Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty poses with an award for best actress in Mumbai, August 2007. Shetty, who shot to fame outside of India when she became the centre of a racism row on “Celebrity Big Brother” in Britain this year, has crammed the last 12 months with new ventures.

A model show off the latest lingerie designed by Chinese Wang Hailing during the Beijing Aimer Lingerie fashion show in Beijing, China

A model walks the catwalk during Turkish born Bora Aksu’s fashion show, as part of Shanghai Fashion Week, in Shanghai in China

A model presents a creation for the Aimer Spring/Summer 2008 lingerie trend show at China Fashion Week in Beijing November 2, 2007.

FWD131 Model walks the runway at the Banana Republic Spring/Summer 2008 fashion show in New York on Thursday, Nov. 1, 2007. Fashion Wire Daily

A model displays a dress decorated with 325 Australian gold coins, with a price of about 26,900,000 JPY (US$233,000), at the Bunka Fashion college student’s fashion show in Tokyo November 1, 2007. Gold hit a 28-year high on Thursday after the U.S. dollar tumbled to a record low against main currencies and oil soared to […]