US clothing line American Apparel’s search for a plus-size model competition did not impress Nancy Upton, but it now looks like she could take out the title. The clothing label launched a “next big thing” competition to celebrate its XL range and set out to find a US size 12-14 model encouraging women to present […]

A UK couple are giving a whole new meaning to interactive toys by opening a “doll boutique” where young girls can purchase dolls that look like them and dress them in the same clothes. The UK’s Daily Mail reported department store My London Girl will open in London’s Westfield Shopping Centre this month offering young […]

A Caloundra truck driver overdid his cleaning duties, and threw out his wife’s $80,000 jewellery collection. The couple kept the jewellery wrapped in garbage bags to fool thieves, but Geoff accidently throw it in the garbage. “My wife rang and said where have the jewellery bags gone and I got that sick feeling in my […]

The humble children’s party complete with party pies, sausage rolls and a home-made cake, just doesn’t seem to cut it these days, especially for the parents on the latest US reality TV show Outrageous Kids Parties to air on TLC. From an over-the-top six-year-old’s princess party costing more than $15,000 to a Willy Wonka-style candy-filled […]

After having seven sons, Jodi and Andrew McMahon took matters into their own hands to conceive a little girl. You could be forgiven for thinking there must be something in the waters flowing by the lush Snowy Mountains property belonging to Jodi and Andrew McMahon. Some life-giving force that has seen this mum and dad […]

The ultimate taboo? One woman reveals how her high school crush... became her husband!

Years ago, after leaving my long-term partner, I moved in with a friend, Sarah. We had known each other for about 10 years but had never been very close. However she offered me a room, which I saw as an out so I took it. Mostly we got along well, but she had a cat […]

The arrival of a baby girl has brought a new chapter of delight into the life of Karen Bell. She tells how she is healing from tragedy and embracing a hopeful future. With her beautiful baby girl sleeping soundly in her arms, a beaming Karen Bell is in a “very happy place”. That happiness is […]

Australia is in the grip of ‘yellow fever’, thanks to the Aussie who dared to dream. He’s the sort of champion Aussies love to love. A humble man with a big heart, possessed with true grit and the quiet determination to never give up. For Cadel Evans, standing proud and teary-eyed on the podium in […]

The six-year-old US pageant princess is translating her tiara success into a push for world domination. We meet the girl behind the make-up. Most six-year-old girls spend their time playing with their dolls or watching The Wiggles. Eden Wood is not one of them. Her spare time is filled with hair appointments, fittings and spray […]