Here is the special 15Th anniversary Besame lingerie catalog featuring the clothing label's top Colombian & Peruvian models.
Aqui esta la especial 15 º aniversario catalogo de lenceria Besame con sus principales modelos Colombianas y Peruanas de la compania.
Colombian beauties Esperanza Gomez y Shirley Gomez (no relation).
Peruvian beauty Melissa Garcia.
Peruvian model wearing her national colors.
This past weekend I was fortunate to be invited to a couple of Gaston's San Francisco La Mar "Soft Openings". I sampled the cuisine (more liked gorged) and I can tell you this - Gaston's San Francisco Peruvian Cebicheria La Mar is the best seafood restaurant in all of North America!!! I can only imagine what it will be like when they open officially to the general public next week (more details later).
If the opening of the much publicized Nobu in Melbourne last year is any indication, La Mar will be just as impressive because Gaston himself will fly up from his world headquarters in Lima, Peru to officially open his flagship cebicheria Peruana LA MAR next week. They have been fine tuning the menu, drinks, service, Cebiche & Pisco bar, wine cellar, staff, and boat taxi services on their own pier with these invite only Soft Openings. Yeah, La Mar will have boat taxi service to its pier from Marin County shortly!
Now look at the media press conference reaction when Japan's Nobu Matsuhisa, #1 celebrity Sushi chef in the world; and Hollywood legend Robert De Niro opened NOBU in Melbourne, Australia in 2007.
Here is what the reporter said - "De Niro has supported Nobu's style of food for over 20-years, and he believes eating at Nobu is a healthier option then the Italian style of dining."
Listen to what Robert de Niro said about Nobu's cuisine - "Nobu's great food is.....a no brainer".
Now what has this world famous and accomplished actor been eating over the last 20-years? Well, it is not Italian food. And what is Nobu's cuisine anyway? Well, it is Peruvian-Japanese, Japanese-Peruvian!
Nobu was born in Japan, but he lived in Lima, Peru for 4-years in the early 1970s. He opened and operated a successful restaurant specializing in Peruvian-Japanese Cuisine (mixture & influence, not fusion). In the United States, Asia, and Europe, Nobu is the father of modern day "Fusion Cuisine". But this type of cooking has been practiced in Peru for almost 500-years (Spanish conquest of Peru). He repackaged, marketed, fused, and added some Nobu magic to the fine Japanese-Peruvian Nikkei Cuisine.
If you ever dine at one of Nobu's very upscale restaurants, restaurant to the A-List stars, in Beverly Hills, New York, or London; you are eating Peruvian influenced Japanese Cuisine!
Picture of Nobu in Lima, Peru. Quote from Nobu - "El Peru es mi segundo pais!" Translation: Peru is my second country!
If Nobu didn't traveled, lived, and opened a restaurant in Peru, he would not be as famous and rich as he is today. He took the 500-year old Peruvian mixed influenced cuisine outside of Peru mixed it with Japanese style cooking and gave it an international and A-List celebrity following.
Now Gaston is taking Peruvian Cuisine to the next level with his army of young Peruvian Le Cordon Bleu graduate chef followers with an ultimate goal - Gaston Wants To Conquer The World With Peruvian Cuisine!
Gaston at La Mar in Miraflores, Peru.
There is only one more week of Summer left here in the U.S., then Fall will come shortly. But in South America (Panama on South), the Spring is about to begin next week. Here is South America's Spring 2008 Lingerie Collection from Besame, Colombia's leading lingerie & bikini label!
Chicas De La Semana:
Models Erika from Colombia (blond) and Liz from Peru (jet black hair) - South America's 2008 Spring Lingerie Collection - Chicas Besame!
Liz and Erika
Erika
Liz
PS. Look at those "mini' lingerie's. Oh, Lord........;-)
Here you go folks,
Some of the latest photos and video clips of the new Miss Universe 2008 - "La Guapisima Venezuelana Dayanna Mendoza!"
Photos (fotos) of the stunning Amazonian beauty during the Miss Universe 2008 pageant in Vietnam on July 14, 2008:
Miss Venezuela's Dayana Mendoza Pre-pageant Interview - Don't you just love her response to the last question!
Miss Universe 2008 - Venezuela's Dayana Mendoza - Crowning Moment ( in internet HQ video)
Miss Universe 2008: Backstage - After Crowning Moments
As you can see and hear from the pre-event interview, Miss Mendoza is very Latina. Very South American! In the pre-event interview clip, she is very charismatic, playful, and fun loving. In fact, she is from the southern province of Venezuela. She is an Amazonian girl - a real Amazon! If you have traveled to the Amazonian region of Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Brazil, the girls from those regions are more "Cliente" and"Cariñosa" than other Latinas....
PS. Observation: Look at the top 10 contestant photo (foto) below. All of them brunettes, no real blonds!?!? Of the top 10, six are Latin girls (4 Latinas from Latin America, 2 European Latins). Of the 4 Latinas, the top 2 are South Americans (Venezuela & Colombia), then one from the Caribbean (Dominican Republic), and the other from North America (Mexico). As predicted by the major bookmakers around the world, the Latinas did a "Trifecta" - Win, Show, and Place! The dominance of the Latinas at world beauty contest (Miss world, Miss Universe, Miss International, & Miss Earth) has been happening for over two decades now.
Interesting, for a world contest held in Asia, no Asian contestant made it in the top 10! Even with the help of a couple Asian judges. Has the standard of "global beauty" been changing over the years? What is considered beautiful now different than it was in the 50s, 60s, and 70s? Why are the Latinas so dominate? Especially the South Americans and Caribbean beauties?
Info about the photo (foto) below:
The Top 10 semi-finalists competing for the title of Miss Universe 2008 pose together in their evening gowns during the 57th annual Miss Universe competition at the Crown Convention Center in Nha Trang, Vietnam on July 14, 2008 at 8 AM UCT (airing LIVE on NBC in the United States on July 13, 2008 at 9 PM (ET/delayed PT). From left: Zana Krasniqi, Miss Kosovo 2008; Laura Dundovic, Miss Australia 2008; Claudia Moro, Miss Spain 2008; Elisa Najera, Miss Mexico 2008; Taliana Vargas, Miss Colombia 2008; Crystle Stewart, Miss USA 2008; Marianne Cruz Gonzalez, Miss Dominican Republic 2008; Vera Krasova, Miss Russia 2008; Claudia Ferraris, Miss Italy 2008, and Dayana Mendoza, Miss Venezuela 2008. HO/Miss Universe L.P., LLLP
