Meet Marlon Brando's Grandson - Tuki Brando

Tuki Brando, is Marlon Brando's grandson. He recently did this chic ad campaign for TechnoMarine watches in which he looks super hot!

The 20 year old Tuki is a medical student. He is quite good looking and it is said he inherited his good looks from his grandfather and his mother.

Tuki has already worked for high class fashion brands such as Versace in 2007 and has worked with the best photographers such as Bruce Webber and Mario Testino.

However, unlike other celebrity kids, Tuki had a tough and challenging childhood and life. His father was shot dead by his uncle Christian Brando (Marlon Brando's son) while his mother was pregnant with him. When he was five, his mother committed suicide because of her mental illness. So he lived with his maternal grandmother in Tahiti. When Tuki turned 13, his grandfather died and Tuki was unfortunately omitted from his will.

Thus, from a very young age Tuki has fought hard. He is doing well in the modelling world and is juggling modelling with his studies in the French town of Bordeaux.

I think he is quite good looking, though not quite the same as his grandfather - Marlon Brando. But he is perfect to be a model. But what is worth admiring is his fighter spirit!

Martha Streck

Ilona Kuodiene - Sexy Supermodel

Remembering Nafisa Joseph

We often talk about Nafisa, the smart and happening VJ from India. She was quite impressive as a VJ and almost everyone who watched her, loved her work. Though when I started looking at her pictures I couldn't really find really good pictures that would show how smart she looked really. It seems they don't have good records of people in the 90s or I don't know. It was a shock to hear about her death for her fans everywhere.

Nafisa was born on 28th March, 1979 and died on 29th July, 2004. She was an Indian model, won the Miss India Title in 1997 when she was eighteen. She also was the runner up in Miss Universe pageant that same year. But more prominently, people loved her as a VJ on MTV. It is said, she modelled for the first time when she was only twelve years old.

She also acted in an Indian version of Charlie's Angels called C.A.T.S. that was aired on Sony Entertainment. She edited a magazine called Gurlz.

Nafisa was appreciated for her work for animal welfare. She wrote a weekly column "Nafisa For Animals" in the Bangalore edition of Times of India. She campaigned for Welfare of Stray Dogs (WSD), People For The Ethical Treatment Of The Animals (PETA) and People For Animals (PFA).

Her sudden and untimely death shocked the world when she was found hanging dead in her apartment in Mumbai. People close to her say that she was very sad from inside for many days and had not been socializing. Something was bothering her. Her family blamed her fiance, businessman Gautam Khanduja for Nafisa's death because he lied to her about his divorce status. In reality he had told Nafisa he was divorced for last two years while they dated but when it was decided that they would marry in August 2004, it was revealed his divorce was not finalized and the papers were not yet completed. This meant a delay in Nafisa and Gautam's marriage. Nafisa was sad and felt betrayed perhaps and so she committed suicide.

Although a case was filed against Gautam but not much could be done about it because Gautam couldn't be held responsible for Nafisa's death directly. Media also said that there were problems between the two before her death due to his divorce issues. Nafisa blackmailed him that she would confront his wife while Gautam also blackmailed and threatened her.

Before Gautam, Nafisa also had affairs and engagements with Samir Soni and Sameer Malhotra that didn't survive. So he can't be blamed for such a reason for her death.

Unfortunately, such a bright and lovely girl whom the world admired killed herself in sad circumstances. It only leaves us to think that no matter how happy some people may look from the outside, it is not very easy to know what they are going through on the inside. People very conveniently pass judgements about people who commit suicide without understanding the suffering and pain.

Apparently, Nafisa is just one of the young and aspiring celebrities who was found dead in a shocking manner. Nafisa's friend and co-actor in C.A.T.S. Kuljeet Randhawa, also committed suicide in strange circumstances. She too hanged herself in her Juhu flat in 2006 leaving a suicide note saying that she is ending her life because she was unable to cope with the pressures of life.

Below you can see Kuljeet, I remember seeing her in C.A.T.S. but am quite shocked to know even she died so young.

Lakshmi Menon Poses Nude for Pirelli Calendar 2011

Lakshmi Menon is an Indian model who is making her mark in the international fashion scene since 2006. Recently, she became the first Indian model to ever pose in the Pirelli Calendar for 2011 since the last 38 years. Lakshmi started modelling merely to have some pocket money while she was studying at Bangalore University in Sociology, but it seemed she could do so much more with her modelling career. Very soon, she was offered to work on the international front. She was also awarded "This Year's Model Crown" by Vogue for 2008.

However, the 28 year old Indian model had to take up a challenge in order to pose for Pirelli Calendar. She had to pose nude for the calendar. Many Indian models have done so before also for various shoots and so did she but on a much more recognized platform.

Photographer Karl Lagerfeld has snapped the model when she flaunted her assets alongside models Erin Wasson and Bianca Balti. It has been shot at Lagerfeld’s Paris studio. The calendar is based on Greek and Roman mythology themes. After this shoot, Lakshmi has joined the league of many other renowned international models like Jeneil Williams, Erin Wasson, Lara Stone, Freja Beha, Heidi Mount, Anja Rubik, Magdenlena Frackowiak, Iris Strubegger and many others.