Long before the Victoria’s Secret catalog and fashion show started making hot models into household names, Sports Illustrated’s Swimsuit Issue was where curvy bombshells hit it big. The Swimsuit Issue still has clout, but its content is more flesh show for men than female fashion attraction like VS (if you consider feathery wings and bejeweled bras fashion). It’s interesting that SI continues to show hourglass figures (what men want?) and VS features predominately bean poles with…

Paulina Porizkova and Ric Ocasek will celebrate their 23rd wedding anniversary this summer. Considering she was only 19 when they got married, it was his third marriage, he had four kids from his previous marriages, he was married when he and Paulina met, he has claimed to be attracted to both men and women, they have been nicknamed “Beauty and the Beast,” and he’s a rock star, the odds of them making it this long were miniscule. Plus, Paulina’s parents split when she was a kid, and children…

In pondering how good those actors looked on Academy Award night, I decided to do a background check on past Best Actress winners. I found a whopping 15 who had modeled, either before acting or to support themselves as they awaited their big break. This list does not count the many former models among Oscar nominees who did not win, or among those in the Best Supporting Actress category.

Former models who have won TWO Best Actress Oscars: Ingrid Bergman, Vivien Leigh, Jane Fonda and…

Unless you spent the 80s and 90s living in a cave, you probably can guess.

Kaia posing for Versace

Kaia, seen here posing for a Versace campaign at age 10, is the spitting image of her chestnut-maned mom, Cindy Crawford. Having her first gig for the Italian powerhouse is not too…