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  1. Gah. I love her. She is adorable. I love ALL the new pics. Her CD is really good, I'm not into country but I just bought the CD and like most of the songs and I'm singing along!!! She is a fabulous dancer and singer.
  2. I know, they are gorgeous! Ah, she looks so cute in green!
  3. I second this, she looks amazing in Cosmo. Her shape cover won't be out until July though. I haven't been able to find the CosmoGIRL scans anywhere. Oh, okay thank you! I didn't know when that came out. Hopefully someone knows where to find them!!
  4. Can anyone find good HQ pictures of her in Shape and CosmoGIRL? I'd really appreciate it, and I hear she looks stunning in both!
  5. Can someone make a quick animation of Eva from the Miami music video by Will Smith? I'd love you forever! Pretty please!
  6. Can someone please find me all the pictures on this poster? I'd love you forever!!!
  7. ::BUMP:: FOR THE SEXY CAREY HART!
  8. He is so hot! Pink is one lucky lady!!
  9. The votes are in and AOL Sports' Hottest Athlete, male or female, has been decided. The first-ever winner, a drag racing upstart and daughter of NHRA icon John Force, says she was surprised to see Sharapova lose, explains why beating Danica was different and admits that under her fire suit she’s really a girlie-girl. The Interview - DAVE HOLLANDER: Congratulations on winning AOL Sports' first-ever Hottest Athlete Tournament. Looks like America loves a woman with helmet hair, covered in clutch dust. ASHLEY FORCE: That apparently worked for me this time around. It’s been a lot of fun being a part of this because there’s such a variety of women in sports. Usually I'm only around a lot of men and competing only with men. So it was fun to actually compete with women because I never do on the track. DH: During the tournament, other women were routinely displayed in evening gowns and bikinis while you were almost always shown in a seven-layer fire suit. What does this tell us about how fans like to see their athletes? AF: Well, it has a lot do with the fact that there aren't too many pictures of me in the evening gowns or bathing suits. I'm kind of more of a shy type. In my sport that would be completely inappropriate -- to show up at the track in a bikini. In drag racing we try not to make a big deal out of the whole the aspect of being a woman. We want to show that there’s much more than just the gender of the driver. There’s the team behind the driver, the car, the sponsors. We kind of mute out the whole woman side of it. Wearing my fire suit works best for me. DH: About the tournament: You had what looked like very tough first round draw in Anna Rawson, a professional model turned golfer. What gave you the edge there (72 percent-28 percent)? AF: The big edge I had was how dedicated drag race fans are. They tune in every week. They have their drivers they love. They collect the die-cast. To have a drag racer in this competition, all the NHRA fans -- even those who were are fans of my competitors -- wanted to root me on because they're very proud of their sport. They want to root for their drag racer. I was fortunate that I'm in the type of sport where we have a big following of people from all over the country that are very much involved in the Internet. That’s what did it for me. DH: The next round, the Sexy 16, pitted you against snowboarder Gretchen Bleiler (71 percent-29 percent). How much did worry about the fact that she'd posed naked before, three times? AF: For every person it’s different. For me, I grew up in a family of girls. I have little sisters. The main base of my fans are children. So I kind of follow that path, not always the sexy route but more the youthful route. That works for me. I was kind of always the kid in the pit. I grew up around adults. So even to this day, even though I compete professionally, all the other drivers still call me “the kid.” But for different athletes it works differently... For [Gretchen Bleiler] that’s the path she took. I figured a lot more men would probably be rooting for her just because she been in those magazines that men have checked out where I'm more in the drag racing magazines. DH: Meanwhile in the Sexy 16, Amanda Beard, despite being naked in Playboy this summer, lost in a stunning upset to Paula Creamer pitting you against Creamer in the Elite Eight. (72 percent-28 percent) Were you thinking "Another golfer? Piece of cake!" Fantasy Football '07 It's easy and FREE to play. Use League Manager to set up your league with your rules or Draft Play to join a public league. · Get Started Now! AF: I didn't think piece of cake on any of them because I don't follow other sports that much, not even other motor sports. With how time consuming our sport is and with traveling, you don't get time to catch upon other things. So there were a lot of these women I'd seen in different magazines and ads and articles who I didn't really know too much about. So for each person I was put up against I didn't know how it would end up. I just knew that a lot of our fans were coming up at the races so excited that they were voting. A lot of them knew the other athletes. It was fun and interesting that I would be competing against golfers and softball players and so many different athletes when I'm really ever only used to competing against motor sports people. DH: Your Fab Four matchup against Danica Patrick had all the earmarks of a classic. But you trounced her (67 percent-33 percent). What does your drubbing of Danica say about NHRA vs. the IRL and who rules auto racing? AF: Matching up against her was probably the funnest round just because I actually knew a little bit more about her. I've been interviewed a lot where people will ask me about her. So she was someone I related to. We have similar careers. I'm sure the ups and downs I have she probably has the same in her sport. So it was fun to go against someone similar. A big part of it is that we have a lot of female fans in drag racing. A lot of little girls, a lot of moms bring their kids. They want to root for the women. I don't know about other motor sports but I know in drag racing, the men and woman are very pumped up and motivated about their drivers. They support them in any way they can. Even if we lose and do horribly they're still the ones out there 10 o'clock at night when it’s been raining all day who say "It’s OK you didn't do well today, you'll go out and get ‘em next week." It’s hard to find people who have your back as well as they do. DH: How surprised were you to see Maria Sharapova go down in the semis? AF: I was really surprised about that. I'm addicted to all those magazines like Star Magazine, and I always see her in there, walking down the street or with whoever she’s dating. I definitely thought, of all the gals, she was the most recognizable just because even someone like me who doesn't spend that much time watching TV or checking out other types of sports, knew a little about her. I was kind of thinking she'd go to finals and I was really surprised when she didn't. I didn't know that much about the other gal but [sharapova] was such a recognizable person, you figure mainstream audiences will vote for someone they've seen before or recognize. DH: That other gal was Jennie Finch. After you completed your dominating tournament run in the women’s bracket, crushing Jennie in the finals (79 percent-21 percent) was there any doubt in your mind that you would dust Tom Brady (86 percent-14 percent)? First off, going up against Jennie in the finals who is beautiful, I was like "Oh man, all my crew guys are finally gonna turn on me and vote for the other gal." It was kind of joke we all had. Truthfully, all these women should be models. I have a few nice pictures where they did my makeup and fixed me up but really these girls could quit their sport if they wanted to and go to modeling. It’s just kind of weird for me to be in that group. Then to go up against Tom, it’s funny because my little sister, Courtney, she’s 19 and she’s big-time on the Internet and MySpace and all that stuff. Has a million friends on there. So all this time I knew a lot her friends had been voting for me, but she thinks Tom Brady is just the cutest thing ever. So I'm like "I think I might lose big chunk of votes when this final comes along." Because he’s a pretty popular person, you know? But that’s fine with me. Who would have ever thought I'd be competing with Tom Brady for something. It’s kind of amazing. DH Do you think his becoming a father, just as we entered the overall finals, hurt him? AF: Well, he’s definitely out there in the media a lot more now. I don't know if he likes that or not. But that’s part of it. When things are happening in your life, the public wants to know about it. I'm sure he’s got a lot going on in his life right now. I've pretty much just had the same old life I've had for the past few years. Nothing too new. I don't think it would hurt him. It’s a good thing that he’s going to carry on. Maybe his kid will be a famous football player one day. We've got to keep these kids going. The big joke with our family is my dad had all girls. He was crushed "I'm a race car driver and I had all girls!" But all three of us ended up drag racing . So, you never know. DH: Who do think Bridget Moynihan voted for? AF: That would be hard to say. I don't think she would know me from Adam, but maybe that’s a personal situation over there I'm not too sure about. DH: Is there another male athlete who might have given you a better run for your money? AF: I had really thought David Beckham. I don't know which round he went out, but I thought for sure he'd be up there in finals, just because everywhere you look these past few weeks there the all this news about his family moving to the U.S. and him competing out there so I thought for sure he'd be going far. I was kind of surprised about that. DH: Has AOL contacted you about a trophy presentation? AF: The last we heard they just wanted us to send some more photos to go out for the competition between me and Tom. DH: If there is a ceremony, what will you say in your acceptance speech? AF: I don't know. It’s a strange acceptance speech to have. It’s actually been a joke between my team but so frustrating that I won the finals in the AOL competition, but I haven't won a final in my funny car races. So now I'm like "I better get on top of this. My funny car is what my whole life is about so I better get on the ball." Truly, I don't quite know what I would say. I do know that lately I'm really trying to wear a little more makeup and do my hair a bit more instead of throwing it up in a hat like I usually do. Otherwise, AOL may take the trophy back. DH: Your Dad, a drag race legend, is an emotional guy. After you won your first big race three years ago, he ran behind the grandstand and threw up. Did he suffer from the same kind of nerves during this tournament run? AF: He’s calmed down a bit, thankfully for all of us. But he was so excited about it because he’s a sports guy and he likes all that kind of stuff. It was funny. The guys on my team -- I never thought would get that into, but they were coming up telling me they're moms were voting. They're just so proud to have one their teammates in the competition. But Dad was really... when I went up against Danica because racing is pretty much all he really understands. He’s followed her and watched how well she’s done so he was really exited about what happened that round. DH: Your Dad actually matched you up with your current boyfriend. How does the boyfriend feel about you winning this thing? AF: He’s been picking on me lately. "Oh, I can see her head’s getting bigger already." All the jokes are flying, but he’s really proud. His grandma out in Missouri has been online every day voting, reading everything that everyone has been writing. What’s great is friends of mine from middle school and elementary school saw it on AOL and contacted me. It brought me back in touch with a lot of people I haven't seen in a while. But the boyfriend is pretty excited, just giving me hard time making sure my ego doesn't get out of control, you know? DH: Mattel knew what kind of voting power you have. You're still the only professional athlete with your own Barbie Doll. After this, what about a new Ashley Force Barbie? AF: That would be great. We have two dolls as of now, the Mattel fire suit doll and the Castrol fire suit doll. The kids love it. It’s different. They have bobblehead dolls but no Barbie dolls and what girl doesn't like a Barbie doll, right? I'm 24 years old but when I was a little girl I loved playing with dolls and funnest part about it was the add-ons -- the shoes and the heels and everything, With my doll you have the helmet, the gloves and boots. I think that’s fun for the kids. But half the time the kids will come up with [the doll] and my hair’s cut, painted a different color and they've done makeup on the doll. It’s pretty hilarious. DH: I can't help but wonder: What would Shirley Muldowney say about all this? AF: I could ask her this weekend. They're doing a breakfast with her. Women drivers are invited. I'm going to it. Maybe I'll bring it up and see what she thinks. I've asked her questions about racing before. She went through all that when she was competing -- the photographs and them wanting her to play up the woman part of it. She definitely didn't care too much about that. She just wanted to drag race. But I got to admit, I'm a girlie-girl. I like wearing dresses every once in a while. I actually like wearing them more now that I'm a race-car driver than I did before. When I was younger, you couldn't get me in dress. I was a tom boy. Now that I'm always in a fire suit, every single weekend, on my days off I actually enjoy wearing heels! Dave Hollander is the author of 52 WEEKS: Interviews with Champions! Info at: www.davehollander.com 2007 AOL LLC. All Rights Reserved.
  10. It's official: NHRA's Ashley Force is named hottest athlete in AOL poll It's official: NHRA Funny Car rookie Ashley Force is the hottest athlete in sports, according to AOL's recent online-voting tournament. Force, daughter of 14-time NHRA Funny Car world champ John Force, handily defeated 31 other female competitors to win the woman's bracket, where she was never seriously challenged in the five rounds, then soundly defeated New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, winner of the men's bracket, for the overall title. In the women's bracket, Force trounced golfer Anna Rawson 71-29 percent, snowboarder Gretchen Bleiler (72-28), golfer Paula Creamer (72-28), IRL's Danica Patrick (67-33), and softballl's Jennie Finch (79-21) to advance to face Brady. The final-round score was even more lopsided as Force racked up 86 percent of the votes to claim the title. AOL's Dave Hollander interviewed Force about her victory.
  11. Ashley Force Age: 24 Birthday: November 29, 1982 Occupation: Professional race car driver Education: Esperanza High School (Yorba Linda, Calif.); California State University-Fullerton, College of Communications, B.A. in radio/TV/film. Hobbies: Movies, video production, shopping, kickboxing, spending time with family and friends Bio: Like Father; Like Daughter. Ashley Force already has proven that she's more than just another pretty face. Although she is featured in national print ads for Oakley's Riddles sunglasses and is one of the stars of Driving Force, a new real-life series on A&E Network, the 23-year-old is most at home in the cockpit of a race car. Currently the standout driver of the 275 mile per hour Castrol dragster, a purpose-built hybrid in which she is contesting the 2006 NHRA Top Alcohol championship, she is poised to move up in classification at the wheel of a 7,000 horsepower drag racing Funny Car in which she already has tested at 315 mph. That's pretty heady stuff for a former high school cheerleader who studied television and film at California State University-Fullerton. Ashley comes by her "need for speed" quite honestly. It's all in the genes. Her father, John Force, is the 13-time NHRA Funny Car champion and world record holder for quarter mile time (4.665 seconds) and speed (333.58 mph); the only drag racer to have won as many as 100 NHRA tour events (119). Her sisters, Brittany, 19, and Courtney, 17, both driver Super Comp dragsters. Even her mother, Laurie, is licensed to drive competitively. The irony is that Ashley isn't motivated by a desire to succeed her father, but rather to beat him. "I'm going to mess with him on the starting line," she joked. "I think a lot of drivers are intimidated (by American motor racing's 1996 Driver of the Year), but to me he's just dad. He'll be so worried about his little girl in the other lane that by the time he recovers, I'll be gone. At least that's how it is in my dreams." Although she is projected as a 2007 Rookie-of-the-Year candidate in Funny Car, the elder Force has insisted that there is no specific time table for his daughter's assimilation into a category in which a woman has never reached the winners' circle. "She needs seat time," said the driver of the Castrol GTX Ford Mustang. "When she's ready, she and 'Guido' (crew chief Dean Antonelli) will know it. Until then, her main responsibility is to (Jerry) Darien and (Ken) Meadows and the Castrol dragster." Her Funny Car orientation, which began in 2005, accelerated this year when she began driving a new McKinney Corporation slip-tube chassis built to address her specific requirements. Previously when she tested, she drove her dad's Ford Mustang, a situation that proved unsatisfactory on two fronts. No. 1, she was uncomfortable, physically, because of all the cockpit adjustments that had to be made to accommodate the difference in their physiques and, No. 2, she was uncomfortable, psychologically, because the car she was driving wasn't a back-up; it was the same Mustang in which her dad was chasing another NHRA championship. Since moving to the new car, she's made incredible progress. "She has a unique feel for the car," Antonelli said, something he attributes to her apprenticeship in Super Comp and Top Alcohol. "The truth is we've been holding her back (because) we want her to feel what it's like to have tire shake and dropped cylinders (a condition in which the engine isn't firing on all eight cylinders) at different points on the track. "John's game plan is to get her in the program next year," Antonelli said, "but he's not going to green-light anything until he's comfortable with her ability to handle the car." In her rookie season at the wheel of the Darien and Meadows dragster, as successor to such current pro stars as Melanie Troxel, Brandon Bernstein and Morgan Lucas, she became just the third woman in history to win the Mac Tools U.S. Nationals at Indianapolis, Ind., the sport's oldest, largest and most prestigious single event. She went on to win two more national races and, at the season-ending Auto Club Finals at Pomona, Calif., shared the winners' circle with her dad in becoming the first father-and-daughter winners of the same event in NHRA history. She capped the season by being named both Rookie of the Year and Driver of the Year in an NHRA region encompassing Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee. Despite her success, Ashley never seriously considered a career in the "family business" until her father sent her to Frank Hawley's Drag Racing School as a 16th birthday present. That led her to take auto shop and welding courses as part of her elective curriculum at Esperanza High School in Yorba Linda, Calif. Even though she began racing upon her high school graduation, her mother insisted that before she embarked on a full-time career, she had to earn her college degree. As a result, she spent her weekends racing and her weekdays in school, ultimately graduating in 3½ years with a degree in communications. Ashley suspect things were going to be interesting the first time she expressed a genuine interest in pursuing a driving career. "Dad said as soon as I got my car, I needed to start sleeping in it," she recalled, "because I guess that's what he did when he started out. He said I should walk around with my helmet on - like people wouldn't think that was weird." If her choice of elective courses wasn't sufficient indication to her father that she might one day want to become involved in the family business, then certainly her fourth place finish in national points as a Top Alcohol rookie convinced him. Force could not be more proud, nor more surprised. "I'm a typical father who always wanted his son to grow up and drive his race car," said the 13-time Auto Racing All-America selection, "but I don't have any sons, so I always hoped one of my girls would have an interest. Ashley took auto mechanics in high school and I never even did that. It's great having her on tour with me." As for hobbies, Ashley admits she's a movie fanatic, just like her dad. "I go (to the movie theater) at least once a week," she said. "Sometimes he goes a couple times a day. I went with him once and he went to the first half of the movie. Then he got up and left because he told me he had already seen the last half. I think he went to see the end of something else." Nevertheless, she has taken her love for the cinema a step further. She not only likes to watch movies, she has demonstrated a talent for producing them. Each year for the company Christmas party, she produces a movie that spoofs events and individuals in the sport, herself included. Last year's movie was a parody of "A Christmas Carol" starring the elder Force as Scrooge and crew members and staff as the three ghosts of Christmas and other characters. It's title, "The Bi-Polar Express," was a not-so-veiled reference to her father's well-documented mood swings. One thing is certain, whether she's making movies or starring in them, Ashley has her father's full attention and there's absolutely no chance he'll be sneaking out of this performance before it's over.
  12. I am so excited; I think she would be an amazing mother. I can't wait to see if she'll have a little girl or boy. =]
  13. She looks amazing as always! <333
  14. She looks amazing as always! <333
  15. She is beautiful! <333 Great pictures!!
  16. I love Britney Spears, everyone just needs to back off and let her live her life and when she is ready to come back than she will. Everyone has there downfalls and no one is perfect, even celebrities so seriously I just wish some people would get a life and stop picking on her every mistake.
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