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"It's wrong!" Heidi Klum's lingerie shoot with daughter slammed

<p>Heidi Klum has come under fire for a controversial photoshoot with her 18-year-old daughter. </p> <p>The 49-year-old supermodel has teamed up with her daughter Leni for a collaboration with Italian lingerie company Intimissimi, with the campaign photoshoot drawing in a flood of criticism. </p> <p>The mother-daughter duo posed together in a series of stripped down poses, showing off the luxury lingerie products and frolicking around together. </p> <p>While some loved seeing them model together, others found the intimacy of the photoshoot disturbing. </p> <blockquote class="instagram-media" style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/reel/CjkB_DhDBiD/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="14"> <div style="padding: 16px;"> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;"> </div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;"> </div> </div> </div> <div style="padding: 19% 0;"> </div> <div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"> </div> <div style="padding-top: 8px;"> <div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div> </div> <div style="padding: 12.5% 0;"> </div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;"> <div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);"> </div> </div> <div style="margin-left: 8px;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;"> </div> <div style="width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);"> </div> </div> <div style="margin-left: auto;"> <div style="width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);"> </div> <div style="width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);"> </div> </div> </div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;"> </div> </div> <p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" href="https://www.instagram.com/reel/CjkB_DhDBiD/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank" rel="noopener">A post shared by Heidi Klum (@heidiklum)</a></p> </div> </blockquote> <p>One person wrote on Twitter, “It’s wrong and makes me feel deeply uneasy!”</p> <p>Another wrote, “Ah yes, the classic mother-daughter pose: standing in your lingerie. A favourite for every family album.”</p> <p>Someone else chimed in, “Heidi Klum and her 18yo daughter Leni posing half naked in their underwear together. Holys**t!”</p> <p>Another commented on Instagram, “Trained by Mum. Can a therapist take a look at this, please!”, while another insta user, simply wrote, “Nope.”</p> <p>Heidi and Leni are starring in Intimissimi's new autumn/winter 2022 campaign “as icons of self-confidence, joy of life and love between a mother and daughter”, <a title="www.thesun.co.uk" href="https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/20055687/heidi-klum-sexy-lingerie-teenage-daughter-leni/">The Sun</a> reported.</p> <p><em>Image credits: Instagram</em></p>

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"Icon" Nicole Kidman flexes down for new mag cover

<p dir="ltr">Nicole Kidman has caused a stir with her latest photoshoot after she appeared on the front cover of a magazine with incredibly muscled arms, a copper wig, and an outfit that’s a far cry from her previous looks.</p> <p dir="ltr">Kidman will feature on the front cover of Perfect magazine’s third edition as the winner of the publication’s Icon award in recognition of her impact on contemporary culture.</p> <p><span id="docs-internal-guid-efeb7a25-7fff-ae76-96ba-79a98edecc76">The <em>Nine Perfect Strangers</em> star was styled in a tight-fitting halter-neck crop top, a textured mini skirt, and a copper wig that had bangs at the front and waist-long hair at the back, with the wig appearing in several other photos from the shoot, taken by photographer Zhong Lin.</span></p> <blockquote class="instagram-media" style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/ChlUXjRpiN5/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="14"> <div style="padding: 16px;"> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;"> </div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;"> </div> </div> </div> <div style="padding: 19% 0;"> </div> <div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"> </div> <div style="padding-top: 8px;"> <div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div> </div> <div style="padding: 12.5% 0;"> </div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;"> <div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);"> </div> </div> <div style="margin-left: 8px;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;"> </div> <div style="width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);"> </div> </div> <div style="margin-left: auto;"> <div style="width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);"> </div> <div style="width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);"> </div> </div> </div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;"> </div> </div> <p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/ChlUXjRpiN5/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank" rel="noopener">A post shared by Nicole Kidman (@nicolekidman)</a></p> </div> </blockquote> <p dir="ltr">Kidman was the inaugural winner from a list of 23 potential candidates for the Icon award, which serves to recognise those who are “shaping contemporary culture”. </p> <p dir="ltr"><em>Perfect </em>launched the annual awards this year, with additional categories including Self Expression, Image, and Moment, as well as several for fragrances, designers, performers and brands, two years after the content agency turned magazine was founded by British stylised Katie Grand.</p> <p><span id="docs-internal-guid-6c2ffa26-7fff-d8be-f8f0-0c522d970619">“At a time when the validity of awards ceremonies is in question, and the red carpet spectacle of presentations is dominated by the awarding bodies and the presenters, we wanted to shift the focus back on those who we think deserve to be rewarded,” <em>Perfect </em>said in a statement.</span></p> <blockquote class="instagram-media" style="background: #FFF; 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margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"> </div> <div style="padding-top: 8px;"> <div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div> </div> <div style="padding: 12.5% 0;"> </div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;"> <div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);"> </div> </div> <div style="margin-left: 8px;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;"> </div> <div style="width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);"> </div> </div> <div style="margin-left: auto;"> <div style="width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);"> </div> <div style="width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);"> </div> </div> </div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;"> </div> </div> <p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/ChkxbK3NiEZ/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank" rel="noopener">A post shared by PERFECT (@theperfectmagazine)</a></p> </div> </blockquote> <p dir="ltr">Kidman’s latest magazine spread comes just months after her shoot for the February issue of <em>Vanity Fair</em> <a href="https://www.oversixty.com.au/news/news/vanity-fair-slammed-for-distorted-nicole-kidman-cover" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sparked controversy</a>, with some fans accusing the magazine of excessive use of Photoshop.</p> <p><span id="docs-internal-guid-4f27add5-7fff-f162-4e8b-0f9eae978f6c">The Oscar-winning actress later addressed the accusations in a conversation with director Baz Luhrmann, published in <em>Vogue Australia</em>, confessing she had second thoughts after initially “begging” to wear the Miu Miu outfit featured on the cover.</span></p> <blockquote class="instagram-media" style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/CaGOnGXvfjV/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="14"> <div style="padding: 16px;"> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;"> </div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;"> </div> </div> </div> <div style="padding: 19% 0;"> </div> <div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"> </div> <div style="padding-top: 8px;"> <div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div> </div> <div style="padding: 12.5% 0;"> </div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;"> <div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);"> </div> </div> <div style="margin-left: 8px;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;"> </div> <div style="width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);"> </div> </div> <div style="margin-left: auto;"> <div style="width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);"> </div> <div style="width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);"> </div> </div> </div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;"> </div> </div> <p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CaGOnGXvfjV/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank" rel="noopener">A post shared by Nicole Kidman (@nicolekidman)</a></p> </div> </blockquote> <p dir="ltr">“I did walk away thinking, ‘What was I thinking?! That was ridiculous! What were you doing, Nicole?!’ And then I went, ‘Eh, oh well!’” she said.</p> <p dir="ltr">“Cause you know that part about me where I’m like, ‘I’m just going to do what I want to do, ultimately!’ And just have some fun. And just commit, like really commit when I show up, do it. But there’s got to be some fun. And sometimes it’s going to work, and sometimes it isn’t. But I love the idea of being bold and not fitting into a box.”</p> <p dir="ltr">Aside from appearing in unusual magazine photoshoots, Kidman has been working on various projects in Hollywood, including gearing up for the upcoming <em>Aquaman </em>sequel and being in production for AppleTV+ animation <em>Spellbound</em>, Amazon series <em>Expats</em>, and an untitled Netflix rom-com.</p> <p><span id="docs-internal-guid-1c003679-7fff-0ceb-80c8-9df49efa13e0"></span></p> <p dir="ltr"><em>Image: @ThePerfectMagazine (Instagram)</em></p>

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"This is the devil's work!": Nun pulls apart female models sharing a kiss

<p dir="ltr">A shocked nun caused quite a stir in the streets of Italy when she pulled away two female models who were kissing for a photoshoot.</p> <p dir="ltr">The nun was dressed in a white habit and rushed to stop Serena de Ferrari and Briton Kyshan Wilson who had locked lips in a Naples backstreet as they posed for a photo for Not Yet magazine.</p> <p dir="ltr">“What are you doing? This is the devil's work,” the nun shouted at them as they giggled.</p> <p dir="ltr">She looked around at the cameramen and crossed herself before saying: “Jesus, Joseph and Mary”.</p> <p dir="ltr">Make up artist Roberta Mastalia, who was on the shoot, said they had to ask the nun to leave thinking she was just joking.</p> <p dir="ltr">“We were on location in the Spanish Quarter in Naples, in a little sidestreet with the two models when all of a sudden the nun walked past,” he said, <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11027633/Italian-nun-splits-two-female-models-kissing-photoshoot-calling-devils-work.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Daily Mail</a> reported.</p> <p dir="ltr">“She asked us if we had been to Mass that day and when we said 'No' she started blaming young people for Coronavirus and then she saw the two models posing up ready to kiss and that's when she ran forward to split them up.</p> <p dir="ltr">“Our first reaction was we were all stunned. They took it as a bit of a joke and you can see from the video the two girls are laughing.</p> <p dir="ltr">“We then had to ask the nun to leave as we explained we had work to do and she slowly walked off.”</p> <p dir="ltr">Both Serena and Briton shared clips of the incident to their social media with the caption “God doesn’t love LGBT”.</p> <p dir="ltr">Local priest Father Salvatore Giuliano The Church is constantly updating its views but some of the older generation have not yet accepted it.</p> <p dir="ltr"><em>Images: Instagram</em></p>

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Linda Evangelista's first photoshoot in five years

<p>Linda Evangelista has debuted her first photo shoot since saying her face had been "permanently deformed" and her “life destroyed” after a botched surgery.</p><p>The 56-year-old supermodel has been living in seclusion for nearly five years after once being one of the most photographed women in the world.</p><p>Now, in a new interview with People where she also graces the cover, Evangelista said she is "done hiding in shame".</p><p>"I loved being up on the catwalk. Now I dread running into someone I know," the model tearfully told the publication.</p><p>"I can't live like this anymore, in hiding and shame. I just couldn't live in this pain any longer. I'm willing to finally speak."</p><p>Late last year, Evangelista said she had been left "brutally disfigured" after undergoing a CoolSculpting fat-freezing procedure. She later filed a lawsuit against the company that owns the procedure for negligence and misleading advertising. It is alleged that the company failed to warn customers of the possible side effects.</p><p>Evangelista said that three months after the procedure, she noticed bulges in her chin, bra area and thighs.</p><p>"I tried to fix it myself, thinking I was doing something wrong," the supermodel said. "I got to where I wasn't eating at all. I thought I was losing my mind."</p><p>Evangelista said she went to a doctor about the issue in 2016, and recalled "dropping her robe" for him and "bawling".</p><p>"I said, 'I haven't eaten, I'm starving. What am I doing wrong?'" she recalled.</p><p>She had been diagnosed with Paradoxical adipose hyperplasia (PAH), which is a side effect for less than 1% of CoolSculpting patients where the fat-freezing process causes fatty tissue to expand and thicken.</p><p>Evangelista was told that no amount of exercise or dieting would fix it. She is seeking US$50 million (approx. $69.4 million) in damages as she alleges she has been unable to work due to the rare side effect.</p><p>She claims that Zeltiq Aesthetics Inc, CoolSculpting's parent company — did offer to pay for liposuction to "make it right", but only if she signed a confidentiality agreement. Evangelista refused, and paid for two full-body liposuction surgeries herself.</p><p>Evangelista had to wear compression garments, girdles and a chin strap for eight weeks after the surgery in 2016 to prevent the PAH from returning, but she says it came back again anyway, and in July 2017, she underwent a second liposuction.</p><p>"I don't look in the mirror," she said. "It doesn't look like me."</p><p>The supermodel said that in making her lawsuit public and sharing her story, she is recovering her sense of self.</p><p>"I always knew I would age. And I know that there are things a body goes through. But I just didn't think I would look like this," she confided to People, saying she feels like the supermodel Linda Evangelista is gone.</p><p>She said she hopes she can shed the shame she feels and help others who may find themselves in the same situation as she did.</p><p><em>Images: Getty &amp; People Magazine </em></p>

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Driver shamed after blocking traffic for photoshoot

<p>A woman has enraged hundreds of people after parking in the middle of a busy road to take photos of her car.</p> <p>Her antics were captured on video by a Canberra local and shared to Facebook on Friday where she was put on blast by a dozens of peeved locals.</p> <p>The person who filmed the incident, which took place at the start of May in the inner city suburb of Red Hill, said the woman blocked the road for 15 minutes while her friends took photos of her car.</p> <p>When people told her to move her car, she refused,” he wrote to a Facebook group.</p> <p>More than 200 people weighed in on the incident, many labelling the woman a “nuisance”.</p> <p>“She is a public nuisance and should be fined,” one person asserted.</p> <p>Someone else agreed, saying “she should be fined” over her “self absorbed behaviour”.</p> <p>“She’s breaking the road rules parking in an unsafe manner and should be lucky she didn’t get seen by the police,” another said.</p> <p>“Just shows lack of consideration for other people. An indication their basic respect for others is non existent,” someone else added.</p> <p>While most drivers were furious, some rugged it wouldn't have been difficult for drivers to simply go around her.</p> <p>“What’s the big deal? You could drive a Mack truck through the gap beside her. Let her take her photos, it’s not doing any harm,” one person wrote.</p> <p>“Why can’t people just be nice? Let her take the photos and move on,” another said.</p> <p>Many were left scratching their heads at how there were people defending her behaviour, with some arguing it was never acceptable to park in the middle of the road.</p> <p>“This is never OK, nor is it ever not absolutely baffling,” one wrote.</p> <p>“She should’ve pulled to the side instead of being inconsiderate of other drivers,” another said.</p>

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Nelson Mandela’s final photos

<p>Nelson Mandela, the legendary leader who helped to end apartheid in South Africa and later became the country’s first black president, had largely withdrawn from public life by 2011. But he agreed to one last photoshoot: A portrait-sitting for photographer Adrian Steirn’s “21 Icons” project, a multimedia series highlighting those who played a role in shaping modern South Africa.</p> <p>Steirn, one of South Africa’s leading photographers, captured Mandela at his boyhood home in the village of Qunu, located in the nation’s Eastern Cape Province. The photoshoot would become one of Mandela’s last.</p> <p>Mandela’s portrait in the 21 Icons project took careful consideration. “We had to come up with a concept that was both viable and meaningful,” Steirn told <em>Reader’s Digest</em>.</p> <p>The final result was a photograph titled “A Reflection of Dignity,” which captured Mandela’s “majestic aura and humble spirit simultaneously,” HuffPost.com wrote. “The concept of the mirror allowed him to step out of the portrait and ‘reflect’ on South Africa today and the part he played in that process,” according to Steirn.</p> <p>A South African himself, Steirn says that his deep admiration for Mandela inspired him to create the “21 Icons” project. Shaking the leader’s hand for the first time “was amazing,” he says.</p> <p>“You hear so much about this man, living in a country that is based around his narrative.” But Mandela – or Madiba, as he was affectionately nicknamed by South Africans – quickly put Steirn and his crew at ease.</p> <p>“He was the kind of guy that made you feel like the important one. That was his gift,” Steirn says.</p> <p>Mandela and Steirn shared a laugh together during a brief pause in the photoshoot. “At the end of the day, one of the great lessons for me was you can’t idolise anyone,” Steirn says. “We are all human.”</p> <p>In 2013, Adrian’s stunning photo of Mandela with the mirror was purchased by a private art collector for $200,000 – the highest price ever paid for a local portrait. Part of the proceeds were donated to the construction of the Nelson Mandela Children’s Hospital in Johannesburg, which opened its doors in 2017.</p> <p>Damon Hyland, a member of Steirn’s crew for the “21 Icons” project, arranged the lighting for the photoshoot. The photos were not enhanced in any way, according to Steirn, allowing the room’s natural light to illuminate the shot.</p> <p>The portrait-sitting was one of the last before Mandela’s death, and the power of the moment made the crew emotional at times.</p> <p>“In those moments, it becomes very clear that no matter what colour we are or what gender we are… it doesn’t matter what we achieve in life. We’re all mortal,” Steirn says.</p> <p>Steirn, Hyland, and Meme Selaelo Kgagara positioned Mandela’s mirror for the shot. Though Steirn and his crew were nervous before the photoshoot, he says that Mandela’s good-natured and kind personality soon calmed their jitters. “There was a humbleness around Mandela, there was a humour about Mandela that set him apart,” according to Steirn. “He was a very real man.”</p> <p>Steirn photographed Mandela for the last time in 2013 – two days before the leader was admitted to the hospital with a lung infection.</p> <p>Mandela was watching the National Geographic channel, Steirn recalls. “He gave so much to this country; he represented unity to South Africa. Knowing we would lose him was an impactful, intense moment,” Steirn says.</p> <p>“In my own way, it was goodbye.”</p> <p>A few months later, Mandela passed away in his home.</p> <p><strong>IMAGES:</strong> Courtesy Adrian Steirn</p> <p><em>Written by Brooke Nelson. This article first appeared on <a rel="noopener" href="https://www.readersdigest.co.nz/culture/see-the-last-photos-ever-taken-of-nelson-mandela" target="_blank">Reader’s Digest</a>. For more of what you love from the world’s best-loved magazine, <a rel="noopener" href="http://readersdigest.co.nz/subscribe" target="_blank">here’s our best subscription offer</a>.</em></p>

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Celine Dion stuns in futuristic photo shoot

<p>Celine Dion has proven once again that age is just a number by showing off some serious skin in a gilded photoshoot for her new 12th English-language album,<span> </span><em>Courage</em>.</p> <p>Taking to her Instagram over the weekend, Celine shared two photos of her rocking a gold bodysuit by French fashion designer Thierry Mugler.</p> <p>The 52-year-old captioned the post, “Live life by the golden rule”.</p> <p>The iconic singer credited her 34-year-old backup dancer - and rumoured love interest - Pepe Munoz for styling the look.</p> <blockquote style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/CDq8CN9DLha/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="12"> <div style="padding: 16px;"> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;"></div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;"></div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;"></div> </div> </div> <div style="padding: 19% 0;"></div> <div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"></div> <div style="padding-top: 8px;"> <div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div> </div> <p style="margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;"><a style="color: #000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;" rel="noopener" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CDq8CN9DLha/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank">Live life by the golden rule ✨ - Team Céline . Vivez la vie en respectant la règle d’or ✨ - Team Céline . #Courage #Sunday #MuglerArchives . Styled by @p.e.p.e.munoz and @sydneylopez Hair: @dee_termined_girl Makeup: @justinstclairmakeup 📸: @paolakudacki</a></p> <p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;">A post shared by <a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px;" rel="noopener" href="https://www.instagram.com/celinedion/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank"> Céline Dion</a> (@celinedion) on Aug 9, 2020 at 6:52am PDT</p> </div> </blockquote> <p>It didn’t take long for fans to flock to the comments section to praise her.</p> <p>“Ageless,” wrote one, while another called her, “My queen”.</p> <p>“So awesome. Such a strong woman,” added another.</p> <p>Others speculated on the inspiration behind Celine’s look.</p> <p>“Love this. Star Wars C3-PO?” proposed one.</p> <p>“Love the dress! Looks like one that Britney wore at the Circus Tour!” added another.</p> <p>“Beyonce vibes!” was another suggestion.</p>

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56 and still got it! Demi Moore strips down for stunning photoshoot

<p>Actress Demi Moore has posed nude for the US October issue of Harper’s Bazaar, only wearing a diamond bracelet and an oversized pink hat.</p> <p>“Baring all for the October issue of @harpersbazaarus,” Moore, 56, captioned the cover photo.</p> <p>In the magazine, Moore opens up to interviewer Lena Dunham about her mother and father’s addiction issues, as well as her own.</p> <p>“The next thing I remember is using my fingers, the small fingers of a child, to dig the pills my mother had tried to swallow out of her mouth while my father held it open and told me what to do,” Moore recalled, according to <em><a rel="noopener" href="https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/celebrity-life/demi-moore-reveals-she-suffered-a-miscarriage-at-42/news-story/a7130debe338a1ff3ab8b9cbd1f2389d" target="_blank">news.com.au</a>.</em></p> <p>“Something very deep inside me shifted then, and it never shifted back. My childhood was over.”</p> <p>Moore also reflected over her time of being a mother-of-three and revealed that she suffered a miscarriage in 2004 whilst being married to Ashton Kutcher.</p> <p>The pair were married in 2005, and the couple had planned to call their baby Chaplin Rose.</p> <p>After the miscarriage, Moore started drinking again and blamed herself.</p> <p>“In retrospect, what I realised is that when I opened the door [again], it was just giving my power away,” she admitted.</p> <p>“I guess I would think of it like this: It was really important to me to have natural childbirth because I didn’t want to miss a moment. And with that I experienced pain. So part of being sober is, I don’t want to miss a moment of life, of that texture, even if that means being in — some pain.”</p> <p>Scroll through the gallery to see Demi Moore's stunning photoshoot with Harper's Bazaar.</p>

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Celine Dion debuts dramatic new look in Harper's Bazaar photoshoot

<p>Celine Dion has continued to reinvent her style and exceed expectations with her bold fashion choices.</p> <p>Now, the 51-year-old singer has once again surprised fans with her unrecognisable look on the limited-edition September issue of <a rel="noopener" href="https://www.harpersbazaar.com/uk/fashion/fashion-news/a28575812/buy-celine-dion-september-issue-cover/" target="_blank"><em>Harper’s Bazaar</em></a>.</p> <p>On the pictures from the new photo shoot, Dion could be seen sporting a short black wig while wearing apparels from Marc Jacobs, Alexander McQueen, Balenciaga and Agent Provocateur as well as shoes from Gianvito Rossi.</p> <blockquote style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/B0nuAihnDgU/" data-instgrm-version="12"> <div style="padding: 16px;"> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;"></div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;"></div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;"></div> </div> </div> <div style="padding: 19% 0;"></div> <div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"></div> <div style="padding-top: 8px;"> <div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div> </div> <p style="margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;"><a style="color: #000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;" rel="noopener" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/B0nuAihnDgU/" target="_blank">Celine is featured in @Harpersbazaarus 2019 Icons issue. See the full story by clicking on the link in the bio. ✨ . Céline parait dans l’édition du mois de septembre du @Harpersbazaarus célébrant les icônes. Pour voir la publication complète cliquez sur le lien dans la bio. ✨ . #BAZAARICONS . Fashion Director: @carineroitfeld Photographer: @mario_sorrenti Makeup: #KanakoTakase Hair: @akkishirakawa</a></p> <p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;">A post shared by <a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px;" rel="noopener" href="https://www.instagram.com/celinedion/" target="_blank"> Céline Dion</a> (@celinedion) on Aug 1, 2019 at 5:01am PDT</p> </div> </blockquote> <p>Dion was featured on the magazine’s Icons 2019 portfolio alongside other celebrities, including Kate Moss, Alicia Keys and Christy Turlington. The photo series was described as a celebration of “the independents; those who break rules, inspire and set precedents”.</p> <p>The looks have polarised opinions on social media. Some praised Dion’s styling and cropped hair do. “OH. MY. GOD. YES,” one commented.</p> <p>“YES FASHION! Celine looks like she has been having so much fun!” another wrote.</p> <p>“Omg this hair. It’s perfecttttt. Bring it back to this!”</p> <p>However, others said they are not impressed with Dion’s fresh appearance.</p> <p>“Sorry, you looked way better before. This fashion doesn’t suit you,” one chimed in.</p> <p>“I don’t like the styling of that and that pose,” another added.</p> <p>“Thank God it’s a wig,” one wrote.</p>

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Nicole Kidman stuns in dramatic new magazine photoshoot

<p>Fans were shocked to see Nicole Kidman transform from her glamorous persona into a darker, grittier character in her new film<em> Destroyer</em>.</p> <p>But she’s back to her roots as she was looking more like her stylish self in a photoshoot for <a rel="noopener" href="https://www.wmagazine.com/" target="_blank"><em>W Magazine’s</em></a> <em>Best Performances</em> Issue.</p> <blockquote style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/BsLNY4jgS2W/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_medium=loading" data-instgrm-version="12"> <div style="padding: 16px;"> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;"></div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;"></div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;"></div> </div> </div> <div style="padding: 19% 0;"></div> <div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"></div> <div style="padding-top: 8px;"> <div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div> </div> <p style="margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;"><a style="color: #000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;" rel="noopener" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BsLNY4jgS2W/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_medium=loading" target="_blank">Hollywood Tales: This portfolio portrays the leading Hollywood stars of 2018 in an eccentric universe created by the photographer Tim Walker. In fantastical scenarios featuring mysterious egg people and a giant bouncy castle, established actors rule alongside up-and-comers, celebrating the fact that there are finally big changes happening on the big screen. And there is no going back. - @nicolekidman by Tim Walker Styling: @SaraMoonves Hair: @1malcolmedwards Make Up: @lucyjbridge Set: @garycard Text: Lynn Hirschberg Best Performances | W magazine Vol. I, 2019</a></p> <p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;">A post shared by <a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px;" rel="noopener" href="https://www.instagram.com/wmag/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_medium=loading" target="_blank"> W magazine</a> (@wmag) on Jan 3, 2019 at 6:06am PST</p> </div> </blockquote> <p>The <em>Big Little Lies</em> star, 51, opted for a sheer black veil and an Armani Prive dress. She completed the outfit by accessorising with classic white gloves.</p> <p>Her makeup was done to compliment the gothic vibes of the photoshoot, with a deep red lip and exaggerated winged eyeliner.</p> <p>Speaking to the magazine, the Academy Award winning actress explained how the wardrobe for her character in the film <em>Destroyer</em> was integral for her transformation.</p> <blockquote style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/BrYiO5DFbaK/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_medium=loading" data-instgrm-version="12"> <div style="padding: 16px;"> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;"></div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;"></div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;"></div> </div> </div> <div style="padding: 19% 0;"></div> <div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"></div> <div style="padding-top: 8px;"> <div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div> </div> <p style="margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;"><a style="color: #000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;" rel="noopener" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BrYiO5DFbaK/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_medium=loading" target="_blank">So thrilled and grateful to be nominated for #AACTAInternationalAwards for Best Lead Actress in #DestroyerMovie and Best Supporting Actress in #BoyErased. Thank you to @AACTA and the passionate and talented people behind both these films xx</a></p> <p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;">A post shared by <a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px;" rel="noopener" href="https://www.instagram.com/nicolekidman/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_medium=loading" target="_blank"> Nicole Kidman</a> (@nicolekidman) on Dec 14, 2018 at 1:47pm PST</p> </div> </blockquote> <p>She gives credit to one item in particular: a leather jacket.</p> <p>“We took so long to find the leather jacket that I wear it pretty much every frame of the film,” said Nicole.</p> <p>“I became so obsessed with that jacket, I would wear it at home. I put it on first thing in the morning. My kids visited the set and were shocked at the way I looked. You know, I’ve been working as an actor since I was 14 years old. It’s a choice, but it’s also a calling. Sometimes, I kind of try to move away, but it always pulls me back.”</p> <p>But despite her highly acclaimed performance, the 51-year-old revealed that she wasn’t the first choice to play the part.</p> <p>“In <em>Destroyer</em>, I play a cop who’s been through a lot – she’s very American, very angry, distressed and disturbed. I wasn’t the first choice for that role – it went to somebody else and she didn’t want to do it. I read the script and put my hand up and said, ‘What about me?’”</p> <p>Kidman has received high praise for her performance in the crime drama and is predicted the role could nab her the title of Best Actress, Drama at the Golden Globes this weekend.</p> <p>Kidman has won five Golden Globes to date, with the actress taking home the honour last year for her HBO show <em>Big Little Lies</em>.</p>

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Heartbroken bride honours dead fiancé in beautiful photoshoot

<p style="text-align: left;">Debbie Gerlach may have lost her fiancé to a tragic accident nine months before they were set to wed, but that didn’t stop her from dressing up as a bride and taking photos with the man she was supposed to spend the rest of her life with.</p> <p>Debbie was getting ready to marry the love of her life, Randy Zimmerman, on November 11, 2018, but before that, Randy had his life taken away from him after a motorbike accident in February.</p> <p>However, Debbie couldn’t let go that easily, as she wanted him by her side in what was supposed to be the happiest day of their lives.</p> <p>A few months prior, Debbie took part in a solo photoshoot where she donned her wedding dress and posed in the Tucson, Arizona, desert.</p> <p>Then on November 11, the day that would have been their wedding, she shared the photos online, but the photos show more than one person, because standing by Debbie’s side is Randy.</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fdebbie.gerlach.79%2Fposts%2F10212819717103407&amp;width=500" width="500" height="764" style="border: none; overflow: hidden;" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="true" allow="encrypted-media"></iframe></p> <p>The post garnered a huge response with over 308K reactions and 29K comments.</p> <p>The photographer behind the emotional photoshoot is Kristie Fonseca who regularly photoshops deceased loved ones in photographs that she’s taken.</p> <p>“I actually enjoy taking on challenges like this because, if portrayed with love and passion, the end result will be forever cherished,” she says.</p> <p>Speaking to <a rel="noopener" href="https://au.lifestyle.yahoo.com/heartbroken-bride-photoshops-dead-hubby-wedding-photos-200052263.html" target="_blank"><em>Yahoo Lifestyle</em></a>, Kristie recalls the moment Debbie approached her with her idea: “When I first spoke with Debbie, she told me her tragic story and asked if I was able to insert her fiancé into what should have been their special day. A special day that was carelessly stolen from her.</p> <p>“After listening to her heartbreaking story, I just knew I had to do something very special for her.”</p> <p>Kristie knew immediately that these photographs had to be perfect.</p> <p>“It was supposed to be her day. It was supposed to be the day they expressed their love for each other. My thoughts were going a mile a minute coming up with ideas, poses and images that would mimic her special day with him.”</p> <p>The setting was an isolated desert, and the focal point was Debbie, who stood there in a white gown. Each image pays tribute to Randy, with him standing by Debbie’s side.</p> <p>Whether he sat on a motorcycle behind her, or where he’s kissing her cheek, the photographs make sure that his presence will never be forgotten.</p> <p>“I started the session as I normally would for a bridal shoot, and then I posed her for some as if he was there,” Fonseca explained.</p> <p>“She naturally posed for the photos as if he was standing right beside her.</p> <p>“Her smile had a warmth as if he was talking to her. Even though he wasn’t there, she moved as if he was.”</p> <p>The end result was loved by Debbie, but she planned to keep it from the world until what was supposed to be their wedding day.</p> <p>Alongside the photos, Debbie hoped to spread awareness on road safety, as she captioned it: “Please I beg each and every one of you that reads this post, WATCH FOR MOTORCYCLES, stop at stop signs and drive with care because you never know whose whole world is on that bike.</p> <p>“Maybe if that person stopped, I’d be marrying Randy, my best friend, the love of my life.”</p> <p>What do you think of these touching photos of Debbie and her beloved Randy? Share your thoughts with us in the comments below. </p>

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Couple captivate in 68th wedding anniversary photoshoot

<p><span>Ollie and Donald King from the US recently celebrated their 68th wedding anniversary together.</span></p> <p><span>To celebrate the precious milestone, their granddaughter arranged for the pair to have a photoshoot together and the couple look beautiful in the images.</span></p> <p><span>Photographer Paige Franklin shared the result on her Facebook page and explained how the adorable couple inspired her.</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span><img width="500" height="500" src="https://oversixtydev.blob.core.windows.net/media/38909/in-text_500x500.jpg" alt="In Text (7)"/></span></p> <p><span>“This evening I got to meet two of the most kind hearted souls I've ever met, Ollie &amp; Donald,” she wrote.</span></p> <p><span>“They have been married sixty-eight years this September. They have lived on this farm for over thirty years, where they farm cattle and raise corn, soybeans, and tobacco. Donald has been a pastor for forty seven years, and Ollie has been a (masterful, in my opinion) quilter for over thirty years. (She quilted this piece in the photos many years ago). They have three children, and they are as alive and happy now as I'm sure they've ever been. I hope and pray that my marriage lasts through time like theirs has.” <br /> “I asked him to tell me the one thing he was most proud of her for (It's a little trick I do in couples sessions) and he looked at me for a minute and looked at her, and he said "there really isn't just one thing. She's just amazing all around."”</span></p> <p><span>Donald and Ollie’s 24-year-old granddaughter Ashley told ABC News that she wanted to arrange the photoshoot, not only for the couple but also so she could also have the images.</span></p> <p><span>“I’m obsessed with them and I think they’re super adorable, even though I’m biased,” she said. “I really did it just for myself because I’m obsessed with them and I thought it would be great.</span></p> <p><em><span>Image credit: Paige Franklin Photography </span></em></p>

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100-year-old twins celebrate birthday with adorable photoshoot

<p>It’s one thing to reach the incredible age of 100 by yourself, but something else entirely to get there with your twin sister by your side. When identical twins Maria Pignaton Pontin and Paulina Pignayon Pandolfi did just that, they celebrated in the best way ever – with a photoshoot.</p> <p>Brazilian photographer <a href="https://www.facebook.com/fotografacamilalima/" target="_blank"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Camila Lima</span></strong></a> was given the honour of snapping the pair, who wore matching outfits in different colours, including beautiful tulle skirts, t-shirts emblazoned with “100”, and stunning flower crowns.</p> <p>“I had never met anyone 100-years-old, let alone twins!” Lima told <a href="http://www.goodhousekeeping.com/life/inspirational-stories/news/a44277/100-year-old-twins-birthday-photos/" target="_blank"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Good Housekeeping</span></strong></a>. “I got in touch with their family and offered the photo shoot as a gift. We were all excited, and they put on beautiful dresses, did their hair and came to the capital to take the pictures.”</p> <p>Between them, the sisters have 11 children, 31 grandchildren and 23 great-grandchildren. That’s a lot of names to remember!</p> <p>See their gorgeous photoshoot in the gallery above, it’s sure to put a huge smile on your face.</p> <p><em>Image credit: Camila Lima/Facebook.</em></p>

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Great-grandma stuns at beauty pageant

<p>Twitter user Kiana’s great-grandma has glammed up for a senior beauty pageant shoot proving that you can stun at any age.</p> <p>The Houston resident shared her great-grandma’s pageant photos on March 17 on Twitter.</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img width="499" height="925" src="https://oversixtydev.blob.core.windows.net/media/36141/senior-pageant-2_499x925.jpg" alt="Senior Pageant 2"/></p> <p>Kiana wrote, “My great grandma is entering a senior pageant and she looks so beautiful! This is the cutest thing ever she’s super excited!”</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img width="499" height="704" src="https://oversixtydev.blob.core.windows.net/media/36142/senior-pageant_499x704.jpg" alt="Senior Pageant (1)"/></p> <p>The photos show her great grandma posing for her photoshoot with a rose in the hand just before entering the senior pageant.</p> <p>Kiana’s tweet has received nearly 3,200 likes and 756 retweets.</p> <p>Would you enter a senior pageant? Let us know in the comments below. </p>

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Single sisters organise wedding photoshoot for father with Alzheimer’s

<p>After Scott Duncan, a US grandfather who suffers from Alzheimer’s disease, was moved to a high care facility due to deteriorating health, his 23-year-old twin daughters decided to capture their father-daughter bond in the most beautiful way, staging a wedding shoot with their 80-year-old dad while they still had the chance.</p> <p>Sarah and Becca Duncan aren’t engaged, but knowing they may not have much time left with their beloved father, decided to celebrate early with a gorgeous photoshoot.</p> <p>“We just randomly thought of this idea,” Becca told <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Lifestyle/single-sisters-stage-wedding-photo-shoot-dad-alzheimers/story?id=41845582" target="_blank"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">ABC News</span></strong></a>. “Me and Sarah know that our dad is more than likely not going to be at our wedding – it's not being a downer or anything, we’re just being realistic – so we decided to do these wedding pictures with Dad.”</p> <p>The twins donned stunning white gowns and took the sweet snaps outside their Texas home, and say their dad’s reaction was something they’ll never forget. “The entire experience was the best thing in the world,” Becca said. “Seeing him coming down the hall and seeing us in our wedding dresses and him smiling – it meant so much to us.”</p> <p>Both Becca and Sarah are in long-term relationships and had planned for their father to be a big part of their wedding days, but if that isn’t a possibility, at least they have the next best thing. “It's something that we're going to have for the rest of our lives.”</p> <p><strong>Related links:</strong></p> <p><a href="/entertainment/music/2016/09/most-popular-wedding-songs/"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><em><strong>The top 10 most popular wedding songs revealed</strong></em></span></a></p> <p><a href="/lifestyle/relationships/2016/09/10-beautiful-wedding-outfits-from-around-the-world/"><strong><em><span style="text-decoration: underline;">10 beautiful wedding outfits from around the world</span></em></strong></a></p> <p><a href="/news/news/2016/08/couple-eats-61-year-old-wedding-cake/"><em><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Couple celebrates 61st anniversary by eating original wedding cake</strong></span></em></a></p>

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Couple celebrate 65 years with adorable photoshoot

<p>We love a good love story here at Over60, and this one is just beautiful. An elderly couple in Brazil have celebrated their 65th anniversary with a gorgeous photoshoot, and the images will melt your heart.</p> <p>Photographer <a href="https://www.facebook.com/brenorocha.fotografia" target="_blank"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Breno Rocha</span></strong></a> perfectly captured 100-year-old Zeca Leal and 89-year-old Ivanira Milfont’s youthful spirit as they posed together, looking just as in love as they no doubt were 65 years ago.</p> <p>The pair met in September 1951 and married just three months later on Christmas Day. Surprisingly, Ivanira was originally set up with Zeca’s cousin, but the two fell in love instead and have been inseparable ever since. Together they have seven children, 20 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.</p> <p>Take a look through their stunning snaps in the gallery above and tell us in the comments, which photo is your favourite?</p> <p><em>Images: Breno Rocha Fotografia</em></p> <p><strong>Related links:</strong></p> <p><a href="/news/news/2016/08/brides-grandmother-officiates-her-wedding/"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><em><strong>Bride asks grandma to officiate her wedding</strong></em></span></a></p> <p><a href="/news/news/2016/08/couple-married-63-years-pass-away-minutes-apart/"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><em><strong>Couple married 63 years pass away minutes apart</strong></em></span></a></p> <p><a href="/news/news/2016/07/couple-celebrates-anniversary-with-photoshoot/"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><em><strong>Couple celebrates 63 years together with romantic photoshoot</strong></em></span></a></p>

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Couple celebrates 63 years together with romantic photoshoot

<p>Wanda and Joe have a love story you just don’t hear these days. Joe was driving in his car when he saw Wanda walking down the street. He pulled over and asked her on a date. They were engaged to be married on December 28th, 1950, and wed two years later.</p> <p>Their granddaughter, Shalyn Nelson, impressed by their longevity, wanted to give them a special gift to celebrate their everlasting love.</p> <p>“I knew I wanted to create something special, and celebrate what true love was to me. And that for me, was my grandparents,” Nelson told BuzzFeed.</p> <p>As part of the photo series, Shalyn asked her grandparents to write each other love letters to read out loud to each other.</p> <p>Joe’s read: “I love you as much today as the day I married you. And just think, the license only cost $2… The best bargain I ever made.”</p> <p>The photo shoot is part of an ongoing project called Love, The Nelsons which the talented young photographer began to celebrate old love.</p> <p>“I’m ready to show lovers around the world that true love still exists,” Nelson pledges. “There are so many love stories that we don’t know of out there waiting to be shared.”</p> <p>Scroll through the gallery above to see all the image – we promise they will warm your heart. </p> <p>Have you done something special to celebrate your anniversary? Let us know in the comments below. </p> <p><strong>Related inks:</strong></p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><a href="/lifestyle/relationships/2016/05/crucial-quality-in-a-life-partner-you-might-be-forgetting-about/"><em>The crucial quality to look for in a life partner</em></a></strong></span></p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><a href="/lifestyle/relationships/2016/05/gary-chapmans-five-love-languages/"><em>5 ways giving love is the key to relationship success</em></a></strong></span></p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><a href="/lifestyle/relationships/2016/05/what-to-consider-before-dating-after-a-divorce/"><em>5 questions to ask yourself before dating after a divorce</em></a></strong></span></p>

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Couple celebrate 64 years with photoshoot

<p>For their 64th wedding anniversary, a 95-year-old Wang Lijin put together a stylish photoshoot for his wife, Huang.</p> <p>The trendy twosome met in 1952, when he engaged her to make him a suit and quickly fell in love with her.</p> <p>During a speech that Wang gave at the family event, he tearfully thanked his "wife, mother of their children and grandmother of their grandchildren" for all the years of love they shared through thick and thin.</p> <p>Their photoshoot is styled to celebrate their story and their unwavering connection-while showing them dressed to the nine of course.</p> <p>According to Chinese media outlets, the couple's pictures were later placed on billboards on shopping malls across cities in Hebei, with a tagline hailing them as models for everlasting love. Scroll through the gallery above to see all the romantic images.</p> <p>What creative gift have you given to or received from a love one? Let us know on the comments below.</p> <p><strong>Related links:</strong></p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><a href="/lifestyle/beauty-style/2016/05/granny-models-by-eli-driu-for-never-alone-association/"><em>Grannies become models to prove beauty has no limits</em></a></strong></span></p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><a href="/lifestyle/beauty-style/2016/05/coat-with-in-built-heating/"><em>The winter coat with in-built heating</em></a></strong></span></p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><a href="/lifestyle/beauty-style/2016/05/home-remedies-for-split-ends/"><em>4 home remedies for split ends</em></a></strong></span></p>

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