Manju Bangalore, SI Swim model and aspiring astronaut, on going from space suit to swimsuit: 'I am limitless'

Manju Bangalore dreams of making it as a Sports Illustrated Swimsuit rookie and astronaut. Miss World California 2019, who is also a physicist, actress, writer and founder of two nonprofits, is a finalist in this year’s Swim Search. She was chosen among thousands of submissions to be photographed by acclaimed SI photographer Yu Tsai. The…

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Victoria Vesce, SI Swim model and brain tumor survivor, receives honor during Miami Swim Week: 'This fuels me'

Victoria Vesce, a finalist modeling” target=”_blank”>for this year’s SI Swim Search< Victoria Vesce walks the runway wearing KEVA J SWIM at Miami Swim Week powered by Art Hearts Fashion at Faena Forum July 15, 2022, in Miami Beach, Fla.  (Arun Nevader/Getty Images for Art Hearts Fashion) In 2017, Vesce was diagnosed with multiple paraganglioma, a…

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Bettie Page, ‘50s ‘Queen of Pinups,’ to receive historical marker in Nashville

Bettie Page, a ‘50s model and Playboy centerfold who helped set the stage for the sexual revolution of the ‘60s, nashville” target=”_blank”>is finally getting recognized in Nashville< American pinup model Bettie Page (1923-2008) went on to influence fashion, films, comics and more. (Photo by Weegee(Arthur Fellig)/International Center of Photography/Getty Images) “The marker was unanimously approved…

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LA schools adopt radical ‘trans affirming’ agenda to attack ‘gender binary’

Editor’s note: The following column first appeared in City Journal.   Los Angeles Unified School District has adopted a radical gender-theory curriculum instructing teachers to work toward the “breakdown of the gender binary,” to experiment with gender pronouns such as “they,” “ze,” and “tree,” and to adopt “trans-affirming” programming to make their classrooms “queer all school…

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