The Latest Numbers

I have now posted pictures of 946 different women.

My one thousandth subject will be revealed in September 2016.  Don't ask me who this woman is because I don't know either. :-) 

Incidentally, my top-ten list hasn't changed since last time, so I won't post it again here.    

The Beauty of Retrospect: Maria La Rosa of The Weather Channel

Maria La Rosa of The Weather Channel has remained active at that cable weather station since I first featured her on this blog in September 2013.

She was a co-host of The Weather Channel's morning show "AM HQ," which debuted in March 2014.  Currently, she appears on the weekend broadcasts with Paul Goodloe.
  

Back soon, with the latest numbers, followed by a whole month of model retrospectives for February.

The Beauty of Retrospect: Llarisa Abreu of AccuWeather

Just a couple of retrospectives, both of on-camera meteorologists, to close out the month (appropriate, given the recent massive snowfall in the East) . . .

In January 2015, I featured a screen shot of Llarisa Abreu, one of the lovely ladies on AccuWeather's Web-based video forecasts.  Here is her formal AccuWeather portrait.

Bilingual in English and Spanish, Ms. Abreu can now be seen on AccuWeather's new cable/digital channel. 

Her big interest is in hurricanes, and she knows all too well the importance of advance hurricane warnings She also likes to travel, and hopes to travel at least five major cities on each of the populated continents

She is a graduate of Barry University in Miami, with a degree in broadcast journalism.  

International reporter Clarissa Ward

Don't call Clarissa Ward just another pretty face on the news.

She's been to more war zones than most Americans have been to foreign tourist destinations, and some of those war zones used to be tourist destinations themselves.

Ms. Ward, a Yale graduate, reported for CBS News from numerous war zones in the Middle East, including Afghanistan and Iraq, and she did some dangerous assignments for Syria as well, winning Peabody, Murrow, and DuPont awards for her reporting from that country's civil war.

Don't tune in to CBS to catch her reporting, though. Ms. Ward, who was also a Beijing correspondent for ABC News and a Moscow correspondent for Fox News, moved to CNN in September 2015 after a mere four years with CBS.  She was a rising star at the Columbia Broadcasting System's heralded news department, and her loss to CNN is certainly a black eye for the Big Eye.

You blew it, CBS.  You really, really blew it.  

Icelandic model Brynja Sverrisdottir

Brynja Sverrisdottir, an Icelander whose surname literally means "daughter of Sverris" (it's an Icelandic tradition for fathers to give their first names to their children as last names; if she has a brother, his surname would be Sverrisson), is a top model from the 1980s and 1990s, and she was a muse for the designer Valentino.  One of her Valentino photos is shown below.

She also took the time to model for Escada . . .

. . . and Yves Saint Laurent.

These days, Brynja Sverrisdottir - sometimes known as Brynja Sverris - has her own jewelry business, "Embracing Faith." She designs rings bearing twenty different religious signs that represent the world's different belief systems, "bound together with a peace sign and a precious pin."  She also designs necklaces with animal pendants in a series she calls "Embracing Nature."  Learn more about  Brynja Sverrisdottir's jewelry work by going to either her Web site or her Facebook page.

She lives in England and is married to photographer Brian Griffin. 

TV newswoman Wendy Rieger

Wendy Rieger began her journalism career at WRC-TV, the NBC affiliate in Washington, D.C., in 1988 as a reporter after a career as a reporter for radio.

Since then, she's moved up in the ranks.  She's anchored the 5:00 news on WRC-TV since 2001.  As a constant television presence there, Wendy Rieger has become one of the most recognizable broadcast journalists in the D.C. area.

Actress Laura Prepon

Laura Prepon is a huge beneficiary of the Netflix revolution.

She plays Alex Vause, an inmate in the video-rental series "Orange Is the New Black." Alex is a drug runner and a co-inmate of Piper Chapman, the protagonist of the women's-prison drama. Alex's relationship with Piper is, umm, complicated. 

Laura Prepon has done several one-shot roles on regular TV, and her movie credits include Southlander and Slackers.

Model Funmi Okusi

Funmi Okusi is a very-high-profile fashion model from Nigeria.

With her piercing eyes and her perfectly shaped lips, it's no wonder she's taken the fashion world by storm. :-)

A legend in the making, this. :-D

Model and photographer Astrid Muñoz

Astrid Muñoz is a model who's originally from San Juan, Puerto Rico.

She stumbled upon her modeling career in what sounds like a plot twist in a Hollywood movie.  While visiting a friend in Miami in 1993, a modeling agent discovered her and encouraged the then-19-year-old Astrid to her to try her luck in Paris.  She did just that, leaving for France without consulting her parents.

After working successfully in Paris for so long, Ms. Muñoz moved to New York, and her career credits piled up like snow in a Manhattan blizzard; she appeared on the covers of notable fashion magazines such as Vogue, Marie Claire, and Harper's Bazaar, among others and commercial assignments for Chanel, Dolce & Gabbana,  L'Oréal, Saks Fifth Avenue, Valentino . . . and so on and so on.  As with other models having been featured on this blog, space does permit all of her credits to be listed here.

Although Ms. Muñoz has continued her modeling work, she's made a name for herself behind the camera as much as in front of it. She began studying photojournalism at New York's International Center of Photography and went on to photograph the people and culture in Latin America, including Argentine gaucho cowboys and the indigenous peoples of Mexico and Peru. She's also photographed landscapes, portraits, and . . . herself. :-)

 For her self portraits - and her other work - just go here. :-)

Natalie Cole: 1950-2015

It is with great regret that I acknowledge the passing of singer Natalie Cole, whom I featured on this blog in July 2007.  Ms. Cole, the daughter of jazz pianist and singer Nat "King" Cole, became a big pop star in her own right in the seventies, with her hits "This Will Be" and "I've Got Love On My Mind."  She also covered Bruce Springsteen (she had a hit with "Pink Cadillac," which Springsteen had actually released originally as a B-side), as well as the songs of her famous father back in the early nineties on her Unforgettable album - which featured her singing the title song with her father through the magic of tape editing.  Now it looks like they'll be sharing the same stage again. :-(

My post of Natalie Cole from July 2007 will remain on this blog, as she was still alive when I posted it, but since I do not post pictures of women whom I know are deceased, I will not be posting any more pictures of Ms. Cole going forward.  R.I.P. :-(     

Model Barbara Langlois

Barabra Langlois was and is a big name in modeling, even if she's not a household name among anyone outside the profession.

She has modeled for several clients, such as Anthony Martin sunglasses, as seen below in an ad from the 1970s.

And here's a recent picture of Barbara Langlois with her glasses off (and in her hand - showing off her beautiful eyes!).

She is currently associated with Ramona's Model and Talent, based in Rutherford, New Jersey.