Tuesday, 28 February 2012
Glamour model reveals why she is still working one month before giving birth
'I pose naked to support my family': Glamour model reveals why she is still working one month before giving birth
By Maysa Rawi
Last updated at 5:19 PM on 28th February 2012
Glamour model Sophia Cahill shocked the audience when she appeared naked and heavily pregnant on the catwalk at London Fashion Week.
Now the 28-year-old single mother, with one month left before she gives birth, has revealed she still strips off to support her family but finds it 'tough being alone.'
A former Miss Wales, Sophia has been modelling since she was 18, but after getting pregnant with son Bailey, now nine - and splitting up with his father soon after - she turned to glamour modelling to pay the bills.
Glamour model Sophia Cahill Tweeted this picture of herself backstage at London Fashion Week before appearing nude on the catwalk
Sophia has also appeared in Penthouse and Playboy, earning up to £500 a day.
Last year she fell pregnant again with her boyfriend of five months - but the pair broke up 11 weeks later.
She told Closer magazine: 'I need to work to pay the bills and it's really tough doing it alone.
A former Miss Wales, Sophia has been modelling since she was 18 but after getting pregnant with son Bailey, now nine - and splitting up with his father soon after - she turned to glamour modelling to pay the bills
The 28-year-old, a former Miss Wales, has appeared in Penthouse and Playboy in the past
This time I had to provide for by unborn baby and Bailey. I had to keep working.
'There were gasps when I went down the catwalk, but it didn't bother me. A pregnant body is beautiful and shouldn't be hidden.
'Some women feel fat and frumpy with a bump - but I feel sexy and womanly. Men tell me I look gorgeous and sexy.'
Sophia appeared at Welsh milliner Robyn Coles' debut show wearing nothing but a hat
Sophia modelled for Welsh milliner Robyn Coles earlier this month in nothing but a hat.
Coles said she wanted to include Cahill, who is a friend from home, because it is rare to see pregnant women on the catwalk.
'She was one person I knew would be more than happy to get her kit off. I thought it would be nice she would be pregnant for the show. You never see that kind of thing in fashion.'
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2107637/Sophia-Cahill-I-pose-naked-support-family.html#ixzz1nht0SRiM
Saturday, 25 February 2012
Wives ban their husbands from visiting Italian cafe where busty barmaid serves up drinks in skimpy outfits
Sexpresso: Wives ban their husbands from visiting Italian cafe where busty barmaid serves up drinks in skimpy outfits
- Bagnolo's mayor has banned her husband from going to the bar
- 'I have upset the women but that's not my problem,' says Laura Maggi
- Attracted so many customers that the mayor is now considering an emergency bylaw to cope with the huge amount of traffic
By Nick Pisa
Last updated at 4:52 PM on 25th February 2012
After eight years running a bar, Laura Maggi suddenly found men beating a path to her door.
Not for the quality of her coffee and aperitifs, but because she had started appearing for work in highly revealing outfits.
Hundreds of male customers flocked there day and night, leaving their cars double parked in the surrounding streets.
Congestion became such a problem that the lady mayor announced she was considering an emergency bylaw to limit traffic in the area.
Causing controversy: Laura Maggi, 34, who runs a bar called Le Cafe, has dominated newspapers and TV chat shows, after pictures of her dressed in barely anything appeared on the internet
Pulling more than a pint: The women folk of Bagnolo Mella, near Brescia, which is where Manchester City ace Mario Balotelli is from, are up in arms and said that they had banned their partners from going to Le Cafe
Main attraction: On the walls of Le Cafe there are pictures of Laura, dressed in a bikini on holiday - while in other snaps she is wrapped in an American Stars and Stripes flag. Yet more pictures of her, semi-naked, have been turned into a calendar
You're not going anywhere: Bagnolo's mayor Cristina Almici has also banned her husband from going to Laura's bar and said: 'We have received several complaints from women in the town about the bar'
Now women in the small northern Italian town of Bagnolo Mella have declared Le Cafe out of bounds to their menfolk – and 34-year-old Miss Maggi has become a national celebrity.
Yesterday she was a guest on the Italian equivalent of This Morning and said: ‘I don’t see what the problem is – it’s just a bit of harmless fun.
‘If the guys come here what can I do?
'I know I have upset the women but that’s not my problem.
'It’s not my fault if guys want to come and have a drink in my bar.’
She added that some customers were travelling up to 70 miles just to have a coffee in her bar.
On the walls of Le Cafe are pictures of Miss Maggi in a bikini on holiday.
She has 5,000 new friends on Facebook while a local poll found that 46 per cent of respondents said partners of her male customers should be ‘asking themselves why their partners prefer Laura to them’.
Several wives from the town have been on TV to complain. One said: ‘It is outrageous and should not be allowed.
‘This town is quiet and respectable. Now we are known across the whole country because of the little amount of clothing this barmaid is wearing to serve drinks.
‘The women in town are not very happy and we have complained to the council.’
Enjoyment: 'I don't see what the problem is - it's just a bit of harmless fun. I like to dress in an attractive way and I like to have fun,' Laura said on an Italian TV show
Selling point: 'If the guys come here, what can I do? I know I have upset the women but that's not my problem,' said the bar owner
Bagnolo’s mayor Cristina Almici said: ‘We have received several complaints from women about the bar and we are looking at what we can do with regard to public order.
‘There has been a huge influx of traffic into the town since the news of Laura started to spread and this has led to incidents of bad parking and some minor acts of vandalism.
‘We can’t stop people from going to her bar and I know it is very popular with men in the town – personally I don’t see any problem with how she looks or dresses.
'If anything, it’s the men who go there who have a problem.’
She added, however: ‘My husband is certainly not allowed to go there.’
Crowd pleaser: 'People have been turning up from 70 miles away just to have a drink here,' says the proud bar lady
No blame: 'It's not my fault if guys want to come and have a drink in my bar,' says the owner
Quiet town of Bagnolo Mella: An online poll in the local Brescia newspaper asked readers what their opinion was and the majority, 46%, said that women should be 'asking themselves why their partners prefer Laura to them'
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2105339/Laura-Maggi-Le-Cafe-Busty-barmaid-serves-drinks-skimpy-outfits.html#ixzz1nRdTNssg
Thursday, 2 February 2012
Carmen Leigh in the Pink
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Thursday, 26 January 2012
Zahia Dehar : Call girl to catwalk queen
Call girl to catwalk queen: Former underage prostitute paid for sex by footballer debuts lingerie line at Couture Fashion Week
By Deborah ArthursLast updated at 8:17 AM on 26th January 2012
One year ago French Moroccan prostitute Zahia Dehar made headlines after it was claimed she had been paid for sex while underage by three French football stars.
While their lives were shattered by the allegations, 19-year-old Zahia's fortunes were transformed entirely.
And now, her metamorphosis from call girl turned catwalk queen is complete, as Zahia debuted her lingerie line at Palais Brongniart - the former Paris Stock Exchange - as part of Couture Fashion Week.
Taking to the runway the buxom model showcased some of her own designs, including a petal gown which left little to the imagination.
Zahia Dehar showcased some of her own designs, including a petal gown which left little to the imagination
The lookbook for the range was photographed by one of the world's top designers, Chanel's maestro Karl Lagerfeld..
For a girl who just a year ago was selling her body for cash, the transformation has been dramatic.
Prostitution is legal in France where the accused men lived, but women selling sexual services must be 18 years old or over.
Zahia was just 16 when she met French footballer Franck Ribery, 28, and 17 when Karim Benzema, 23, and Sidney Govou, 31, were accused of paying an underage vice girl thousands of pounds for sex.
The men involved in the allegations faced up to three years in prison and fines of up to £40,000.
Ribery's lawyers say they have proved he could not have known Zahia was underage at the time that he paid her for sex. The allegations levelled at the other two men have never been proven. Nonetheless, the reputations of all three men were left sullied.
But while the men were disgraced, Zahia capitalised on her notoriety, turning her life around entirely.
Soon after the allegations came to light, Zahia became a lingerie model, appearing on the cover of V magazine and in Vanity Fair Italy, among other publications.
The latest venture for the former call girl is a line of 'couture' lingerie.
Models showcase the Zahia Dehar couture lingerie range at the Palais Brongniart
Turnaround: Former underage prostitute Zahia Dehar, now 19, is to launch a lingerie line at Paris couture week today, with photographs shot by Karl Lagerfeld
Blonde Zahia has attracted much attention with her figure - transforming herself from call girl to cover girl in a matter of months
Designers including François Tamarin, Bruno Legeron, and Jean-Pierre Ollier worked on the one-off pieces.
And in a stunning coup de grace, Karl Lagerfeld was persuaded to join the project, agreeing to photograph Zahia Dehar modelling the collection.
She's very French courtesan, like Liane de Pougy or the Belle Otéro,' Lagerfeld said of Zahir
According to Lagerfeld, Zahia is to be celebrated in the manner of traditional French escorts.
'She is very French courtesan, like Liane de Pougy or the Belle Otéro,' he said, although he did note: 'I have nothing to do with her collection.'
On her Twitter page @ZahiaOfficiel Dehar tweeted her joy at working with the esteemed Karl Lagerfeld, saying: 'Etre photographiée par Karl Lagerfeld est comme un rêve qui devient réalité...' (Being photographed by Karl Lagerfeld is like a dream come true).
The world's media has taken note too. Not only was Zahia photographed for V and Italian Vanity Fair, but mention of her lingerie line was made in the respected fashion publication WWD.
When it comes to her former life as a call girl, Zahia is discreet, maintaining she is fond of the men who faced jail for allegedly paying for her escort services, and defending them as 'gentlemen'.
'I loved them all', she says, adding that she was 'shocked' that the players had faced up to three years in prison for the alleged crime.
She said that Ribery, Benzema and Govou had all treated her ‘with utter respect’ and should be left alone.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2091575/Zahia-Dehar-Former-underage-prostitute-paid-sex-footballer-debuts-lingerie-line-Couture-Fashion-Week.html#ixzz1kYQHgSbh
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