26 h. ago ‘I thought, I can’t keep living with this shame’: five life models on the power of posing nude

What is it like to be in a room full of artists who are observing and drawing your naked body? Sitters discuss the freedom and healing they have experiencedCraig, 54 (@tattooed_nude) I started life modelling 18 months ago. My mum said: “You’re getting all these tattoos and no one gets to see them.” That triggered something in me. I’ve always loved art and I wanted to see how artists would respond to my tattoos.‘I feel a responsibility to get into interesting and adventurous poses that will inspire the artists.’ Photograph: @garygeezerphotoart Continue reading...

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29 h. ago Model's new life in Wales after after kidnapping saw her injected with ketamine and left chained to furniture

Chloe Ayling was kidnapped in 2017 and held captive in a remote farmhouse in Italy. She was injected with ketamine and left chained to furniture

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43 h. ago Estate cars will live on despite EV switch and SUV domination: Skoda previews big

Skoda really is putting the boot in with a new vision for future estate models that proves there's life in the station wagon beyond the combustion engine.

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1 week ago Where is Ty Pennington now? The Extreme Makeover host who traded modelling for carpentry and saw a harrowing health scare 'put his life into perspective'

Long before being famed for shouting 'Move that bus!', Ty Pennington once modelled for J. Crew, which saw his 'career explode overnight.'

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3 w. ago Chloe Ayling's secret life in Snowdonia: Glamour model has settled into a new flat in Welsh seaside town after kidnap hell

In 2017, aged only 20, she was lured to a fake modelling assignment in Milan, then grabbed from behind and bundled into a suitcase.

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3 w. ago Did the system update ruin your boyfriend? Love in a time of ChatGPT | Arwa Mahdawi

Some people with AI partners expressed dismay at the new GPT-5 modelYou’ve met the love of your life; someone who understands you like no one else ever has. And then you wake one morning and they’re gone. Yanked out of your world, and the digital universe, by a system update.Such is the melancholic lot of a group of people who have entered into committed relationships with digital ‘partners’ on OpenAI’s ChatGPT. When the tech company released its new GPT-5 model earlier this month, described by chief executive Sam Altman as a “significant step forward”, certain dedicated users found that their digital relationships had taken a significant step back. Their companions had undergone personality shifts with the new model; they weren’t as warm, loving or chatty as they used to be.Arwa Mahdawi is a Guardian US columnist Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Model who swapped the catwalk for the Kalahari desert: Why I ditched life of glamour to live with bushmen

A Norwegian model has opened up about how she fled her glamorous life in the fashion industry to live in African desert after she was robbed at gun point as a teenager.

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3 w. ago Has Leo DiCaprio FINALLY settled down? Actor, 50, reveals how his mother has inspired him to change his dating rules since finding love with model, 27

Leonardo DiCaprio has hinted he has finally settled down with his model girlfriend Vittoria Ceretti after making some changes in his life since entering his fifties.

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3 w. ago Model ditches her life for the African desert after being robbed at gunpoint

When young model Aleks was mugged by thugs and held up at gunpoint, she made a massive life change that very same night. She would spin the globe and move to wherever it landed...

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3 w. ago Local outrage as topless Brit tourist caught riding cow in Tenerife

Shoppers were left stunned when the holidaymaker decided to mount the life-sized model bovine outside a popular Ale-Hop store in Playa Fañabé, Costa Adeje, causing consternation among locals

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3 w. ago Princess Andre flooded with support from fans as she complains about feeling 'uncomfortable' at being forced to wear 'exposing' bikini top at fashion show

The 18-year-old opened up about the experience in the latest episode of her ITV2 reality show The Princess Diaries, which follows her life as she embarks on a modelling career.

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4 w. ago Model couldn't sit down after two horror 'botched' BBLs – but is still going back under knife

Model Alanna Pow says she's been left with two botched BBLs after undergoing cheap treatment in Turkey - but it hasn't scared her off from going under the knife

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4 w. ago Move over, Princess! Katie Price to front her OWN documentary about rise to fame as glamour model 30 years on from her first topless shoot

The former glamour model is lifting the lid on her personal life in the series, which will coincide with the 30-year anniversary of her entry into the limelight as one of The Sun's page 3 girls.

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last month Cricket must get on the front foot in helping women and girls to feel accepted | Isa Guha

The charity Take Her Lead is striving to get more South Asian females taking up the sport, and cut the number of them dropping out due to feelings of alienationNearly a quarter of a century has passed since myself and Ebony Rainford-Brent made our England cricket debuts. It was awesome for us to win World Cups together as the first two female internationals from ethnically diverse backgrounds. Since then there have been only four others, two with an Indian heritage. When you think of the interest shown in the game by the South Asian community, it is a staggering number.In 2022 I founded a charity, Take Her Lead, in honour of my mum, with the aim to increase the number of women and girls playing and staying in the game, and advance equity and diversity in cricket. We do this through connecting young players from under‑represented groups to aspirational role models through life-skills workshops, to build the mental and social skills required to stay in the sport (girls ...

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