2007 Miss Universe, Riyo Mori

The beautiful Riyo Mori (Mori Riyo) was born on December 24, 1986 in Aoi-ku, Shizuoka, Japan.
She is a dance instructor that won the 2007 Miss Universe title in Mexico City, Mexico.
Riyo was the third Japanese woman to place in the top five at Miss Universe in the past five years and after her reign, Donald Trump said that along with Jennifer Hawkins, she was one of the two best Miss Universe's of all time.
Riyo starred with two other beauty queens, Katie Blair (former Miss Teen USA 2006) and Hilary Cruz (Miss Teen USA 2007), in Donald Trump's MTV reality show Pageant Place in 2007.

The Top Ten Most Searched For Women In May

Well last months most searched for ladies on this blog really surprised me.
I know I say that every month, but this really did catch me off guard.


1. Alicia Keys
Maybe her little thing with Hip-hop maestro Swizz Beatz elevated her on the searched for list last month.
Of course when you show up on "American Idol " it don't hurt your ratings any.


2. Jessica Biel
I gotta chalk this up to Timothy Linh Bui's "Powder Blue", which just hit DVD and Blu-ray.
Or maybe it was "Easy Virtue"


3. Jessica Simpson
She stays on the covers of the tabloids. Just when you think she's gone, she shows back up again in full force.
She's got her name on shoes, sunglasses, perfume and even wigs.
And now she's pitching a new reality show, "What Price Beauty?".


4. Beyonce Knowles
The lady has class besides being gorgeous. Beyonce and Jay-Z know just how to stay in the public eye, but not go for over kill.
And staying in touch with her fans, like offering her fans affordable shows doesn't hurt either.


5. Scarlett Johansson
Getting voted one of the 40 Most Iconic Movie Goddesses of all time to start out 2009 isnt bad.
And getting tapped to play the Black Widow in the sequel to Iron Man isnt going to hurt her rankings either.


6. Lindsay Lohan
Showing some signs of getting it together now.
Her clothing line, her spray on tan and now a part in a movie "The Other Side". Will Lindsay follow Britney in getting her life together?


7. Eva Mendes
Everyone seems to like Eva. You really dont see a lot of internet hate with her. And with her new movie coming up, "Bad Lieutenant" directed by Werner Herzog and starring Nicolas Cage, Val Kilmer and Xzibit, expect to see a lot more of this Cuban beauty.


8. Cameron Diaz
She's getting quite a bit of press for being single. And starting work on the new movie "Wichita" with media magnet Tom Cruise will keep her in the limelight.


9. Jennifer Love Hewitt
Critics say The Ghost Whisperer just keeps getting better and better. Jennifer is hanging out with Jamie Kennedy and getting ready to start a country album (?).


10. Britney Spears
Two words: Circus Tour. She has stayed the course, handled the tour schedule and only had a few small bumps in the road.

The runners up....
Halle Berry
Angelina Jolie
Carmen Electra
Avril Lavigne
Hilary Duff

What?
No Megan Fox, Madonna, Mariah Carey, Shakira?
Nope, not last month.

Alicia Keys

Well it seems like everyone has spoken.
Alicia Keys really is the most popular woman on this blog.
Alicia was born Alicia Augello Cook on January 25, 1981 in Manhattan, in New York City.
Her mother was Irish-Italian and her father was Jamaican.
She made an appearance in 1985 at the age of four on The Cosby Show, where she was one of a group of girls that were Rudy Huxtable's sleepover guests in the episode.
At the age of seven she began to play the piano, and learned classical music by composers such as Beethoven, Mozart and Chopin.
She enrolled in the Professional Performing Arts School at the age of 12, and started writing songs at the age of 14.
(Britney Spears also attended the same school)



Alicia's first album, "Songs in A Minor", in 2001, was a hit, selling over 11 million copies and earning her five Grammy Awards.
This is the album her hit "Fallin"came from.
Her next album "The Diary of Alicia Keys" in 2003 sold over eight million copies and got her four more Grammy Awards.
She relaesed a live album in 2005, "Unplugged", that debuted at number one in the United States.
Her third studio album in 2007 "As I Am" produced her most successful song worldwide to date, "No One".



In 2007 she made her big screen debut, playing assassin Georgia Sykes in the film Smokin' Aces.
Even though the movie received poor reviews, I liked it.
And I thought she was great (and stunning) in it.

Besides Smokin'Aces, she has appeared in The Nanny Diaries (2007) and The Secret Life of Bees (2008).

On June 26th, Alicia will receive the Golden Note Award from ASCAP, (the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers) in Los Angeles.
Past winners of this award include Diddy, Jay-Z, Quincy Jones, LL Cool J and Lionel Richie.

Alicia is currently dating music producer and Hip-hop star Swizz Beatz.


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