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Victoria Beckham to launch shoe collection

The 39-year-old was speaking to 800 students at New York’s famed Parsons School of Design when she revealed her plans to expand her fashion empire.

“You know, I do want to start a shoe collection,” she said. “If anybody here is a shoe designer, please do come and see me! I definitely think shoes is probably the next category that I’ll look at going into.”

While excited about the prospect of footwear, the former pop-star, who has recently been sporting some uncharacteristic flats, confessed she’s slightly intimidated by the venture.

“It’s quite a competitive category but I would love to go into it,” she said. “I actually work with Manolo Blahnik on the shoes for my show every season and working with him is remarkable.”

Victoria on the runway after her Autumn/Winter 14 collection was exhibited on Sunday at Café Rouge in NYC.

Beckham has surprised many by carving out an impressive fashion career since launching her label five years ago. Her recent women’s wear collection was met with praise for quality tailoring and bold minimalist looks.

The show was not only attended fashion fans, like US Vogue editor-in-chief, Anna Wintour who sat front row, but also David Beckham and the entire Beckham brood who turned out to support their matriarch.

David Beckham snaps a family selfie as he sits front row with his children, Brooklyn, Romeo, Cruz and Harper.

The Beckham boys, Brooklyn,15, Romeo, 11 and Cruz, eight, obviously  looked uber-handsome at the event and with such stylish sons it’s no wonder proud mum Victoria is keen to also dabble in designing some menswear too.

“I’d love to do menswear at some point, absolutely,” she said. “I get very inspired by menswear- [my spring 2014 collection] was very inspired by men’s tailoring, and there’s the boy-meets-girl fashion message throughout the whole collection.”

The Beckhams have been paparazzi favourites this fashion week.

But when asked if hubby David would consider modelling the future men’s line Victoria joked “He’s a bit busy modelling underwear at the moment”.

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Jess Gomes steams up Air New Zealand safety video

The Kiwi airline’s new video, which features several scantily-clad Sports Illustrated swimsuit models, has already gone viral and been met with mixed reviews.

The clip, aptly titled Safety in Paradise, stars Ariel Meredith, Chrissy Teigen, Hannah Davis and David Jones ambassador Jessica Gomes. Rather than being a bland instructional video, which too often gets ignored, the beauties inform passengers of emergency procedures while strutting on white sandy beaches in the Cook Islands wearing skimpy bathing suits.

The cheeky video sees the models jump into rock pools wearing life jackets and tucking their luggage under deck chairs dishing out advice like “Relax, you are on island time now!”

Aussie bombshell, Jessica Gomes, who is a Sports Illustrated favourite, was delighted with her transport to the exotic location, claiming “I was just so lucky to be able to ride up the front with the pilot!”

But it’s not just the models of today informing passengers about in-flight safety, former cover girl, Christie Brinkley also makes a cameo. The 60-year-old, who looks stunning in a white bikini and robe, did not make the journey to the Cook Islands and instead played her role across the Pacific sitting poolside at a swish mansion in the Hollywood Hills.

The clip sent the Twitter-sphere into meltdown with many users thrilled to see swimsuits and air safety together.

“I can’t tell what looks better? The SI models or the Cook Islands?? Amazing job!!” one online fan tweeted.

Picturesque and effective, no? Not according to some who accuse the airline of outright sexism, labelling the video offensive. Hilary Barry, a high-profile news anchor in New Zealand said she was “incensed” with the stunt.

“I think it’s highly inappropriate, sexualised, objectifies women, demeaning, it’s just appalling” Barry said. “They should truly, cut their losses, take it down immediately,” she said.

This is not the airlines first go at challenging the flight safety video status-quo. This racy new video follows clips that feature Hobbits, All Blacks and TV survival expert Bear Grylls.

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Yes, I have epilepsy – but I’m still me

Lauren Nutley, 24.

One day on my way to school I felt a strange rush. An intense feeling of déjà vu swept over me: first rendering me cold, and then hitting me with a searing hot flush.

The entire episode lasted just half a minute, but left me feeling weak and nauseous.

I was 17 at the time, and booked a doctor’s appointment as soon as I could, frightened the sensation would return.

The doctor I saw dismissed my concerns, and when I asked for a CT scan he laughed, calling it a “waste of taxpayer’s money”.

I felt ridiculed, and was scared the feeling would return again.

As my studies intensified (I was in my last year of high school), I started suffering these déjà vu attacks more and more frequently. Sometimes I would have as many as 50 in just 3 days, leaving me exhausted and finding it hard to concentrate on my work.

Three more doctors over the next five years dismissed my concerns, until I was finally (mis)diagnosed with migraines, and put on preventative aspirin and the contraceptive pill.

The attacks continued, and made studying at university impossible– so reluctantly I pulled out of my Education degree in third year.

Finally, fed up with a lack of answers from the medical fraternity, my Mum did an online search of my symptoms.

The results suggested I had epilepsy, and the next day she rushed me to a doctor, demanding a brain scan (medically known as an EEG or Electroencephalogram).

Finally I had a proper diagnosis. At 22 years of age, with no previous medical issues, I had epilepsy.

According to Epilepsy Action Australia, around 225,000 Australians are currently living with epilepsy, and an estimated 2.4 million new cases are diagnosed around the world each year.

Since my diagnosis, I have been on rollercoaster of medications – six in total – one caused me to put on 15 kilos, another made me depressed.

When I was weaned off one drug to go to another, I had my first major seizure, called a “tonic clonic”. I was at work at the time, and while I don’t remember it I know everyone was horrified, and I stopped receiving shifts.

I feel embarrassed, stigmatised, and have lost a lot of friends who just don’t understand my condition. On the flipside, I have had incredible love and support from my Mum, brother and partner.

Because of the medication, I have heightened risk of birth defects and as my seizures aren’t regulated yet, it would be devastating to fall pregnant right now.

My current doctors and neurologist are still working out exactly what type of epilepsy I have. They think I have at least two types, one that causes the déjà vu episodes – and another that causes me to have the more dramatic seizures.

Despite epilepsy being the most common brain disorder in the world, most Aussies don’t know about it, which is why I want to tell my story.

I want people to know that there are many types of epilepsy – over 40 – and varying degrees of severity in each case.

For me: I can work, I can socialise, I can study… but I need people to be understanding of my condition, and know what to do if I do have a seizure.

I have normal dreams: I want to marry my fiancée, I want a house of my own, I want to finish my degree.

I want my epilepsy medication to be worked out so I can drive a car for the first time in my life.

Most of all, I don’t want to be pigeonholed as an “epileptic”. I am Lauren, a 24-year-old from Queensland, and I want to be known as me.

For more information about epilepsy, visit Epilepsy Action Australia’s website.

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Hero awarded posthumous Victoria Cross

Corporal Cameron Stewart Baird has been posthumously awarded Australia's 100th Victoria Cross.

Corporal Cameron Stewart Baird has been posthumously awarded Australia's 100th Victoria Cross.

Prime Minister Tony Abbott bestowed the country’s highest military honour on Corporal Cameron Stewart Baird in parliament this morning.

“Our country has lost a citizen, a soldier, a hero,” Abbott told the House of Representatives. “We are all the poorer for his passing but the richer for his living.

“For all of us, this is a bittersweet day. Bitter because a fine man is gone and cannot be brought back. Sweet because he died for his mates doing what he lived for.”

Outgoing Governor-General Quentin Bryce will present the medal to Baird’s parents in a ceremony at Government House in Canberra next Tuesday.

Corporal Baird’s brother Brendan said it was a very proud day for his family.

“Cameron never liked the limelight,” he said. “He was a very humble man who would not see this as an individual award but recognition of all commandoes.

“We accept this award not only on behalf of Cameron but for all his brothers, his team, his company and his regiment.”

Corporal Baird was shot dead last July during a raid on an enemy stronghold in the village of Ghawchak, in Afghanistan’s Khod Vallery. He died heroically trying to draw fire away from his fellow soldiers to allow them to safely gain ground.

He was the 40th Australian soldier to be killed in Afghanistan.

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Torah shines Bright with silver in Sochi

Torah Bright

The Cooma born and raised snowboarder finished second behind American Kaitlyn Farrington (91.75), and ahead of Kelly Clark (90.75), also of the USA.

Bright, who scored a disappointing 58.25 in her first run of the halfpipe, rallied all she could muster on her second attempt, scoring a huge 91.50 which put her 0.25 points behind Farrington, a tiny margin that robbed the Aussie of back-to-back Olympic gold.

Bright, who took gold the same event in the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics, said while the contest in Sochi provided a close finish that made for some exciting spectating, she was definitely feeling the pressure.

“Tonight was really difficult. Perhaps like one of the hardest contests I have done in a while,” she said. “I’m so happy it is over and I am so happy I put a run down. I am grateful to be here.”

If not for Bright it would have been an all-American trifecta finish, with another former Olympic champion, Hannah Teter, finishing in fourth place.

Torah said that while the finals pressure mounted, her mind was a million miles away thinking of her family watching in Australia.

“I was actually thinking about my brother and everybody back home,” she said. “I am like, ‘Why did I do that to them again? Leave it down to the last run. Why do I do it to myself?’ “

Winning Olympic medals has been a lifelong dream for Bright. She was on skis at the age of two, snowboarding at 11, and had turned professional by the time she was 14.

The victory ties Bright with Dale Begg-Smith as Australia’s most successful Winter Olympian. Begg-Smith won the gold medal for Australia in the men’s moguls event at the 2006 Winter Olympics and silver at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

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Show-stoppers: 2014’s big curtain calls

2014's best arts and entertainment features around Australia
Bill Henson's Puppet Up!

PUPPET UP! AT MELBOURNE’S COMEDY FESTIVAL

Sixty of the original Jim Henson puppets will be brought to life in the wickedly funny Puppet Up! at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. The wacky, off-the-cuff show delivers a riotous mix of “animals, humans, aliens, hotdogs and crabs” in what is billed as a “psychotic puppet party”, courtesy of The Jim Henson Company.

Other international headliners are Max and Ivan, Paul Foot and Sara Pascoe, accompanied by local acts, Wil Anderson, Hannah Gadsby, Cal Wilson and Denise Scott.

It’s the 26th festival since it was launched by Barry Humphries and Peter Cook in 1987 and, with attendances of over 630,000 last year, it’s now Australia’s largest cultural event. This year, the Melbourne Town Hall precinct will once again be converted into a giant comedy hub from March 26 to April 20.

MADAMA BUTTERFLY – ON SYDNEY HARBOUR

March 21 marks the third anniversary of one of Australia’s boldest arts initiatives – the staging of open-air opera on Sydney Harbour. This year’s production, Madama Butterfly, one of the repertoire’s most popular operas, is expected to eclipse the spectacular successes of 2012’s La Traviata and 2013’s Carmen.

The visionary behind these performances, Opera Australia Artistic Director Lyndon Terracini, has not only matched superb production values with world-class singers, but on a lighter note, eye-catching props. La Traviata sported a truck-sized chandelier, Carmen a giant bull. This year, Madama Butterfly (March 21-April 12) will create a giant full moon, which rises from the harbour and silhouettes “Butterfly” and Pinkerton in this poignant tale of love and betrayal.

The first two Handa productions drew opera buffs from all over the world and also grew a new domestic audience at Bennelong Point. “Sixty per cent of the people who came [to La Traviata] had never been to an opera before,” Lyndon Terracini said last year. And 40 per cent of the audiences came from interstate and overseas, proving that the arts can be a dynamic factor in getting people to travel.

“Our productions on the Harbour are great introductions to opera, especially for those who may not have entertained the idea before,” said Terracini.

Few punters were probably aware of the tense lead up to La Traviata in 2013, when rain threatened to sabotage the success of a project estimated to have $11 million in the balance. “I had four weather apps on my phone and each one told me the sun was going to shine,” said a sublimely optimistic Terracini at the time. And even though it had rained for a month, the sun did shine on the opening night and 3000 people leapt to their feet and roared with applause.

This year, Cio-Cio-San (“Butterfly”) will be sung by Hiromi Omura and Hyeseoung Kwon; Suzuki by Anna Yun; and Pinkerton by Georgy Vasiliev and Andeka Gorrotxategi. Brian Castles-Onion will conduct. For information, visit Opera Australia.

ADELAIDE FRINGE

If you’re heading south, be sure to catch one of South Australia’s premier events, the 2014 Adelaide Fringe. With a record 966 events, including risqué cabaret, thought-provoking theatre and zany circus acts, alongside dance, comedy and lots for the kids, too, it has something for everyone and runs from February 14 to March 16.

Catch the Fringe Parade on the opening night, an explosion of colour, light and music along King William Street at 8.30pm, with pre-parade entertainment from 7pm. It’s the perfect event for the whole family – take along a picnic blanket and stake out your spot along the parade route.

The newly developed Victoria Square, right in the heart of the city, will be transformed into the festival hub – featuring not only the Fringe Street Theatre Festival, where super funny and super skilled street performers will entertain passers-by, but the Spirit Festival, a celebration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander arts and culture.

Other festival highlights include Fringe ambassador and ARIA award-winning singer-songwriter Katie Noonan on stage at The Garden of Unearthly Delights in Rundle Park, comedians including Wil Anderson, Stephen K. Amos and Denise Scott tickling funny bones in various shows, and high-energy dance performances and workshops, including Spandexx Ballet: Aerobics ’80s Style, where you can dust off your leotard and leg warmers and get involved.

For a truly delicious night out for the senses outside of the city, why not catch the a Capella group, The Idea of North, at the Jacobs Creek Visitors Centre, where their smooth harmonies will accompany a three-course meal prepared by executive chef, Genevieve Harris, and matched with the label’s award-winning reserve wines. Or if you’re after something a little more unusual, head to Victoria Square for Twisted Lollipop, a tale of two brats, just as sweet and sour as each other.

You’ll find ticket box offices and outlets around the city and getting around easy – there’s a free Fringe bus that will take you to the various venues. Just watch out for any number of unexpected characters you might encounter when you step onboard! The bus runs from 8pm till midnight, Thursday to Saturday nights for the duration of the festival from East End to Victoria Square.

Other events during “Mad March”, as the Adelaidians call the month, are the Adelaide Festival (February 20- March 16), the arts and music extravaganza WOMADelaide (March 7-10) in the city’s Botanic Park and the motor racing event, Clipsal 500 (February 27-March 2).

NOOSA INTERNATIONAL FOOD & WINE FESTIVAL

More than 250 invited chefs, producers, winemakers and entertainers will descend on Noosa to join foodies from all over the world to celebrate the good things in life. The aim this year is to“strip away some of the formality and create one big party”, say the organisers.

Set against the sparkling backdrop of Noosa (recently awarded Australia’s Best Summer Holiday Destination), the 2014 festival will host some of the world’s best chefs, including Franck-Elie Laloum (Shanghai), Alvin Leung (Hong Kong), Bruno Loubet (London), Neil Perry AM (Sydney), Julien Royer (Singapore), David Thompson (Bangkok) as well as Shane Delia, Guy Gross and Peter Kuruvita under direction of the festival’s new Executive Chef Timothy Montgomery.

More than 80 of Australia’s best winemakers will come together for a series of world-class wine celebrations and masterclasses hosted by Aaron Brasher, Peter Forrestal, Ken Gargett, Tony Harper, Tony Love, Bernadette O’Shea, Peter Scudamore-Smith and Tyson Steltzer.

A ROYAL COUP: MADRID’S PRADO COMES TO MELBOURNE

More than 100 Italian masterpieces will grace the walls of the National Gallery of Victoria this winter. The exhibition, Italian Masterpieces: from Spain’s Royal Court Museo del Prado (May 16 to August 31), is seen as a world-class coup.

A Melbourne exclusive, it draws on one of the world’s most celebrated collections and will showcase over 100 works – comprising 70 paintings, many measuring over three metres, alongside more than 30 superb drawings – the largest number of Italian works the Museo del Prado has ever loaned to one exhibition.

“This is the first time the Prado has toured an exhibition of their renowned collection of Italian masterpieces in the world,” says Tony Ellwood, Director of the National Gallery of Victoria. “We are thrilled that Melbourne has secured this world first – providing visitors with an unprecedented opportunity to see works that, until now, could only be seen at the Prado.”

More than 70 artists are represented, including Raphael, Correggio, Titian, Tintoretto, the Carracci, Poussin and Tiepolo.

PAS DE DEUX IN PARADISE – HAMILTON ISLAND

Soak up some of ballet’s most beautiful pas de deux with the Queensland’s Whitsunday Passage as the backdrop. Now in its seventh year, The Australian Ballet’s Pas de Deux in Paradise returns to the luxury Qualia resort on Hamilton Island with dancing from La Sylphide, Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella and The Nutcracker on the weekend of October 31-November 2.

Principal artists Leanne Stojmenov, Kevin Jackson, Lana Jones and Daniel Gaudiello will perform beachside in this open-air event, where spectators get to mingle with the dancers.

The multi-dimensional weekend sees guests get an unprecedented insight into the workings of a ballet company and how the magic is weaved behind the scenes and on stage. There’ll be open rehearsals, the beachside cocktail party before the show, a question-and-answer session and grand dinner at the resort’s Long Pavilion. For ballet lovers or anyone in search of romantic getaway, this is the event … perfect for an anniversary.

Photography credit for [Italian Masterpieces: from Spain’s Royal Court Museo del Prado](/(http:/www.ngv.vic.gov.au/whats-on/exhibitions/exhibitions/italian-masterpieces-from-spains-royal-court-museo-del-prado-madrid)): Holy Family with Saint John or Madonna of the Rose by Raphael, circa 1516. Courtesy Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid.

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Why I love her: Malcolm Turnbull on wife Lucy

Her smile, her laugh, her zest for life. Malcolm Turnbull writes about the moment he fell in love with his wife.
Malcolm Turnball, federal Minister for communication and his wife Lucy.

It was her smile that entranced me. It was so open, so happy, so refreshingly sane, at once mischievously funny and worldly wise and, above all, full of love.

She was 19 and I was 23. Our first encounter was not across a crowded room, or on a dance floor, but in the otherwise thoroughly unromantic environment of her father’s legal chambers where she was working over the summer holidays.

It was January 1978 and I had been sent by The Bulletin to interview the Honourable (and frighteningly formidable) Thomas Eyre Forrest Hughes QC.

I would like to think she was as smitten with me as I was with her, but I suspect the arrival of any sentient being vaguely her own age was a pleasant distraction from cross-referencing Tom’s hundreds of dusty volumes of law reports.

We quickly became best friends and have stayed that way. She makes me laugh. We have always found each other amusing.

I was so in love and so worried I would lose her that I asked her to marry me soon after we met. She said we should wait until we grew up. Thankfully, we didn’t (it is not entirely clear that men ever grow up, of course) and we were married two years later, in 1980.

It is almost impossible to be sad in Lucy’s company. She is hardly ever down; she is as bouncy, as optimistic today as she was when I met her. Lucy is one of those few people who light up every room she enters.

And bouncy is the right word. I vividly recall coming back to Australia from the UK, where I was studying, and being met by Lucy at the airport. She was so excited to see me, she was jumping up and down – prouncing (bouncing and prancing at the same time) – and then I started jumping up and down, and then we were both jumping up and down hugging each other until we realised how crazy we looked and fell about laughing.

Both our respective sets of parents had been divorced and we were determined not to be. Despite very busy, often distracting lives, we have always tried to make lots of time to be with each other.

I think this has been a very wise move – it is so easy between the demands of children and career to lose any time for each other, to lose the space in which the romance that brought you together in the first place can continue to thrive.

Yet, truthfully, we have been so lucky in so many ways. To meet the love of your life at all, let alone at such a young age, is such a blessing.

Over the years, we have grown together. It is almost impossible to imagine, let alone remember, what it was like not to be together, so much so that I have a much clearer sense of “Lucy and me” than I do of “me”.

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What Kate will be wearing this winter

Kate's favourite designer Jenny Packham wowed onlookers at New York Fashion Week with her regal new collection.

The Duchess of Cambridge’s favourite designer Jenny Packham has showed her elegant autumn/winter collection at New York Fashion Week to rave reviews.

Packham’s latest collection will no doubt be a hit with the 32-year-old Duchess of Cambridge, who wowed in a custom-made floor length navy gown by the designer at a black tie gala event London on Tuesday night.

Over the years Kate has become the brand’s most famous customer. The royal has chosen to sport the British label on countless notable occasions including the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee tour, the 60th Anniversary of the Queen’s coronation and Prince George’s first photo opportunity.

Packham says she channelled the psychedelic style of Bianca Jagger to inspire her opulent retro collection.

Her eponymous label is not just a hit with the young royals – A-list celebs like Kiera Knightley, Cameron Diaz and Beyoncé have all been spotted in the successful independent label.

While beautiful and elegant, Packham’s garments don’t come cheap- one must be willing to part with upwards of $4000 to get their hands on some of the designs.

The Duchess of Cambridge is Jenny Packham’s most famous customer.

Model shows Packham’s elegant evening wear.

A low-cut floor length red gown added a splash of vibrant colour to the mostly pastel collection.

This floor length off-the-shoulder sheer gown added a touch of opulence.

The fall/winter collection featured elegant flowing fabrics which floated down the runway.

Floating garments and structured tailoring were big.

Model shows an embellished LBD.

One can imagine the Duchess in this dark floor-length number.

This long-sleeved fitted gown shimmered on the runway.

Feathers were seen thoroughout the collection.

This bright gown was a standout and will no doubt be seen on red carpets toward the end of award season.

Creams, whites and silvers dominated the collection’s colour palate.

This number is the right mix of decadence and sophistication.

This eccentric powder blue feather coat was the stand-out piece of the collection.

This bejewelled skirt was a nod to couture craftsmanship.

This sweeping Grecian inspired gown dazzled fashion fans.

A full skirt befitting of a princess wandered down the runway.

The designer walks out to greet the crowd post-show.

Kate wore this ink blue Jenny Packham gown to a black tie event held at London’s National Portrait Gallery on Tuesday night.

The Duchess of Cambridge attends the 10th Annual ARK (Absolute Return for Kids) Gala in 2011 wearing a dazzling pink Jenny Packham gown.

Keeping it short and sweet in this printed Jenny Packham gown at the polo.

In one of her most iconic looks yet the Duchess attends the official launch party for Team GB and Paralympics GB ahead of the London 2012 Games at Royal Albert Hall in a teal Jenny Packham design.

Catherine keeping in classy and casual in Jenny Packham at Kuala Lumpur International Airport on Day 3 of her Diamond Jubilee Tour of South East Asia in September, 2012.

A pregnant Kate wears Jenny Packham to attend the 60th anniversary of the Queen’s coronation at Westminster Abbey in June, 2013.

Packham designed the unforgettable polka-dot blue dress Kate wore when exiting the hospital cradling a newborn Prince George.

Just months after giving birth, the Duchess of Cambridge attends The Tusk Conservation Awards at The Royal Society with Prince William in this glittering Jenny Packham gown.

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Barbie becomes oldest Sports Illustrated covergirl

Barbie has become the oldest woman to grace the cover of Sport Illustrated's Swimsuit Edition.

Barbie has become the oldest woman to grace the cover of Sport Illustrated’s Swimsuit Edition.

At 55, the iconic doll is some three decades older than the average cover model, not that you can tell – an unchanging figure is a definite perk of being crafted entirely out of plastic.

Mattel and Sport Illustrated teamed up to create the souvenir cover to celebrate the release of the 50th issue of the magazine’s annual swimwear special next week.

Barbie – dressed in a replica of the swimsuit the first-ever doll wore when she was launched in 1959 – will appear in a four-page feature in the upcoming magazine and a special Sports Illustrated Barbie will also be sold in the US and online.

Barbie on the “cover” of Sports Illustrated’s swimsuit edition.

The Sports Illustrated Barbie is wearing a replica of the swimsuit the first ever Barbie wore in 1959.

1964: On the Cover: Babette March Photographed by: J. Frederick Smith

1965: On the Cover Sue Peterson photographed by: Jay Maisel

1966: On the Cover: Sunny Bippus Photographed by: Howell Conant

1967: On the Cover: Lynn Tindall Photographed by: Jay Maise

1968: On the Cover: Turia Mau Photographed by: John G. Zimmerman

1969: On the Cover: Jamee Becker Photographed by: Ernst Haas

1970: On the Cover: Cheryl Tiegs Photographed by: Jay Maisel

1971: On the Cover: Tannia Rubiano Photographed by: Robert Huntzinger

1972: On the Cover: Sheila Roscoe Photographed by: John G. Zimmerman

1973: On the Cover: Dayle Haddon Photographed by: Walter Iooss Jr.

1974: On the Cover: Ann Simonton Photographed by: Jay Maisel

1975: On the Cover: Cheryl Tiegs Photographed by: Walter Iooss Jr.

1976: On the Cover: Yvette and Yvonne Sylvander Photographed by: Kourken Pakchanian

1977: On the Cover: Lena Hansbod Photographed by: Art Kane

1978: On the Cover: Maria Joao Photographed by: Walter Iooss, Jr

1979: On the Cover: Christie Brinkley Photographed by: Walter Iooss Jr.

1980: On the Cover: Christie Brinkley Photographed by: John G. Zimmerman

1981: On the Cover: Christie Brinkley Photographed by: John G. Zimmerman

1982: On the Cover: Carol Alt Photographed by: John G. Zimmerman

1983: On the Cover: Cheryl Tiegs Photographed by: Walter Iooss, Jr.

1984: On the Cover: Paulina Porizkova Photographed by: Paolo Curto

1985: On the Cover: Paulina Porizkova Photographed by: Brian Lanke

1986: On the Cover: Elle Macpherson Photographed by: Brian Lanker

1987: On the Cover: Elle Macpherson Photographed by: Brian Lanker

1988: On the Cover: Elle Macpherson Photographed by: John G. Zimmerman

1989: On the Cover: Kathy Ireland Photographed by: Paolo Curto

1990: On the Cover: Judit Masco Photographed by: Robert Huntzinger

1991: On the Cover: Ashley Montana Photographed by: Walter Iooss Jr.

1992: On the Cover: Kathy Ireland photographed by Ronald Huntzinger

1993: On the Cover: Vendela Kirsebom Photographed by: Paolo Curto

1994: On the Cover: Kathy Ireland, Elle Macpherson and Rachel Hunter Photographed by: Walter Iooss Jr.

1995: On the Cover: Daniela Pestova Photographed by: Mike Reinhardt

1996: On the Cover: Valeria Mazza and Tyra Banks Photographed by: Walter Iooss Jr.

1997: On the Cover: Tyra Banks Photographed by: Russell James

1998: On the Cover: Heidi Klum Photographed by: Robert Erdmann

1999: On the Cover: Rebecca Romijn-Stamos Photographed by: Antoine Verglas

2000: On the Cover: Daniela Pestova Photographed by: Robert Erdmann

2001: On the Cover: Elsa Benitez Photographed by: Stewart Shining

2002: On the Cover: Yamila Diaz-Rahi Photographed by: Jeff Bark

2003: On the Cover: Petra Nemcova Photographed by: Walter Iooss Jr.

2004: On the Cover: Veronica Varekova Photographed by: Walter Iooss Jr.

2005: On the Cover: Carolyn Murphy Photographed by: Jeff Olson

2006: On the Cover: Veronica Varekova, Elle Macpherson, Rebecca Romijn, Rachel Hunter, Daniela Pestova, Elsa Benitez, Carolyn Murphy, and Yamila Diaz-Rahi Photographed by: Raphael Mazzucco

2007: On the Cover: Beyoncé Photographed by: Cliff Watts

2008: On the Cover: Marisa Miller Photographed by: Raphael Mazzucco

2009: On the Cover: Bar Refaeli Photographed by: Raphael Mazzucco

2010: On the Cover: Brooklyn Decker Photographed by: Walter Iooss Jr.

2011: On the Cover: Irina Shayk Photographed by: Bjorn Iooss

2012: On the Cover: Kate Upton Photographed by: Walter Iooss Jr.

2013: On the Cover: Kate Upton Photographed by: Derek Kettela

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Ashton and Mila engagement ‘imminent’ friend says

Ashton and Mila engagement “imminent” friend says

While Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis celebrated his 36th birthday recently, it looks like another celebration is just around the corner!

A close friend of the couple say they’re preparing to tie the knot sooner rather than later.

“They talk about getting married and having kids. An engagement is imminent,” the friend told US Weekly.

Mila threw Ashton a surprise party on Saturday night, renting out his favourite Hollywood restaurant, La Poubelle, for his birthday.

Friends say laid-back celebration is certainly a change from Ashton’s usual party-loving ways.

“They had been planning it for a while. Ashton didn’t want a huge thing but they got a good group together,” the friend said.

“He’s certainly changed from how he used to like to party years ago. This was more of a wholesome situation. They had a great time.”

Eyewitnesses at the restaurant say the former That ’70s Show co-stars, who have been together for two years, “looked romantic together”.

The small group enjoyed a night of good company as they feasted on steak, lobster, quail and ribs while knocking back a few cocktails.

“Mila gets along great with all of his friends. She’s like part of the crew,” the friend said.

Before dating Mila, Ashton was married to Demi Moore. The pair finalised their divorce in November after a two-year legal battle.

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