite. I love both of them equally. They are gorgeous, incredibly talented and possess a genuine class and grace to them that most Hollywood actresses just don't seem to have anymore.

Born in Brisbane, Clemens is the daughter of a British father (although she spent several years living as a child in Japan, Cognac, France and Hong Kong) and it wasn't until she was 12 that her family finally returned to Australia.

Her first claim to fame on Australian screens came in the form of a guest spot on the 2006 teen show Blue Water High (best known for it's theme song being from little known New Zealand band Betchadupa), a role which snowballed into several others including the kids tv series Pirate Islands: The Lost Treasure of Fiji and a breakout role of Harper in the Award Winning Love My Way (which garnered her a Graham Kennedy Award for Most Outstanding New Talent nomination at the 2008 Logie Awards).

Just on a side note, Love My Way is the single greatest TV program ever produced in Australia. Do yourself a favour and buy it on DVD!

Chanel Iman

Thus we have Chanel Iman, or more accurately, Chanel Iman Robinson a Victoria's Secret model born in 1990 who has made a name for herself, but not her family.

A native of Los Angeles Chanel is an interesting combination - half Korean and half African American - but her story is by no means unique (especially in the modeling world).

This little minx started modeling at the tender age of just thirteen in California. From here she flew across the dusty plains to New York City in 2006 and promptly came third in the Ford Supermodel of the World contest. This was a game changer for the youngster, and shortly after, Chanel signed with the agency.

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Chanel Iman

By February of 2007, Iman had already appeared on the cover of magazines like Teen Vogue, Italian Elle, Dubai and Ukrainian Harper's Bazaar, Teen and American Vogue. These also included editorial stints in Allure, Harpers Bazaar, Elle, Italian Vanity Fair, and several international Vogues to name but a few.


Chanel Iman is also quite partial to more commercial ventures as evidenced in her appearances in advertising campaigns for high-end brands like Bottega Veneta,Ralph Lauren and the highly regarded DKNY.

This exposure led to catwalk stints where she has strut her stuff in uncomfortable shoes for the likes of Balenciaga, Versace, Yves Saint Laurent, and even Stella McCartney. Yeah, you heard me!

Woman's Body Tattoo and doing yoga

Now, we've discussed the abject stupidity of tattoos before on this page, but perhaps my instinctive prejudice against them made me paint the subject with too broad a brush. Obviously, I wasn't going to discuss it with a fine, skin-piercing needle, was I? But still, I owe it to the God of Journalism to treat this with the professionalism the subject of Katona's tattoos is due.

And so, making like Woodward and Bernstein unpicking the Watergate hoo-hah, I have spent many an hour poring over the complex subject that is Katona's tattoos. Of course, the tattoo history of Ms Katona is far more complex than the criminal activities of Richard Nixon. Did Tricky Dick ever have a disappearing tattoo of Winnie the Pooh with the name "Bryan" underneath on his right buttock? Not as far as we know. And did Nixon ever cover up a tattoo of the name of a second ex-husband with what has been described as "a fiery phoenix" to represent why one should never be tattooed with the name of one's spouse, particularly if he was a former drug dealer – oh, no, I mean, "to represent rising from the ashes and starting a new beginning", as Katona has explained? Again, one cannot be 100% on this, but it does seem unlikely.