Look up si, Si, SI, or sì in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Si, si, or SI may refer to (all SI unless otherwise stated):

Measurement, mathematics and science [link]

• International System of Units (Système international d'unités), the modern international standard version of the metric system
• Signal integrity, electronic circuit tools and techniques that ensure electrical signals are of sufficient quality for proper operation
• Si, the chemical symbol for silicon
• Si(x), the sine integral in mathematics
• Survey of India, an Indian government agency responsible for managing geographical information about India
• Simple Interest (Mathematics)

Medicine [link]

• Sacroiliac, an anatomical abbreviation for the sacroiliac (joint)
• Self-injury
• Sensory integration, the neurological process that organizes sensation from one's own body and the environment
  • Upper often referring to Primary somatosensory cortex
• Sexual intercourse, a medical abbreviation
• Suicidal ideation, a medical term for thoughts about suicide
• Structural Integration, a form of bodywork, coined by Dr Ida Rolf
• Small intestine, part of the Gastrointestinal tract

Places [link]

• Mount Si, a mountain in state of Washington
• Si County, county in Anhui, China
• Si River, a river in China
• Slovenia, a European nation (esp. internet domain suffix and two-letter abbreviation)
• Solomon Islands, a Pacific island nation
• South India, a region in India
• Southern Ireland, a former constituent country of the UK now officially known as the Republic of Ireland
• Staten Island, a borough of New York City and an island in the Hudson River
• Province of Siena, an Italian province (two letter provincial designator)

Language [link]

• ISO 639 alpha-2 code for the Sinhalese language
• Si Thai: ศรี Sri

Computer science [link]

• .si, the Internet country code top-level domain for Slovenia
• Systems integrator, an IT company that specializes in integrating complex computer or data systems from multiple vendors
• Shift In, a control code in the C0 control code set
• Swarm Intelligence, an artificial intelligence technique
• Synthetic intelligence, an alternate term for or form of artificial intelligence
• Silicon Image Inc., a chip vendor
• SI register, or source index, in X86 computer architecture

Education [link]

• Saint Ignatius College Preparatory, a Jesuit college in the United States
• Samahang Ilokano, a fraternity/sorority based in the Philippines
• Seletar Institute, a defunct centralised institute in Singapore
• Silay Institute, Inc., a private college in the Philippines
• Smithsonian Institution, an American educational and research institute
• Supplemental Instruction, an academic support program often used in higher education

Gaming [link]

• Si, a self-replicating artifact in the computer game Ancient Domains of Mystery
• The Elder Scrolls IV: Shivering Isles, an expansion pack for The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
• Sports Interactive, a British computer games development company

Music [link]

• Si, the original name of the seventh note of solfege, later changed to "Ti"
• Sì (song), the name of the Italian entry to the Eurovision Song Contest 1974
• Sì (Carmen Russo song), the name of the 1985 song released by Italian actress Carmen Russo
• Sí (album), an album by Mexican singer and songwriter Julieta Venegas
• Si, another name for the Sídhe, Celtic mythological beings

Government and politics [link]

• Catalan Solidarity for Independence, an independist Catalan political party
• Situationist International, a left-wing organisation
• Socialist International, a worldwide organization of democratic socialist and labour political parties
• Sub-Inspector, a rank in Indian Police forces
• Survival International, a non-governmental indigenous rights organization
• Station Inspector, the highest non-commissioned rank in the Singapore Police Force
• Statutory Instrument, a form of delegated or secondary legislation in Great Britain
• Swedish Institute (Svenska institutet), a Swedish government agency which promotes Sweden abroad
• Sí or Solidarity and Equality, an Argentine political party
• Sitara-i-Imtiaz, an honorary award for civilians and the military in Pakistan
• Societas Iesu, the Jesuits, a religious order of the Roman Catholic Church

Sports [link]

• SÍ Sørvágur, a Faroese sports association
• Sports Illustrated, an American sports magazine

Transportation [link]

• IATA code for Skynet Airlines
• Reporting mark of Spokane International Railroad, a former railway in Washington, USA
• Spark-ignition engine
• Honda Civic Si

Miscellanea [link]

• Sí (Peruvian magazine), a magazine notable for its anti-corruption reporting
• Si (surname) (姒), a Chinese surname used by kings in the Xia Dynasty
• Sergeant Instructor, an appointment in the British Army
• Scouting Ireland, the national Scouting association of Ireland
• System integrator, a person or company that specializes in integrating systems
• Superintendent (police), senior rank of British Police
• Poetry (film), a 2010 South Korean film with the original title Si (시)
• Short for the name Simon

See also [link]

• S1 (disambiguation)

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Kate Upton
Kate Upton at the Jets VIP draft party in 2011
Born	Katherine Upton[1] (1992-06-10) June 10, 1992 (age 19)[2] St. Joseph, Michigan, U.S.
Occupation	Model, actress
Years active	2008–present
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[3]
Hair color	Blonde[3]
Eye color	Blue/green[3]
Measurements	33-25-36 (US) 84-63-92 (EU)[3]
Agency	IMG Models [3]
Website
www.kateupton.com

Katherine "Kate" Upton^[1] (born June 10, 1992)^[2] is an American model and actress known for her appearances in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue,^[4] first in 2011, when she was named Rookie of the Year,^[5] and again in 2012, when she was announced as the cover model.

Early life[link]

Upton was born in St. Joseph, Michigan^[6] and raised in Melbourne, Florida.^[7] She attended Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy.^{[8][clarification needed]} Her uncle is Fred Upton, the Republican Congressman for the Sixth Congressional District of Michigan.^[9]

An equestrian, Upton showed for the American Paint Horse Association and competed on a national level. ^[10] With her horse Roanie Pony, she won three APHA Reserve World Championships, in 13 and Under Western Riding, 13 and Under Horsemanship and 14–18 Western Riding and named the 13 and Under Reserve All-Around Champion at the APHA World Championship Show, giving her a total of five championships. In addition, Upton ended up third overall on the APHA youth Top Twenty. With a second horse, Zipped, she won 14–18 Western Riding and was top 5 in 14–18 Horsemanship and 14–18 Western Pleasure in 2009.^[11]

Career[link]

Upton attended a casting call in Miami for Elite Model Management in 2008^[6] and was signed by them the same day. She eventually moved to New York City, where she then signed with IMG Models.^[6]

Upton first modeled for Garage,^[6] then Dooney & Bourke. She is the 2010–11 face of Guess.^[12] In 2011, Upton appeared in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. She was featured in the body paint section and named Rookie of the Year for the issue.^[6] She has since modeled for Beach Bunny swimwear and Victoria's Secret,^[3] and has appeared in Complex^[13][14] and Esquire as "The Woman of the Summer".^[15]

In April 2011 an internet video of her doing the Dougie at a Los Angeles Clippers game went viral and has served to increase her popularity.^[10][16][17]

Upton made an appearance in a June 2011 episode of Tosh.0, participating in a segment called "Knife or Banana", emulating a Japanese game show in which she is stabbed with a banana.^[18]

Upton played in the 2011 Taco Bell All-Star Legends & Celebrity Softball Game at Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona, in July 2011.^[19]

Upton's acting debut was in the film, Tower Heist, as Mr. Hightower’s Mistress.^[20] She followed up with an appearance in The Three Stooges as Sister Bernice.^[21]

Upton appeared on the cover of the 2012 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, unveiled on February 13, 2012, on the Late Show with David Letterman.^[22]

Upton appeared on Saturday Night Live on February 18, 2012 in the sketch What Up with That as the middle guest.^[23] Again in 2012, she has appeared on more covers, in magazines such as Esquire and Muse and a television commercial for Carl's Jr., a U.S.-based fast food chain.

Upton appeared in a Major League Baseball 2K12 commercial with Detroit Tigers pitcher Justin Verlander, Tampa Bay Rays pitcher David Price, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim pitcher C.J. Wilson, and Cincinnati Reds outfielder Jay Bruce.

Filmography[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Kate Upton

• Official website
• Kate Upton at the Internet Movie Database
• Kate Upton at Sports Illustrated online

Lindsey Vonn

Vonn in April 2010
Disciplines	Downhill, Super-G, Giant slalom, Slalom, Combined
Club	Vail SSC
Born	(1984-10-18) October 18, 1984 (age 27) St. Paul, Minnesota, U.S.
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
World Cup debut	November 18, 2000 (age 16)
Website	LindseyVonn.com
Olympics
Teams	3 – (2002–10)
Medals	2 (1 gold)
World Championships
Teams	4 – (2005–11)
Medals	5 (2 gold)
World Cup
Seasons	10th – (2002, '04–12)
Wins	53
Podiums	97
Overall titles	4 – (2008–10, 2012)
Discipline titles	12 – (5 DH, 4 SG, 3 KB)
Medal record Women's alpine skiing Competitor for the USA Olympic Games Gold 2010 Vancouver Downhill Bronze 2010 Vancouver Super-G World Championships Gold 2009 Val d'Isère Downhill Gold 2009 Val d'Isère Super-G Silver 2007 Åre Downhill Silver 2011 Garmisch Downhill Silver 2007 Åre Super-G Junior World Ski Championships Silver 2004 Maribor Downhill Silver 2003 Puy St. Vincent Downhill Bronze 2004 Maribor Giant Slalom

Lindsey Caroline Vonn (née Kildow; born October 18, 1984) is an American alpine ski racer with the U.S. Ski Team. She has won four overall World Cup championships – one of only two female skiers to do so, along with Annemarie Moser-Pröll – with three consecutive titles in 2008, 2009 and 2010,^[1][2] plus another in 2012.^[3] Vonn won the gold medal in downhill at the 2010 Winter Olympics, the first ever in the event for an American woman.^[4] She has also won five consecutive World Cup season titles in the downhill discipline, four consecutive titles in Super G, and three consecutive titles in the combined as of 2012.

Vonn is one of five women^[5] to have won World Cup races in all five disciplines of alpine skiing – downhill, super G, giant slalom, slalom, and super combined – and has won 53 World Cup races in her career as of March 14, 2012. Only two women have more World Cup victories in their careers, Austrian Annemarie Moser-Pröll with 62 and Swiss Vreni Schneider with 55, both retired from active racing. With her Olympic gold and bronze medals, two World Championship gold medals in 2009 (plus three silver medals in 2007 / 2011), and four overall World Cup titles, Vonn has become the most successful American skier in the history of alpine skiing.

Vonn received the Laureus World Sports Awards Sportswoman of the Year for 2010.^[6] She was also honored again as the USOC's sportswoman of the year for 2010.^[7]

Personal life[link]

Vonn was born Lindsey Caroline Kildow in St. Paul, Minnesota, the daughter of Linda Anne (née Krohn) and Alan Lee Kildow.^[8] She was raised in the Twin Cities metropolitan area, in Burnsville. Vonn was on skis at age two, before moving into Erich Sailer's renowned development program at Buck Hill, which also produced slalom racer Kristina Koznick. Her father, who had been a national junior skiing champion before a knee injury at 18, "pushed" her very hard, according to Sailer.^[9]

When Vonn was ten years old, she met Olympic gold medalist ski racer Picabo Street, whom she considers her heroine and role model. Their meeting made such an impression on Street that she remembered the meeting and later served as Vonn's mentor in skiing. Vonn commuted to Colorado to train for several years before her family moved to Vail in the late 1990s.^[10][11]

Vonn attended University of Missouri High School, an online program through the university's Center for Distance and Independent Study.^[12][13]

Vonn appeared in Sports Illustrated's Swimsuit Edition that featured Winter Olympians in 2010.^[14] Vonn also made No. 59 on Maxim's Hot 100 list.^[15]

She married fellow 2002 Olympian and former U.S. Ski Team athlete Thomas Vonn on September 29, 2007, at the Silver Lake Lodge in Deer Valley, Utah.^[16] On November 27, 2011, it was announced that Lindsey and Thomas Vonn had begun divorce proceedings after four years of marriage.^[17]

Vonn frequently stays at the home of her friend and major competitor, Maria Riesch in Garmisch, Germany. Traditionally, Lindsey and Thomas Vonn spend Christmas Eve at the Riesch family home; Lindsey is fluent in German (including Austro-Bavarian).^[18] During the off-season, the Vonns reside in Vail, Colorado.,^[19] but also have residences in Germany and Atlanta. During the World Cup racing season in Europe, the U.S. team stays in Kirchberg.^[20] The most unusual of Vonn's trophies also lives in Kirchberg: Olympe the cow. Vonn won the oversized pet in 2005 in Val D'Isère.^[21] Vonn's nicknames are "Kildon", "Don Don" and "The Don." Her hobbies include cycling, tennis, reading, and watching NBC's Law & Order;^[11] Vonn appeared as a guest star in the final series episode ("Rubber Room") on Law & Order on May 24, 2010.

On December 7, 2011, Vonn notched her first World Cup victory on U.S. snow, at Beaver Creek, Colorado. Due to a lack of snow in France, its Super G was rescheduled in advance for a Wednesday on the Birds of Prey course. Her limited success on U.S. snow is primarily due to a lack of speed events; only three have been run in the U.S. during her career. It was the first home win by an American woman in 17 years, when Hilary Lindh of Alaska won the downhill in nearby Vail in December 1994. Vonn has had significant success in North America with eleven wins in Canada over eight seasons, all at Lake Louise, Alberta; she swept all three speed events at Lake Louise in December 2011. The eleven wins at Lake Louise broke the record held by Renate Goetschl for most career wins at a single resort.

Skiing career[link]

Early years[link]

In 1999, Vonn became the first American female to win at Italy's Trofeo Topolino (for skiers of ages 11–14) where she was victorious in slalom. After climbing through the ranks of the U.S. Ski Team, she made her World Cup debut at age 16 on November 18, 2000 in Park City, Utah.

2002–2005[link]

In her Olympic debut at the 2002 Winter Olympics at age 17, Vonn raced in both slalom and combined in Salt Lake City, with her best result coming with sixth in combined. On March 4, 2003, she earned a silver medal in downhill in the Junior World Championship at Puy Saint-Vincent, France.

Vonn credits a change in her attitude towards training after a bike ride with fellow ski racer Julia Mancuso and Mancuso's father Ciro while visiting them at their Lake Tahoe home in California. With little biking experience, she quickly found herself miles behind Julia and Ciro. Alone and embarrassed, she decided she needed to drastically revise her training regimen and her attitude towards training if she was going to be successful.^[22]

On March 24, 2004, Vonn was the downhill silver medalist at the U.S. Alpine Championships in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. In December 2004, Vonn climbed onto the World Cup podium for the first time with a third place finish in downhill in January 2004 at Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy prior to her maiden victory in that specialty at Lake Louise, Alberta in December 2004. She captured five more World Cup podiums over the next two months.

In 2005, she competed in four races at her first World Championships held in Bormio, Italy, pulling in fourth place finishes in both the downhill and the combined. She was ninth in Super-G, but failed to finish the giant slalom. She cited the unexpected appearance of her father, with whom she has a strained relationship, for rattling her before the event.^[9]

2006–2007[link]

Lindsey Vonn during a slalom race in Aspen in November 2006.

At her second Winter Olympics in 2006, Vonn clocked the second best time in the first practice run yet crashed in the second training run for the downhill race on February 13, 2006 in San Sicario, Italy; she was evacuated by helicopter to Turin and was hospitalized overnight. Despite a bruised hip and strong pains, she returned on the slope two days later to compete and finished eighth. The gritty performance earned her the U.S. Olympic Spirit Award, as voted by American fans, fellow Team USA athletes, former U.S. Olympians, and members of the media for best representing the Olympic Spirit.

Vonn earned her first "big race" medals with silver in both downhill and Super-G at the 2007 World Championships in Åre, Sweden. A training crash before the slalom caused her a low-level ACL sprain to her right knee, ending her season four weeks early. Nevertheless, she finished third for the season in the women's 2007 World Cup disciplines of downhill and Super G.

2008–2010: Winning the overall World Cup for 3 consecutive years[link]

In 2008, Lindsey Vonn won the overall World Cup title. She became only the second American woman to do so, following Tamara McKinney in 1983. American Bode Miller won the men's title to complete the first U.S. sweep of the men's and women's overall titles in 25 years (McKinney and Phil Mahre in 1983). She also won the World Cup season title in the downhill and the U.S. Alpine Championships combined title (downhill & slalom), marking her best ski season to date. Vonn also established a new all-time record for most World Cup downhill victories by an American with ten, winning at Crans-Montana, Switzerland, on March 8.

Vonn in March 2008.

Vonn in March 2008

In 2009, Vonn repeated as overall World Cup champion, as well as repeating as champion in the downhill and also winning the season championship in Super-G by winning the final race of the season. During the season, she broke Tamara McKinney's American record of 18 World Cup victories when she won the Super G at Tarvisio in February. Her nine World Cup wins also set an American single-season record, surpassing Phil Mahre's total of eight in 1982. At the 2009 World Championships in Val-d'Isère, France, Vonn won her first world championship and became the first American woman to win the world Super-G title.^[23] In the super combined event, she won the downhill portion and had appeared to have finished second in the event with a strong slalom performance, but was disqualified for splitting a gate.^[24] Three days later she won the gold in the Downhill. During early 2009, she appeared in Alka-Seltzer television commercials in the United States as support for the United States Ski Team. During the summer of 2009, Vonn switched her equipment sponsor and supplier to Head skis, after previously racing her entire career on Rossignol skis.^[25] In October 2009, Vonn was awarded the Skieur d'Or Award^[26] by members of the International Association of Ski Journalists for her performances during the previous season.

In December 2009, Vonn sustained a bruised arm after a crash during the opening run of the World Cup giant slalom. She continued racing as there was no fracture that would prevent her return and run at the Olympic Games in Vancouver.^[27] Despite skiing with her arm in a brace due to the injury, Vonn won three straight races (two downhills and a Super G) in Haus im Ennstal, Austria from January 8–10, 2010. The wins raised her to second among American skiers on the all-time career list for World Cup wins with 28, passing Phil Mahre and trailing only Bode Miller. On January 14, 2010, Lindsey Vonn was named Colorado Athlete of the Year for 2009.^[28] With her victory in a Super G just prior to the 2010 Winter Olympics, she clinched her second straight Super G discipline title with two races still to go.^[29] Vonn ended up also winning the overall title, as well as the discipline titles in downhill, Super G and combined, and by winning the last Super G of the season, she boosted her overall World Cup victory total to 33, surpassing Bode Miller for the most World Cup victories by an American.^[30] The third consecutive overall World Cup title also equals Phil Mahre's American record and makes Vonn the third woman to achieve it, behind Petra Kronberger with 3 straight and Annemarie Moser-Pröll with 5 straight.^[30] Vonn was also named by the Associated Press as 2010 Female Athlete of the Year.^[31]

2010 Winter Olympics[link]

The medal ceremony for the women's downhill February 18, 2010 in Whistler at the 2010 Winter Olympics. From left: Julia Mancuso (silver), Lindsey Vonn (gold) and Elisabeth Görgl (bronze)

At the Vancouver Winter Olympics in 2010, Vonn planned to compete in all five women's alpine events.^[32] On February 10, she revealed she had severely bruised her shin in training the previous week. Vonn said the pain from her injury was "excruciating" and she would have a difficult time competing at the Winter Olympics.^[33] Due to unseasonably warm weather and resultant poor snow conditions, many of the Alpine skiing events were moved back, giving Vonn additional time to heal.^[34] On February 17, in her first event, Vonn won the gold medal in the downhill on the demanding ladies' course at Whistler Blackcomb, beating longtime U.S. rival Julia Mancuso by 0.56 seconds and becoming the first American woman to win Olympic gold in downhill.^[35][36]

From left to right: Tina Maze of Slovenia (silver), Andrea Fischbacher of Austria (gold), and Lindsey Vonn of the U.S. (bronze) with the medals they earned in the super-G.

In her second event, the super-combined, Vonn finished first in the downhill portion of the race. However, in the slalom portion, she crashed out when she failed to get her ski around a right-hand gate. Vonn said her shin wasn't the problem. Vonn's friend, Maria Riesch, won the gold, and teammate Julia Mancuso earned the silver medal.^[37]

In her third event, the super-G, Vonn finished third behind Andrea Fischbacher and Tina Maze, 0.74 seconds behind Fischbacher's winning time.^[38] Afterwards, Vonn said she didn't ski the last part of the course as aggressively as she could have and lost the race as a result.^[39] After the race, questions were raised about the setup of the course. Vonn's husband, Thomas, said the course was deliberately set up against Vonn. Austrian coach Juergen Kriechbaum denied any wrongdoing.^[40]

In her fourth event, the giant slalom, visibility was reduced by thick, low fog. Vonn crashed in her first run, resulting in a broken fourth finger and Vonn's disqualification from the event.^[41][42] In her fifth event, the slalom, Vonn lost control and straddled a gate, disqualifying her from the event.

2011: Losing the overall World Cup to Maria Riesch by 3 points[link]

After three consecutive years of winning the overall World Cup by a clear margin of victory, 2011 was the first season she faced serious competition – from her best friend among the World Cup skiers, Maria Riesch of Germany, who had a strong start to the season by winning two downhills in Lake Louise, a place where Vonn previously enjoyed seven victories. Although Vonn placed on the podium in every speed race, she failed to finish in several slaloms. Riesch had five podiums in the first six slaloms and was significantly ahead in the overall ranking by the end of January.

The World Cup season was interrupted by the 2011 World Championships in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, where Vonn suffered from a concussion she acquired during training one week earlier. She started in only two events and achieved a seventh place in Super-G and a silver medal in downhill.

Back to World Cup and healthy again, Vonn attained an impressive series of results: being ahead of Riesch in most of the races (including a giant slalom she finished third, her best career result in GS until then), she took the overall lead for the first time all season after the downhill event of the World Cup finals in Lenzerheide. The Super-G was cancelled due to poor weather conditions, and after the slalom Riesch regained the overall lead with a margin of only 3 points. When the giant slalom was also cancelled due to weather, Riesch became the 2011 overall champion.

2012: Joining the all-event winner's club[link]

The 2012 season opened in October as usual in Sölden, Austria, where Vonn managed to win her first giant slalom. This made her a member of the exclusive circle of all-event winners, joining seven other alpine legends.

In December 2011 she went on to win all three races in Lake Louise (two downhills, one Super-G) for her second career 'hat trick', and with a career total of 11 victories in Lake Louise she surpassed Renate Götschl's record for most career wins at a single resort (ten in Cortina d'Ampezzo). Later in December, Vonn won the Super-G of Beaver Creek, which was her first victory in a World Cup race held in the United States.

With further victories in January 2012, she overtook Renate Götschl to become the third most successful female World Cup racer in terms of victories.

On February 4, 2012, Vonn achieved her fiftieth World Cup victory on the Kandahar downhill course at Garmisch, Germany. The win also gave her 25 career downhill victories, surpassing Götschl for second most career DH wins. With a podium finish in Russia on February 18, 2012 Vonn clinched the season title in downhill, her fifth consecutive in that discipline.

World Cup results[link]

Vonn in March 2010 with 8 crystal globes, including 3 large ones for FIS World Cup overall titles and 5 smaller ones for various discipline titles.

Season standings[link]

Season titles[link]

16 titles (4 overall, 5 downhill, 4 super G, 3 combined)

Race victories[link]

53 victories (26 downhill, 18 super G, 2 giant slalom, 2 slalom, 5 combined)

Season	Date	Location	Race
2005	December 3, 2004	Lake Louise, AB, Canada	Downhill
2006 3 victories (2 DH, 1 SG)	December 3, 2005	Lake Louise, AB, Canada	Downhill
	December 17, 2005	Val-d'Isère, France	Downhill
	March 3, 2006	Hafjell, Norway	Super G
2007 3 victories (2 DH, 1 SG)	December 2, 2006	Lake Louise, AB, Canada	Downhill
	December 20, 2006	Val-d'Isère, France	Downhill
	January 28, 2007	San Sicario, Italy	Super G
2008 6 victories (5 DH, 1 SC)	December 1, 2007	Lake Louise, AB, Canada	Downhill
	December 21, 2007	St. Anton, Austria	Downhill
	December 22, 2007		Super Combined
	January 19, 2008	Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy	Downhill
	February 9, 2008	Sestriere, Italy	Downhill
	March 8, 2008	Crans-Montana, Switzerland	Downhill
2009 9 victories (2 DH, 4 SG, 2 SL, 1 SC)	November 15, 2008	Levi, Finland	Slalom
	December 5, 2008	Lake Louise, AB, Canada	Downhill
	January 17, 2009	Altenmarkt, Austria	Super Combined
	January 30, 2009	Garmisch, Germany	Slalom
	February 1, 2009		Super G
	February 22, 2009	Tarvisio, Italy	Super G
	March 1, 2009	Bansko, Bulgaria	Super G
	March 11, 2009	Åre, Sweden	Downhill
	March 12, 2009		Super G
2010 11 victories (6 DH, 4 SG, 1 SC)	December 4, 2009	Lake Louise, AB, Canada	Downhill
	December 5, 2009		Downhill
	December 18, 2009	Val-d'Isère, France	Super Combined
	January 8, 2010	Haus im Ennstal, Austria	Downhill
	January 9, 2010		Downhill
	January 10, 2010		Super G
	January 22, 2010	Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy	Super G
	January 23, 2010		Downhill
	January 31, 2010	St. Moritz, Switzerland	Super G
	March 6, 2010	Crans-Montana, Switzerland	Downhill
	March 12, 2010	Garmisch, Germany	Super G
2011 8 victories (3 DH, 4 SG, 1 SC)	December 5, 2010	Lake Louise, AB, Canada	Super G
	December 18, 2010	Val-d'Isère, France	Downhill
	December 19, 2010		Super Combined
	January 8, 2011	Altenmarkt-Zauchensee, Austria	Downhill
	January 21, 2011	Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy	Super G
	January 23, 2011		Super G
	February 26, 2011	Åre, Sweden	Downhill
	March 6, 2011	Tarvisio, Italy	Super G
2012 12 victories (5 DH, 4 SG, 2 GS, 1 SC)	October 22, 2011	Sölden, Austria	Giant Slalom
	December 2, 2011	Lake Louise, AB, Canada	Downhill
	December 3, 2011		Downhill
	December 4, 2011		Super G
	December 7, 2011	Beaver Creek, CO, USA	Super G
	January 15, 2012	Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy	Super G
	January 27, 2012	St. Moritz, Switzerland	Super Combined
	January 28, 2012		Downhill
	February 4, 2012	Garmisch, Germany	Downhill
	February 26, 2012	Bansko, Bulgaria	Super G
	March 9, 2012	Åre, Sweden	Giant Slalom
	March 14, 2012	Schladming, Austria	Downhill

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Lindsey Vonn

• Lindsey Vonn at the International Ski Federation
• FIS-Ski.com – World Cup season standings – Lindsey Vonn
• Ski-db.com – Results – Lindsey Vonn
• lindseyvonn.com – personal site
• U.S. Ski Team – profile – Lindsey Vonn
• Head Skis – teams – Lindsey Vonn

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Nastia Liukin & Natalie Coughlin	USOC Sportswoman of the Year 2009, 2010	Succeeded by Incubment
Preceded by Serena Williams	Laureus World Sportswoman of the Year 2010	Succeeded by Vivian Cheruiyot

v t e Winners of the Laureus World Sports Award for Sportswoman of the Year 2000: Marion Jones* · 2001: Cathy Freeman · 2002: Jennifer Capriati · 2003: Serena Williams · 2004: Annika Sörenstam · 2005: Kelly Holmes · 2006: Janica Kostelić · 2007: Yelena Isinbayeva · 2008: Justine Henin · 2009: Yelena Isinbayeva · 2010: Serena Williams · 2011: Lindsey Vonn · 2012: Vivian Cheruiyot Since this award, Jones has admitted to using performance-enhancing drugs. Her award is in doubt.

Brooklyn Decker
Decker at the Battleship Australian Premiere 2012
Born	Brooklyn Danielle Decker (1987-04-12) April 12, 1987 (age 25) Kettering, Ohio, U.S.
Years active	2006–present
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Hair color	Blonde
Eye color	Blue
Measurements	34C-24.5–35
Agency	Marilyn Agency
Spouse	Andy Roddick (2009–present)

Brooklyn Danielle Decker^[1] (born April 12, 1987)^[2] is an American fashion model and actress best known for her appearances in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, including the cover of the 2010 issue. In addition to working for Victoria's Secret for the 2010 "Swim" collection, she has ventured into television with guest appearances on Chuck, Ugly Betty and Royal Pains. She made her feature film debut in Just Go with It, and makes more appearances in Battleship and What to Expect When You're Expecting. Decker is married to American tennis player Andy Roddick.

Early life[link]

Decker was born in Kettering, Ohio, the daughter of Tessa (née Moore), a nurse, and Stephen Decker, a pacemaker salesman. She has one brother, Jordan, who is three years younger.^[3][4][5] She and her family moved to Middletown, Ohio, then to Matthews, North Carolina, a suburb of Charlotte. She was discovered in a Charlotte shopping mall as a teenager. Decker began her modeling career as the face of Mauri Simone, a popular prom dress maker. She won the 2003 Model of the Year award at the Connections Model and Talent Convention.^[6] In a January 2011 interview with Self magazine, Decker stated that she suffered from an eating disorder and states, "My father did an intervention and got me to stop obsessing about everyone else and wrecking my body."^[7]

Career[link]

Decker in March 2012.

Decker has been featured in pictorials in Teen Vogue, Cosmopolitan, FHM, and Glamour, and has modeled for The Gap, Intimissimi and Victoria's Secret. She has appeared in music videos for Jimmy Buffett and the band 3 Doors Down. She is also an avid Tar Heel basketball and Carolina Panthers fan.

In 2005, within two months of moving to New York City, Decker auditioned for the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition, in which she first appeared in 2006.^[8] She was again featured in the 2007 edition, and hosted the 2007 behind-the-scenes television special. She returned for a third consecutive time in 2008. Decker was chosen cover girl for the 2010 edition, shot on location in the Maldives islands. In 2007, she had a recurring feature on the CNN/SI website called "She Says, Z Says," along with Paul Zimmerman, discussing NFL football games of the week. Decker appeared in the 2007 made-for-television Lipshitz Saves the World.^[9] She worked for a period in Australia. She joined the cast of Sports New York to discuss the 2010 NCAA basketball tournament.^[10] In 2008, Decker rang the New York Stock Exchange bell with other Sports Illustrated models.^[11]

Decker is represented by Marilyn Agency.^[12]

Decker made a guest appearance on NBC's Chuck, where she played a model applying to be a "Buy More Girl." She made a guest appearance on USA Network's Royal Pains on July 30, 2009. Decker played swimsuit model Rachel, while Peter Jacobson played Alan, her nebbish husband.^[13]

On February 8, 2010, David Letterman announced on Late Show with David Letterman that Decker had been chosen as the 2010 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit covermodel.^[14] Calling her selection "the news of a lifetime," Decker admitted that her mother cried when she heard her daughter would grace the cover.^[15]

Decker served as a guest judge in the 5th cycle from Germany's Next Topmodel.

She was reportedly considered for the lead female role in Transformers: Dark of the Moon.^[16]

Decker won Esquire magazine's 2010 "Sexiest Woman Alive" bracket challenge.^[17]

MTV Networks' NextMovie.com named her one of the 'Breakout Stars to Watch for in 2011'.^[18]

Brooklyn is the female lead, Sam, in the Battleship movie based on the game of the same name.

Brooklyn is part of the ensemble cast of the upcoming What to Expect When You're Expecting movie based on the book of the same name, playing Skyler who is the young wife of Dennis Quaid's character, Ramsey, who finds out she is pregnant with twins. web|url=http://www.musicrooms.net/movies/37733-dennis-quaid-to-star-opposite-brooklyn-decker-in-new-rom-com.html |title=Dennis Quaid to star opposite Brooklyn Decker in new rom-com |publisher=Musicrooms.net |date=July 20, 2011 |accessdate=October 24, 2011}}</ref> She was named one of the "100 Hottest Women of All-Time" by Men's Health.^[19]

Personal life[link]

Decker married American tennis player Andy Roddick in April 2009.^[20][21]

Filmography[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

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Marisa Miller
Marisa Miller signing autographs at The Mirage Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. April 24, 2009.
Born	Marisa Lee Bertetta (1978-08-06) August 6, 1978 (age 33) Santa Cruz, California, United States
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Hair color	Blonde
Eye color	Hazel
Measurements	34-23-35 (US) 86.5-58-89 (EU)[1]
Weight	110 lb (50 kg; 7.9 st)
Dress size	2 (US), 32 (EU), 6 (UK)
Shoe size	7 (US), 37½ (EU), 4½ (UK)
Agency	Cartel Management
Spouse	Jim Miller (2000–2002) Griffin Guess (2006–present)
Website
Marisa Miller.com

Marisa Lee Miller (née Bertetta; born August 6, 1978)^[2][3] is an American model best known for her appearances in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issues and her work for lingerie retailer Victoria's Secret. After a stint shooting with photographer Mario Testino for fashion magazines like Vogue,^[4] Miller began working for both companies in 2002. In 2007, she became a Victoria's Secret Angel, and graced the cover of the 2008 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue to record-setting numbers.^[5] Her accomplishments have led to her being dubbed the "return of the great American supermodel."^[6]

She is also known for contracts with companies like Harley-Davidson, for whom she is the first spokesperson in the history of the company, and the NFL, whom she became a spokesperson for in 2010 .^[7] Miller is considered a sex symbol;^[7] she ranked #1 on Maxim magazine's 2008 "Hot 100" list^[6] and in FHM's global 2010 "Sexiest Women in the World" poll.^[8] Aside from modeling, she is an ambassador for both the American Cancer Society^[9] and the USO.^[10]

Early life[link]

Born Marisa Lee Bertetta in Santa Cruz, California, to Krista (née Useldinger) and Marc Bertetta,^[11] Miller attended high school at Aptos High and Monte Vista Christian School.^{[citation needed]} She considered herself a tomboy growing up, with mostly male friends and little awareness of anything girly.^[12] Out of shyness, she often wore large t-shirts to hide her body and would get fully dressed just to go to the trash-can while at the beach.^[13]

Miller was first "discovered" at age sixteen walking through a San Francisco café by two Italian modeling agents.^[11] After talking to her mother, she was on a plane to Italy with her mother a few months later, despite her "shy and conservative" personality.^[4] Miller gained attention in 1997 when she appeared in the first issue of Perfect 10 magazine. Although she came in third behind Ashley Degenford and Monica Hansen in Perfect 10 magazine's first annual model search,^[3] she was repeatedly showcased in following issues, including the covers of the Winter 1998 and August/September 1999 editions, as well as a reprint for the Fall 2004 edition cover.^[14]

Career[link]

Miller moved from a start as an amateur magazine model to high profile mainstream work after an acquaintance showed a picture of her to famed fashion photographer Mario Testino in 2001. Testino asked to meet Miller, who was running a surf school at the time, and was invited to Manhattan Beach, California, where she would be surfing.^[4]

Noticing her, Testino snapped pictures of her and approached her with a job offer. It turned out to be editorials for both the American and Italian editions of Vogue. Within six months,^[4] Miller was working for Victoria's Secret and the coveted Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, in which she appeared in every issue from 2002 to 2008.^{[citation needed]} In particular, she famously posed wearing only an iPod in the 2007 issue.^[15] She has also appeared in a diverse range of magazines, many of them international editions, such as GQ, Maxim, Glamour, Cosmopolitan, Marie Claire, Elle, and Vanity Fair.^[1] She has featured in advertisements for Nordstrom, J.Crew, Guess?, Tommy Hilfiger, Bath & Body Works, and True Religion jeans.^[1]

Miller backstage at the Fashion for Relief show, a charity event in aid of victims of Hurricane Katrina.

It was not until 2007 that she filmed her first television commercial for Victoria's Secret, appearing alongside Heidi Klum for the It bra.^{[citation needed]}

On December 4, 2007, Miller made her debut in the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show,^[2] and opened a segment in the following year's edition. Other runway work include 2007's Fashion for Relief show, benefiting victims of Hurricane Katrina,^[2] as well as MTV's Fashionably Loud, Imitation of Christ, Inca, and Amir Slama's Rosa Cha, for which she was one of the most anticipated models.^[16]

On the February 12, 2008 episode of The Late Show with David Letterman, it was revealed via a three-story billboard in New York City that Miller would grace the cover of that year's Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. The tandem online launch of the issue drew record page views to the SI website: 228 million, a 41% increase over 2007.^[5] In September 2008, Sports Illustrated released a "Best of Marisa Miller" swimsuit calendar for the 2009 year.^[2]

Victoria's Secret also put her to work in 2008, with a five-city tour to promote the 2008 Swim collection's release in stores; the April–May tour included stops in New York City, Miami, Chicago (where she threw the opening pitch at a Chicago Cubs baseball game), Boston, and Minneapolis. The relaunch of Victoria Secret's sports line, VSX, soon followed, along with her first official campaign as an Angel:^[17] promoting the company's fragrance Very Sexy Dare.

For the 2009 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show, Miller was chosen to wear the year's "Fantasy Bra," a harlequin design featuring 2,300 white, champagne, and cognac diamonds, and a 16-carat heart-shaped brown-yellow diamond pendant for a $3-million value and 150 total carats.^[18][19]

In response to claims that Miller had parted with Victoria's Secret in January 2010, the Chief Marketing Officer for Limited Brands responded, saying the claims were "unfounded and untrue" while adding "we adore Marisa and we will continue to work with her in the future."^[20] In late 2010, Miller confirmed she had moved on from Angel status.^[10]

Beyond modeling[link]

In a July 2010 interview with Forbes, Miller stated that because the fashion industry had changed, with celebrities supplanting models on magazine covers and in campaigns, supermodels have to become brands to be successful.^[7] For that reason, she shifted focus to consumer products reflective of her personality. In July 2008, Miller took her first step beyond modeling when her shoe line with skateboarder/surfer-oriented company Vans launched.^[6] Miller starred in a 2008 viral video on YouTube with All Star baseball player Ryan Braun for Remington's ShortCut hair clippers^[21]

In 2008, Miller became the first spokesperson in motorcycle manufacturer Harley-Davidson's one-hundred-year history.^[7] She first partnered with Harley to launch the VRSCF V-Rod Muscle motorcycle and rejoined the company in November 2009 to act as the face of their first "Military Appreciation Month" campaign, featuring Miller as a classic pin-up in military-themed advertisements and online content.^[22] 2010 found her again working for the company, this time for their "Start Something" campaign, encouraging dreamers to become new riders.^[23]

Miller represents the rum brand Captain Morgan as the company's "Official First Mate" in advertising, social responsibility communication, and event appearances.^[24]

In October 2010, the NFL announced Miller had been hired as a spokesperson for the 2010-2011 season, with duties including hosting the NFL International Series game between the San Francisco 49ers and Denver Broncos in London. The announcement drew accusations toward the league of sending a "mixed message" in hiring a well-known lingerie and swimsuit model on the heels of controversies over reporter Ines Sainz's treatment at the New York Jets' facilities and the messages and photos Brett Favre allegedly sent Jenn Sterger.^[25] New York Times columnist William C. Rhoden noted that "Miller reveals a lot of flesh in the N.F.L. advertisements featuring her. This is Miller’s business, but it shouldn’t be the N.F.L.’s."^[26]

In 2010, she designed and released a paddle board line with Surftech aimed at female riders.^[27]

Television[link]

Miller's first work in television was as a judge on the Bravo reality series Manhunt: The Search for America's Most Gorgeous Male Model in 2004,^[28] the same year she appeared in Puddle of Mudd's "Spin You Around" music video. 2007 brought appearances in the pilot episode and finale of VH1 reality show The Shot and cameos in HBO's Entourage and the CBS comedy How I Met Your Mother,^[29] the latter with her fellow Victoria's Secret Angels. In 2009, she had a guest judge role on an episode of America's Next Top Model and a minor role in an episode of Gary Unmarried; in 2010, she co-hosted an episode of GameTrailers TV with Geoff Keighley.^[30]

She has appeared in commercials for the NFL Network^[31] and the California Travel and Tourism Commission's "Visit California" campaign. Miller's 2008 commercial for Activision's Guitar Hero: World Tour was deemed too sexy to air.^[32][33]

Film[link]

Miller's first film role is in R.I.P.D., with Ryan Reynolds and Jeff Bridges.^[34]

Media recognition[link]

The swell in publicity resulting from her 2008 work served to land Miller in the number one spot on Maxim magazine's "Hot 100" rankings for 2008, beating out list regulars such as Scarlett Johansson, Jessica Biel, and Eva Longoria. This marked the first time anyone has debuted on the list in the number one position.^[6] In her subsequent cover story for the July issue, Maxim proclaimed her as the "return of the great American supermodel." Of such acclaim, Miller admits, "I get a kick out of it, but it would be stupid to let it go to my head. It’s modeling—I didn’t find the cure for cancer."^[35] Miller continued to be highly rated and appeared on the list in 2009 in 18th place, and in 2010 in 10th place.^[36]

She also finished first place in The Best Damn Sports Show Period "Smokin' Sixteen" competition in 2008,^[37] repeating her 2007 win over competitors such as Gisele Bündchen and Adriana Lima. Miller ranked second in AskMen.com's "Top 99" for 2010, after ranking third in 2009, ninth in 2008, twelfth in 2007, and fourteenth in 2006.^{[38][dead link][39][40][41][42]} She added to her popular accolades with the "Hot N' Fresh" award at the second annual Spike Guys' Choice Awards.^[43]

In 2010, Miller came in third in FHM magazine's UK edition of the 16th annual "Sexiest Women in the World" poll, placing behind actress Megan Fox and winner, British singer Cheryl Cole.^[44][45] Miller topped the poll in the US edition of FHM and was declared the global winner of the poll, receiving the most combined votes from FHM's 24 international editions.^[8]

Personal life[link]

She married Jim Miller,^[2][46] a Los Angeles surfing contest promoter and lifeguard from California, in 2000. The couple separated in 2002;^[47][48] they divorced soon after. After the divorce, Marisa continued using the surname Miller. She married music producer Griffin Guess on April 15, 2006.^[2]

From an early age she loved surfing,^[11] and her aunt was on the pro tour.^[15][49] In 2004, she placed second in the celebrity division of the Kelly Slater Surf Invitational^[2] and says of the sport, "I feel my absolute best—physically, mentally and spiritually—when I'm surfing every day."^[12] She also won the most valuable player award at the 4th annual Celebrity Beach Bowl.^[50] She was a standout volleyball player in high school^[2] and has taken up boxing.^[9][48] After signing with Harley Davidson, Miller received her motorcycle license^[51] and rides a Harley Nightster. She has said that she would like to be a sportscaster.^[52] Miller comes from a family of nurses. Her mother returned to college to become a pediatrics nurse and her sisters are also nurses. She has expressed an interest in following the same career path if she stops modeling.^[53][54]

As of 2009, Miller is an ambassador for the American Cancer Society.^[9][55] Proceeds from her online store are donated to the charity. She also supports the Young Survival Coalition, which raises awareness of breast cancer in women under 40,^[6] as well as environmental organization the Surfrider Foundation, which aims to preserve the world's oceans and beaches.^[55] In October 2009, Miller hosted the Monte Foundation music festival, an annual fundraiser for schools in the Aptos area, where she and Guess own a home.^[15] She is also an ambassador for the USO; she visits military bases and receives frequent fan mail from American troops worldwide.^[10]

References[link]