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Kristen Bell-Pretty Girl from Polish Wedding

Kristen Anne Bell (born July 18, 1980) is an American actress. Although her first film role was an uncredited appearance in Polish Wedding, Bell previously acted in stage and musical productions. In 2001, she made her Broadway debut as Becky Thatcher in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. After re-locating to Los Angeles, Bell landed various television guest appearances and small film parts, before she gained fame as the title role on the critically acclaimed television series, Veronica Mars from September 2004 to May 2007.

During her time on Veronica Mars, Bell reprised her role as Mary Lane in the film version of Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical, a stage production she had taken part in. She also portrayed the lead role in Pulse, a remake of a J-Horror film. In 2007, she joined the cast of Heroes playing the character Elle Bishop, and Gossip Girl as the offscreen titular narrator. Additionally, she played the title character in the comedy movie Forgetting Sarah Marshall. Bell has received a Satellite Award and Saturn Award, and has been nominated several times for Television Critics Association Awards and Teen Choice Awards.

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Kristen Stewart-Pretty Girl from Twilight

Kristen Jaymes Stewart (born April 9, 1990) is an American actress. She is known for roles in films such as Panic Room, Zathura, In the Land of Women, Adventureland, Into the Wild, The Messengers and Twilight.

Stewart was born and raised in Los Angeles, California.[1][2][3] Her father, John Stewart, is a stage manager and television producer who has worked for Fox.[4] Her mother, Jules Mann-Stewart, is a script supervisor originally from Maroochydore, Queensland, Australia.[3][5][6][7] She has an older brother, Cameron Stewart.[8] Stewart attended school until the seventh grade, and then continued her education by correspondence.[3] She has since completed high school.

Stewart currently lives in Woodland Hills in Los Angeles, California. In a 2008 interview with Vanity Fair, Stewart stated that she was dating actor Michael Angarano, her co-star from the movie Speak.[22][23] Stewart has expressed a desire to live and work in Australia, saying, “I want to go to Sydney University in Australia. My mom’s from there.”[24] Apart from acting, she is also interested in attending college in the near future, saying, “I want to go to college for literature. I want to be a writer. I mean, I love what I do, but it’s not all I want to do — be a professional liar for the rest of my life.”[25] Stewart is a guitar player and singer.

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Isla Fisher-Pretty Girl from Confessions of a Shopaholic

Isla Lang Fisher (born 3 February 1976) is a Scottish-Australian actress and author. She began acting on Australian television, on the short-lived soap opera Paradise Beach before playing Shannon Reed on the soap opera Home and Away. She has since been known for her comedic roles in Wedding Crashers (2005),[1] Hot Rod (2007) Definitely, Maybe (2008) and Confessions of a Shopaholic (2009).

Fisher lives with her fiancé, English comedian Sacha Baron Cohen, and daughter Olive in London and Los Angeles.[1] She met Baron Cohen at a party in Sydney, Australia. Fisher converted to Judaism after three years of study, completing her conversion in early 2007 and taking on the Hebrew name Ayala (איילה), the Hebrew word for Doe;[9][10][11] she has described herself as “quite observant”.[12] As of June 2009, the couple have not set a date for their wedding.[13] On October 19, 2007, Fisher gave birth to their first child, a daughter named Olive, in Los Angeles.[14]

Fisher has said that her “sensibility is Australian” and that she has a “laid-back attitude to life” that she feels “very Australian.”[3] Her mother and siblings live and work in Athens, Greece, while her father lives in Frankfurt, Germany.[3] Fisher is allergic to cats, pollen and butterscotch. While filming Scooby Doo, her character was to sneeze while Scooby was around, therefore to make the sneezes believable, the crew would spray pollen up her nostrils and she would sneeze believably on screen. This also caused lots of problems as they had to take frequent breaks and she would sneeze in the wrong takes frequently.

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Megan Fox-Pretty Girl from Transformers

Megan Denise Fox (born May 16, 1986) is an American actress. She began her acting career in 2001 with several minor television and film roles, and played a recurring role on Hope and Faith. In 2004, she launched her film career with a role in Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen. In 2007, she was cast as Mikaela Banes, the love interest of Shia LaBeouf’s character in the blockbuster film Transformers which became her breakout role and earned her various Teen Choice and MTV Movie Award nominations. Fox reprised her role in the 2009 sequel, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. Later in 2009, she starred as the titular lead character in the film Jennifer’s Body

Fox is considered a sex symbol and frequently appears in men’s magazine “Hot” lists. She was listed #18, #16, and #2 on Maxim magazine’s yearly Hot 100 list in 2007, 2008 and 2009 respectively, while FHM readers voted her the “Sexiest Woman in the World” in 2008.[1] She ranked number one on Moviefone’s “The 25 Hottest Actors Under 25″ in 2008.[2] In 2004, Fox began dating Brian Austin Green, of Beverly Hills 90210 fame, after reportedly having met on the set of Hope and Faith.[3][4] The two have been in an on-and-off relationship.

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Carmen Electra-Pretty Girl From Sharonville,Ohio

Tara Leigh Patrick (born April 20, 1972), professionally known as Carmen Electra,[1] is an American glamour model, actress, television personality, dancer and sex symbol. She gained fame for her appearances in Playboy magazine, on the MTV game show Singled Out, on the TV series Baywatch, for her appearances dancing with the Pussycat Dolls and has since had roles in the parody films Scary Movie, Date Movie, Epic Movie, Meet the Spartans, and Disaster Movie.

Electra was born in Sharonville, Ohio, the daughter of Patricia, a singer, and Harry, an entertainer and guitarist.[2] She attended Ann Weigel Elementary School and then studied dance at Dance Artists dance studio under Gloria J. Simpson, in Western Hills, a neighborhood of Cincinnati. Her mother died of a brain tumor in 1998.[3] Her older sister Debbie died from a heart attack, also in 1998. Carmen graduated from Princeton High School in Sharonville.[4] She has Irish, German, and Cherokee ancestry.[5]

Electra started her professional career in 1990 as a dancer at Kings Island theme park in Mason, Ohio in the show “It’s Magic”, one of more popular shows in the park’s history.[6]
She moved to California in 1994, where she met Prince while auditioning for an all-girl rap group. Prince persuaded her to change her name to Carmen Electra and record a solo album. Soon after, she signed a recording contract with Prince’s company Paisley Park Records, marking the start of a short-lived singing career.

Electra on June 3, 2008
In 1995, Electra started appearing in television programs. In May 1996 she was featured in a nude pictorial in Playboy magazine, the first of several. This exposure led to higher profile television appearances, including Baywatch (cast member from 1997-1998, as Leilani “Lani” McKenzie) and MTV’s Singled Out. She returned to Baywatch for the 2003 reunion movie, Baywatch: Hawaiian Wedding.
Electra was featured in Playboy four more times, with her second appearance in June 1997, third in December 2000, fourth in April 2003 and her fifth in the January 2009 anniversary issue. She subsequently was on the cover three times, in December 2000, April 2003 and on the 55th anniversary Issue in January 2009.
Electra has appeared in films such as Good Burger (1997), The Mating Habits of the Earthbound Human (1999), the horror spoof Scary Movie (2000) and also appeared in Meet the Spartans (2008), Scary Movie 4 (2006), Epic Movie (2007), Date Movie (2006), the remake of the 1970s TV show Starsky & Hutch (2004) and Cheaper by the Dozen 2. She won an MTV Movie Award (best kiss) for Starsky & Hutch.
In 1999, she appeared in the Bloodhound Gang’s music video of “The Inevitable Return of the Great White Dope.” In 2005, she joined the voice cast of the animated series Tripping the Rift, replacing Gina Gershon as the voice of the sexy android “Six”. Also in 2005, she began the Naked Women’s Wrestling League, acting as the commissioner for the professional wrestling promotion.[7] In late 2006, Carmen began to be featured in commercials by Taco Bell.
Electra is the spokesmodel for Ritz Camera Centers, appearing in their television and print ads with CEO David Ritz. She is featured in some video spoofs of Lonelygirl15 that advertised Epic Movie.
She is a character in the video game Def Jam: Fight for New York and is one of the celebrity challenges in the video game ESPN NFL 2K5, along with Steve-O, Jamie Kennedy and others.

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Elisabeth Shue-Pretty Girl From Wilmington,Delaware

Elisabeth Judson Shue (born October 6, 1963) is an American film actress.

Shue was born in Wilmington, Delaware. Her mother, Anne Harms (née Wells), was a bank executive who was the vice president of the private division of the Chemical Banking Corporation. Her father, James Shue, is a lawyer and real estate developer who was the president of the International Food and Beverage Corporation and was active in Republican politics, having once unsuccessfully run for the U.S. Senate in New Jersey.[1][2][3] Her younger brother, Andrew, is also an actor.
Shue grew up in Bergen and Essex counties in New Jersey. Her parents divorced while she was in the fourth grade.[4] Shue graduated from Columbia High School, in Maplewood, New Jersey, and attended Wellesley College and Harvard University, from which she withdrew to pursue her acting career. She returned to Harvard to finish her degree in Government in 2000.[5] Shue was awarded entrance into Columbia High School’s Wall of Fame in 1994, along with her brother, the actor Andrew Shue.[6]

Known among her friends and family as “Lisa”, Shue is married to Davis Guggenheim, director of the HBO TV series Deadwood as well as the movies An Inconvenient Truth and Gracie.[8] Their son, Miles William, was born on November 11, 1997. She gave birth to her first daughter, Stella Street, on March 19, 2001. Her third child, Agnes Charles, was born on June 18, 2006. Her son’s middle name was in honor of her second brother William, who died in 1988 at the age of 26 from a swimming accident while on family vacation.[9]

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Kimberly Williams-Pretty Girl From Rye,New York

Kimberly Williams-Paisley (born September 14, 1971) is an American actress.
Throughout her acting career, she has guest-starred on TV shows Tales From The Crypt, George Lopez Show, Less Than Perfect and was a regular on According to Jim. She is perhaps best known for her roles in made-for-TV movies, including Safe House, The Christmas Shoes, and Lucky 7. Her most well known film roles were her breakthrough performance in Father of the Bride and Father of the Bride Part II, for which she was nominated for numerous awards, and her role as Laura Parker in Shade, a short film she also wrote and directed.
She is married to country music singer Brad Paisley, with whom she has two sons.

Williams-Paisley is known for her role as Annie Banks in Father of the Bride (1991) and Father of the Bride Part II (1995), with Steve Martin and Diane Keaton. She starred as Virginia in the NBC mini-series The 10th Kingdom.
She also played Dana in the ABC sitcom According to Jim for seven years, from 2001 to 2008 . She left the show after its seventh season, but returned for the show’s final episode in 2009. Williams-Paisley replaced Arija Bareikis as Sunny in the Tony Award winning play The Last Night of Ballyhoo written by Alfred Uhry (of Driving Miss Daisy fame) sometime later in the play’s February 1997 to June 1998 run.[1]

Kimberly Williams was born in Rye, New York to parents Gurney, a freelance medical journalist, and Linda, a fund-raiser. Williams has been in show business since the age of 13. In 1989 she directed the Rye High School Musical Revue. She left Northwestern University during her sophomore year to appear in the 1991 film version of Father of the Bride but returned to complete her degree in drama. While there she was a sister of the Alpha Phi sorority.

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Cindy Kurleto-Pretty Girl From FHM Magazine

Cynthia Kurleto (born April 21, 1978 is popularly known as Cindy Kurleto, is a 5’7″ model, actress, and a former MTV VJ in the Philippines. Her father is Austrian. She is best known for being a commercial model and an FHM model in the Philippines and also for playing the role of Cassiopea in the hit series Encantadia and its prequel/sequel Etheria.

Cindy is the daughter of divorced couple Faustina Verdillo and Friedrich Kurleto. She was taken care of by her mother in Austria where she grew up. Cindy finished her education from elementary to college and took a Hotel and Restaurant Management course. She later became a waitress. In 2001, she left her job and decided to take a vacation in her other home country, the Philippines. She sold her car and apartment, quit her job, bought a ticket, packed one suitcase and left for the Philippines. Long after arriving, she decided to settle in Legazpi City, Albay for good. It was during her hosting stint at a local ABS-CBN show in Legazpi that she was spotted by a talent scout and offered to do modelling jobs in Manila. Soon after, the new discovery was offered to join show business in the Philippines where she instantly became a star.
Her first movie was Jerry Lopez Sineneng’s “Ngayong Nandito Ka” with Kristine Hermosa, Jericho Rosales and Onemig Bondoc (2003). Cindy Kurleto and Kristine Hermosa stayed very good friends since after the movie they made together in 2003, contrary to the rumors.
She has been appearing in commercials and FHM Philippines and local TV shows ever since.
Cindy was declared FHM Philippines’ Sexiest Woman of the World in 2004, and appeared on the cover of FHM Philippines on April 2004.
She became a co-host in the longest noontime variety show “Eat Bulaga” and mainstay in Sundays’ comedy show “Daddy Di Do Du”.
She finally quit her job as a host in “Eat Bulaga” last November 2007, because her non-showbiz left the Philippines and asked her to be with him.
Her co-hosts in “Eat Bulaga” supported her decision

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Anne Curtis-Pretty Girl From The Prime Time Series,The Wedding

Anne Marie Ojales Curtis Smith, also known as Anne Curtis (born on 17 February 1985 in Yarrawonga, Victoria, Australia) is a Filipino-Australian actress, model, television host, and VJ[1][2].

Born Anne Ojales Curtis Smith is the eldest daughter of Carmen Ojales, a Filipina and James Curtis-Smith, an Australian lawyer. At age 13, they had their vacation in the Philippines but it later became permanent through Anne’s discovery by a talent manager while eating at a fast food chain Jollibee with her dad and her mom in 1997.[3]

Curtis appeared in supporting roles or in ensemble casts during the early part of her career since the mid-1990s. Her first movie was Magic Kingdom, where she played the role of a princess. Most of her early TV shows airing on the GMA-7 Network in the Philippines. Here Curtis starred in shows like Love to Love where she was partnered with Richard Gutierrez. She attended T.G.I.S (Thank God It’s Sabado) during her teen life.
The move to primetime TV (ABS-CBN) in 2004 became successful, when she was cast in the role of Stephanie Borromeo in Hiram along with Geoff Eigenmann, Heart Evangelista, Kris Aquino and Dina Bonnevie, mother of her ex-boyfriend, Oyo Boy Sotto and her close friend, Danica Sotto. The role was a departure from her earlier teenager-roles. In 2005, her portrayal in Hiram led to her first title role as Imang/Fatima in the fantasy TV series Kampanerang Kuba.[4] It was a remake of the movie Kampanerang Kuba played before by Vilma Santos who was the mother of Luis Manzano, Curtis’ long-time bestfriend. In 2006, Curtis returned to primetime TV as Celine Magsaysay in the drama series Maging Sino Ka Man where she landed one of the lead roles together with Bea Alonzo, John Lloyd Cruz, and Sam Milby. The following year, she became part of MTV Philippines as a VJ on Gimme 10. She also reprised her role as Celine in Maging Sino Ka Man: Book 2. In 2008, she played the role of a goddess in the fantasy series Dyosa. The popularity of the show even made her fans call her Dyosa. [5] Her leading men in the fantaserye were Sam Milby, Luis Manzano, and Zanjoe Marudo. That same year, she got a lead role in the Metro Manila Film Festival entry Baler. For her work in this film, she won the Festival Best Actress Award, her first major acting award.[6] She was also reportedly set to star as the super-heroine Darna opposite Richard Gutierrez in Captain Barbell Meets Darna, but turned the role down to remain with her mother studio, ABS-CBN.[7]
In 2009, she currently taping the romantic primetime series The Wedding co-starring Zanjoe Marudo and Derek Ramsay.[8] She is also set to do a movie with Richard Gutierrez entitled Maybe This Time.[9]
She also renew a one year contract with ABS CBN. She’s also going to do a movie and a Teleserye with his ex boyfriend, Sam Milby.

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Dayanara Torres-Pretty Girl From Puerto Rico

Dayanara Torres Delgado, popularly known as “Yari” in the Philippines, is a Puerto Rican actress, singer, model and former Miss Universe, born on October 28, 1974 in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

At age 17, Dayanara Torres was discovered while walking through the Plaza de Toa Alta in her hometown, and was subsequently invited to represent Toa Alta in the annual Miss Puerto Rico pageant. She won the pageant, and the right to represent Puerto Rico in the 1993 Miss Universe pageant. In 1992, she participated in the Miss International pageant, where she was a semi-finalist. She also placed second in the 1992 Queen of the World contest.
Torres won the crown in the Miss Universe pageant held in Mexico City on May 21, 1993. Torres’s victory in the pageant caused some controversy because of the claim that she was still a minor; Torres had actually turned 18 several months before the contest. Her victory also raised some eyebrows, as she did not top any of the pageant’s segments. Subsequently, Torres was received in Puerto Rico with a massive parade.
During and after her reign, she became an ambassador for UNICEF, traveling through Asia and Latin America in support of the organization. She created the Dayanara Torres Foundation which has provided scholarships to poor students in Puerto Rico and the Philippines. In 1994 she went to Manila to crown the new Miss Universe. During the ceremony, she sang “A Whole New World” as a duet with Peabo Bryson.

After the 1994 Miss Universe pageant, Torres received offers to endorse products. She made television appearances and landed several movie roles as well. She lived in the Philippines for five years, becoming a celebrity in that country. She also appeared in more than 10 movies, including a film with Filipino actor and singer Gary Valenciano (who is half-Puerto Rican as well) called “Hataw Na.” During that time, she also filmed Linda Sara, a Puerto Rican film directed by Jacobo Morales in which she was paired with fellow Puerto Rican singer, Chayanne. The film was released in 1994. She also became a staple figure on Philippine television every Sunday on the show “ASAP”, which gave her the title “Dancing Queen” because of her impressive dancing skills.
During her time in the Philippines, she had a relationship with Filipino actor Aga Muhlach. (Muhlach is now married to Charlene Gonzalez, Miss Philippines-Universe 1994.) Torres and Muhlach first met on the set of her first Philippine movie, Basta’t Kasama Kita (As Long As I’m With You). Their relationship lasted for four years. She also learned to speak Tagalog, the main language of the country.

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