Venus Williams Enter Pan Pacific Open semifinals

Venus Williams beat Eugenie Bouchard of Canada 6-3, 6-7 (4), 6-3 on Thursday to move on to the semifinals of the Pan Pacific Open. Williams, playing in the Tokyo tournament for the first time since 2009, broke Bouchard with a forehand down the line to go up 5-2 in the third set and held on to win the match that lasted 3 hours, 2 minutes at Ariake Colosseum.

Williams will face either Svetlana Kuznetsova or Petra Kvitova in the semis. Kvitova of the Czech Republic defeated Madison Keys of the United States, 6-2, 6-2 while Kuznetsova of Russia beat Sorana Cirstea Romania, 7-6 (3), 6-1.

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Meet The 10 Finalists - Miss World 2013 Top Model 10 Finalists

Miss World 2013 Top 10 Top Model

Miss World 2013 Top Model 10 Finalists: Ukraine, South Sudan, Brazil, France, Philippines, Cameroon, England, Cyprus, Italy and United States. The winner of the Top Model Award will be nominated on the 28th of September, where we will find out who will be crowned Miss World 2013!

Miss World 2013 Top Model Final was held at Mangupura Hall, Bali International Convention Center, Bali. With a distinct Byzantine Concept, the 48 of Indonesia’s Elite Fashion designers chosen to have their clothes showcased have created exceptional and stunning outfits for the show. Their excellent works were worn by the most gorgeous women on the planet at the Miss World Top Model 2013 Event.

 Miss World 2013 Top 10 Top Model – Sarah Baderna of Italy
 

Miss World 2013 Top 10 Top Model – Kristy Marie Agapioy of Cyprus

Miss World 2013 Top 10 Top Model – Olivia Jordan of United States

Miss World 2013 Top 10 Top Model – Modong Manuela Mogga of South Sudan

Miss World 2013 Top 10 Top Model – Anna Zaiachkivska of Ukraine

Miss World 2013 Top 10 Top Model – Denise Valerie Ayena of Cameroon

Miss World 2013 Top 10 Top Model – Denise Valerie Ayena of Cameroon

Miss World 2013 Top 10 Top Model – Denise Valerie Ayena of Cameroon

Miss World 2013 Top 10 Top Model – Marine Lorphelin of France

The Miss World Top Model event is one of the most highly anticipated challenge events on the Miss World Calendar, and this year is set to be remarkable! The Top Model Event is where the contestants get to showcase their poise and their cat walk skills, and this year it will also be an extravagant event highlighting the very best of Indonesian Fashion.

The show began with the parade of 127 Miss World 2013 contestants wearing the works of 48 of Indonesia’s Elite Fashion designers. Miss World Italy Sarah Baderna and Miss World United States Olivia Jordan wrapped up the on-stage concert. After the music performance, the list of top ten Miss World 2013 Top Model was announced.

 Miss World 2013 Top Model Final- Cameroon

Miss World 2013 Top Model Final. All contestants are on the stage for the announcing of top 10 finalists

 

 Miss World 2013 Top Model Final- Ukraine

 Miss World 2013 Top Model Final. All contestants are on the stage for the announcing of top 10 finalists

 Miss World China Wei Wei Yu is performing during the Top Model Final

 Miss World France Marine Lorphelin is performing during the Top Model Final

 Miss World Indonesia Vania Larissa is performing during the Top Model Final

 Miss World Philippines Megan Young is performing during the Top Model Final

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See The Real Life Hulk with Biggest Hands You’ve Ever Seen

 

Ukrainian Denis Cyplenkov is a strongman and arm wrestling champion known not only for his unbelievable strength, but also for his oddly large palms. Let’s just say fictional characters like the Hulk or Shrek would be envious of this guy’s hands.

Denis Cyplenkov a 31-year-old was born in Krivoy Rog, Ukraine, where he attended various sports clubs during his childhood and teenage years. He was trained and skilled in kettlebell lifting for a few years and had great results in a number of competitive events, before becoming one of the world’s best arm wrestlers. He won the Nemiroff World Cup in 2010 and 2011 and holds several Russian Arm Wrestling Champion titles. On his website, Cyplenkov claims he also holds records for the biggest biceps in Russia (64 cm in circumference) and the strongest man in Russia. At 186 cm in height and 140 kg of pure muscle, Denis Cyplenkov has quite an impressive physique, but his most incredible assets are his abnormally thick hands. As you can see in the photos below, his pinkie is easily twice as thick as most people’s thumb, not to mention his other fingers. His wrists are also a enormous 24 cm in circumference, which partly explains his successful arm wrestling career. The guy must have some grip strength.

The first thing most people think when they see photos of Denis’ giant mits is “they must be photo sopped”, but they’re very much real, believe it or not, and the hundreds of videos circulating online are proof enough. And Cyplenkov’s fingers are not only huge but also incredibly strong. Have you ever seen a guy crush walnuts between two fingers as if they were squashy grapes? Check out this Denis doing it in the video below.

 

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Veneta Kristeva Crowned Miss Bulgaria Universe 2013

Veneta Kristeva (Veneta Krŭsteva) was crowned Miss Bulgaria Universe 2013 on September 22, 2013 at the Sofia Event Center in Sofia. The 21-year-old beauty from Sofia will represent Bulgaria in Miss Universe 2013 pageant scheduled for November 9th, 2013 in Moscow, Russia.

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Mysterious 'Horned Sea Creature' Found on Spanish Beach

The mysterious sea creature was washed aground in Villaricos, Spain - and tests are being done on the carcass to determine what it is.

Civil Protection Coordinator Maria Sanchez said: 'We have no idea what it can be, but it smelled bad, because it was so badly decomposed', Digital Spy reported.

She added: 'A lady found one part, and we helped her recover the rest… We have no idea what it was. It really stank, as it was in the advanced stages of decomposition,' Inquisitr reported.

The extent of the corrosion of the creature meant most of the remains had to be buried for safety reasons. Several theories have been suggested about what the creature is - ranging from it being a type of shark to it being an oar fish, but researchers are still investigating it. Programa en Defensa de la Fauna Marina (PROMAR) spokesman Paco Toledano was also puzzled, Yahoo reported.

He said: 'It's hard to know what we’re dealing with,' Mr Toldano told ideal.es. 'It is broken up and we cannot identify what it is. Maybe it's a bull fish', he joked. 'Perhaps if we were able to analyze the bones we might know more, but for this specific genetic analysis it is very expensive and who would pay?

'We've surely never before seen anything like this.' A spokesman for the Marine Biological Association said: 'A few people have said it could be the backbone of a shark with the rest of it decaying away. 'Really we would need vertebrae to properly identify it. If it was a shark it would have gristle skeleton as opposed to bone. 'As for the horns - it's pretty indecisive. No one knows of anything with horns in the sea. From the picture you wonder if it is even part of the creature.'

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Bulgarian Man Swims In Bag To Set Guinness World Record

Jane Petkov, a 59-year-old Bulgarian man, tried to set a new Guinness record by swimming across a lake while enfolded in a bag with his arms and legs tied up. Known as "amphibian man" his native country, Petkov says he relies on attention and a special breathing technique to pull off the amazing feat.

The record-breaking attempt took place on September 10, on Lake Orhid, in Macedonia, and had Jane Petkov jumping out of a boat in the central of the water trying to somehow make his way to shore. His arms and legs were tied once before putting on the thick bag, and again over the bag, to make sure he couldn’t use them during his death-defying feat. What’s even more surprising is doctors who examined him before the challenge found he was severely anemic, which, given his age, made the task even more unsafe. Nevertheless, on the morning of September 10, the amphibian man jumped in the cold water of Lake Orhid and began to swim on his back like a dolphin.

It took Jane Petkov 2 hours and 47 minutes to swim a distance of 1.25 miles (over 2 kilometers) and reach the shore, where the coordinators of the event helped him remove the bag. “I was very cold for the first kilometer but after that it was all fine – no problem whatsoever, “he said.”Had the water been warmer, I could have swum 10km or more.” The whole evet was filmed from a lifeboat, and the footage will be sent to Guinness Records, in London. Petkov is known as a follower of Peter Deunov, a renowned Bulgarian religious teacher and founder of a School of Esoteric Christianity.

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