ninemsn is an Australian 50/50 joint venture between Microsoft and Nine Entertainment Co.. It effectively acts as the website for both the Nine Network and MSN, and is one of Australia's most popular websites.^[1] It is the default homepage for Internet Explorer 6 users in Australia, and the website that automatically appears when Australian users sign out of Windows Live Hotmail.

The venture was established in 1997, with a combined investment of $50 million, which brought together all the online assets of Microsoft and all the media assets of PBL, which include the Nine Network, Australian Consolidated Press (ACP) and other PBL assets.^[2]

As of April 2006, ninemsn acquired Australian content syndication and mobile publishing leader HWW Limited, who currently syndicate television, movie, music, restaurant and gig guide listings.^[3]

Also in 2006, ninemsn purchased 5th Finger Pty Ltd, a leading Australian SMS and mobile marketing service provider. 5th Finger provides a range of mobile solutions for the PBLMedia companies and to many Australian and foreign content providers.

In mid-2011, Ninemsn underwent a major upgrade, which ninemsn stated can enhance the website, by making it look better and less crowded, users also can set up the website the way they like it, such as saving their favourite website right on the website.

References[link]

1. ^ Sinclair, Lara (2008-06-04). "Five top executives abandon internet publisher Ninemsn". The Australian. News Limited. http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23806518-7582,00.html. Retrieved 2009-06-02. ^{[dead link]}
2. ^ Douglas, Jeanne-Vida (2002-09-23). "Contract wording alone rescued NineMSN: sources". ZDNet Australia. CBS Interactive. http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/business/soa/Contract-wording-alone-rescued-NineMSN-sources/0,139023166,120268450,00.htm?feed=pt_microsoft. Retrieved 2009-06-02. 
3. ^ AAP (2005-12-22). "HWW agrees to Ninemsn acquisition". SMH. Fairfax. http://www.smh.com.au/news/Business/HWW-agrees-to-Ninemsn-acquisition/2005/12/22/1135032135186.html. Retrieved 2009-06-02. 

External links[link]

• ninemsn

Sara Jean Underwood
Sara Jean Underwood exhibiting at Glamourcon 42, Los Angeles, on October 7, 2007
Playboy centerfold appearance
July 2006
Preceded by	Stephanie Larimore
Succeeded by	Nicole Voss
Playmate of the Year
2007
Preceded by	Kara Monaco
Succeeded by	Jayde Nicole
Personal details
Born	(1984-03-26) March 26, 1984 (age 28) Portland, Oregon, United States[1]
Measurements	Bust: 32B (pre-augmentation)[1][2] Waist: 24 Hips: 31
Height	5 ft 3 in (1.60 m)[1]
Weight	103 lb (47 kg; 7.4 st)
Official website

Sara Jean Underwood (born March 26, 1984)^[1] is an American model and actress who was chosen as the Playmate of the Month for the July 2006 issue of Playboy magazine and later became Playmate of the Year in 2007. She is a presenter on Attack of the Show!.

Early life[link]

Underwood was born in Portland, Oregon. She graduated from Scappoose High School in Scappoose, Oregon in 2002. She has been a student at Oregon State University and Portland State University.^[3] She was a schoolmate of American football player Derek Anderson.^[4][5]

Her first job was assisting in sales of heavy construction equipment.^[2] She worked in the Beaverton, Oregon branch of the Hooters chain of restaurants.^[6]

Modeling[link]

When Underwood first appeared in Playboy magazine, in its The Girls of the Pac 10 pictorial in the October 2005 issue, she was also featured on the cover, holding a football and clad only in a body painted rendering of an Oregon State Beavers football jersey and matching bikini briefs.^[7] She next appeared in the magazine in July 2006, as the Playmate of the Month. When she became Playmate of the Year in June 2007, her prize included a Mini Cooper convertible.^[8] She was the first Miss July to receive the title, although she herself said, "I didn't think I was pretty enough".^[9] In March 2008, Playboy magazine ranked her at #25 on their "25 Hottest Playboy Celebrities" list.^[10]

Underwood appeared in episode #2 of the E! network's series The Girls Next Door, as a Playmate hoping to have her test shoot taken at Playboy Studio West.^[11] Subsequently, Playboy featured her as Miss July 2006. She has since appeared in several more episodes of The Girls Next Door.

On June 7, 2007, a group of Oregon State University women's studies students created a poster celebrating Underwood's selection as Playboy's 2007 Playmate of the Year, and posted it outside Bexel Hall, where it remained in place for only a few hours before Oregon State University staff took it down. The poster embraced the theme and the style of the "Achievement" posters that line Campus Way at the university. The poster read, "Sara Jean: First OSU Beaver Playmate of the Year, Playboy June '07, OSU Centerfold, People, Ideas, Innovation."^[12] The mention of her as the "first" Playmate of the Year from OSU was actually incorrect; she was preceded by Jodi Ann Paterson, the Playmate of the Year for 2000.^[13]

Underwood is credited with discovering Ida Ljungqvist while shopping on Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills, California.^{[14] [15]}

Other appearances[link]

Underwood appears as a pirate wench in the 2007 film Epic Movie, along with fellow Playmates Qiana Chase, Irina Voronina and Jillian Grace. Underwood appeared as a playmate in the 2008 comedy, House Bunny, along with fellow playmates and in 2009 was in the film The Telling with Bridget Marquardt and Holly Madison, and as herself in Miss March.^[16]

She appeared on the wedding episode of Kendra where it was announced at Kendra Wilkinson's bachelorette party that Underwood had undergone breast augmentation surgery.^[17] Later, on The Howard Stern Show, Underwood confirmed that she had breast implants.^[18]

Underwood has also worked in television as a presenter. She worked as a "fight jock" or continuity announcer for the Blackbelt TV cable network.^[18] In 2009 she co-hosted five episodes of G4's Attack of the Show, filling in for a vacationing Olivia Munn.^[19][20] She has also co-hosted episodes in 2010. As of 2011, she is a substitute host and one of the regular presenters of G4's Attack of the Show's news segment "The Feed".

An avid practitioner of yoga, she competed in the 8th Kunoichi competition in Japan, known in the U.S. as Women of Ninja Warrior. She won her first stage heat after gaining a big lead on three Japanese contestants that had more pedigreed backgrounds in athletics. She failed on the second stage when she misjudged the second step of the Dancing Stones and fell.

After modeling in advertising for VictoryPoker.net and playing in charity poker tournaments, she joined their team of professional poker players.^[21]

Underwood was on MTV's reality show Ridiculousness as a guest star for Season 2.^[22]

Personal life[link]

Introduced by a mutual friend, Underwood had a two year on-again, off-again relationship with television presenter Ryan Seacrest.^[18]

Filmography[link]

Films[link]

• Epic Movie (2007) Pirate Wench
• The House Bunny (2008) Herself
• Two Million Stupid Women (2009) as Ginger
• Miss March (2009) as Herself
• The Telling (2009) Tracey
• Zellwood (2009) Katie

Television[link]

• Attack of the Show^[23] co-host, 10 times in 2009, 3 times in 2010.^[24]
• Kunoichi (Women of Ninja Warrior), Competitor, Competition 8, Exited at round 2.
• Bridget's Sexiest Beaches Guest, Season 1 Episode 2, "Croatia".

References[link]

External links[link]

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