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Grammys 2012: Worst Dressed of the Night

As with every other awards show, the 2012 Grammy Awards also allowed for the creation of a worst dressed list and, you guessed it, you're reading it. Go here to see the best dressed ladies of the night. There's a very fine line between edgy and tacky and, as one can easily imagine, not all stars know how ...

14 February 2012
15:41 GMT

Karolina Kurkova Opens Up About Thyroid Problem that Made Her “Fat”

Three years ago, the fashion industry was left reeling after Karolina Kurkova, one of the most famous Angels from Victoria's Secret, walked the catwalk after an obvious weight gain. Not only did she pack on the pound back then, but she also went through menopause, it has emerged. The 27-year-old stunner made the...

10 February 2012
13:51 GMT

Eva Mendes on Her Imperfections and Staying Fit

You wouldn't say so at first sight, especially since she's considered one of the most beautiful women in showbiz right now, but Eva Mendes too has her “off” moments. However, there's a lesson to be learned from them, she says. Mendes is promoting her latest film, “Girl in Progress,&...

8 February 2012
15:51 GMT

"Women of the World" App Released by Fotopedia

The World Bank and Fotopedia have announced a new compelling app for those interested in human cultures around - Women of the World. Using photos from professional photographer Olivier Martel (who traveled to more than 75 countries to assemble the images), “Women of the World” shows women from every corn...

8 February 2012
09:50 GMT

Weight Obsessed Media Is Ruining Us and Our Kids, Says Octavia Spencer

For a few days now, there's been a lot of talk in the media about how actress Octavia Spencer, more recently seen in the critically acclaimed “The Help,” had admitted to not being the “healthiest” weight, which even cost her some movie roles. In a lengthy post on her Facebook page, Spence...

3 February 2012
16:11 GMT

Reese Witherspoon on Plastic Surgery: I Don't Think I Need It Right Now

Reese Witherspoon doesn't judge women who go under the knife but, at the same time, she's not pro plastic surgery either. However, where she's concerned, she'd rather she didn't get anything done right now, she says.The blonde bombshelll is promoting her latest movie, “This Means War&rd...

3 February 2012
14:41 GMT

Christina Hendricks Brings Her Dangerous Curves to Cosmopolitan UK

As a norm, Hollywood may favor skinny women but there's one deliciously curvy star who's always bound to get attention. Christina Hendricks graces the pages of the latest issue of Cosmopolitan UK in a spread that should confirm once more that, when it comes to hourglass figures, she has the best in the indu...

3 February 2012
02:33 GMT

Emma Watson Named “Most Beautiful Face” in the World

Yearly, TC Candler releases its own list of the 100 Most Beautiful Faces, one that boasts of including international beauties from all areas and of all ages, and who, most importantly, are more than just pretty faces.TC Candler says its list is different from all others out there by that it's not a popularity co...

2 February 2012
14:31 GMT

Cell Phone Use Patterns Reveal How Men, Women See Relationships

A group of investigators at the Northeastern University and the University of Oxford says that mobile phone data are an abundant gold mine for extracting data on human reproductive strategies, as well as on their relationships and associated behaviors. The team says that analyzing text message and call patterns can...

2 February 2012
14:01 GMT

Sofia Vergara Is Most Desirable Woman of 2012

The year is still young, but that doesn't mean we can't already shower celebrities with superlatives. However, never before have they been more deserved: Sofia Vergara has just been named AskMen's Most Desirable Woman of 2012. The Columbian actress, star of “Modern Family,” isn't just ...

1 February 2012
15:51 GMT

Memory Affects Senior Men More than Women

An interesting study I've just come across says that older men are more likely to suffer from memory loss – primarily through the development of mild cognitive impairment – than elderly women. I think this study has some interesting implications in the long run. Another reason why these results are ...

27 January 2012
10:11 GMT

Misguided Woman, 61, Spends 7 Days in Crashed Rental Car

One Texas woman is making international headlines after willingly not leaving the car she crashed into a dairy wastewater pond because it was a rental and she had been told not to leave it “if stranded.”Lynn S. Keesler, 61 asked for directions from a sheriff deputy, telling him she was looking for hotels ...

26 January 2012
08:24 GMT

Women Don't Have Higher Tolerance to Pain

Every woman I've ever met always cited some studies saying that women tend to be more resilient to pain. Well, this new research from experts at the Stanford University School of Medicine proves that claim to be false. In nearly all disease categories, women reported experiencing more intense pain than men did...

25 January 2012
10:41 GMT

Prejudice Stems from Different Roots in Men and Women

According to a group of researchers at the Michigan State University, it would appear that men and women display prejudice for different reasons. This is one of the few studies to look at what causes the two genders to behave in this manner. Until now, it was thought that men and women had similar reasons for behavin...

25 January 2012
07:42 GMT

Women Experience Less Anxiety After Physical Exercises

According to the conclusions of a new study conducted by investigators at the University of Georgia, it would appear that women who suffer from generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) can experience a significant improvement in their symptoms if they start working out. This discovery is very important because an estimat...

21 January 2012
06:46 GMT

Famous Women Shouldn't Talk About Plastic Surgery, Says Kelly Brook

Kelly Brook, popular British glamor model and budding actress, has always been very open about where she stands as regards the size 0 trend in female stars. In a new interview, she makes it clear that she despises women who tell other women this is the way to go. After branching out in acting and weighing her option...

17 January 2012
15:51 GMT

Marriages Fare Better When Couple Befriend Other Married Couples

Geoffrey Greif and Kathleen Holtz Deal recently released a new book, called “Two Plus Two: Couples and Their Couple Friendships.” In it, they describe how being friends with other married couples can help people who are already married overcome the obstacles in their path with greater ease. What the boo...

16 January 2012
10:42 GMT

Scarcity of Women Makes Men Spend More

Investigators at the University of Minnesota discovered in a recent study that men tend to display an increase in overall impulsive behaviors when they perceive a scarcity of women available “on the market.” This also translates into a tendency to spend more, and become less frugal. What is interesting a...

13 January 2012
10:27 GMT

Most Runway Models Meet BMI Criteria for Anorexia, Says Plus-Size Mag

As a response to the size 0 trend, plus-size models emerged on the scene, starting to pop in conversation regularly. In a new editorial, Plus Model Magazine argues for variety in fashion, stressing that most models now used have BMIs of anorexics. To back up this rather startling claim, the magazine also offers stati...

12 January 2012
16:01 GMT

Viral of the Day: Be Beautiful with Fotoshop by Adobé

It's a well known fact that today's images are retouched in Photoshop, some more than others. As our standards of beauty reach unbelievable heights, here's something to remind you just how flimsy the foundation they sit on is. Filmmaker Jesse Rosten took the diktat that every woman (be her actress or m...

11 January 2012
13:21 GMT

Older Women Are More Satisfied

Scientists say that older women tend to feel more satisfied following intercourse, and add that their level of satisfaction increases with age. The findings apply to older women who are sexually-active, but the team learned that even those displaying low levels of desire report frequent arousal. In the January issue ...

3 January 2012
10:54 GMT

Kate Middleton Is Top Beauty Icon of 2011

Just a few hours into 2012, now's the best time to have a look at the past year and crown our Top Beauty Icon. As it happens, we're in luck the people have already spoken: Duchess of Cambridge Kate Middleton is the most stylish and beautiful woman of 2011. Superdrug commissioned a poll on 3,000 respondents ...

31 December 2011
18:01 GMT

Giuliana Rancic Returns to Work 2 Weeks After Mastectomy

E! correspondent Giuliana Rancic is already back at work, no less than 2 weeks after double mastectomy. In a statement, Giuliana says the decision to come back was approved by doctors, who told her it would not be rushing her recovery. Giuliana announced she's been diagnosed with breast cancer in October. At the...

30 December 2011
04:11 GMT

Demi Lovato Blasts Disney for Anorexia Joke

If there's one person who knows about the pressure of being in the spotlight and looking a certain way, she is Demi Lovato. The singer has forced Disney to pull an episode of one of their shows for including an anorexia joke. On the latest episode of “Shake It Up,” one of the female characters make...

27 December 2011
13:21 GMT

This Season, Get All Glammed Up with the Snakeskin Manicure

Now's the season to be... fancy. If you're looking for something different in terms of manicure this holiday season, you might consider the Snakeskin Manicure, as invented by artistic nail designer Terri Silacci from California. Since the holiday season is perhaps the best opportunity to try trends you w...

25 December 2011
10:21 GMT

How Maternal Hormones Change Women's Brains

Over the years, there have been many studies focused on how hormones affect the bodies of both mother and baby. Yet, very few of them were focused on investigating how the chemicals change women's brains. This is the focus of a new research, and the results are interesting, to say the least. Whenever a child s...

22 December 2011
16:01 GMT

Essential Tips to Look Your Best at the Christmas Party

Christmas is coming and, with it, the usual parties you have to attend to and for which, of course, you must look your best. Below are some tips that can help you appear slimmer – and you don't even have to go on a diet to do so. Most women are no strangers to the pre-holiday dieting frenzy, when they re...

20 December 2011
14:41 GMT

Miss Venezuela Eva Ekvall Dies of Breast Cancer at 28

Eva Ekvall, crowned Miss Venezuela in 2000 when she was just 17, and one of the country's most active campaigners for cancer awareness, has lost the battle with the disease. She was only 28 years old.Eva is survived by her parents and brothers, but also by her husband and daughter. She was diagnosed with advance...

20 December 2011
11:32 GMT

Charlize Theron Blasts Women in Love with Hello Kitty Fashion

Charlize Theron is getting a lot of Oscar buzz this year for her role in the dark comedy “Young Adult,” one that, she says, she could never understand. Charlize doesn’t get women’s obsession with Hello Kitty fashion.As we also noted on various previous occasions, in the film, the Oscar-winning...

18 December 2011
04:10 GMT

Wonder Woman Campaigns for Breast Cancer Awareness

Breast cancer is real, as millions of women from around the world who have already fought it can attest. In a bid to raise awareness on the issue of prevention, here is a new series of ads with comic book heroines.Various breast cancer campaigns stress the importance of the monthly self-exam women must give themselve...

17 December 2011
05:06 GMT

DHHS Secretary Bans Sales of Contraceptives to Girls Under 17

Kathleen Sebelius, the Secretary of US Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), announced recently that she will not allow the over-the-counter sale of the emergency contraceptive Plan B to young women under the age of 17. Her decision directly opposes the recommendations of the US Food and Drug Administrati...

15 December 2011
06:27 GMT

Self-Deception Is Key to Love Life

Psychologists from the University of Texas in Austin (UTA) say that individuals looking for mates are experiencing a type of self-deception that may, oddly enough, increase their chances at playing the mating game successfully. For starters, women have been proven to constantly underestimate the amount of interest ...

15 December 2011
04:21 GMT

Male Model Andrej Pejic Models for Women's Lingerie

If the thought of a male model modeling women's lingerie puts grotesque images in your head, think again. Androgynous model Andrej Pejic might be just the guy to change your mind, as you can see in the photos attached to this article. Since he's now one of the hottest models around, being able to work for b...

14 December 2011
15:51 GMT

Transgender Nicole Sanders Spends £200,000 ($313,740 / €234,431) to Become Barbie

Some would say beauty is priceless. For Nicole Sanders, born Jason Torres, it came at a very high price: since 18, when he started his amazing transformation into a real-life Barbie doll, he spent an estimated £200,000 ($313,740 or €234,431) on plastic surgery. Today, Jason is known as Nicole, a well kno...

9 December 2011
16:31 GMT

55-Year-Old Chinese Woman Wants Record for World's Longest Hair

One Chinese woman is already a real-life Rapunzel but, in the coming years, she wants the Guinness Book of World Records to also attest it. She hasn't cut her hair since she was 14. She's 55 now. Ni Linmei has been growing out her hair for so much time that she also plans of making a buck off it and, no, it...

8 December 2011
15:21 GMT

Harvey Nichols Sets Out to Reinvent the Walk of Shame in New Ad

We all know the meaning of the phrase “walk of shame,” some of us probably from experience. British luxury department store Harvey Nichols wants to take it and turn it into the stroll of pride. After releasing a touching, emotional Christmas ad, Harvey Nichols is now trying a different approach, by target...

8 December 2011
09:20 GMT

Confidence and Spatial Abilities Go Together in Women

Since an early age, women are exposed to the idea that their spatial skills are inferior to those of men, and in many instances there are. But that doesn't mean that the situation cannot be addressed. A new study shows this can be achieved by boosting women's confidence in themselves. A healthy dose of co...

7 December 2011
08:22 GMT

Sarah Jessica Parker Says She's a 'Realist' About Her Looks

Sarah Jessica Parker was once dubbed by a popular magazine the “least attractive woman in showbiz” but, even as the years go by, she still doesn't take it to heart. If anything, she's now a “realist” about her looks, she says. In a new interview cited by the Daily Mail, the actress s...

6 December 2011
13:11 GMT

Pakistani Actress Veena Malik Sues FHM for Altering Cover Photo

The cover of December 2011 issue of FHM India is getting people from India and Pakistan fuming mad, as it depicts Pakistani actress Veena Malik wearing nothing but a sultry gaze. She, on the other hand, is denying she was ever in such a state of disrobement as pictured.Having photos digitally altered to look better i...

5 December 2011
16:31 GMT

Jessica Simpson Says Pregnant Glow Is Actually Sweat

Count on Jessica Simpson for always calling the spade a spade. On her first red carpet appearance since she announced she was pregnant with her first child, the star explained why the “pregnancy glow” is not all it's cracked up to be. Jess and her fiancé Eric Johnson were in attendance at the ...

30 November 2011
09:18 GMT

Woman with World's Longest Nails Says Her Life Is 'Normal'

It's been 18 years since Chris Walton stopped getting her manicure done and started caring for her nails at home. Also then, she stopped clipping them, which means she is now the official record holder for the world's longest nails. Yet Walton insists in a new interview with the Daily Mail that her life i...

29 November 2011
14:41 GMT

Woman with World's Largest Implants Still Thinks They're 'Small'

Sheyla Hershey initially shot to fame for holding the world record for the largest breast implants. Later on, she grabbed headlines for having to remove them after a life-threatening infection. Now, she's almost back to what she deems “normal.”As we also informed you late last year, Hershey had to go...

25 November 2011
15:41 GMT

Rosie Huntington-Whiteley Was like Ugly Betty at 15

She may be one of the hottest women working in showbiz right now but, as a teen, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley wasn't much to look at, she says in a new interview with Harper's Bazaar. The model, now one of the most famous Angels for Victoria's Secret and a budding actress as well, after getting her start ...

25 November 2011
15:01 GMT

Publicist Told Me to Get Breast Reduction, Sofia Vergara Reveals

Sofia Vergara, one of the most beautiful, smart and funny women on television right now, is also an unofficial “spokesperson” for curves. It wasn't always like that, she says in a new interview, recalling a time when she was told to get a breast reduction. The mother of one, famous for her curvy body...

17 November 2011
14:31 GMT

Boys Called Me Hairy Monster in School, Says Madonna

There was a time when Madonna wasn't popular with the boys, let alone with male models as she is today. In her interview with Harper's Bazaar, the singer recalls being bullied in school for how hairy she was.Madonna is featured in the latest issue of the magazine to promote her directorial debut, “W.E...

14 November 2011
16:01 GMT

Religious Attendance Boosts Optimism in Women

In a paper published in the latest issue of the Journal of Religion and Health, experts argue that regular attendance of religious services allows individuals to regain some optimism in the way they look at life. The research also found that people attending church were less likely to be depressed than their peers w...

14 November 2011
08:48 GMT

Miss Venezuela Is Crowned Miss World 2011

She's gorgeous, she's talented and has a very generous heart: Miss Venezuela Ivian Lunasol Sarcos Colmenares is an orphan and was educated in a nunnery - and she's just been crowned Miss World 2011 in London.Colmenares beat contestants from over 110 countries to the much coveted titles, showing the jur...

7 November 2011
15:31 GMT

FEMEN Member Strips in Vatican

FEMEN protesters usually do their unique kind of protesting in their home country, Ukraine. Call this one the one that got away: a blonde woman with the group stripped in Vatican, in front of the St. Peter's Basilica. Hailing from Ukraine, FEMEN members are students aged 18-20 who use their bodies as a way of at...

7 November 2011
04:04 GMT

Breast Cancer Survivors at Increased Risk of Depression

The results of a new investigation, conducted by researchers at the University of Missouri on women who survived breast cancer, indicate that numerous factors conspire to make these individuals especially likely to suffer depressive episodes. This study was primarily concentrated on determining how former breast ca...

4 November 2011
06:36 GMT

Doctors Warn of the Dangers of 'Pumping Parties'

DIY Botox or fillers are never a good idea, obviously. In recent months, the number of women who have died or ended up in hospitals after attending so-called “pumping parties” has increased, prompting a severe warning from doctors. Because of the economy and the false impression that anyone can give an in...

1 November 2011
16:51 GMT


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