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Halle Berry-Pretty Girl From Cleveland,Ohio

Halle Berry (pronounced /ˈhæli ˈbɛri/; born August 14, 1966)[1] is an American actress, former fashion model, and beauty queen. Berry received an Emmy, Golden Globe, SAG, and an NAACP Image award for Introducing Dorothy Dandridge[2] and won an Academy Award for Best Actress and was also nominated for a BAFTA Award in 2001 for her performance in Monster’s Ball, becoming the first and, as of 2009, only woman of African American descent to have won the award for Best Actress. She is one of the highest-paid actresses in Hollywood and also a Revlon spokeswoman.[3][4] She has also been involved in the production side of several of her films.
Before becoming an actress, Berry entered several beauty contests, finishing runner-up in the Miss USA (1986), and winning the Miss USA World 1986 title.[2] Her breakthrough feature film role was in the 1991 Jungle Fever. This led to roles in The Flintstones (1994), Bulworth (1998), X-Men (2000) and its sequels, and as Bond Girl Jinx in Die Another Day (2002). She also won a worst actress Razzie Award in 2005 for Catwoman and accepted the award in person.[5]
Divorced from baseball player David Justice and musician Eric Benét, Berry has been dating French-Canadian model Gabriel Aubry since November 2005. Their first child, a girl named Nahla Ariela Aubry,[6] was born on March 16, 2008.

Berry was born Maria Halle Berry, though her name was legally changed to Halle Maria Berry in 1971.[7] Berry’s parents selected her middle name from Halle’s Department Store, which was then a local landmark in her birthplace of Cleveland, Ohio.[8] Her mother, Judith Ann (née Hawkins),[9][10] who is Caucasian, was a psychiatric nurse. Her father, Jerome Jesse Berry, was an African-American hospital attendant in the same psychiatric ward where her mother worked; he later became a bus driver.[8][11] Berry’s maternal grandmother, Nellie Dicken, was born in Sawley, Derbyshire, England, while her maternal grandfather, Earl Ellsworth Hawkins, was born in Ohio.[12] Berry’s parents divorced when she was four years old; she was raised exclusively by her mother.[8] Berry has said in published reports that she has been estranged from her father since her childhood.[8][13]
Berry graduated from Bedford High School, afterwards working in the children’s department at Higbee’s Department store. She then studied at Cuyahoga Community College. In the 1980s, she entered several beauty contests, winning Miss Teen All-American in 1985 and Miss Ohio USA in 1986.[2] She was the 1986 Miss USA first runner-up to Christy Fichtner of Texas. In the Miss USA 1986 pageant interview competition, she said she hoped to become an entertainer or to have something to do with the media. Her interview was awarded the highest score by the judges.[14] She was the first African-American Miss World entrant in 1986, where she finished sixth and Trinidad and Tobago’s Giselle Laronde was crowned Miss World.[15]
In 1989, during the taping of the short-lived television series Living Dolls, Berry lapsed into a coma and was diagnosed with diabetes mellitus type 1.[8][16]

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Sara Foster-Pretty Girl From Malibu,California

Sara Christine Foster[1] (born August 2, 1982) is an American actress. She was previously a fashion model before moving to the film industry

Sara guest-starred as herself on the HBO series Entourage, in which she had a romantic tryst with character Vincent Chase (played by actor Adrian Grenier) before appearing on Jimmy Kimmel Live in the episode “Talk Show”. She briefly hosted Entertainment Tonight spin-off ET on MTV in 2002. Based on that she was cast as the lead femme fatale in The Big Bounce in 2004, which was a remake of a movie adaptation of the same novel by Elmore Leonard. She also appeared in the Backstreet Boys video “Shape of My Heart”. In 2005, she played crimefighting lesbian girl Amy Bradshaw in Angela Robinson’s 2004 film D.E.B.S. and in 2009 she took on the role of Jen Clark on the TV show 90210.

Foster was born in Malibu, California, the daughter of David Foster, a Canadian-born songwriter/music producer/musician. Foster was engaged to Ashley Hamilton in 2000; after they broke off their engagement she dated Leonardo DiCaprio and Benicio del Toro. She is engaged to German tennis player Tommy Haas. Foster was named #10 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2005 list.[citation needed]

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Brooke Shield-Pretty Girl From New York City

Brooke Christa Camille Shields (born May 31, 1965) is an American actress, author and model.[2] Some of her better-known movies include Pretty Baby and The Blue Lagoon as well as TV shows such as Suddenly Susan and Lipstick Jungle.[1]

Shields’ career as a model began in 1966, at the age of 11 months. Her first job was for Ivory Soap, shot by Francesco Scavullo.[1] She continued as a successful child model with model agent Eileen Ford, who, in her Lifetime Network biography, stated that she started her children’s division just for Shields. In early 1980 (at age 14), Shields was the youngest fashion model ever to appear on the cover of the top fashion publication Vogue magazine. Later that same year, Shields appeared in controversial print and TV ads for Calvin Klein jeans.[3] The TV ad included her saying the famous tagline, “You want to know what comes between me and my Calvins? Nothing.”[1][4][5]
By the age of 16, Shields had become one of the most recognizable faces in the world, because of her dual career as a provocative fashion model and controversial child actress.[1] TIME magazine reported, in its February 9, 1981 cover story, that her day rate as a model was $10,000. In 1983, Shields appeared on the cover of the September issue of Paris Vogue, the October and November issues of American Vogue and the December edition of Italian Vogue.[6]

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Carrie Underwood-Pretty Girl From Muskogee,Oklahoma

Carrie Marie Underwood (born March 10, 1983) is an American country singer and songwriter from Checotah, Oklahoma. She rose to fame as the winner of the fourth season of American Idol. She has since become a multi-platinum selling recording artist, a multiple Grammy Award winner, was inducted into the Grand Ole Opry, and is the reigning Academy of Country Music Awards Entertainer of The Year.
Her debut album, Some Hearts, was certified seven times platinum, is the fastest selling debut country album in Nielsen SoundScan history.[1] and is also the best-selling solo female debut album in country music history.[2] Some Hearts yielded three number one hits on the Billboard Country charts in the United States and Canada: “Jesus, Take the Wheel”, “Wasted”, and her biggest hit to date, “Before He Cheats”, and the #2 hit “Don’t Forget To Remember Me.”
Her second album, Carnival Ride, was released on October 23, 2007. It has so far sold over 2.9 million copies,[3] and produced four number one country hits on the Billboard Country charts, “So Small”, “All-American Girl”, “Last Name”, and “Just a Dream”, and the #2 hit “I Told You So.” Underwood has sold over 9.8 million albums in the United States.[4]
Underwood is set to release her third album, Play On, on November 3, 2009. Her first single on the album, “Cowboy Casanova”, was released to country radio on September 14, 2009.

Carrie Marie Underwood was born to Stephen and Carole Underwood in Muskogee, Oklahoma, and was raised on her parents’ farm in the rural town of Checotah, Oklahoma.[6] She has two older sisters, Shanna and Stephanie, and is a member of Muskogee Creek Nation of Oklahoma.[citation needed] Her father, Stephen, worked in a saw mill while her mother was an elementary school teacher.[7] During her childhood, Underwood had performed at Robbins Memorial Talent Show while also singing at the Free Will Baptist Church and later on for local events in Checotah, including Old Settler’s Day and the Lion’s Club.[8] In 1996, she was in the process of getting a contract with Capitol Records, but the deal was canceled when the recording company’s management changed. She has said in recent interviews that after hearing the hit Clay Walker song, “Then What?”, she knew a career in country music was her calling.[9]

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Martina McBride-Pretty Girl From Kansas

Martina McBride (born July 29, 1966, in Medicine Lodge, Kansas) is an American country music singer and songwriter. She is best-known for her inspirational-style ballads about women and children.[1] McBride has been called the “Céline Dion of Country Music” for her big-voiced ballads and soprano range.[2]
McBride was signed to RCA Records in 1991 and made her debut the following year as a neo-traditionalist country singer with the single, “The Time Has Come.”[3] It was not until 1997, when she released her fourth album, Evolution, that she broke through into the country music industry with a new pop-styled crossover sound, similar to that of Faith Hill and Shania Twain. From that point on, McBride has had a string of major hit singles on the Billboard country chart and occasionally on the adult contemporary chart. Five of these singles went to #1 on the country chart between 1995 and 2001, and one peaked at #1 on the adult contemporary chart in 2003.
McBride has recorded a total of nine studio albums, one “greatest hits” compilation, one “live” album, a “Christmas” compilation, as well as two additional compilation albums. Seven of her studio albums and two of her compilations have received an RIAA certification of “Gold”, or higher. Worldwide, she has sold over 16 million albums. In addition, Martina has won the Country Music Association’s “Female Vocalist of the Year” award four times (tied with Reba McEntire for the most wins) and the Academy of Country Music’s “Top Female Vocalist” award three times.

McBride was born Martina Mariea Schiff in Medicine Lodge, Kansas, in 1966. She was raised in nearby Sharon, Kansas, a small town that consisted of about 200 people. Her father, who was a farmer and cabinetry shop owner, exposed McBride to country music at a young age. Listening to country music helped her acquire a love for singing. After school, she would spend hours singing along to the records of popular artists like Pat Benatar, Linda Ronstadt and Bonnie Raitt.[1] Around age 8 or 9, McBride began singing with a band her father fronted, “The Schiffters.” As Schiff grew older her role in the band progressively increased, from simply singing, to also playing keyboard with them. Although she enjoyed performing, Schiff never thought about taking it on as a full-time profession.[4] At the end of high school, Schiff was offered a scholarship to a local college, but she only attended it for one semester. She realized her passions lay in music and she began performing with local rock bands, including the Penetrators and Private Parts[5] throughout her home area.[1] In 1987, Schiff arranged a group of musicians and started to look for rehearsal space. She began renting space by studio engineer John McBride, whom Schiff met and became engaged to four months later.[4]
After marrying McBride, the two moved to Nashville, Tennessee, in 1989 in the hope of beginning a career in country music. John McBride joined the sound crew of country superstar Garth Brooks and would later become his concert production manager. Martina would occasionally join her husband on the road and would help sell Garth Brooks souvenir t-shirts. Brooks, who was impressed by McBride’s enthusiastic spirit, offered her the position of his opening act on his 1992 tour, though only if she could obtain a recording contract.[1] During this time, while her husband was working with country artists Charlie Daniels and Ricky Van Shelton, he also helped produce her a demo tape, which helped her gain a recording contract with RCA Nashville Records, in 1991.[3]

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Trisha Yearwood-Pretty Girl From Monticello,Georgia,United States

Patricia Lynn Yearwood, professionally known as Trisha Yearwood (born September 19, 1964) is an American country music artist. She is best known for her ballads about vulnerable young women[1] from a female perspective that have been described by some music critics as “strong” and “confident.”[2]
Originally discovered by Garth Brooks in the late 1980s, Trisha Yearwood signed with MCA Records in 1990. She came to prominence with her debut single, “She’s in Love with the Boy” which became a #1 hit on the Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in 1991. Her second album release, Hearts in Armor (1992) reflected Yearwood’s own personal issues, which won her widespread critical acclaim among music critics and further success in country music. Her later album releases such as, The Song Remembers When (1993), Thinkin’ About You (1995), and Everybody Knows (1996) also demonstrated her creative control, featuring collaborations from Rodney Crowell, Willie Nelson, and Garth Brooks.[3]
Yearwood also found major success in country radio during much of the 1990s, including with the 1997 song “How Do I Live.” Initially released on the soundtrack of the film, Con Air, the song was also issued on her “greatest hits” compilation entitled (Songbook) A Collection of Hits (1997) and would eventually win Best Female Country Vocal Performance from the Grammy Awards. In addition she would also win accolades from the Academy of Country Music and Country Music Association Awards in 1997 and 1998.[2] Aside from her success in country music, she has also donated her time as a philanthropist, working with Habitat for Humanity and the Make a Wish Foundation.[4] In addition she also set aside a project to release her first cookbook in April 2008 titled Georgia Cooking in an Oklahoma Kitchen, which consisted of southern cooking recipes from Yearwood, her mother, and sister.[5]

Yearwood was born in Monticello, Georgia, United States to Gwen Yearwood, a schoolteacher and Jack Yearwood, a local banker. As a child, she grew accustomed to listening to country artists Patsy Cline, Kitty Wells, and Hank Williams.[3] In elementary school, Yearwood sang in musicals, choir groups, and talent shows. In high school, Yearwood and her sister Beth were A students, and Yearwood took a strong interest in becoming an accountant. After graduating, she enrolled at the University of Georgia, however grew unhappy with the school’s large campus, and transferred in 1985 to Belmont College in Nashville, Tennessee. At Belmont, Yearwood majored in the school’s music business program, and graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in business administration in 1987.[3][1]
While in school at Belmont, Yearwood gained an internship with MTM Records, and was eventually hired as a full time employee following her graduation. With the help of the record label’s resources, she recorded a series of demo tapes and also sung background vocals for new artists.[6] One of the new artists Yearwood recorded with was Garth Brooks in 1989. The pair developed a friendship and Brooks promised to help Yearwood sign a recording contract, if his career succeeded. Brooks brought her to his producer, Allen Reynolds, who then brought her to Garth Fundis. Fundis and Yearwood soon began working together, and together they created a demo tape. In 1990, she sung background vocals on Brook’s second album, No Fences, and performed live at a label showcase. MCA record producer, Tony Brown was impressed by her vocal ability at the concert, and helped her sign a recording contract with MCA Nashville Records shortly afterwards. Following her signing with the label, she served as a the opening act on Brook’s 1991 nationwide tour.[2][3]

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Pink-Pretty Girl From Doylestown,Pennsylvania

Alecia Beth Moore (born September 8, 1979), who performs under the stage name Pink (often stylized as P!nk), is an American singer and songwriter. To date she has sold over 31 million albums worldwide. Her songs are characterized by their personally rebellious tone and a statement-like strict use of the first person.
She released her first single “There You Go” and first album, the R&B-oriented Can’t Take Me Home, in 2000 via LaFace Records, which garnered commercial success. Her more pop rock-oriented second studio album, Missundaztood, which began a marked shift in the sound of her music, was released in 2001, and was successful worldwide. Pink released her third album, Try This, in November 2003, and her fourth in April 2006, I’m Not Dead. The latter generated seven hit singles, including “Stupid Girls”, “U + Ur Hand” and “Who Knew”. Her fifth album, Funhouse, was released in late October 2008 and was preceded by her first solo number one on the Hot 100, “So What”. [2]

Pink was born Alecia Moore in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Judith Moore, a nurse, and James Moore, Jr, a Vietnam veteran.[3][4] Her father is Catholic and her mother Jewish,[5] and her ancestors emigrated from Ireland, Germany, and Lithuania.[6] Pink grew up in Doylestown, where she attended Kutz Elementary School, Lenape Middle School, and Central Bucks West High School. Her father played guitar and sang songs for her, and from an early age she aspired to be a rock star. Pink has a brother, Jason Moore (born 1977).[7]
In high school, Pink joined her first band, Middleground, which had an ongoing rivalry with another local band, The Jetsists. Middleground folded upon losing a battle of the bands competition to The Jetsists. According to Pink, her biggest influences are Bette Midler, Janis Joplin, 4 non blondes, Steven Tyler, Bob Dylan, Madonna, Whitney Houston, Billy Joel, Indigo Girls, Don McLean, 2Pac and The Notorious B.I.G.[8][9]
Pink developed her voice early in life. Although a healthy baby at birth, she quickly developed asthma that plagued her through her early years.[10] When she was a teenager, Pink wrote lyrics as an outlet for her feelings, and her mother commented, “Her initial writings were always very introspective. Some of it was very black, and very deep, almost worrisome.”[10] She began performing in Philadelphia clubs when she was fourteen years old. At sixteen, she joined the R&B Atlanta-based trio Choice, which included Chrissy Conway of the Christian girl group ZOEgirl.
The group signed with LaFace Records and contributed “Key to My Heart” to the soundtrack of the 1996 film Kazaam. Choice eventually disbanded after recording an unreleased album; Pink remained at LaFace as a solo act under the stage name Pink, which was from Steve Buscemi’s character in the 1992 movie Reservoir Dogs. Daryl Simmons took her to recordings where she sang backing vocals for artists such as Diana Ross, 98 Degrees, Kenny Lattimore, and Tevin Campbell.[citation needed]

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Avril Lavigne-Pretty Girl From MTV

Avril Ramona Lavigne Whibley[9] (born September 27, 1984), better known by her birth name Avril Lavigne (pronounced /ˈævrɨl ləˈviːn/), is a Canadian singer-songwriter, fashion designer, and actress. Lavigne has sold more than 30 million copies of her albums worldwide.[10] She is currently one of the top-selling artists releasing albums in the United States, with over 10.25 million copies certified by the Recording Industry Association of America.[11] She has been dubbed as the ‘pop-punk princess’ by various sources.[12][13][14]

Lavigne broke into the recording industry with her debut album, Let Go, released in 2002. As of 2009, over 16 million copies were sold worldwide, more than 6 million of which were sold in the United States. Her second and third album, Under My Skin and The Best Damn Thing, reached number one on the Global charts. Lavigne has scored five number-one singles worldwide, including “Complicated”, “Sk8er Boi”, “I’m With You”, “My Happy Ending” and “Girlfriend”.

Avril Ramona Lavigne was born to a French-born father, John, and a Franco-Ontarian mother, Judy, in Belleville, Ontario, Canada on September 27, 1984. Her father named her Avril after the month “April” in French.[15] She has an older brother, Matthew, and a younger sister, Michelle.[16] Lavigne’s mother was the first to spot young Lavigne’s talent. At the age of two, Lavigne began singing church songs along with her mother. The family moved to Napanee, Ontario, when Lavigne was five years old.

In 1998, Lavigne won a competition to sing with fellow Canadian singer Shania Twain on her first major concert tour. She appeared alongside Twain at her concert in Ottawa, appearing on stage to sing “What Made You Say That”. She was discovered by her first professional manager, Cliff Fabri, while singing country covers at a Chapters bookstore in Kingston, Ontario.[15] During a performance with the Lennox Community Theatre, Lavigne was spotted by local folk singer Steve Medd, who invited her to contribute vocals on his song, “Touch the Sky”, for his 1999 album, Quinte Spirit. She also sang on “Temple of Life” and “Two Rivers” for his follow up 2000 album, My Window to You.[15]

In November 2000,[a][17] Lavigne was signed by Ken Krongard, an A&R representative to Arista Records, who invited the head of Arista, Antonio “L.A.” Reid, to hear her sing at the Manhattan studio of producer Peter Zizzo.[15][18] Signed as a singer, Lavigne was pitched with songs written by others. However, she dismissed them, insisting she wanted to write herself. For a year, Lavigne and Arista had conflicts in musical direction. She collaborated with the production team The Matrix, and the ensuing album is called Let Go.[19]

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Fergie-Pretty Girl From Hacienda Heights,California

Stacy Ann Ferguson (born March 27, 1975),[1] better known by her stage name Fergie, is an American singer-songwriter, fashion designer and actress. She was a member of the kids’ television series Kids Incorporated, and the girl group Wild Orchid. Ferguson was also a co-host of the television show Great Pretenders. She is a vocalist for the hip hop/pop group the Black Eyed Peas, as well as a solo artist, having released her debut album, The Dutchess, in September 2006. The album spawned five Billboard Hot 100 Top 5 singles (three of which went to number one) making The Dutchess the seventh album from a female artist to spawn five Top 5 hits.[2]

Ferguson was born in Hacienda Heights, California, the daughter of Terri Jackson (née Gore) and Patrick Ferguson.[3] Her parents are of Mexican, Irish, Scottish and Native American descent.[4][5] The daughter of devout Roman Catholic school teachers, she was raised in a suburban area with strict Roman Catholic values while attending Mesa Robles Middle School and Glen A. Wilson High School.[6] She studied dance and began to do and voice-over work, providing the voice for Sally in two made-for-television Peanuts cartoons. From 1984 to 1989, she starred on the TV show Kids Incorporated. All that time, she was a cheerleader, straight-A student and a spelling bee champion,[6] as well as a Girl Scout.[7]

As a child actress, Ferguson was on the television program Kids Incorporated for several years with her TV sister Renee Sands, who became a fellow member of Wild Orchid. Ferguson was the voice of Sally Brown in two Charlie Brown specials: It’s Flashbeagle, Charlie Brown (1984) and Snoopy’s Getting Married, Charlie Brown (1985). She played Ann in Married… with Children (1994) “Nooner or Nothing”.

In 2003, Ferguson had a guest role on the Rocket Power special, Reggie’s Big Beach Break, on Nickelodeon; she voiced a pop music star named Shaffika. In March 2005, casting for Revolution Studios’s big-budget remake of John Carpenter’s The Fog was underway. Ferguson was set to return to acting in the role of lighthouse radio deejay Stevie Wayne (a part originated by scream queen Adrienne Barbeau). A last minute conflict arose, preventing her contract from closing and Ferguson left the project.[8] The role eventually went to Selma Blair. Ferguson finally returned to acting in 2006, appearing as a lounge singer in Wolfgang Peterson’s remake of The Poseidon Adventure. She later appeared in 2007′s Grindhouse.

In November 2009, the film Nine, in which Ferguson has a supporting role, will be released in cinemas.

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Glaiza De Castro-Pretty Girl From Sine Novela,Stairway To Heaven

Glaiza de Castro (born Glaiza de Castro Galura on January 21, 1988 in Valenzuela City, Philippines) is a Filipina actress and singer. She used to be a member of Star Magic, ABS-CBN’s circle of homegrown talents, before transferring to ABS-CBN’s chief rival station, GMA Network. She considers Sine Novela: Kaputol ng Isang Awit, where she plays the lead role, her biggest break in showbiz[1] and plays the main villain role in Sine Novela: Kung Aagawin Mo Ang Lahat Sa Akin.

Early 2002 she started to appear on GMA-7 soap opera Ikaw Lang Ang Mamahalin with Angelika dela Cruz lately she immediately moved to ABS-CBN and became a contract of Star Magic, where she had more been known in the public for her role as Halley in the teen show, Berks opposite, John Prats and Heart Evangelista. She also had a series of episodes in the weekly based show, Wansapanataym and supporting role on the teen-horror flick, Spirits. In early 2005 she decide to return to GMA Network to make another set of project. She is currently a contract artist of GMA Network and is known for her roles in the said network’s shows like Asian Treasures, Fantastikids, SOP Rules and Boys Nxt Door and most of all Berks and Spirits.

De Castro considers Sine Novela: Kaputol ng Isang Awit, where she plays the lead role of Sarah Monteza, her biggest break in showbiz.[2][3] She also starred with Kris Aquino and Claudine Barretto’s Sukob. She is part of main casts in Gagambino where she plays as one of Gagambino’s friends. After Gagambino, de Castro plays her first main villain role of Gladys, originally played by Jackie Lou Blanco who is now playing her mother, in her second Sine Novela, Kung Aagawin Mo Ang Lahat Sa Akin, opposite Maxene Magalona, Patrick Garcia and JC Tiuseco. Before playing her main villain role in a TV series, she had played a supporting minor villain role, one of minions of Queen Femina, in Zsa Zsa Zaturnnah: Ze Moveeh, which starred Zsazsa Padilla and Rustom Padilla (or now known as BeBe Gandanghari). Glaiza will play Eunice, another antagonist role, in Philippine adaptation of Stairway to Heaven opposite Dingdong Dantes and Rhian Ramos.

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