18-year-old, was named the winner in Saturday night's contest in southern China. The tall blonde was a relative surprise winner after speculation focused on other contestants.
Second place went to Emma Wareus of Botswana, and Adriana Vasini of Venezuela came third.
The host country's own contestant, Tang Xiao, also was among the final five.
According to a brief biography on the Miss World website, Mills calls Louisville, Kentucky, her hometown, and she recently graduated from high school. She would like to become a teacher.
"I've never met a stranger and enjoy meeting new people," she says in the bio.
For the final, she was wearing a shimmering ivory-colored dress slit up the leg.
San Francisco Giants fans at AT&T Park began singing along to the song "Lights" by Journey. Steve Perry, Journey's lead singer and Giants fan, was shown jumping around on the scoreboard and pumping up the crowd. After the song, San Francisco dominated the Texas Rangers bullpen and scored seven runs.
The scoreboard is going to tell you when to cheer. The mascot will try and entertain you. You will spend way too much money on several plastic cups of beer. Someone will get a big hit and you will hope that it will help your team win. You will go home either happy or sad, depending on the result.
Barack Obama – the first time a sitting President has appeared on The Daily Show and the first time an interview lasted the whole show – here are some notes from an audience member.
• Stewart had to re-tape the opening because the Pres. Obama interview went long.
• Stewart took questions from the audience. He said that every other possible guest was “out campaigning” and Pres. Obama was the “last resort.
• To explain the absence of the usual Daily Show correspondents, Stewart said they were busy working in a soup kitchen.
Declan Sullivan, a 20-year-old junior from Long Grove, Ill., was transported from the LaBar practice complex to a South Bend hospital, where he died.
"Our thoughts and prayers go out to Declan's family and friends," coach Brian Kelly said in a release. "Declan was a diligent student worker in our video department and had a tremendous personality and great sense of humor. He brightened the days for all that had the privilege to work with him, and the Notre Dame football family will dearly miss him."
Authorities were investigating the incident. The hydraulic scissor lift, which can be lowered or raised depending on needs, stretched across a nearby street.
Winds in the area were gusting to 51 mph at the time, according to the National Weather Service, and the team practiced indoors Tuesday because of the blustery conditions.
Notre Dame was making grief counselors available for students, and university president Rev. John Jenkins will preside over a special Mass in Sullivan's memory on Thursday.
"We are deeply saddened by this tragic loss," Jenkins said. "Our hearts go out to the student's family and friends and our prayers and profound sympathies are with them during this incredibly difficult time. The loss of someone so young is a terrible shock and a great sadness. Our entire community shares in the family's grief."
The Fighting Irish, who host Tulsa this Saturday, canceled post-practice interviews after the accident.
Led by LeBron James, the Heat did come back, and cut the lead to six points entering the fourth quarter. But the Celtics wouldn't let them get over the hump.
Paul Pierce hit two big three-pointers to widen the gap, and the Celtics held off a late Heat rally to get a 88-80 win in the first game of the Miami Thrice era. The Celtics certainly looked great, and played as good, if not better, than they did in racing to the NBA Finals last year. Pierce starred, Rajon Rondo dominated without scoring, Kevin Garnett did his thing, Shaquille O'Neal made a contribution and the bench changed the game. They deserve a lot of credit.
But the story of the game is Miami's lack of offensive flow. In fact, the only time they really got anything going was when they surrounded James with four role players -- Zydrunas Ilgauskas, Eddie House, James Jones and Udonis Haslem. Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh both looked really bad, with Wade in particular struggling to find his way on the court. Both James and Wade committed turnovers they rarely commit, and Bosh looked small against Boston's imposing front line. They clearly have much work to do to to develop the kind of chemistry necessary to dominate the league.
The home side had Dedryck Boyata sent off after just five minutes as he brought down Marouane Chamakh and was deemed, rightly, to be the last man and was therefore red carded.
Samir Nasri scored soon after following a great one-two with Andrei Arshavin and though City broke a few times Lukasz Fabianski pulled off some smart saves to prevent Man City levelling. Cesc Fabregas had a chance to put the Emirates side two goals to the good but his spot kick was saved well by Joe Hart.
Mid way through the second half Alex Song smashed in from inside the box to give Arsene Wenger’s side an unassailable lead. As usual the Gunners were profligate in front of goal, attempting yet another pass instead of firing on goal but they were still in total control of the game and deserved all three points against a City side who were rapidly losing the midfield battle.
Brock Lesnar fights Cain Velasquez in the UFC 121 battle to decide who retains the crown. The bout will be held on October 23, 2010 at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California, United States.
It is difficult to discount out Lesnar from the fight and as a UFC Heavyweight Champion he has to go into the ring as favorite. Velasquez has risen up the ranks and is an underdog, but could still spring a surprise or two. Velasquez has also had five outstanding bouts leading up to this one – winning by a score of 481 to 63 in his last five fights.
What should make prediction difficult is that Cain has never lost a bout, and it is rare to see an undisputed challenger take on a champion.
Taylor Momsen — perhaps prizewinning famous for activity Cindy Lou Whoo in the 2000 pass impact The Grinch – flashed the mosquito bites she calls boobies during a past concert with her adornment The Pretty Reckless. The incident was recorded and is today acquirable online in a expurgated video. Momsen was performing with her adornment at Don Hill’s in New royalty City weekday period as conception of a liberated concert hosted by Paper Magazine when, every of a sudden, she definite that she was feat to winkle the conference during digit of the songs. Momsen is famous for existence controversial. Correction: She’s famous for trying to be controversial. In an discourse with the Nov supply of Revolver Magazine — which features a lingerie-clad and gun-totin’ Momsen on the cover, nous you — the teenaged trollop talks most autoerotism and vibrators and how she’s an esurient chain-smoker.
When she’s not candidature for the denomination of “Every Parent’s Worst Nightmare,” President plays Upper East Side role designer “Lil J” Humphrey on The CW primetime episode Gossip Girl. The meshwork has “No Comment” on Taylor’s stylish message stunt.
Blizzard has been mum on a release date for the newest iteration of its dungeon crawler, but now that the final class has been announced it means that development of the game might finally be coming to a close. Its last version, Diablo II, came out 10 years ago — with a new expansion nine years ago. The creator of games like World of Warcraft is also taking another page from its other books by introducing arena-style player-versus-player, or PVP, combat to Diablo III. PVP combat is already incredibly popular in World of Warcraft, its flagship online game that features a persistent world that gamers can explore and play in.
"Glee's" resident mean girl who lied about the father of her baby, but in real life, she tends toward being sweet and soft-spoken. We aren't surprised that she is the first "Glee" cast member to speak up about the controversy surrounding her GQ photo shoot with co-stars Cory Montieth and Lea Michele.
Agron, who is very active on Twitter and Tumblr, blogged about her own insights on the issue. She doesn't apologize for the photos -- nor should she have to -- but she makes it clear that she's not exactly putting them up on her fridge, either. Read her response below.
"I'd like to start by saying that these are solely my thoughts on the November issue of GQ and the controversy that has surrounded its release. I am not a representative of the three of us, the show, or Fox, only myself.
dianna-glee.jpg"In the land of Madonna, Britney, Miley, Gossip Girl, other public figures and shows that have pushed the envelope and challenged the levels of comfort in their viewers and fans...we are not the first. Now, in perpetuating the type of images that evoke these kind of emotions, I am sorry. If you are hurt or these photos make you uncomfortable, it was never our intention. And if your eight-year-old has a copy of our GQ cover in hand, again I am sorry. But I would have to ask, how on earth did it get there?
"I was a very sheltered child, and was not aware of anything provocative or risque in the media while I was navigating through my formative years. When I was finally allowed to watch a movie like Grease, I did not even understand what on earth Rizzo was talking about!? I understand that in today's world of advanced technology, the internet, our kids can be subject to very adult material at the click of a button. But there are parental locks, and ways to get around this. I am twenty-four years old. I have been a pretty tame and easy-going girl my whole life. Nobody is perfect, and these photos do not represent who I am. I am also not the girl who rolls out of bed with flawless makeup and couture clothing. I am most comfortable with my hair thrown on top of my head, in sweats, laughing with my friends. Glee is a show that represents the underdogs, which is a feeling I have embraced much of my own life, and to those viewers, the photos in GQ don't give them that same feeling. I understand completely.
Roger Huerta at Bellator 33, the Bellator lightweight champion held true to that promise. Alvarez was seldom challenged by Huerta through two rounds, winning by TKO after the cageside doctor stopped the fight before the third round.
Philadelphia is known for producing world-class boxers, including Joe Frazier, Sonny Liston and Bernard Hopkins. Even Rocky was from Philly. But Alvarez needed no Rocky-like comeback on Thursday.
He worked kicks to Huerta's legs early in the first round that immediately chased Huerta from his southpaw stance. And those kicks set up a precision boxing display for the better part of 10 minutes. Though Alvarez rocked Huerta repeatedly, he was never able to land one big knockout punch.
"What a tough son of a ...," Alvarez said in his post-fight interview. "That guy wouldn't go down. I hit him with a lot of really good shots and my hat's off to Roger for staying in there as long as he did."
Alvarez continually was one step ahead of Huerta's best shots, forcing the eight-time UFC veteran into a counter-attacking gameplan. But most of Huerta's offense seemed to pass just close enough to Alvarez for him to know it was there.
In the second round, Alvarez continued to pepper away at Huerta. And slowly but surely, Huerta's left eye continued to look worse. With about a minute left in the round, Huerta caught an Alvarez kick and used it for a takedown. And after Alvarez got back to his feet, Huerta landed a suplex. But that was all the offense Huerta could muster, and it was too little, too late.
Alvarez, widely regarded as one of the top 10 lightweights in the world, improves to 21-2 with the win and has won six straight. Huerta, who had said before the fight that a loss might be his last in the sport, drops to 21-5-1 and 1-2 in Bellator.
James Harrison led with his helmet on more than just the two plays that sidelined two of his Cleveland teammates with concussions.
Mack said Harrison, who was fined $75,000 for his hard hit on Browns wide receiver Mohamed Massaquoi and knocked out Joshua Cribbs on a running play, speared running back Peyton Hillis when he was on the ground.
"The helmet-to-helmet with Cribbs is a little more innocent, to some extent," Mack said Thursday. "You're still leading with your head. It's a dumb move no matter what you do. If you watch the game film, [Harrison] was doing that to everyone on every play. People would be on the ground and he would try to spear them. There's a play on film where Peyton Hillis is tackled and he comes up and spears him. It's like you're being cheap, you're being dirty."
The helmet-to-helmet hits and believes the league should do all it can to protect and educate players.
"A lot of the arguments right now are people are taught from Pee Wee football that this is how you play," Mack said. "Well, we need to change that. You can't be breaking your head. There are better ways to tackle. We're taught you're not supposed to spear with the top of your head."
Shortly before his hit on Massaquoi, Harrison blasted Cribbs, who ran the ball out of the wildcat formation. Neither Cribbs nor Massaquoi has practiced this week. Harrison returned to practice on Thursday, one after he threatened to retire because of the league's crackdown on dangerous hits.
Tyler Perry is ready to talk about his childhood "hell," in which he was sexually and physically abused by family members. And he's talking to Oprah Winfrey in his first interview on the subject.
The filmmaker choked back tears as he recalled the day he "died," when he was first raped by a member of his family. He said he once blacked-out for three days. As the tears gave way to rage, Perry told Winfrey, "It's so disgusting."
The "Why Did I Get Married?" director first raised the subject of his abusive childhood in 2009, when he posted a letter on his website after experiencing a flood of memories following a screening of the Oscar-nominated "Precious," which he co-produced.
"My father came home, mad at the world," he wrote. "He was drunk, as he was most of the time. He got the vacuum cleaner extension cord and trapped me in a room and beat me until the skin was coming off my back."
And he tells of how his grandmother made a bizarre attempt to rid him of his allergies. "She said she was going to kill these germs on me once and for all," he says. "She gave me a bath in ammonia."
A video of dead Dayna Kempson-Schacht recorded after her car crash is prompting outrage. The “death video” of Dayna Kempson-Schacht, a mother of two, was recorded by her ex-brother in law, a Georgia firefighter. On the Today Show Tuesday, Dayna Kempson-Schacht’s parents called for changes to law enforcement policies.
Dayna Kempson-Schacht had crashed her SUV July 17. She immediately perished. The 23 year old’s ex-brother-in-law was dispatched to the crash scene. He immediately pulled out his cellphone and began recording a video of Dayna. That is where the problem began, says Dayna’s father. Dayna Kempson-Schacht’s parents claim that legislation should be enacted barring law enforcement from carrying personal cellphones on the job. They claim that, by having access to personal digital devices, police can digress from the call to duty and engaged in misconduct. “Any responder on any scene at any time who’s allowed to have his cell phone could take these videos.”
The Spalding County Sheriff’s office has yet to conclude its investigation. But it confirms the video was recorded by a personal cellphone.
The firefighter’s antics didn’t end there. He later took the cell to a local bar and replayed the video for drunk patrons. Not yet complete, the firefighter started texting the video to others. It remains unclear who uploaded the video online. And despite logic, the firefighter once called to the scene never attempted to rescue the deceased Dayna. He simply stood there and recorded her.
First Lady Michelle Obama, Second Lady Jill Biden, and actress Sarah Jessica Parker appeared at a fundraiser for the Democratic National Committee in New York City
In the 70s album covers had actual nudity... It's so funny that people forget that... Everything has been so commercialized now.
I know that cover just blew yall minds ... I wish yall could see how hard I'm smiling right now!!!
In all honesty ... I really don't be thinking about Wal-Mart when I make my music or album covers #Kanyeshrug! I wanna sell albums but not at the expense of my true creativity.
So Nirvana can have a naked human being on they cover but I can't have a PAINTING of a monster with no arms and a polka dot tail and wings.
