Çağla Kubat

Çağla Kubat

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Birth date                    November 16, 1979
Birth place                  Izmr, Turkey
Occupation                 Model, actress and Windsurfer
Height                        180 cm

Biography
She was born in İzmir. She graduated from Italian High School of Istanbul and Istanbul Technical University with a bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering. She is the first runner-up for the Miss Turkey 2002 beauty pageant and represented Turkey at Miss Universe 2002.

Çağla is also a champion windsurfer, having won the IFCA windsurfing European Slalom Championship in 2005, in Alaçatı, and hopes to make the Turkish national team for the next Olympic games. In 2006, in her first PWA (Professional Windsurfers Association) event, she placed 6th in IFCA Slalom World Championship.

She further starred in successful leading female roles in two Turkish TV series to date. These are Sağır Oda ("The deaf room") in 2006 and Kuzey Rüzgarı ("The northern wind") with Kadir İnanır and Oktay Kaynarca this year.

Çağla Kubat's pastimes besides windsurfing are snowboarding, wakeboarding, rollerblading, horseback riding and scuba diving and playing tennis. She speaks Turkish (native), English and Italian fluently.

Belinda Chapple

Belinda Chapple

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Birth date                January 15, 1975
Birth place              Sydney, Australia
Occupation             Model
Height                     5' 8" (1m73)

Beatrice Chirita

Beatrice Chirita

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Birth year              1976

Birth place             Bucharest, Romania
Occupation            Model
Nationality             Romanian
Ethnicity                 Romanian
Hair color              Brown
Eye color               Light brown
Height                   5'8.5" ; 174cm
Measurements       (US) 34.5-24-35.5 ; (EU) 88-61-90
Dress size             (US) 6 ; (EU) 36
Shoe size              (US) 8 ; (EU) 39

Elsa Benítez

Elsa Benítez

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Birth name                  Elsa Benítez Yañez
Birth date                    December 8, 1977
Birth place                  Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico
Ethnicity                      Hispanic
Occupation                 Model
Height                        5 ft 10.5 in (179 cm)
Weight                       120 lbs (56 kg)
Measurements            34-24-34 (US); 86-61-86 (EU)
Dress size                   8 (US); 38 (EU)
Shoe size                    7 (US); 39 (EU)

Biography
Elsa Benítez  is a Mexican model perhaps best known for her appearances in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, including appearing on the cover in 2001.

Career
Benítez participated in the 1992 Ford Supermodel of the World contest, finishing as a semifinalist. She rose to prominence after being chosen by photographer Steven Meisel and being featured many times in the American and Italian editions of Vogue for Meisel's layouts.

She has also appeared on the covers of ELLE, Glamour, Mademoiselle, Harper's Bazaar, and Marie Claire. Benítez has also done advertising campaign work for Dolce & Gabbana, Macy's, Episode, I-N-C, J.Crew, Óscar de la Renta, Rena Lange, Nine West, Valentino, and Jones New York, and has modeled for Victoria's Secret.  Benítez appeared in the 1999 Pirelli Calendar that featured "Women Through the Decades."

She also appeared in Enrique Iglesias' music video "Love to See You Cry" in 2002.  In 2003, she appeared in the ad for the perfume Mahora Guerlain, which was shot by Bruno Aveillan.

Benítez was one of the judges for the Miss Universe 2004 competition.  In the 2004 issue, Sports Illustrated reported Benítez's story of nearly boarding the doomed TWA Flight 800–a Boeing 747 that exploded over the Atlantic soon after takeoff.  (Source Wikipedia)

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