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Tuesday, February 9, 2010
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Christine Teigen in the Sports Illustrated 2010 Swimsuit Edition released today!

Thai Norwegian beauty (and guess whose singer-songwriter’s longtime love), Christine Teigen, graces the pages of the long awaited, annual Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition 2010.  (Brooklyn Decker, married to tennis star Andy Roddick and good gal pals with Teigen, is on the cover.)


Photographed by Randall Grant in Dhigu, Maldives, Male. 


Photographed by Walter Iooss, Jr in Dhigu, Maldives, Male. Swimsuit by Delpi.


Photographed by Walter Iooss, Jr in Dhigu, Maldives, Male. Swimsuit by Delfina Swimwear.



Photographed by Walter Iooss, Jr in Dhigu, Maldives, Male.  Swimsuit by Skeemo, top by Shay Todd. 



Photographed by Walter Iooss, Jr in Dhigu, Maldives, Male. Swimsuit Becca by Rebecca Virtue. 



Photographed by Randall Grant in Dhigu, Maldives, Male.  Swimsuit by Vix Swimwear. 




Photographed by Walter Iooss, Jr in Dhigu, Maldives, Male. Swimsuit by Keiko. 



Photographed by Walter Iooss, Jr in Dhigu, Maldives, Male. Swimsuit by Keiko.



Photographed by Walter Iooss, Jr in Dhigu, Maldives, Male.  Swimsuit by Vix Swimwear. 



Photographed by Walter Iooss, Jr in Dhigu, Maldives, Male. Swimsuit by Delfina Swimwear. 



Photographed by Randall Grant in Dhigu, Maldives, Male.  So…Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue or ‘classy’ porn shoot? Randall certainly has an eye…


Other Sports Illustrated 2010 Swimsuit models of Asian descent:

Jessica Gomes

Sonia Dara

Pics: Chrissy Teigen modeling & w/her famous BF



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Thursday, February 4, 2010
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Christine Teigen holds her own in the Sports Illustrated 2010 Swimsuit Edition

The 24-year-old, Utah-born, Seattle-raised beauty of Thai and Norwegian descent has risen to the top modeling ranks by landing one of the most coveted jobs in the industry.  The Sports Illustrated 2010 Swimsuit Edition will be unveiled Tuesday, Feb 9th.

Chrissy, as she calls herself on her twitter, has modeled for Victoria’s Secret Pink, has been on the cover of Maxim mag (2007), and has done campaigns for Rock and Republic, Billabong, and Fredericks of Hollywood lingerie.  She’s also been seen around town on the arm of her boyfriend, singer-songwriter, John Legend. 


















52nd Annual Grammy Awards, January 31, 2010 
[Photo by Christopher Polk/Getty Images North America]


81st Annual Academy Awards, March 2009


Time’s 100 Most Influential People in the World Gala at the Frederick P. Rose Hall at Jazz at Lincoln Center on May 5, 2009 in New York City. [Photo by Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images]


Show Me Campaign benefit at the Soho House on May 19, 2009 in New York City. [Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images]

Victoria’s Secret Revealed: Asian models on the runway

Chrissy Teigen PHOTOS in Sports Illustrated 2010 Swimsuit



See videos of Teigen on Huffpost
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Saturday, October 3, 2009
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Fame this weekend?




Baby look at me
And tell me what you see
You ain’t seen the best of me yet
Give me time
I’ll make you forget the rest….

I can catch the moon in my hand
Don’t you know who I am
Remember my name

Fame!
I’m gonna live forever
I’m gonna learn how to fly
High!

I’m gonna make it to heaven
light up the sky like a flame
Fame!

Rememba
Rememba
Rememba

Remember?!?!?


Fame may be a remake of the old story, but with 25 year-old dance prodigy and famed choreographer to Madonna and Britney Spears, Kevin Tancharoen, directing, Debbie Allen, Bebe Neuwirth, Megan Mullally, and Anna Maria Perez de Tagle in the ensemble…we may have a new cast of contending talent to be excited about.  Check out the trailer on you tube.



PS - Researching Kevin’s ethnic background, I found that he is the brother of one ‘Maurissa Tancharoen’…yeah and? Who the heck is ‘Maurissa’? (her name was literally in quotes…do single quote marks mean the referenced is also famed?)



Turns out ‘Maurissa’ is Maurissa Tancharoen Whedon, contributing writer to Dollhouse and sister-in-law of its genius writer, producer, director, Joss Whedon, also of Firefly and Serenity magnificence.  Maurissa identifies Tancharoen as having Thai roots.  Rock on, Maurissa and Joss, for writing such intriguing and thought-provoking female roles…not to mention casting beauteous, talented actors to portray them. 




Related Posts: Homage to Firefly in Battlestar Galactica scene, Firefly in Sci-Fi blog, Mo Tancharoen’s Twitter, Nathan Fillion’s Twitter
[photos via: 1, 2, 3]

Saturday, September 5, 2009
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famousfilipinos:

Tiger Woods
Eldrick Tont “Tiger” Woods[1][2][3] (born December 30, 1975) is an American professional golfer whose achievements to date rank him among the most successful golfers of all time. Currently the World No. 1, he was the highest-paid professional athlete in 2008, having earned an estimated $110 million from winnings and endorsements.[4]
Woods has won fourteen professional major golf championships, the second highest of any male player, and 66 PGA Tour events, third all time. He has more career major wins and career PGA Tour wins than any other active golfer. He is the youngest player to achieve the career Grand Slam, and the youngest and fastest to win 50 tournaments on tour.
Woods has held the number one position in the world rankings for the most consecutive weeks and for the greatest total number of weeks. He has been awarded PGA Player of the Year a record nine times, the Byron Nelson Award for lowest adjusted scoring average a record eight times, and has tied Jack Nicklaus’ record of leading the money list in eight different seasons. He has been named Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year a record-tying four times, and is the only person to be named Sports Illustrated’s Sportsman of the Year more than once.
Since his record-breaking win at the 1997 Masters Tournament, golf’s increased popularity is attributed to Woods’ presence. He is credited for dramatically increasing prize money in golf, generating interest in new audiences as the first black person to win the Masters, and for drawing the largest TV audiences in golf history.[5][6][7][8][9][10]
Woods was born in Cypress, California to Earl (1932-2006) and Kultida (Tida) Woods (1944).  He is one-quarter Chinese, one-quarter Thai, one-quarter African American, one-eighth Native American, and one-eighth Dutch.[11] He refers to his ethnic make-up as “Cablinasian” (a portmanteau he coined from Caucasian, Black, (American) Indian, and Asian).[12]

Tiger Woods Voicemail Slow Jam Remix - Hilarious
Y.E. Yang beats Tiger in 91st PGA August 2009

famousfilipinos:

Tiger Woods

Eldrick TontTigerWoods[1][2][3] (born December 30, 1975) is an American professional golfer whose achievements to date rank him among the most successful golfers of all time. Currently the World No. 1, he was the highest-paid professional athlete in 2008, having earned an estimated $110 million from winnings and endorsements.[4]


Woods has won fourteen professional major golf championships, the second highest of any male player, and 66 PGA Tour events, third all time. He has more career major wins and career PGA Tour wins than any other active golfer. He is the youngest player to achieve the career Grand Slam, and the youngest and fastest to win 50 tournaments on tour.


Woods has held the number one position in the world rankings for the most consecutive weeks and for the greatest total number of weeks. He has been awarded PGA Player of the Year a record nine times, the Byron Nelson Award for lowest adjusted scoring average a record eight times, and has tied Jack Nicklaus’ record of leading the money list in eight different seasons. He has been named Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year a record-tying four times, and is the only person to be named Sports Illustrateds Sportsman of the Year more than once.


Since his record-breaking win at the 1997 Masters Tournament, golf’s increased popularity is attributed to Woods’ presence. He is credited for dramatically increasing prize money in golf, generating interest in new audiences as the first black person to win the Masters, and for drawing the largest TV audiences in golf history.[5][6][7][8][9][10]


Woods was born in Cypress, California to Earl (1932-2006) and Kultida (Tida) Woods (1944).  He is one-quarter Chinese, one-quarter Thai, one-quarter African American, one-eighth Native American, and one-eighth Dutch.[11] He refers to his ethnic make-up as “Cablinasian” (a portmanteau he coined from Caucasian, Black, (American) Indian, and Asian).[12]

Tiger Woods Voicemail Slow Jam Remix - Hilarious

Y.E. Yang beats Tiger in 91st PGA August 2009

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Johnny David Damon
 (born November 5, 1973 in Fort Riley, Kansas) is a Thai American Major League Baseball outfielder for the New York Yankees. Since the 2000 season, he is 3rd among active major leaguers in runs (589), and 7th in hits (912) and stolen bases (153).
Damon was born in Fort Riley, Kansas. His mother, Yome, is from Thailand and his father, Jimmy, is American of Croatian and Irish descent. They met while his father, a staff sergeant in the United States Army, was stationed in Thailand.
Previous organizations in which he’s played ball: Kansas City Royals, Oakland Athletics, Boston Red Sox

famousfilipinos:

Johnny David Damon

(born November 5, 1973 in Fort Riley, Kansas) is a Thai American Major League Baseball outfielder for the New York Yankees. Since the 2000 season, he is 3rd among active major leaguers in runs (589), and 7th in hits (912) and stolen bases (153).

Damon was born in Fort Riley, Kansas. His mother, Yome, is from Thailand and his father, Jimmy, is American of Croatian and Irish descent. They met while his father, a staff sergeant in the United States Army, was stationed in Thailand.

Previous organizations in which he’s played ball: Kansas City Royals, Oakland Athletics, Boston Red Sox

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