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Chelo Alonso

Chelo Alonso

Nationality: Cuban Cuban father and Mexican mother She took her trade to Paris in 1957 and became the toast of the Folies Bergère as an up-and-coming Josephine Baker Chelo Alonso combined her native Afro-Cuban rhythms with a seductive belly-dancing style that encouraged wolf whistles wherever she toured, which would eventually include Puerto Rico, Haiti and even […]

Real Amazon Women across the Ancient World

Real Amazon Women across the Ancient World

Who were these bold barbarian archers on horseback who gloried in fighting, hunting, and sexual freedom? Were Amazons real? In this deeply researched, wide-ranging, and lavishly illustrated book, National Book Award finalist Adrienne Mayor presents the Amazons as they have never been seen before. This is the first comprehensive account of warrior women in myth […]

Model: Selita Ebanks

Model: Selita Ebanks

Selita Ebanks (born 15 February 1983) is a Caymanian fashion model. She worked for Victoria’s Secret and as a Victoria’s Secret Angel from 2005-2008. Ebanks moved to the United States, and settled in Staten Island, New York. After moving to New York City she was accepted at Spelman College, Columbia University, and New York University. […]

Man Heading To Jail After Posting inappropriate photos

Man Heading To Jail After Posting inappropriate photos

“In December 2013, Iniguez, using an alias, allegedly began posting derogatory comments about his ex-girlfriend on her employer’s Facebook page. [He] allegedly posted a topless photograph of the victim on her employer’s Facebook page which was accompanied by a message that called the victim a ‘drunk’ and a ‘slut’ and encouraged her firing from the […]

Dark Skin May Have Evolved to Protect Against Skin Cancer

Dark Skin May Have Evolved to Protect Against Skin Cancer

At one time, natural selection may have favored those who had the darkest variations in skin color to protect against ultraviolet radiation.PHOTOGRAPH  ABOVE BY SARAH LEEN, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC Greaves, who studies the role that disease plays in human evolution, believes his study adds credence to the idea that when earlier hominids shed their shaggy hair […]