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Victoria's Secret angels may always look out of this world, but in the case of Doutzen Kroes, she is literally on her way to the stars. The supermodel will board the first Dutch commercial flight to space in 2014 as part of a charity initiative. Working for the HIV and AIDS awareness group dance4life, Kroes will join 14 other passengers including DJ Armin van Buuren and Martin Schroder on the trip - with an extra ticket available to buy at auction. Heaven-ascent: Victoria's Secret Angel Doutzen Kroes will be one of the first passengers on the Dutch commercial flight to space in 2014 The first 100 commercial flights into space will take place in 2014, with a group of 'Founder Astronauts' being personally invited to get on board. One 'golden ticket' will be auctioned by Space Expedition Curaçao during an exclusive friends4life dinner that will take place on July 2nd. Kroes, the Dance5life ambassador, said: 'My work has literally brought me t...

As all cat-lovers know, every moggy has moments when they seem almost human in their behaviour. Now, a new internet craze celebrates the feline friends who like to sit back and relax in style. A host of websites, viral emails and blogs have been circulating pictures of ‘cats that sit like humans’ — and they’ve even been featured on TV. Here we give you the best of the kitty couch potatoes. Mog-nificent: This lovely white coat is hell to keep clean Whiskas: But I'm not as old as I look Paws for thought: In pensive mood Cat napping: Dreaming of a sunbed holiday...perhaps Catalonia this year, or Felixstowe Cat's the way to do it: Just lie back and relax, dinner's almost ready Sitting kitty: How to look cool on a couch Feline groovy: It's funny how humans sit like us Miaow to look good naked: It's easy when you are born with lush fur Catatonic: It's a hard life...all that eating, sleeping and preening... ...

She couldn't even play tennis but, back in the late Seventies, Fiona Walker made a lot of men very interested in the sport. Athena's Tennis Girl poster, which shows Walker's bare bottom as she lifts her short white dress, has been described as one of the sexiest posters ever made. Now the face behind the iconic pose has been photographed beside the poster, for the first time ever, to help launch Court on Canvas - an exhibition exploring tennis as a subject in art. Court on Canvas: Fiona Walker poses next to the iconic Athena poster she appeared in in 1976 The exhibition runs from May 27 to September 18 at Birmingham's Barber Institute of Fine Arts, making it a return home for the photograph which was taken at Birmingham University. Walker's appearance at the launch was tinged with sadness as Martin Elliott, her ex who took the picture, died last April following a 10 year battle with cancer. Both Walker and Elliott had married others since the photo...

Confront your fears and find inner peace with the latest (and oddest) keep-fit fad We must connect with your fear, the yoga teacher advises: ‘What are you afraid of?’ Personally, at this precise moment, I’m afraid I’ll be left holding this uncomfortable position forever. I’m crouched over my yoga mat in a squatting position, with my arms out in front of me, parallel to the floor. It’s an excruciating stance to hold, and we’ve been in it for several minutes. Unusual keep-fit fad: Snake yoga, or 'Kumara serpent healing', is a new twist on the popular exercise class But there’s another reason to feel a little uncomfortable: in front of us, just a few feet away, is a basket full of snakes. Yes, you read that right. Very real boa constrictors, pythons and corn snakes are laying curled up together under a blanket, waiting for their cue to join in the class. Forget Bikram or power yoga. If you want to be ahead of the crowd, snake yoga is the newest — and most unusual — ...

A teenage boy who earned £6-an-hour working at a fish and chip shop has quit his job to become the new face of Prada - after he was talent scouted in a bookshop. Alexander Beck worked part-time scrubbing fryers and serving food at his local Essex fish and chip shop while studying for his AS levels. But the 17-year-old's life has been turned upside down after he was spotted by top fashion scout Cesar Perin while shopping with friends in a Cambridge bookshop. Opportunity knocks: Alexander Beck worked part-time scrubbing fryers before he was spotted by a top fashion scout and went on to model for Prada at Milan Fashion Week last month Just one month later Alexander, who had never modelled before, was booked by Italian fashion house Prada to model their clothes on the catwalk at Milan fashion week. He is now being hailed as one of Britain's most promising new faces and has already appeared for YSL, Dior, Louis Vuitton and Vogue. Alexander, who lives in Thaxted,...

She knows she faces fierce competition from other models desperate to represent Great Britain at the Miss Universe contest. But Shanna Bukhari also faces another battle – against religious zealots who have told her she should ‘rot in hell’. For Miss Bukhari, 24, is hoping to make history by becoming the first Muslim to represent Great Britain at the beauty pageant. Shanni Bukhari, 24, is hoping to make history by becoming the first Muslim to represent Great Britain at the beauty pageant And she is hoping to send out a message that beauty competitions should not be off limits to Muslim women. Miss Bukhari, from Manchester, said: ‘I want other girls from Muslim communities to feel they can do this. More... £50 insult to Britain's war dead: Veteran's fury as poppy burner enjoying a life on benefits gets paltry fine and mocks soldiers 'I thought I was going to die': Muslim documentary film maker 'racially abused and beaten' after wandering into house pa...

According to a new survey, we are a nation wedded to our hair straighteners. A third of all women — and an astonishing one in five men — now own a pair. And more than a quarter refuse to leave the house without first ironing our hair into Jennifer Aniston-like smoothness. But trichologists say that the damage caused by straighteners can actually make hair frizzier and curlier, setting up a ‘straightener addiction’ cycle that can, eventually, cause hair to appear thin and dull. Consultant Trichologist Iain Sallis (hairmedic.co.uk) is Britain’s only hospital-based trichologist with seven private clinics around the UK. He says, ‘I regularly see women panicking because their hair has apparently started to fall out. But in fact, their hair is just breaking off due to their straightener addiction.’ Hair-splitting: Ceramic hair straighteners do save a lot of time, but they get so hot they damage your hair He explains how the invention of ceramic straighteners in the late Ni...

Ask many teenagers these days about their hopes and dreams and the answers are often depressingly predictable. They want to be pop stars, movie stars or just, simply, famous. But not Georgia Davis. All she wants is to be normal. Normal, happy and healthy. At just 17 years old, she tops the scales at more than 40st, a jaw-dropping statistic which affords her the dubious distinction of being Britain’s fattest teenager. Constant struggle: Georgia Davis, pictured with mum Lesley, is Britain's fattest teenager weighing around 40 stone - and could do with a bit more family support It also brings with it health problems including constant knee and back pain — despite her tender years, Georgia can’t walk far without getting completely breathless. She is also a borderline diabetic. From this position, ‘normal’ is indeed something to strive for. Even in a country accustomed to growing levels of obesity (10,571 people were admitted to hospital last year because their wei...

Every woman knows the feeling that comes with catching sight of yourself in the mirror and realising your white bra is showing through your top. But it could become a thing of the past with the introduction of an ‘invisible’ bra from M&S designed to blend perfectly with any woman’s skin. On display: Models Joelle Kayembe, Ana Tanalia, Sarah Wiffen and Catherine Thomas outside M&S in Marble Arch, central London While other attempts at making ‘nude’ underwear have tended to take a one-colour-fits-all approach, the £18 Nearly Naked bra comes in four shades to match a range of skin tones. Researchers at M&S scanned the skin colour of more than 1,000 customers using a spectrophotometer – a machine which determines the individual shades that make up the final colour of the scanned object. Shade of pale: The flesh-coloured underwear comes in four shades to closely match customers' skin tone The results were compared with ethnicity data from the Office for N...

Laura Pillarella was hugely disappointed the first time she had ­plastic surgery. The naturally-attractive, but insecure, young woman had hoped the procedures to remove the bags under her eyes and insert a chin implant would improve not only her looks, but also her life. They didn’t. ‘When the bandages came off, I was disappointed,’ she says. ‘I wasn’t ­beautiful — just different. It wasn’t enough.’ So Laura planned another operation ... and then another. For the next ­decade she became trapped in a vicious cycle of surgery, dissatisfaction and more surgery. Insecure: Laura Pillarella became trapped in a vicious cycle of surgery Finally, after her 15th procedure, a plastic surgeon told her the real ­problem with her looks was that she had had excessive amounts of surgery. It was too much for Laura to bear. After ­spending more than £40,000 ­trying to be ­beautiful, she seriously thought about taking her own life. More... Are you set to inherit your mother's fa...

Laura Pillarella was hugely disappointed the first time she had ­plastic surgery. The naturally-attractive, but insecure, young woman had hoped the procedures to remove the bags under her eyes and insert a chin implant would improve not only her looks, but also her life. They didn’t. ‘When the bandages came off, I was disappointed,’ she says. ‘I wasn’t ­beautiful — just different. It wasn’t enough.’ So Laura planned another operation ... and then another. For the next ­decade she became trapped in a vicious cycle of surgery, dissatisfaction and more surgery. Insecure: Laura Pillarella became trapped in a vicious cycle of surgery Finally, after her 15th procedure, a plastic surgeon told her the real ­problem with her looks was that she had had excessive amounts of surgery. It was too much for Laura to bear. After ­spending more than £40,000 ­trying to be ­beautiful, she seriously thought about taking her own life. More... Are you set to inherit your mother's fa...

His haute couture shows are one of the most highly-anticipated events in the fashion calendar. And John Galliano didn't disappoint with his latest collection for Christian Dior. Inspired by the illustrations of René Gruau, whose work was synonymous with the French fashion house from 1947 onwards, the elaborate creations had a distinctly painterly feel. Indeed some even had almost feather-like brushstrokes painted on them, while others featured cascading layers of feathered fabric. Homage: John Galliano paid tribute to illustrator René Gruau in his latest haute couture collection for Christian Dior, which took place in Paris this afternoon But it was the voluminous shapes that had the most impact on the catwalk. From the geometric Forties and Fifties silhouettes to the drama of the bubble-hem dresses, every piece was almost sculptural in its precision. Razor sharp pleats fell around the models' legs in layers of varying lengths to reveal the contrast...