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- The 87-year-olds who wear Doc Martens and mini-skirts: World's most glamorous pensioners revealed in new documentary
- "Why tell a million lie just to cover up just one lie?" Blackface replies Tuface.
- TRAGEDY: Newly Wed Couple Perish Few Days after Wedding
- Gospel Singer Maheeda Goes Crazy; Shares Her Nude Clips
- Father Catches Bad Guy On Top His Beautiful Daughter
| Miss America crowns 1st winner of Indian descent Posted: 17 Sep 2013 12:30 PM PDT  She's the second consecutive New York beauty queen to take the Miss America title, but she's the first Indian-American to wear the national crown -- er, tiara -- atop her perfectly coiffed head. "I was the first Indian Miss New York, and I'm so proud to be the first Indian Miss America," Nina Davuluri said after she won. Davuluri's resume goes considerably deeper than her heritage, however. The 24-year-old Fayetteville, New York, native was on the dean's list and earned the Michigan Merit Award and National Honor Society nods while studying at the University of Michigan, where she graduated with a degree in brain behavior and cognitive science. Her father, who emigrated from India 30 years ago, is a gynecologist, and Davuluri said she'd like to become a physician one day as well. "During her year as Miss America she will serve as spokesperson for STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) this year as she travels to Washington, D.C., to work with the Department of Education," according to a Miss America statement. She also is passionate about healthy lifestyles after battling obesity and bulimia when she was younger. Davuluri's platform was "Celebrating Diversity Through Cultural Competency." For the talent portion of the competition, she performed classic Indian dances fused with Bollywood moves. She has studied the Kuchipudi and Bharatanatyam styles of dance, and in preparation for the Miss America contest, she worked with famed Bollywood choreographer Nakul Dev Mahajan. Miss California Crystal Lee was first runner-up, and Miss Oklahoma Kelsey Griswold was second runner-up, while Theresa Vail, the tattooed, bow-hunting, Chinese-speaking Miss Kansas, won the online viewers' poll. Despite a night of firsts, a tired theme emerged following Davuluri's victory: Racists took to Twitter to lambaste the pageant for picking an Indian-American. They were none too kind to Davuluri herself, either, with one particularly uninformed tweeter calling her a Muslim. Something similar happened when Rima Fakih was crowned Miss USA in 2010. Fakih is of Lebanese descent, and many were quick to try to link her to the militant group Hezbollah.  |
| 3 fake herbalists docked for 419 fraud » Posted: 17 Sep 2013 12:26 PM PDT Three fake herbalists were on Tuesday docked at the Isabo Magistrate court, Abeokuta, Ogun state, western Nigeria for fraudulently obtaining N4 million from a man identified as Sulaiman Omosowon. The accussed were slammed with two count charge of conspiracy and fraud. They pleaded not guilty of the charge. The accused were identified as Tajudeen Akanji, Yahya Adeyemi and Abdulahi Lateef. The Prosecution Counsel, Sunday Eigbejiale told the court that the accused deceived people under the guise of helping them to double their money and then swindled their victims of their money. According to the counsel,"…on August 6th, 2011, at Housing Estate, Olomore in Abeokuta, the three accussed did conspire together and committed felony to wit: Obtaining by false pretense. While the matter was adjourned to 4 December for further hearing, the accused were granted bail by Magistrate M.A Akinyemi in the sum of N1million with two sureties in the like sum, who must be resident in Abeokuta.  |
| Posted: 17 Sep 2013 12:12 PM PDT The fashion world might be obsessed with youth but it seems no one has told 75-year-old Jean Woods, who has a trendy Hoxton haircut and loves DMs. Or Daphne Selfe, who, at 85, is the world's oldest model - and one of the most stylish, with a wardrobe cool enough to leave the likes of Cara Delevingne looking on in envy. Or Gillian Lynne, who says she will wear mini-skirts at 87 if she wants, adding that her legs are her 'best asset'. And they are not alone, as new Channel 4 documentary, Fabulous Fashionistas, reveals. The film follows six spectacularly well-dressed pensioners - none of whom is letting age get in the way of looking stylish.    Teenage kicks: Jean says her style inspiration comes from local youngsters - hence her love of DM boots   Fashion rebel: Jean says that she wears whatever she fancies and has no intention of toning things down An artist by trade, she frequently designs her own clothes, which she describes as a release 'from the tyranny of fashion'. With her bold red frames, chunky bangles and penchant for black, she bears a striking resemblance to the fashion world's grandmother-in-chief, Rosita Missoni, another 70-something still making her mark on the fashion world. Then there's Jean Barker, Baroness Trumpington, 91, a Conservative peer who has made a point of refusing to go quietly into the fashion night and can regularly be spotted intently, but stylishly, listening to debates from the comfort of the Lords' iconic red benches. 'She snuck in under the wire but I couldn't resist because she is such a character,' says Sue Bourne, the director behind the documentary. 'She is terrifically well put-together and she shops from catalogues. Actually she has a bit of an addiction to them.'   Advanced style: Bridget Sojourner, 75, (left) gets her clothes in charity shops while Daphne Selfe, 85, is a model   Fashionable: Jean Barker, Baroness Trumpington is 91 and stylish while Sue Kreitzman, 73 is a fashion rebel  Fabulous: (Left to right) Sue Kreitzman, Daphne Selfe and Jean Barker, Baroness Trumpington  Age-defying: Gillian Lynne, 87, started working life as a dancer in the 1940s For Bridget Sojourner, 75, it is not catalogues but charity shops that fuel her passion for fashion. Despite subsisting on a pension of just £100 a week, she cuts a striking figure in her crimson turban and chunky jewels. On her shopping list are flowing dresses vibrant scarlet and black, which she combines with eye-catching costume jewellery, uber-glamorous hats and her most recent purchase, a £4 pair of Doc Marten boots. 'Style, as one gets older, is more noticeable,' she explains. 'How I look is to do with my identity and the fun of it. It's nothing to do with looking younger.' It might not be about looking younger, but you'd never know it when looking at Gillian Lynne, 87. A former ballerina, Lynne, who looks at least 20 years younger than she really is, exercises every day and still wears both mini-skirts and leggings. 'You just mustn't allow the ageing process in,' she reveals. Her other secret for eternal youth is that she is married to a man 27 years younger than her. 'My friends thought it was positively indecent when we started to see each other, but since we are still together now, how silly they look now!' Her main gripe with women 'giving up' at a certain age is that they let their posture go. 'You see them hunched over, looking downward. Everything seems to sag. They look dejected. My training as a dancer always taught me that you stand up straight and get those shoulders back. 'To be crude about it, the nipples should lead – and how can they do that if they are pointing down towards the floor somewhere.'  Looking good: Jean Woods, Gillian Lynne and Bridget Sojourner show how to pose like you mean it It's a philosophy with which Woods can identify, although she admits that after a knee operation, mini-skirts are not for her anymore. 'Oh no. I don't really go above the knee with a skirt. Once you do that, at my age, you have to start thinking about the scars from my knee replacement op.' Resplendent in her favourite scarlet T-shirt and grey-checked skirt, she's got hair that owes more than a little to Mary Quant - and the attitude to match. Widowed at 70, she filled the hole left by her husband with a job at Gap before taking herself - and her considerable styling skills - off to work at a boutique in Bath. 'I'm leading a different life,' adds Woods, who also runs three times a week, despite having had her knee replaced. 'It's more adventurous.' Fabulous Fashionistas, Tuesday 17th September, 10pm, Channel 4 'I LOVE TOPSHOP AND URBAN OUTFITTERS': 75-YEAR-OLD JEAN WOODS ON DRESSING LIKE A TEENAGER WHEN YOU'RE DRAWING YOUR PENSION With her sharply cut fringe and penchant for Doc Marten boots, Jean Woods is no one's idea of a frail old grandmother - and the glamorous septuagenarian says she has absolutely no intention of changing. 'I have always been interested in fashion, but more so as I have got older,' explains Jean. 'I like to dress as I want to dress. When I put something on, I don't think "will anybody think I look good?" 'I just decide in my own mind whether I look good - I don't really care about other people.' Jean became Gap's oldest employee six years ago and has gone on to work at many of the big high street names, including current employer Bloomsbury & Co. She says young people are impressed with her look and don't have any issues with her buying similar clothes to them.  Cool: Jean says that teenagers love her look, although other pensioners can be scared to try trendy clothes   High street: Jean became Gap's oldest employee six years ago but now works for another boutique Jean hopes her TV appearance will help to persuade older people than life doesn't stop the day you pick up your pension. 'If it shows older people that life is there for the grabbing and that you have to take that plunge, then I will be happy,' adds Jean. 'I don't think youngsters think about it in the same way. When I go into Topshop, they are used to seeing me now and just accept that I am buying their clothes.' One of Jean's two sons, Alec, 49, said the whole family supports her fashion-savvy style. He said Jean's grandchildren, who are all in their teens, regularly ask their grandmother for tips on how to look cool. Alec said: 'She has always dressed like that, so to us it doesn't look any different. The kids accept the way she looks as normal, but when their friends come round they say "I wish my gran could dress like that". 'We all know that the way she dresses, and her personality, means she stands out.'   Always glamorous: Jean at her 1956 wedding and aged 35 with her late husband Paul (right)  |
| "Why tell a million lie just to cover up just one lie?" Blackface replies Tuface. Posted: 17 Sep 2013 11:52 AM PDT  Tuface Idibai stated on 'Rubbin' minds' that he invited Blackface to his wedding in Dubai and Blackface who wouldn't let what he called a lie slide like that, took to Twitter to defend himself, and he tweeted: "Why tell a million lies just to cover up just one lie?, I no dey vex for you, I non dey evny you, do your thing make i do my thing #Shikena yaro"   |
| TRAGEDY: Newly Wed Couple Perish Few Days after Wedding Posted: 17 Sep 2013 11:44 AM PDT  Francis and Ann, from Ebonyi State and resident in Calabar, Cross River State, were heading to Abakaliki to thank family members, who attended their wedding the previous Saturday, September 7, in Calabar. When they got to Amudo village, some 30 kilometres to Abakiliki, their vehicle developed an electrical fault prompting them to seek the services of an auto electrician. Omaka, an electrician at Amudo told Vanguard: "The man came to my shop at 4p.m. and said his car had stopped and that he suspects an electrical fault. So I went with him on an Okada." He said he tried his best but could not repair the Toyota Camry and sought the assistance of Luke, another electrician in the neighbouring town, Onueke. Unfortunately, when Luke came, there was trouble between the him and late Ann. Quarrel Omaka said: "Luke took an Okada from Onueke to Amudo and when he got here, he told Mr. Edeh to pay the Okada man. "But his wife started shouting, saying why should her husband pay Luke's transport fare, when he had not even touched the car." Omaka said despite the tensed atmosphere, Luke still went on with the work, but later advised the couple to leave the car till Monday. He said Ann became angry and the couple left for Abakiliki. Omaka said: "They refused to take Luke's advice. The next day, which was Sunday, they decided to come back to Amudo with Ortuh, another electrician in Abakalilki on a chartered vehicle. On the way, the car had a burst tire and collided, head-on, with a tanker and the four of them died." 'I warned them' Luke, the electrician in Onueke, said Ann was quarrelsome. He said: "I told them not to repair that car till Monday, because my spirit told me something. But the woman was angry and thought I wanted to punish them. "Why did the man have to take his wife again the next day to Amudo to repair the car? Couldn't she have stayed in Abakaliki, while he took Ortuh to repair the car?" May their soul rest in peace!  |
| Gospel Singer Maheeda Goes Crazy; Shares Her Nude Clips Posted: 17 Sep 2013 11:40 AM PDT |
| Father Catches Bad Guy On Top His Beautiful Daughter Posted: 17 Sep 2013 11:30 AM PDT  The bad guy was said to have lured the cute girl into the bush before forcefully having canal knowledge of her. While in the act, she was shouting for help and her cry drew the attention of her father. Confirming the incident, the state Police Public Relations Officer, Olabisi Clet-Ilobanafor, said: "The father of the victim, who reported the crime, said he heard his daughter screaming in a nearby bush and that when he rushed there, he saw the suspect on top of his daughter, having canal knowledge of the victim by force. "The father said he saw the suspect holding the girl by the neck." The Oyo State Police Commissioner, Mr. Mohammed Indabawa, had directed that the case be immediately charged to court to serve as a deterrent to other young men in the area.  |
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