This is what an ad in tomorrow’s The Columbus Dispatch will carry. And that would be because LeAngela Davis, a Hooters Girl from Columbus, was crowned Miss Hooters International 2010 during the 14th Annual Hooters International Swimsuit Pageant earlier this month.

LeAngela, the first African American to win the Miss Hooters International competition. She was selected from 100 Hooters Girl contestants who traveled from all over the world to represent Hooters’ 455 locations in 29 countries.

Besides the coveted title, LeAngela also won $50,000 and will be the face of Hooters for the next 12 months.

Her future plans include representing Hooters at the Jimmy V Celebrity Golf Classic in Raleigh, NC, a trip to Iraq and Kuwait to visit troops during Hooters Let Freedom Wing Tour and photo shoots for Hooters Calendar and Magazine.

“LeAngela has been an exemplary Hooters Girl since she began her career 4 years ago,” said Mike McNeil the VP of Marketing for Hooters of America.

“She is beautiful, intelligent, graceful, incredibly photogenic and a joy to work with for our many national marketing projects. She is going to make a terrific spokesperson for the 17,000 Hooters Girls worldwide and our 455 Hooters Restaurants.”

A Hooters Girl of 4 years, LeAngela has already been featured in the Hooters Calendar, Hooters Magazine, Billboards, TV Commercials and 2 Hooters Dream Girl TV shows.

SOURCE Hooters of America, Inc.

As part of the collaboration, O’Neill Girls will also be unveiling an exclusive swimwear collection, Elyse Taylor for O’Neill, next year.

Taylor has worked with high fashion brands including Victoria’s Secret, and appeared on runways for Marc Jacobs, Alberta Ferretti, Dolce & Gabbana, and Roberto Cavalli.

Imagery from O’Neill’s Spring 2011 photo shoot, shot on location in the Virgin Islands by Kyle Alexander, will debut at the Miami Swim Tradeshow this weekend.

“We are thrilled to be partnering with someone as talented, creative and down to earth as Elyse,” said Cedar Carter, marketing director for O’Neill Girls.

“She’s a laid back beach girl who also has a lot of energy and style. She not only embodies the O’Neill Girls lifestyle, but also loves fashion and design, and has walked the runways for many of our girls’ favorite brands. She is a wonderful addition to our team.”

“Growing up along the coast, the water and the beach were always part of my life, so it’s great to work with a brand that represents so many of my passions,” Taylor said.

“I’m really looking forward to collaborating with the design teams, drawing inspiration from O’Neill’s California roots and my own experiences traveling around the world.”

Scheduled for release in 2011 at specialty retailers and boutiques, Elyse Taylor for O’Neill will complement the brand’s 2011 lifestyle collections that merge 1970’s retro surf styling with indie culture and ethnic influences.

SOURCE O’Neill

The swimsuit will be included in the Billabong Cruise 2010 collection.

“We look forward to working with Billabong to manufacture Maya’s suit with Xtra Life Lycra fiber, which provides a long lasting fit that is so important to Maya,” said Andrea Matousek, swimwear marketing manager North America at Invista Apparel.

The Billabong Big Wave Bikini Design Contest went live on myLYCRA.com May 1, and is open to all US consumers.

Those that enter the contest will be able to click and drag their choice of fabric onto swim suit styles to create their own personal design for Gabeira. Users of the website will vote on their favorites, narrowing down all entries to the top 20.

In June, a panel will review the top 20 selections as voted by the public and choose the winning design. Gabeira will also review the top 20 and talk about her favorites using streaming video technology.

“I’ve been fortunate enough to work with Billabong for the past couple of years and they have always provided me with fashionable swimwear that combines fit and function,” said Gabeira.

“Now with the addition of Xtra Life Lycra fiber my Billabong suits will do an even better job of supporting my surfing as I look to chase down even bigger waves while still looking good!” the 23-year-old surfer added.

In addition, Billabong will be producing the winning suit as the Maya Gabeira Signature Swimsuit designed with Xtra Life Lycra fiber. The swimsuit will be added as a part of the Billabong collection, available in summer of 2011.

The 21-year-old celebrity fashion model will feature in Louis Vuitton’s campaign for its Cosmic Blossom collection.

On another note, Lowe recently modeled Vuitton’s hot Daimler Azur collection, posing in classic checkerboard print, matching scarf and some can’t-get-tinier micro pants.

Check out photos of Daisy Lowe here:
(Feel free to zoom in on her. She won’t bite… unfortunately.)

Photo courtesy: Louis Vuitton

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Ivanovic, 22, posed in a variety of tennis props, wrapping herself in a tennis net as well as spreading out in a bed of pink tennis balls — all shot by renowned photographer Marlena Bielinska in New York. Ana was one of the several female athletes featured in the SI issue, but for Ana, who has modeled before, this was the first SI appearance.

The Serbian tennis star was seeded 20th at the 2010 Australian Open, where she reached the second round where she lost Gisela Dulko 6–7(6), 7–5, 6–4. Ivanovic’s next tennis appearance will be at the 2010 BNP Paribas Open, in Indian Wells, California, from March 8 through March 21.

More photos of Ana Ivanovich from the SI Swimsuit 2010 issue:
(Go ahead and click to zoom. She won’t bite… unfortunately.)

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Hayden Panettiere

The 19-year-old “I Love You, Beth Cooper” (released a couple days ago), girl says the half-smile is ’survival kit’.

As the story goes, Hayden opened out when a couple of Jewish tourists wanted to photograph her at an LA restaurant. Apparently, Hayden was the first celebrity they met, so… hey, they wanted a picture. Which, of course, Hayden was kind enough to give them.

To quote Details:

“Thank you so much. Thank you. I’m sorry,” they say as they (Jewish men) back out of the restaurant, already reviewing the images on the camera.

“I gave them a half-smile,” she (Hayden) says matter-of-factly. “It’s a survival skill.”

So what gives?

Well, that’s Hayden’s explanation. But while most Hayden fans would be familiar with that ‘half-smile’, I still wonder what it means. Then again, I’m only a ‘half-fan’ of hers, as well.

What’s the intrigue about that half smile? What do you think? Something to do with ‘mean girls’?

Perhaps these photos of Hayden Panettiere might help prove a point in bikini and short pants.

Perhaps not. Either way, feel free to CLICK and zoom in on her… she won’t bite. Unfortunately.

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Though Hart’s modeling career closely follows that of her Australian counterpart Miranda Kerr, she’s getting to be known down under just now. Hart, 23, recently did Seafolly’s photo shoot for its international campaign on a private island off the coast of Cairns in Queensland, Australia.

(Recall then 19-year-old Catherine McNeil was modeling Seafolly beach and swimwear just under a year ago?)

I can’t wait to the photos, but then word has it that Victoria’s Secret is toning down the sexy aspect of lingerie ads… but I figure with Jessica in front of the camera, that could be a hard thing to do.

Hart has also talked about launching her own designs. “I’m also in talks with people to design my own line of clothes in collaboration with a charity, but I can’t say much on that right now,” she said.

Obviously she’s expanding her resume, so she’s the one to watch out for, as these pictures from Sports Illustrated’s 2009 Swimsuit Issue prove beyond any doubt:

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