NOW IN TOWN: JULIA JOHANSEN

Welcome to London to beautiful Julia Johansen. The 20 year old from Finland will be meeting London clients for the next few weeks, and with those pretty freckles and perfect pout we're sure they're going to fall for her straight away!

ONE TO WATCH: KELLY MOREIRA

ANOTHER amazing girl from Elite Model Look? Yes please! Meet Kelly Moreira, who sent her photos in for the contest just 3 months ago. When the SS10 show season got underway she was preparing for the Elite Model Look France Final, and by the time the circus rolled into Paris she was the must-book new face of the season, racking up appearances at Lanvin, Yves Saint Laurent and Dries Van Noten. Absolutely one to watch, and we can't wait to see her in London soon...

Kelly rocks Lanvin in her debut season

AMY for NIVEA

Hot on the heels of her work with Bourjois, The Body Shop and Avon, Amy Hanson's latest beauty campaign is for Nivea's cosmetic collaboration with luxury lingerie giant Chantal Thomass. Our very English Amy pulls of this very sexy campaign in style... and we love that trademark Chantal Thomass wig!! Have a look at the print campaign on Nivea's mini-site HERE and see the TV commercial below.

A BIG NIGHT IN CHINA

ELITE MODEL LOOK WORLD FINAL

The contest started with 350'000 worldwide applicants... the final 70 spent two weeks at model boot camp in beautiful southern China and after were eventually whittled down from 70 to15. On the night of the final show, the top four new faces for the Elite network were named... congratulations girls, and especially to our Emily!

The girls can look forward to an exciting future at the very top of the fashion industry, after all they are following in the footsetps of supermodel greats Cindy, Gisele, Christy and Linda, who all got their big break at ELITE MODEL LOOK. And current campaign queens Sigrid, Constance and Denisa all started here too... the future looks bright!

Maria Sharapova goes down to seventeen year old American Melanie Oudin

Seventeen year old American rising tennis sensation, Melanie Oudin, ousted media darling and reigning tennis glamor queen, Maria Sharapova, from the 2009 US Open Tennis Champships. Cheered on by the excited crowd Oudin forced a third set after taking the second set from Sharapova who won the first 6 games to 4.
In her post match interview Sharapova was asked if she agrees with Jelana Jankovic’s assesent that Oudin doesn’t have many weapons and isn’t very impressive though she’s beating top-ranked players. Sharapova called Jankovic’s remarks shocking and said of Oudin’s play:

"I thought she played really well. I thought she has many weapons. You know, she certainly held her ground. I mean, you know, I still feel like I had my chances, even though it wasn’t my best day. You know, when you let those chances go, it’s just frustrating. But, I mean, got to hand it to her. She really stuck to her game plan. She played solid. She made me hit a lot of balls. She moved really well around the court, yeah."

BLANKA'S AUTUMN TV CAMPAIGN FOR DEBENHAMS

We love our beautiful brunette Blanka's slinky new TV commercial for Debenhams, currently airing across all major channels....

Maria Sharapova, New number 2!

Maria Sharapova, continues to gain strength on tour and in our polling. Maria, after a slow start, generated 16% of 2nd Quarter voting, second only to Paula Creamer at 17%.

At the end of 2Q 2009, our highest vote total ever, Paul Creamer remains atop our hottest babe's list. Paula is extending her 2008 domination of our list midway through the 2009 season.

Current rankings for year to date performance:

2009 Rank	Player	Total	2008 Finish
1	Paula Creamer	27.81	1
2	Maria Sharapova	15.85	3
3	Ana Ivanovic	14.49	2
4	Natalie Gulbis	13.95	5
5	Maria Kirilenko	11.90	6
6	Maria Verchenova	10.89	10
7	Elena Dementieva	9.83	4
8	Cristie Kerr	9.18	7
9	Anna Kournikova	8.41	14
10	Daniela Hantuchova	5.16	11
11	Anna Rawson	3.99	9
12	Alona Bondarenko	3.50	12
13	Sophie Sandolo	2.74	15
14	Kim Hall	1.02	8
15	Ashley Harkleroad	0.91	13