Supermodel and “Dancing with the Stars” contender Joanna Krupa is on the cover of the December Playboy, on stands November 13, and she reveals the inspiration behind the incredible shoot!
“You can never replicate [things that Brigitte Bardot] has done, but she’s such a role model [to me], so I kind of wanted to go into that kind of look,” Joanna tells ET about her second Playboy shoot, which took place in London. “It was an amazing experience; I’m over-the-moon excited about it.”
“I definitely feel like my body has been in better shape now than it has been before,” she says of the latest shoot — and her ‘DWTS’ bod — compared to her 2005 spread. “I think right now is probably the best I’ve ever been.”
“My fiance’s seen the photos,” Joanna told ET while shopping at Sky Boutique in Los Angeles. “He’s happy about it; I won’t lie – in the beginning when I told him I was going to do the photo shoot he wasn’t thrilled about it, but he knows that I’m in the [modeling] business and he’s very supportive.”
ET was also there as Joanna revealed the photos to her ‘DWTS’ pro partner Derek Hough, who tried to play it cool — but said he was kind of nervous and that his palms were sweating!
“Wow!” he exclaimed. “Those are beautiful. Those are fantastic. This one is not too bad either, not too shabby.”
Joanna shares the cover of the December issue with Chelsea Handler.
source: etonline.com
November 9th, 2009
Is living nude the best revenge? Stephanie Seymour, the 41-year-old former supermodel and veteran of Sports Illustrated swimsuit issues, Victoria’s Secret catalogs, and, not least, two Playboy pictorials, would seem to be making that claim on these pages. (A protocol question: Is one still entitled to be addressed as a supermodel even after leaving office, like governors and secretaries of state?)
Her marriage to Peter Brant, a wealthy businessman who resembles a taller, more dashing version of Buddy Hackett, must have seemed like something out of a fairy tale back in 1995, when they tied the knot in Paris and then settled into a comfortable life that included homes in Greenwich, Connecticut, the Hamptons, and Palm Beach. She was 26, he 48. “He’s strong, intelligent, sensitive, and very masculine,” she purred while discussing her then fiancé with People magazine in 1994, on the occasion of her election as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the World. Brant cannot claim that level of renown, but his résumé is not shabby. In People’s words, he is “the polo-playing owner of Interview, Antiques, and Art in America,” while a recent court filing reminds us that he is also “a newsprint entrepreneur, an art collector, film producer, and owner/breeder of thoroughbred horses.”
Oh dear. Did we say “court filing”? Well, yes, Mr. and Mrs. Brant truly did have a fairy-tale marriage, or at least a fairy-tale divorce, because if you’ve recently read any fairy tales you know that they are unpleasant little narratives full of rage, jealousy, misbehavior, and vengeance. And if you’ve recently read any tabloids or Connecticut Superior Court documents, you know that the Brant split has devolved into “a real-life War of the Roses,” as the New York Post put it (chops licked), with the bitter couple continuing to share their Greenwich estate while generating a reliable stream of lurid headlines, gossip, and even ancillary court cases: a Brant security guard charged with disorderly conduct for allegedly shoving Seymour after she allegedly grabbed some papers from him and tucked them down her shirtfront; a civil suit filed, in turn, by the same guard against Seymour, claiming that he was injured after she allegedly proceeded to slam a door on his arm following the previously alleged shove; a public-disturbance charge issued against Seymour after she allegedly blocked the family driveway with her S.U.V., then yanked the keys out of another security guard’s car and threw them in some nearby bushes. (Amid tabloid despair, none of these legal actions are currently being pursued.) At issue in the divorce are not only money and property—including commissioned portraits of Seymour by artists such as Julian Schnabel, Jeff Koons, Richard Prince, and Maurizio Cattelan (the last’s contribution is a bust of the supermodel that has been variously described as calling to mind a hunting trophy or the figurehead on a ship’s bow)—but also custody of the couple’s three children, aged 15, 13, and 5. Not to mention the family’s dignity.
Hindsight suggests there were hints of eruptions to come even before the courtship. She had been sued in 1993 by former boyfriend Axl Rose for, he claimed, having thrown a chair at him and punched him in the groin at a Christmas party. (Rose’s suit was eventually dropped, as was her countersuit, also alleging battery.) For his part, Brant spent 84 days in prison in 1990 for tax evasion, and—perhaps even more damning—some people say he is a bad sport on the polo field. Both he and she were at low emotional ebbs when they met in 1993. He swept her away to Paris and by all accounts they fell deeply in love.
And then—well, after a decade and a half of presumed bliss—it got ugly. Legal documents in divorce proceedings probably never make for happy reading, but the filings in Stephanie S. Brant v. Peter M. Brant read like a series of increasingly nasty, or sad, brushback pitches. Last April, for instance, a month after she filed for divorce and requested custody, Seymour claimed that her husband had “harassed and intimidated” the children in an effort to turn them against her and that he had instructed the family’s domestic staff and officials at their five-year-old daughter’s school to keep her away from the children. Another filing accused him of spiriting a small museum’s worth of artworks from “the marital residence” without Seymour’s consent, a haul that allegedly included nearly 50 Warhols—Brant had a long association with the artist—as well as works by Koons and Prince, not to mention some drawings by Jean-Michel Basquiat that had hung in Seymour’s bathroom and a pair of Cindy Sherman photos allegedly pilfered from her dressing room. No mention was made of the Cattelan bust, which may have lost its trophy-like luster in the eyes of at least one of its owners.
source: vanityfair.com
November 9th, 2009
SYDNEY – AUSTRALIAN supermodel Gemma Ward has quit the industry after a series of media reports ridiculing her for gaining weight, reported The Sunday Telegraph.
According to the report Ward, who celebrated her 22nd birthday last week, has revealed via her agent that she does not intend to return to modelling.
Ward has not been much in the lime-light since the death of Australian actor Heath Ledger, whom she dated briefly.
She was photographed last week in New York wearing a print jacket, shorts and biker boots and looking more like a healthy young woman and less like an emaciated wraith. Ward had previously been criticised for being too thin in the early part of her career.
The photos were posted by international fashion blogger Bryan Boy and received an number of vicious comments on her new size and shape.
Ward’s modelling agency in New York, Viviens, announced that the Australian had no immediate plans to return to the industry. ‘Gemma hasn’t committed to returning to modelling at any time soon’, a spokeman said, adding Ward had the agency’s full support.
source: straitstimes.com
November 9th, 2009
Supermodel and Victoria’s Secret Angel Marisa Miller jumps from the runway to CBS sitcom “Gary Unmarried”. The first look of her being a fashion store clerk named Brittney has been shared by the Eye. This would be Miller’s role-playing debut on television.
When Gary lets Louise attend the popular girls party, he tries to keep it a secret from Allison. Meanwhile, Sasha contemplates having more than a working relationship with Gary. The episode is called “Gary Keeps a Secret” and it airs November 25 at 8.30 P.M. ET/PT.
Marissa Miller will show up on CBS again later this year, working her moves for the annual Victoria’s Secret fashion show. She gets the honor of wearing this year’s diamond bra which is worth $3 million dollars. “It’s one of the main features in the Fashion Show every year and I’m so excited to walk the runway in it,” Miller gushed. The show will take place November 19 and televised on December 1.
source: aceshowbiz.com
November 9th, 2009
