Miranda Kerr shines in GQ Magazine

There’s no doubt that Victoria’s Secret knows how to pick their Angels; they’re beautiful, blessed with amazing genes, and know how to make headlines by never holding back. Although Miranda Kerr is now a former Angel, she has proven to fit the description. She’s feisty and honest in interviews yet almost normal enough for folks like us to relate to. But the mother to a three-year-old son with actor, Orlando Bloom, still holds an alluring air of mystery which has proven to make her fans love her even more.

Now that she’s single again and has stepped down from Victoria’s Secret – much to everyone’s disappointment – she’s never been more emancipated than she is in her interview and photo-op in UK’s GQ May 2014 edition and she’s probably never looked more confident and beautiful.

The 30-year-old was one of the longest running and most loved Victoria’s Secret Angels before she chose not to walk the 2014 fashion show because of her hectic schedule and other modelling commitments. She is currently the face of clothing label Mango, having taken Kate Moss’s place in 2013. She was also ranked 2^nd in Forbes’ 2013 list of the world's highest-paid models, with estimated earnings of $7.2 million. Miranda was chosen as the face of Austrian crystal house Swarovski for their fall 2013 campaign. In February, she also replaced Gisele Bundchen as the face of Swedish clothing brand H&M. And she then featured in high-profile campaigns for Reebok and Wonderbra. Miranda is nothing short of a supermodel on a roll and shows no sign of slowing down.

Miranda stripped down for her latest shoot for UK’s GQ May edition shot by leading fashion photographer Mario Testino, showing off her glowing skin and amazing physique that no doubt requires strenuous work and dedication, showing no suggestion of her age or motherhood.

Her interview with the magazine is also making several headlines for her openness regarding her sexuality. But as with many other world-famous supermodels, controversy has always followed them but Miranda definitely leaves little to the imagination in her GQ shoot as to why she is one of the most sought after models in the industry.

“Game of Thrones” – Fantasy has never felt so real to fans

The “Game of Thrones” television series has taken the world by storm, with fans becoming more and more engrossed in the fantasy as the episodes go by. South African fans have not been exempt from this obsession as most are waiting in anticipation for the premiere of the fourth season on 18^th April on M-Net, hot on the heels of the U.S. which premiered the season on Sunday, 6^th April. The HBO series was in such high demand by viewers on the HBO Go cable channel that the channel actually crashed. Those are some pretty loyal fans.

It’s quite difficult to explain the plot of “Game of Thrones” to someone who doesn’t watch it, or isn’t even interested in it. But the gist of the series is that nine noble families fight for control over the mythical land of Westeros. The appeal of the series has its basis mostly in the pervasive political and sexual intrigue. The series is high on blood, sex, and dragons (yes, dragons). Season four promises even more nudity and gore, which definitely will not disappoint its fan base.

Since “Game of Thrones” debuted in 2011, the HBO fantasy-drama, which is based on George R.R. Martin's best-selling series of novels, the first of which is titled “A Game of Thrones”, has established itself as the star of the U.S. cable channel. HBO has been the producer of some of the best series that has been created over the past few years; “True Detective”, “The Wire”, “The Sopranos”, and “Six Feet Under” being a few of them.

The series stars some under-the-radar actors who have still managed to cast the audience under their spell nonetheless. Emilia Clarke, however, who plays Daenerys Targaryen, one of the exiled children of the king trying to win back the throne, is one of the actresses who has garnered quite a bit of attention lately and is rumoured to be featured in the next “Terminator” movie in 2015.She’s also been seen on the covers of GQ, Vs., InStyle, and Flare magazines.

The series presents some seriously morally ambiguous and uncertain characters through which it explores themes like religion, loyalty, corruption, war, and punishment. “Game of Thrones” is the most recent big-budget series to be a part of the fantasy genre in mainstream media in recent years. And that’s one of the reasons the series has gained such overwhelming popularity; millions of viewers around the world love it because it’s larger-than-life and fantastical with just a hint of real-world drama to make it relatable.

Eva Longoria – Maxim’s “Woman of the Year 2014”

It’s a little early in 2014 to name someone “Woman of the Year” but when that someone is Eva Longoria, there’s no explanation needed.

Eva is going to be 39 years old in March this year yet she somehow still has the body of an 18 year old, and that alone was reason enough for Maxim magazine to name her “Woman of the Year”. She’s worked hard to maintain her figure and even harder to make a name for herself in the acting industry.

She got her major breakthrough role in the daytime television serial The Young and the Restless in 2001 but she really became a household name in 2003 when she was cast as Gabrielle Solis in the infamous ABC series Desperate Housewives. For Eva, the “overnight” success that came with Desperate Housewives had actually taken her many years of perseverance to achieve. Her most major film role to date is The Sentinel released in 2006, in which she starred opposite Michael Douglas and Kiefer Sutherland. Eva had come a long way from being crowned Miss Corpus Christi, USA in 1998 to Hollywood fame.

This is Eva’s first Maxim cover after eight years, having been on it in 2005 and 2006; but with her stunning wavy hair, the arresting black eyeliner, and a simple white tank top, Eva shows why she’s one of the ultimate cover girls. She’s graced the covers of international magazines like GQ, Cosmopolitan, Harper’s Bazaar, Vogue, and Marie Claire and has become one of the most ubiquitous brand ambassadors of the 2000’s, having contracts with L’Oréal, Heineken, Magnum Ice-Cream, and Bebe Sport.

 Other than her acting abilities and possessing the body of a goddess, Eva has a brain too. She obtained a Masters Degree in Chicano Studies from the California State University in May 2013 and also has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Kinesiology. She’s also a business woman with a restaurant to her name in Hollywood, a philanthropist with a charity called “Eva’s Heroes” aimed at aiding developmentally disabled children, and an author with her first book published in 2011 titled “Eva's Kitchen: Cooking with Love for Family and Friends”.

So it’s clear that since her days as one of the most iconic housewives in television history, Eva Longoria has been keeping herself pretty busy. It’s just a pity that we don’t get to see her as much as when she was on our television screens, but those Maxim images definitely make up for it.