Asia's Next Top Model

Asia's Next Top Model (abbreviated as AsiasNTM or "AsNTM") is a reality television show of Top Model Franchise, in which a number of women compete for the title of Asia's Next Top Model and a chance to start their career in the modeling industry. The show will feature aspiring models from the entire Far East region, including South Asia subcontinent.

The show was initially set to launch in mid-2012 on Ice-TV, after a deal was arranged with CBS for a Pan-Asian version. The casting process began in March 28, 2012 and was scheduled to end on May 5 of the same year. Later, the deadline was extended to May 21. Each season, the show is produced and filmed in a separate location of the Asian world.

On April 11, it was publicly revealed that Nadya Hutagalung would take on the role of Head Judge and Host of the series. Fashion director Daniel Boey, fashion photographer Todd Anthony Tyler, and model Joey Mead King took secondary roles as judges. Around early October, STAR World and Channel 8 introduced the 14 finalists for season one, from 13 countries in South, Southeast and East Asia. The show was initially scheduled to premiere on November 4, 2012. However, the global premiere on STAR World was pushed back to November 25 due to monetary problems. The winner of the first cycle was 27 year old Jessica Amornkuldilok from Thailand.

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The sight of a cute girl strolling down the aisle will instantly warm the hearts of your wedding guests. Girls are easy to shop for because they look adorable in anything. However, you should choose a girl dress that your family will adore. Here are some creative ideas for choosing colorful girl dresses that any family would cherish.

This girl dress is extraordinary and unique! This lovely dress is a spaghetti strap, tulle tiered ball gown and it features a beaded waist and a huge bow on the back. If you want your little girl to look like a princess and stand out from the crowd, you will love this dress. This girl dress is rich in details, elegant, and perfect for any kind of wedding. This dress comes in ivory and white and sizes 2T to 14.

This gorgeous dress is a satin, spaghetti strap dress with a pick-up skirt and ribbon waist. This dress is charming and one-of-a-kind! Your girl will look fabulous with this dress on, which is available in white and ivory. A colorful, beaded satin sash is also available for this dress, and it comes in a variety of colors like pink, orange, blue, green, red, black, and others. A sash will make this dress look bolder and more energetic! If you have already picked out the colors for your wedding, you should definitely purchase this colorful girl dress for your big day.

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The sophisticated social structure of teenage Girl World is full of social intrigue and provides a political landscape for some teen girls to assume social power over their peers. Girl cliques are complex and multilayered and most girls assume a role within the clique. Social positions within the clique are not static, as a girl can lose her position within the hierarchy to another girl, and can move up and down the social totem pole.

In her book, "Queen Bees and Wannabes," author Rosalind Wiseman suggests there are at least seven (7) different roles that girls assume within the structure of a social clique. These roles make up the social fabric within the clique and determine how each child will influence or impact relationships with the others around them.

The leader of the clique is usually the Queen Bee. For this girl, her popularity is based on fear and control. Through a combination of charisma, looks, money, will, force and manipulation, this girl reigns supreme among her peers and may weaken friendships between the other girls, thereby strengthening her own power and influence. Most Queen Bees aren't willing to recognize the cruelty of their actions. She's the center of attention and people value being around her energy and power.

The second in command within the girl clique is the Sidekick. She's closest to the Queen Bee and will back her up no matter what in a thirst to siphon some of her power. She shares the mannerisms (and many times clothing style!) of the Queen Bee. Together they appear to the other girls as an impenetrable force. Many times they bully and silence the other girls to forward their own agenda.

Information and gossip about each other is the currency of teenage girl world. The Banker is the role within the girl clique that spreads this seemingly valuable information. She creates chaos everywhere she goes by banking information about her peers and dispensing it at strategic intervals for her own benefit. The Banker can hold a lot of power within the clique.

There is usually one girl in the clique that may also be friends with other girls or part of another girl clique. This is the role of The Floater. She has friends in different groups and can move freely between them. She may have "protective" characteristics that shield her from other girls' cruelties, perhaps good looks, good grades, etc. She avoids conflicts within her main clique, and may have higher self esteem than the others because she doesn't base her image of self-worth on being accepted within the clique.

The Torn Bystander is constantly conflicted between doing the right thing and her allegiance to the clique. She's frequently caught in the middle of conflicts between the other girls. She may even rationalize the disrespectful behavior of the Queen Bee and others, despite knowing it's wrong. By associating herself with the other girls in the clique, this role values access to popularity and high social status.

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If you have ever planned a wedding, or even attended a wedding, before you might have noticed that flower girls dresses often look like Easter or first communion dresses, or that they do not really seem like dresses for young girls.

Girls have a tendency to look as though they are wearing dresses that were shrunk down to fit them and accessories that do not fully fit the occasion. Recently, however, newer fashions have been introduced for flower girls that both allow the bride to coordinate her flower girl with the wedding party and also allow the flower girl to wear an elegant but age appropriate dress.

Flower girl dresses are available in all sorts of fun styles, everything from summery dresses for the less formal weddings to what amount to miniature wedding dresses for the more formal weddings. The dresses are available in a range of colors, though of course white is the most prevalent color available. Several of the designs have a white base with color accents, which is a fun way for a bride to either match her flower girl with her bridal party, or add flair of her wedding colors to the ceremony. Even if the dress itself is pure white, a pop of color can be added with a ribbon around the waist or in the hair!

The dresses are also available in varying lengths; an important consideration during preparations. If your wedding is outside you probably would not want your flower girl in a floor length formal gown just to have it dragging along the ground. Similarly, if you have an extremely formal indoor wedding you would not want your flower girl to wear a knee length summer dress and sandals.

Now that there is a wide variety of dress available it will be easier to match your flower girl's dress both to the level of formality for your wedding and also the setting. Thanks to the wide variety of dresses not only can you match the length of the dress with the formality and location of the wedding, but also with the season in which you’re wedding occurs.

A wider range of accessories is also available for your flower girl. There are all sorts of veils and tiaras, along with gloves, shoes, and hair accessories. Giving your flower girl these accessories can both dress up their outfit and allow the young girls to have a truly fun experience dressing up for your big day. Each of the accessories are designed to complement the wedding party without making the young girls look as though they are wearing something designed for a bride's maid.

One of the best things about the styles that are available for brides to choose from for their flower girls is that most of them have a wide variety of colors available, either for the dress itself or for the accent features of the dress.

Because of the range of colors available for each style the bride will not have to compromise her ideal design in order to get a color that matches her wedding's color scheme. The bride will be able to find a dress that matches or compliments her bride's maids without having to worry about matching colors.

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Let's save a girl child and stand against the genocide that is taking place in the society. Feticide is the most dastardly form of violence against women. Since the technology for sex determination first came into being, sex selective abortion has unleashed a saga of horror in India. In fact nature intended the womb to be a safe space place for nurturing and grooming the foetus before the child could take birth. But today, doctors have made it the most unsafe space for the female child by unleashing the terror of feticide. Today a girl child is several times more likely to be eliminated before birth in India than die of various causes in the first year of her existence.

Save a girl child: Sex determination and sex selection

Although foetal sex determination and sex selection is a criminal offence in India, the practice is rampant. Private clinics with ultrasound machines and other latest technologies are doing brisk business. Everywhere, people are paying to know the sex of an unborn child and paying more to abort the female child. The technology has even reached remote areas of the country through facilities like mobile clinics. People are getting sex determination done even for the first child.

Rihanna Follows Drake to Amsterdam, Paris, Brussels and London

Rihanna is officially following Drake around on the European leg of the Would You Like a Tour tour. She's been spotted at his shows in Paris, Amsterdam, Brussels and having dinner with him after his concerts. Over the weekend, the couple who have refused to confirm they are dating, were spotted having dinner at Nobu restaurant in London.

Drake also recently posted a picture on Instagram wearing the same shirt Rihanna wore to one of his shows in Brussels. See the pics after the cut....

 

Nicki Minaj....Exclusive In L. A

On Tuesday Nicki Minaj met up with Weezy and Tyga in L.A. to shoot a video for the David D.A. Doman-produced single “Senile.” Earlier today she took to Instagram and Twitter to share some shots from the set with her millions of followers.

Check out the pics below.



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