The groundbreaking playwright Vasily Sigarev returns to the stage with “Guppy,” an indictment of society’s artificially high standards of beauty.
Vasily Sigarev is one of the engines of the new Russian drama. His “Plasticene” at the Playwright and Director Center in 2001 was one of the biggest salvos in the battles to return playwrights to the […]

For Dez Alfieri, the last straw was the bikini-top stick-on contraption made of silicone and meant to adhere to her breasts like a second skin.
“It didn’t stick for more than three seconds,” said Alfieri, 18. “I ended up throwing it on my ceiling. It stuck to the ceiling.”
Unlike other incredible feats of engineering — the […]

Hungary’s Anita Horvath walks the catwalk during the Miss Bikini World Final pageant, Thursday, Dec. 21, 2006, in Taipei, Taiwan. Horvath was crowned Miss Bikini World 2006. The pageant is organized by the Miss Tourism World Organization and aims at boosting tourism in the host country.

Hungary’s Anita Horvath is crowned Miss Bikini World 2006 by Miss Bikini World 2005 Cristiane Biazioli, right, during the Miss Bikini World Final pageant, in Taipei, Taiwan, Thursday, Dec. 21, 2006. The pageant is organized by the Miss Tourism World Organization and aims at boosting tourism in the host country.

THE weird phenomenon that is Paris Hilton glided into Sydney yesterday, ringed by her burly entourage, surrounded for much of the day by sightseerswith blinking camera phones, and hidden by a vast pair of reflective dark sunglasses.
In person, she seemed friendly but a bit guarded, issuing monosyllabic statements from behind the shades. She was asked […]

American Pie actress Tara Reid has been topping up her tan before her widely expected launch into the Celebrity Big Brother house next week.
Soaking up the sun on the celebrity haven of St Barts, Reid seemed to be completely over her fears of revealing her body in a bikini after extensive plastic surgery went badly […]

Strippers have managed to beat off a new anti-nudity law in the US by wearing latex spray-on bikinis.
Pole dancers at clubs in Alabama have worked out they can dodge strict new rules by spraying their skimpy thongs a flesh colour.
Under Alabama’s law regulating exotic dancers, any skin that would normally be covered by a modest […]

Members of Southridge High School’s Fashion Industry Club are taking modeling just a step further.
On Jan. 5, they’ll model clothing they created during their annual fashion show.
Sophia Choe, one of the club’s three presidents, not only is helping to coordinate the event, but she is also using it as a learning experience, making it her […]

Reports that a 23-year-old Nashville, Tenn., woman claimed she had an affair with country singer Keith Urban before he married actress Nicole Kidman became public on the same day that there were reports that Urban and Nicole Kidman have reunited in the actress’ hometown of Sydney after the Australian-reared country singer completed treatment for alcohol […]

Women, and more importantly men, are slowly realizing a fact…you don’t have to be skinny to be sexy! Thin to the bone models on the covers of glossy magazines flaunt impossibly unattainable figures…but what actually makes them desirable is the confidence and attitude!
So accept yourself and love your body! Big girls, now with innumerable fashion […]