SWEDISH MODELS FRIDA GUSTAVSSON

Dear readers of sport&beauty. Today we’re traveling to Sweden to present one of the youngest and most promising Swedish models, Frida Gustavsson. Despite her youth, Frida Gustavsson is one of the most sought-after Swedish models and a regular face in the fashion shows of the most renowned fashion labels in today’s time. Although her modeling career has just started, Frida has already walked for Louis Vuitton, Chanel, Carolina Herrera, Christian Dior, Marc Jacobs, Calvin Klein, Oscar de la Renta, Jean Paul Gaultier, Dolce & Gabbana, Givenchy, Yves Saint Laurent, Ralph Lauren or Versace, appeared in fashion magazines such as Elle, Numéro, and Vogue and starred in ad campaigns for Marc Jacobs, Daisy by Marc Jacobs, Jill Stuart, and Anna Sui amongst others. Dear readers, let me introduce you Swedish model Frida Gustavsson. Here you are Frida.

Frida Gustavsson was born in the Swedish capital, Stockholm on June 6, 1993. Her modeling career started in 2008 when Frida began modeling in her country of origin. That same year, the Swedish model moved to Japan in an attempt to boost her rising career and gain experience and international recognition. Said and done. The following year Frida Gustavsson signed for IMG modeling agency laying the foundations for a promising career in the fashion world. Already in 2009, Frida opened Valentino’s Fall Winter fashion show in Paris and walked for Lebanese designer Elie Saab. Have a look at Frida’s legs in the second picture. They are endless….

In September 2009, the Swedish model appeared in an editorial for “Vogue” Italy dedicated to Valentino’s couture collection, opened Richard Chai’s Spring Summer fashion show in New York and walked for BCBG Max Azria, Carolina Herrera, Calvin Klein, Marc Jacobs, Oscar de la Renta, and Ralph Lauren. Already in September, Frida opened Luella, Pringle of Scotland, Gianfranco Ferre and Les Copains’ Spring fashion shows in London and Paris and closed Just Cavalli and Gareth Pugh’s Spring ones in Milan and Paris. Besides, websites models.com and style.com included her amongst the ten most promising newcomers of the year and in October the Swedish model appeared in an editorial of “L’Officiel” France and in a spread of “Crash” magazine. This is what I would consider as having a tight agenda.

Let’s go on talking about 2010. As early as in January, Frida was photographed by Mario Sorrenti for Jill Stuart’s Spring campaign, appeared in editorials for both “Vogue” Italy and “W” magazines and walked in Paris for Armani Privé, Elie Saab, Christian Dior and Chanel’s Spring Summer couture fashion shows. In February, the Swedish model starred in an editorial for “Numero”, opened Just Cavalli, Costume National, and Sophia Kokosalaki’s Fall Winter fashion shows in Milan and Paris and closed Marc by Marc Jacobs, Etro, and Just Cavalli’s. During the following months, Frida Gustavsson became a regular face for fashion magazines appearing on the cover of “Vogue” Germany (March), in a beauty editorial of “Vogue” Japan (April), the Spring issue of “Another Magazine”, and in editorials for both “Vogue” Japan and “Numero” (June). Here you are the personal data and measurements of this stunning Swede called Frida Gustavsson:

- Full name: Frida Gustavsson

- Birth date: June 6, 1993 in Stockholm, Sweden

- Height: 178 centímetres (5'9.5")

- Hair color: blond

- Eye color: blue

- Measurements: (EU) 81-58.5-86.5 : (US) 32-23-34

- Dress size: (EU) 34 : (US) 4

- Shoe size: (EU) 40 : (US) 9

- Agencies: Stockholmsgruppen Models, Mega Model Agency - Hamburgo, IMG Models - Paris, IMG Models - Londres, IMG Models - Milan, Mega Model Agency - Berlin

Let’s move on. In July 2010 Frida Gustavsson walked in Paris for Privé, Christian Dior, Valentino and Jean Paul Gaultier’s Fall Winter fashion shows. In August, she appeared in an editorial for “Vogue” France, became the face of Marc Jacobs and starred in Anna Sui’s cosmetics Fall ad campaign. In September, the Swedish model opened Marc by Marc Jacobs, Anna Sui, Aquilano.Rimondi, Prabal Gurung, and Lanvin’s Spring Summer fashion shows in New York, Milan, and Paris and closes Prabal Gurung and nº 21’s. Besides, Frida Gustavsson signed a contract with the fragrance Daisy by Marc Jacobs. To finish the year and during the months of October, November, and December, Frida returned to printed magazines appearing in editorials for “Vogue”, “Vogue” France and “Vogue” Great Britain. As you will probably have noticed, 2010 was another exhausting year for the Swedish stunner. That year she was the fourth most demanded model for the Spring Summer campaign only behind Polish and French models Kasia Struss and Constance Jablonski.

Frida started 2011 opening Jean Paul Gaultier’s Spring Summer couture show in Paris and walking for Armani Privé, Chanel, Valentino, and Christian Dior. In addition, she extended her contract with Anna Sui cosmetics, was photographed by Peruvian fashion photographer Mario Testino for a “Vogue” editorial and won the award given by “Elle” to distinguish the best Swedish model of the year. Out of curiosity we’ll say that Frida Gustavsson studies at the Swedish branch of the Central St. Martins College of Art & Design and that she hopes to become a fashion stylist specialized in pattern and produce design. To finish today’s post, I’ll leave you a slideshow with some Frida Gustavsson’s pictures and a couple of videos so that you can see this beautiful Swedish model live. Best regards.

FOOTBALL PLAYERS BEST TATTOOS

Dear readers of sport&beauty. Today’s post is going to be dedicated to football stars and their tattoos. Football stars are mass idols nowadays and youths usually try to imitate their lifestyle and look: their clothes, haircut and, of course, tattoos. Today we’re going to review some of the best tattoos soccer stars sport on the pitch. There’s a large variety to choose amongst ranging from small tattoos to big ones that hardly fit on the player’s skin and make some of them (like David Beckham or the Spanish defender Sergio Ramos) look like a cartoon. However, there is a football player that, so far, has not been attracted by tattoos, the Portuguese superstar Cristiano Ronaldo. By the way, do you know this man smoking a cigar? Of course you do... Let’s get started.

We’ll start talking about one of the forerunners of tattoos in the soccer universe, British player David Beckham. David claims that everybody expresses his feelings in some way and he prefers to do it tattooing his body. He must be pure feeling because there is hardly any room on his skin to make new tattoos. Beckham is faithful to his tattooist, a British artist from Manchester, who travels anywhere around the globe when David wants to get a new tattoo done. Beckham’s tattoos summarize his life and family. To celebrate his children’s birth, he got their names tattooed somewhere on his back. Brooklyn tattooed on the lower part, Romeo just below his neckline, and Cruz on the upper half just below the angel that takes care of all of them. Where will David get tattooed the name of his next baby?.

On his left forearm, we can see his wife name, Victoria, tattooed in hindi alphabet and, below it, a sentence in latin language meaning “so that I love and cherish”. He also has a seven tattooed in Roman numerals (the number he wore at Manchester United) on his right arm and ,below it, another sentence in latin language that stands for spiritual perfection. During the last years he added some tattooes on his ribs, some more sentences in latin language and more tattooes on her arms where he got his wife's image drawn alongside other several motifs.

AC Milan player Zlatan Ibrahimovic is another fan of tattoos. Ibrahimovic sports a red dragon tattooed on his back that, he says, it's a metaphor to reflect his personality. The tattooes on his wrists, known as “Ibrahimovic code”, include the birth date of his parents and children. When his son Maximilian was born, Zlatan got his name tattooed on his right arm. Later, he added the name of his second child Vincent. Zlatan got his last name, Ibrahimovic, tattooed in Arab writing on the back of his right arm and sports a tribal tattoo on his shoulder representing his family’s good luck. His mother’s name, Jurka, is tattooed on his left arm and the name of his father, Sefik, on the right one. These two names together with the “Ibrahimovic code” were his first tattoos. In addition to those already mentioned, Zlatan got tattooed on his belly the sentence “Only God Can Judge Me” as a sign of his religious and rebellious nature. The last tattooes he got done are two poker cards (the aces of hearts and spades) close to the dragon representing good luck and a Japanese Koi tattoo on his back representing a fish. I think it’s enough………

Let’s continue. Now it’s turn for FC Barcelona player Dani Alves. He proudly shows off several tattoos. Dani Alves is a family man and this is clearly manifested by his tattoos. Dani got his mother’s image tattooed on his right arm over some ethnic motifs and he kisses it each time he scores a goal. He also got his children’s names, Daniel and Victoria, tattooed on his chest and the lower part of his belly. Besides, a also sports a nice tattoo on his right ankle representing Tweety Bird and Sylvester the cat.

Fernando Torres, (former Atletico Madrid and Liverpol player) one of Chelsea’s superstars also likes tattoos. He sports at least four of them. On his right arm he got tattooed a number nine. It obviously represents the number he wore at Atletico Madrid and wears at the Spanish national team. On his left arm he got his name tattooed in tegwar language and his wife’s name Olalla. Finally, and on his left shin, he has the numbers VII VII MMI (7-7-2001) tattooed in Roman numerals, the date he met Olalla.

Atletico Madrid player, Sergio el ‘Kun’ Agüero sports a tattoo seemingly inspired in former team mate Fernando Torres’ forearm tattoo. Aguero got a tengwar (a language invented by Tolkien, the author of “The Ring of The Lords”) inscription tattooed on his forearm standing for Kun Aguero. As I don’t speak tengwar I can’t confirm its meaning.

Real Madrid player Sergio Ramos is another living tattoo who has nothing to envy to David Beckham. We’ll start talking about his back. On the upper right he’s got a Ghoul playing with a ball. If we look at the rear part of his left ear, we’ll see a Chinese inscription meaning wolf that closely resemble his name SR. On his right wrist, he got tattooed a kind of band that apparently shares with his brother Rene. If we look at one of his fingers, we’ll see the letters MSR (the initials of his name and those of his brother Rene and sister Miriam). On his left forearm we can read “I’ll never forget you” written in magical letters and just below we can see the letters “JM VII P” representing the initials of his parents’ name. He also has a number seven tattooed in Roman numerals (his lucky number). On his right biceps we can read the sentence “The spirit of those dead” and on the left one the sentence “lies on the memory of those alive”. He also has the dates of New York and Madrid terrorist attacks (“9-11” y “3-11”) tattooed, and on the lower part of his back we can read the names of Miriam and Rene tattooed in magical characters.

Let's talk about former Real Madrid and current Besiktas player, Guti. Having only a couple of tattoos not so long ago (first and second pictures), Guti has dramatically increased the tattooed surface of his body. He got his left arm completely tattooed with different motifs that, according to him, represent his religious beliefs that help him overcome all the challenges he faces. Perhaps this is the reason why he got tattooed several Biblical characters amongst which we can highlight the image of Christ on the lower part and the Lady, the stars and an angel in the upper one.

To finish our review of soccer players best tattoos, we’ll talk about AC Roma player Francesco Totti. Totti, considered to be one of the most attractive football players in the world, also sports a nice tattoo. Francesco has a Roman gladiator tattooed on his right biceps and shoulder. To conclude today’s post, I’ll leave you a slideshow with pictures of the football stars best tattoos and a video where you can see David Beckham talking about his tattoos. Best regards.