Sam Cooke | |
|---|---|
| Born | 19 November 1985 |
| Occupation | Glamour model |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 1 |
| Modeling information | |
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) [1] |
| Hair color | Blonde [1] |
| Eye color | Blue [1] |
| Agency | Girl Management |
Sam Cooke (born 19 November 1985) [2] is an English glamour model and Page 3 girl from Manchester. Cooke has appeared in numerous British "lads' mags", including FHM , FRONT , Maxim , Loaded , Zoo and Nuts in the UK, as well as on several covers around the world.
She is most famous for being a Page 3 girl in The Sun , and was the winner of the newspaper's annual Page 3 Idol competition in 2006. [2] Cooke has also appeared in the Hot Shots Calendar . [3]
She is married to English footballer Chris Smalling; [4] the couple have a son, Leo, born in May 2019. [5] Both Cooke and Smalling are vegan. [6]
Page 3, or Page Three, was a British newspaper convention of publishing a large image of a topless female glamour model on the third page of mainstream red-top tabloids. The Sun introduced the feature in November 1970, which boosted its readership and prompted competing tabloids—including The Daily Mirror, TheSunday People, and TheDaily Star—to begin featuring topless models on their own third pages. Well-known Page 3 models included Linda Lusardi, Samantha Fox, Debee Ashby, Maria Whittaker, Katie Price, Keeley Hazell, and Jakki Degg.
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Rosemarie Joy Garcia-Smith, better known by her stage name Diana Zubiri, is a Filipino actress. She was discovered by Seiko Films when she was 15, years after applying for work in Japan. She then had sexy roles in various films by Seiko. In October 2002, Zubiri became widely known in the Philippines after posing on the top of the EDSA–Shaw flyover in Mandaluyong, wearing only a two-piece bikini. That photo shoot for FHM Philippines sparked controversy and prompted the then Mayor of Mandaluyong, Benhur Abalos, to file charges against Zubiri and FHM but it was later withdrawn after an apology.
"Wonderful World" is a song by American singer-songwriter Sam Cooke. Released on April 14, 1960, by Keen Records, it had been recorded during an impromptu session the previous year in March 1959, at Sam Cooke's last recording session at Keen. He signed with RCA Victor in 1960 and "Wonderful World", then unreleased, was issued as a single in competition. The song was mainly composed by songwriting team Lou Adler and Herb Alpert, but Cooke revised the lyrics to mention the subject of education more.
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