Christina Lekka (Greek: Χριστίνα Λέκκα) is a model from Greece who became the first and only woman from her country to win the Miss International pageant.

B Miss Hellas[link]

She won the "Ellinida" 1994 title (Greek: Ελληνίδα) at the Miss Star Hellas pageant. Her Miss International victory came a few months later, when the pageant was held in Ise, Japan.^[1]

References[link]

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Christiane Schmidtmer (December 24, 1939 – March 13, 2003) was a German actress, fashion model and nude model of the 1960s and 1970s.

Biography[link]

Early life[link]

Christiane Schmidtmer was born in Mannheim, Germany to Gertrud and Jakob Schmidtmer on Christmas Eve 1939. Her father worked for the Western governments and disappeared in Russia during the war. The family later relocated from Mannheim to nearby Heidelberg after her mother remarried.

At the age of seventeen her mother sent her to London where Christiane attended St. Giles School to learn English. During her stay in England, she met a powerful man of British royalty who offered to send her to the Royal Academy of Arts if – in return – she would sleep with him. She packed her bags and left for Germany the same night.

After returning to Heidelberg, she attended the local Hölderlin-Gymnasium (academic high school) from which she graduated during the late 1950s. In 1959 against strong family opposition – her mother wanted her to follow a career in medicine – Christiane Schmidtmer moved to Munich where she began taking acting lessons. During that time she performed in afternoon stage productions for children.

Career[link]

Christiane Schmidtmer worked in the stage in Germany from 1961–1963, then turned to photographic modelling for German fashion and nude magazines and later, Playboy in the USA. She also modelled for advertising companies, namely Max Factor Cosmetics, before she started her movie career. She was hired as their featured model and introduced at the New York World's Fair in 1964 followed by an American tour with visits to Los Angeles, Las Vegas and Chicago.

She appeared in German TV and movie productions, such as Rolf Hädrich's Delay in Marienborn. During the filming in Berlin and England she befriended co-star José Ferrer. The friendship lasted until Ferrer's death in 1992. He later recommended her to Stanley Kramer for his production of Ship of Fools, her first US film in which she played Ferrer's beautiful mistress. But today, most people will remember her as the evil wardress in the exploitation women-in-prison film The Big Doll House (1971) as well as the German Lufthansa stewardess Lise Bruner in Boeing Boeing. In this 1965 comedy she co-starred with Tony Curtis, Jerry Lewis, Thelma Ritter and Dany Saval (as the Air France stewardess) and Suzanna Leigh (as the British United Airways stewardess).

Schmidtmer was one of just a few German actresses successful in 1960s Hollywood and was praised by critics as the most exciting German import since Marlene Dietrich. Schmidtmer - with her attractive and typically German appearance - was often reduced to playing the "attractive German". Her nickname which stuck throughout her career was "Liebesbombe"/"Love Bomb".

Throughout the 1970s and towards the end of her career, Schmidtmer appeared in numerous US talk shows, television series, and B-Movie productions such as The Giant Spider Invasion (1975). In 1981 she appeared in Hot Bubblegum - Lemon Popsicle 3 - one of the sequels in the Israeli Eskimo Limon series. Most sources list this as her last film; in it she portrayed a nymphomaniac piano teacher.

Schmidtmer continued to do commercials, and voiceover work in a number of productions. In 1980, shortly before ending her movie career, she published her autobiography My Wild Nights in Hollywood in German magazines. It was later translated into several languages.

Later years and death[link]

Following her movie career Christiane Schmidtmer worked as a licensed real estate agent with numerous million-dollar sales in southern California. She lived both in the US and Heidelberg.

In 1994 her apartment in Los Angeles was destroyed in a fire. Hundreds of videotapes including many demo tapes for casting offices, along with her movie and TV memorabilia were lost. In subsequent months Christiane Schmidtmer devoted much of her energy and time to rebuilding her memorabilia collection.

Shortly thereafter she permanently moved back to Germany to care for her aging mother. She led a quiet life during which her own health started to fail.

Christiane Schmidtmer died in her sleep on March 13, 2003 at her home in Heidelberg, Germany due to natural causes after an accident. She is survived by her last manager and long-time companion in Las Vegas and her mother who still lives in Heidelberg. She was interred at the family grave in Heidelberg.

Filmography[link]

• Shifshuf Naim (1981) aka Hot Bubblegum - Lemon Popsicle III .... Fritzi
• Half a House (1979) .... Gina
• Wonder Woman .... Lisa Engel (1 episode, 1977)
• Police Story .... Lynn (1 episode, 1976)
• The Giant Spider Invasion (1975) .... Helga
• The Specialist (1975/I) .... Nude Model
• Airport 1975 (1974) (uncredited) .... Angie Bell - Passenger
• Police Story .... Hilda (1 episode, 1974)
• Scream, Pretty Peggy (1973) (TV) .... Jennifer Elliot
• The Big Doll House (1971) .... Miss Dietrich
• The Most Deadly Game .... Bettina (1 episode, 1970)
• Unser Doktor ist der Beste (1969) .... Frau Janssen
• Hogan's Heroes .... Heidi Baum (1 episode, 1968)
• I Deal in Danger (1966) .... Erika von Lindendorf
• 12 O'Clock High .... Frieda von Heurtzel (1 episode, 1966)
• The Wild Wild West .... Lucretia Ivronin (1 episode, 1966)
• Blue Light .... Erika von Lindendorf (1 episode, 1966)
• Boeing Boeing (1965) .... Lise Bruner/Lufthansa
• Ship of Fools (1965) .... Lizzi
• DM-Killer (1965) .... Miranda
• Sechs Stunden Angst (1964) (TV) .... Carla de la Osta
• Fanny Hill (1964) aka Fanny Hill: Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure (USA) .... Fiona
• Hafenpolizei (1 episode, 1963)
• Verspätung in Marienborn (1963) aka Delay in Marienborn (USA) .... Karin
• Ein Todesfall wird vorbereitet .... Sandra Williams (1963) (TV)

Sources[link]

• Source 1
• Source 2

External links[link]

• Christiane Schmidtmer at the Internet Movie Database

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Gareth Emery
Background information
Birth name	Gareth Thomas Rhys Emery
Also known as	GTR, Rue De Gar, Runaway
Born	(1980-07-18) 18 July 1980 (age 31) United Kingdom
Genres	Electronic dance music
Occupations	Disc jockey Record producer
Years active	2002–present
Labels	Five AM (2003–2008) Garuda (2009–present)
Website	www.garethemery.com

Gareth Emery (born 18 July 1980 in Southampton, England) is an English/Welsh Trance producer and DJ. Since 2009 he has been the highest ranked British DJ in DJ Magazine's annual Top 100 poll, peaking at #7 in 2010.^[1][2]

Background[link]

Gareth Emery was born in Southampton, England although he also has Welsh heritage.^[3] He lived in Southampton until the age of 26^[4] before relocating to Manchester, England where he has a studio and runs a club night and record label, both called Garuda.^[5] He has a degree in Politics from University of Warwick,^[6] supports Southampton Football Club,^[7] and is trained in classical piano.^[8] Prior to becoming involved in electronic music he played guitar in a punk band in the mid-nineties.^[9]

Style[link]

Emery has a distinctive and unique production style that has been described as a fusion of trance, house and progressive,^[10] and is described by Emery himself as ‘simple but effective’.^[11] Although usually categorised as a trance DJ, he has often dismissed this label simply stating that he plays good records regardless of genre.^[12]

Breakthrough[link]

Emery’s debut vinyl release was a white label remix of The Shrink's classic 'Nervous Breakdown' which was released in early 2002.^[13] In February 2002 Judge Jules broadcast the track live on BBC Radio 1 from the Mardi Gras festival, which brought Emery to the attention of the electronic music community.^[14] However, the track that launched his career is generally considered to be his third release: GTR – 'Mistral'.^[15] It was created entirely on a laptop computer over the course of a two week holiday in Provence.^[16] Paul van Dyk debuted the track live on the radio during the Nature One Festival in 2002 and it subsequently received support from some of the world's leading DJs, including Tiësto, Armin van Buuren and Ferry Corsten,^[17] and received highly positive reviews in Mixmag, Muzik, and DJ Magazine.^[18] Emery was ranked at #34 in DJ Mag’s Top 100 poll in 2006,^[19] #31 in in 2007, #23 in 2008, #9 in 2009^[20] and #7 in 2010.^[21]

Albums and Remixes[link]

Emery has released four mix CDs during his career: The Five AM Sessions (2005), The Podcast Annual (2007), The Sound Of Garuda (2009) and The Sound Of Garuda: Chapter 2 (2011).^[22] His debut artist album Northern Lights was released in 2010, and achieved considerable success, climbing to no.1 in the US iTunes dance chart.^[23] The album also contained one of his most successful tracks ‘Sanctuary’, which was voted the 2nd biggest track of 2010 by listeners of Armin van Buuren's A State Of Trance radio show,^[24] and then became the most played record of 2011 on US Sirius XM Radio dance station BPM.^[25] In 2011, a remixed edition of the album was released entitled Northern Lights Re-Lit with remixes by acts including Hardwell, Arty, Giuseppe Ottaviani, John O’Callaghan, Lange and Ashley Wallbridge.^[26] Since 2002, he has produced, remixed, or collaborated on around 90 tracks, with notable remixes for Britney Spears, Armin van Buuren, and Above & Beyond.^[27]

Labels[link]

From 2003 to 2008, Gareth co-owned now defunct label Five AM under which some of his biggest hits from the time were released (Mistral / This Is That / More Than Anything).^[28] In late 2008 he announced he would no longer be involved at Five AM, instead starting a new label 100% owned by him called Garuda.^[29] The first Garuda release was his own record 'Exposure / Metropolis' released in May 2009.^[30]

Since then all Emery's records have been released through Garuda. It is named after the bird-like creature from Hindu and Buddhist mythology, which Emery became aware of whilst touring Indonesia.^[31] The label has released records by artists including Ben Gold, Tritonal, M.I.K.E. and Blake Jarrell.^[32] The label also runs occasional club nights at Manchester superclub Sankeys, which was voted DJ Mag’s no.1 club in the world in 2010.^[33] Guests have included Ferry Corsten, Markus Schulz, Above & Beyond and Sander Van Doorn.^[34]

Podcast[link]

Since March 2006, Emery has produced the 'Gareth Emery Podcast'.^[35] Originally fortnightly but now weekly, the podcast is generally 60 minutes in length and features 15 or so tracks in a radio show style format, covering a wide range of dance music genres.^[36] It is considered one of the first dance music podcasts, and has been nominated for “Best Podcast” at the Miami Winter Music Conference’s International Dance Music Awards three times.^[37] A feature called ‘Podcast Player’ involves DJs leaving an answerphone message and playing one of their favourite tracks of the time.^[38] .^[39]

Selected Discography[link]

Gareth Emery's production aliases include GTR, Cupa, Digital Blues and a house project under the meme Runaway.^[40]

His production history includes collaborations with artists like Lange, Solid Globe, Jon O’Bir and CERN with releases on a multitude of labels including A State of Trance, Lost Language, Multiply Records, Bonzai Records, and his native Five AM label.^[41]

2002[link]

• GTR – Mistral [Five AM]
• GTR – Flood Control [Influential]
• GTR – Psiclone [Influential]
• GTR vs The Shrink – Nervous Breakdown (Trance mix) [Nutrition]
• GTR vs The Shrink – Nervous Breakdown (Bootleg mix) [Nutrition]

2003[link]

• CERN – The Message (additional production) [Five AM / ASOT]
• Cupa – Blaze [Five AM]
• Cupa – Foundation [Five AM]
• Nova – All This Love (GTR mix) [Multiply]
• CERN – Baileys (GTR dub) [Five AM]
• Quadraphonic – I Can Feel Your Love (Gareth Emery's GTR mix) [Lost Language]

2004[link]

• Wirefly – The Verdict (Gareth Emery & Mark Dedross mix) [Motion]
• Gareth Emery & Jon O'Bir – Escapade [Five AM]
• GTR – Reason To Believe (Original Mix) [Five AM]
• GTR – Reason To Believe (Gareth Emery Remix) [Five AM]
• Echano – Nothing To Live For (Gareth Emery Remix) [Motion]
• Will Holland – Magicka (Gareth Emery Remix) [Forty Five]
• Digital Delinquents – Forever (Gareth Emery Vocal / Dub mixes) [Equilibrium]

2005[link]

• Zodiak – Provincial Disco (Gareth Emery Remix) [MICREC]
• DJ Sammy – L'bby Haba (Gareth Emery Remix) [Super M]
• Gareth Emery – Between Dreams [Five AM]
• Gareth Emery – Backlash [Five AM]
• Gareth Emery – Tribalism [Five AM]
• Gareth Emery – History Of A Day [Five AM]
• Lange vs Gareth Emery – This Is New York [Lange Recordings]
• Lange vs Gareth Emery – X Equals 69 [Lange Recordings]
• Gareth Emery & Jon O'Bir – Bouncebackability [Five AM]
• Emery & Kirsch – Lose Yourself [Enhanced]
• Cupa – Mass Panic (Gareth Emery Remix) [Five AM]
• Cupa – Mass Panic (Concept mix) [Five AM]
• Digital Blues – Digital Blues [Lange Recordings]
• Digital Blues – Definition [Lange Recordings]
• Nu-NRG – Dreamland (Gareth Emery vs. Brisky Remix) [Monster]

2006[link]

• DT8 Project – Tomorrow Never Comes (Gareth Emery Remix) [Mondo]
• Lange vs Gareth Emery – Another You, Another Me [Vandit]
• Lange vs Gareth Emery – Back On Track (Gareth Emery Back On Breaks remix) [Lange]
• Mike Foyle – Shipwrecked (Gareth Emery remix) [Armind]
• Vinny Troia feat. Jaidene Veda – Flow (Gareth Emery Remix / Dub mix) [Curvve]
• Gareth Emery & Nicholas Bennison – Interlok [Five AM]
• Gareth Emery & Nicholas Bennison – Interlok (Gaz's Dubbed Out mix) [Five AM]
• Gareth Emery & Jon O'Bir – No Way Back [Five AM]
• Gareth Emery & Jon O'Bir – Integrate [Five AM]
• Lange vs Gareth Emery – On Track [Lange]
• Lange vs Gareth Emery – Three [Lange]
• George Acosta feat. Truth – Mellodrama (Gareth Emery Remix) [Five AM]

2007[link]

• Gareth Emery – More Than Anything [Five AM]
• Albert Vorne – Formentera What? (Gareth Emery Remix) [Club Elite]
• Gareth Emery pres. Runway – Outrageous [Baroque]
• Gareth Emery And Rue De Gar – Soul Symbol [Curvve Recordings]

2008[link]

• DJ Orkidea – Metaverse (Gareth Emery Remix)[AVA Recordings]
• Myon And Shane 54 feat. Carrie Skipper – Vampire (Gareth Emery's Garuda Remix)[Armind]
• Gareth Emery – This Is That [Five AM Records]
• Martin Roth – Off the World (Gareth Emery Remix)[Vandit]
• Darude Ft Blake Lewis – I Ran (So Far Away) (Gareth Emery Remix)[HMC/DRD Music Finland]
• Andrew Bennett Vs Tatana Feat. Tiff Lacey – Closer (Than A Heartbeat) (Gareth Emery Remix) [S2 Records]
• Bartlett Bros feat. Marcia Juell – Let it Flow (Gareth Emery Remix)[Lunatique]
• Stowers & Young – The Second Coming (Gareth Emery Remix) [Insight Recordings]
• Menno De Jong feat. Re:Locate – Solid State (Gareth Emery Remix) [Intuition Recordings]

2009[link]

• Gareth Emery – Exposure/Metropolis [Garuda]
• Bobina – Time & Tide (Gareth Emery Remix) [World Club Music]
• Above & Beyond pres. Oceanlab – Lonely Girl (Gareth Emery Remix) [Anjunabeats]
• Ronski Speed feat. Ana – The Deep Divine (Gareth Emery Remix)[euphonic]
• M.I.K.E. – Sunrise At Palamos 2009 (Gareth Emery Remix) [Garuda]
• Fabio XB & Micky VI – Make This Your Day (Gareth Emery Remix) [S107 Recordings]
• Fabio XB & Andrea Mazza – Light To Lies (Gareth Emery Remix) [S107 Recordings]
• Gaia – Tuvan (Gareth Emery Remix) [Armind]
• Gareth Emery With Emma Hewitt – I Will Be the Same [Garuda]
• Terry Ferminal & Jonas Stenberg – A Thousand Miles, Memories (Gareth Emery Edit) [High Contrast Recordings]
• Gareth Emery – The Sound Of Garuda [Garuda]
• Rosie and The Goldbug – Heartbreak (Gareth Emery Remix)
• Delerium Vs Gareth Emery – In This Silence (Black Army Mashup)

2010[link]

• Gareth Emery Feat Lucy Saunders – Sanctuary [Garuda]
• Gareth Emery – Northern Lights (Studio Album) [Garuda]
• Gareth Emery – Citadel [Garuda]
• Above & Beyond & Gareth Emery pres. OceanLab – On a Good Day (Metropolis) [Anjunabeats]
• Nadia Ali – Rapture (Gareth Emery Remix)

2011[link]

• Gareth Emery – Northern Lights Re-Lit (Studio Album) [Garuda]
• John O'Callaghan – Save This Moment (Gareth Emery Remix) [Captivating Sounds – Armada]
• Britney Spears – I Wanna Go (Gareth Emery Remix)
• Gareth Emery & Ben Gold – Flash
• Super8 & Tab – Perfect Day feat. Alyna (Gareth Emery Remix) [Anjunabeats]
• Gareth Emery & Ashley Wallbridge – Mansion
• Gareth Emery feat. Mark Frisch – Into The Light
• Gareth Emery – Tokyo

2012[link]

• Gareth Emery feat. Christina Novelli – Concrete Angel [Garuda]
• Labrinth – Last Time (Gareth Emery Remix)
• Gareth Emery & Ashley Wallbridge – D.U.I. (TBA)
• Gareth Emery - The Saga (TBA)
• Gareth Emery – 2012 Album (TBA)

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official website
• The Gareth Emery Podcast website
• Gareth Emery on Facebook
• Gareth Emery on Twitter
• Biography – Resident Advisor
• Biography – i:Vibes
• TranceSound interview, September 2010

Chloe Maxwell (born 6 July 1976) is an Australian television presenter for The Matty Johns Show^[1] and model most famous for as "The Jeans West Girl" in a Jeans West campaign. She was discovered by chance, pulled off the streets for A Current Affair story featuring a model recruiter who could pick a model just by looking at them.^[2]

Maxwell started her modelling career which saw her make the transition to hosting as a television presenter.

She is married to Gold Coast Titans player Mat Rogers. They have a son, Maxwell Danger (born 5 June 2006), and a daughter Phoenix (born 21 September 2007). She is also stepmother to Rogers' two children, Jack and Skyla, from a previous relationship. In 2012, Maxwell tweeted she was pregnant again.

Maxwell starred in the Australian comedy/thriller Under the Radar as Jo, which was released in 2004. She appeared in the 2008 series of the television gameshow It Takes Two.

References[link]

External links[link]

• Chloe Maxwell at the Internet Movie Database
• Chloe Maxwell at the Fashion Model Directory

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Celeste Thorson
Asian American Actress Celeste Thorson
Born	(1984-07-23) July 23, 1984 (age 27) Orange County, California
Occupation	Film actress
Website
http://www.celestethorson.com

Celeste Thorson (born July 23, 1984) is an Asian American actress, model,^[1] screenwriter, and activist. She is best known for her role as an athletic host in her action TV series, Destination X: Hawaii and Destination X: California.^[2] Thorson has written twenty four episodes of television for shows like Destination X and The Industry. As a model she has been featured in modeling and commercial campaigns for Reebok, Lady Foot Locker, Yoplait, Sprint, Nissan Nokia, Samsung, Yahoo!, Body Glove, Toms Shoes, and Paul Mitchell.

Early life[link]

Thorson was born in Orange County, California, to her mother a fine artist, and father a United States Marine; the two divorced during Thorson's childhood.

Her mother is of Lebanese, Spanish and Apache Mescalero Native American descent. Her father was born in South Korea and was adopted as a young child by the Thorson family in Colorado. On her father's side she is of South Korean and Scottish Irish descent.

Thorson traveled much of the southwestern United States during grade school and high school, attending a number of private and public schools. Her residence changed often as her family would acquire commercial and residential real estate stretching from Los Angeles and Southern California to New Mexico and Texas. After graduating early from high school, Thorson moved to San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico to continue the three-generation family tradition of attending the historic Instituto Allende. Thorson studied silver working, jewelry making, sculpture and bronze casting at the privately owned classical art institute, which was founded in 1950.

Career[link]

At the age of 17, Thorson returned to the United States and moved to Los Angeles, CA to pursue political activism. Despite her father's death in the same year, she found success and fulfillment in non-profit work. Even as one of the youngest members in her office, Thorson quickly rose to the position of the Top Fundraiser in the Nation for the Public Interest Research Group. As a political activist she has worked to support many non-profit organizations such as Save the Children, Human Rights Campaign, Public Interest Research Group, and Sierra Club. She has committed her career to raising awareness and support for charitable causes around the world.

Modeling[link]

At the age of 19 Celeste Thorson was discovered and signed by the Cuttingham Escott Slevin Doughty CESD^[3] Talent Agency in Los Angeles as a commercial and actress and model. Working in Los Angeles, New York, Milan, Paris, Cannes, Japan, London, Holland, Thailand, and Korea her modeling and acting work has given her a global presence. Thorson has been the cover girl for numerous magazines around the world and Billboards spanning the United States, Latin America and Asia. She has appeared in many modeling campaigns for clients like Body Glove, Nokia, Yahoo!, Fred Segal, Markwins, BIOQUE, Pinar Eris, Seril, Core Clothing, Jerry Terrence, Anna D.Milano, Eduardo Lucero, Louis Verdad, Margie Kent, Alisse Thatcher, Maggie Barry, D'Voshion,^[4] ISSI Fashion Beverly Hills, Qimone, Toms Shoes and Paul Mitchell. Throughout her modeling career she has worked with celebrity photographers, Giuliano Bekor, Lionel Deluy, David C Lee, Nikola Borrisov, Sean Armenta, Leea Haeger, Patricia de La Rosa, Kim Grisco, Amir Magal, Nicolaas De Bruin, Rachel Stephens, Shane Sato, Garet Field Sells, Tom Concordia, Scott Nathan, Steven Kay, Andrew Paynter, Brooks Ayola, Suzette Troche, Akif Hakan Celebi, Larissa Underwood, and one of Tyra Banks favorite America's Next Top Model photographer Matthew Jordan Smith.

Celeste Thorson on Red Carpet for D'Voshion Fashion show in West Hollywood, California

Film and television[link]

Thorson's first television appearances were for two consecutive Sprint commercials directed by Brian Beletic. She joined the Screen Actors Guild as a professional actress and appeared in commercial ads for clients like Lady Foot Locker, Reebok (director Shaun Conrad), Samsung, and Nissan (Believe Media). She also gave a cameo appearance in the Rolling Stones music video,^[5] Rain Fall Down, directed by Jonas Akerlund.

She was soon recruited as an athletic, action sports star on the adventure TV series Destination X: Hawaii^[6] season one and Destination X: California season two.^[7] Destination X airs on Direct TV, Dish Network, Comcast and Time Warner Cable on The Resorts & Residence Channel and MavTV. It has broadcast on the Water Channel,^[8] MTV2 and in over 60 countries around the world.

The first season was filmed on the Hawaiian islands of Oahu, Kauai, and Hawaii where Thorson hosted and participated in various outdoor sports like sky diving, mountain biking, jet skiing, scuba diving, parasailing, swimming with sharks, and rappelling off mountains. Season two was shot throughout Southern California, Mexicali, and Nevada where Thorson did races and did photos shoots with exotic sports cars like the Lotus Elise, Formula One, Bugatti Veyron, Porsche GTI, Bentley's and many others. Desination X California also featured the Willow Springs race track, as well as drifting and racing rallys like the Gumball and Bullrun. With the help of stunt pilots Thorson also did aerobatic maneuvers in the L-39 Albatros fighter jet.

While developing her action career she starred in Room Nine^[9] a short film about a deadly girl on the run in the desert, directed by Paul Street of Streetlight Films UK and Believe Media. "Room Nine" was filmed in the Salton Sea, California and featured Thorson exploding a pickup truck. The film screened at the ArcLight Hollywood Cinema in Hollywood, California at the Hollywood Film Festival.,^[10] the Palm Beach International Film Festival^[11] in Florida and at the New York Picture Start Film Festival^[12] where Thorson was nominated for Best Actress.

After a string of dramatic performances in shorts and features like The Billy Armstrong Situation, and Still Breathing, Thorson broke into comedy. Thorson portrayed "Rocker Jill" in the feature film Satin which stars Melissa Joan Hart, Michael Cudlitz, and Robert Guillaume. In the comedic role of "Lisa" Thorson acts alongside Emmy winning actor Neil Patrick Harris and actress Collette Wolfe in the "Zoo or False" episode of How I Met Your Mother. Thorson also performed in a comedic sketch for Jimmy Kimmel Live spoofing Sarah Jessica Parker's perfume "Lovely."

Celeste Thorson has written a total of 24 episodes of television, ten episodes for the travel series "Destination X Hawaii" and one episode for "Destination X California". Thorson also contributed e/i content as a writer for 13 episodes of "The Industry" television show which starred Josh & JB, two San Diego based teen brothers that build a record label and break into the music industry. The show followed the strict Federal Communications Commission (FCC) guidelines for an educational and informative rating and aired throughout the United States on network channels and DirectTV.

Filmography[link]

Festivals and awards[link]

Celeste Thorson won the Model Star Award for Best Female representing the United States at the Asia Model Festival Awards Video Clip in Seoul, Korea. She traveled to South Korea to accept the award. Japan, Korea, China, the Philippines, Uzbekistan and the United States were all represented in the ceremony, with Award winners like Super Junior, Iza Calzado, Park Min Young, Han Ye Seul, Ju Jihoon, and Celeste Thorson as the popular favorites of Asia. Thorson was nominated along with three others in her category at the Asia Model Festival Awards sponsored by the Republic of Korea's Ministry of Culture and Tourism, China Bentley Culture Development, Arirang TV China Guang Xi TV, Dong-A TV, ETN TV, and China Central Television CCTV.

“I really enjoyed the Asia Model Festival Awards, and was honored to receive the Model Star award. The Korean Model Association, Eui-Sig Yang, SBS, DBC Holdings, Global One, as well as all of the sponsors made our stay very comfortable and exciting. The show was beautiful and the fashion of Blumarine, Jong-Sun, EXR, Ran Style & Lie Sang Bong was inspiring. I met so many beautiful and friendly models from around the world. I especially enjoyed meeting Iza Calzado, Ai Dai, Super Junior, and Angel Agustin they were very sweet. I loved all of the performances and can’t wait to return!

^[13]

Thorson attends and draws inspiration from film festivals like Cannes Film Festival, Sundance Film Festival, Troma Film Festival, Venice Film Festival, Hollywood Film Festival, and the Rome International Film Festival. Thorson was nominate for Best Actress at the Tenth Annual PICTURESTART FILM FESTIVAL^[12] in New York city for her short film Room Nine^[14] directed by Paul Street.

References[link]

External links[link]

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