Christa (given Name)
Christa is a given name, female given name, which means "anointed" or "chosen one". Its use is rare and can be mostly found in Sweden, Finland, Norway, Denmark and Germany. People with the name *Christa Ackroyd (born 1957), British television and radio presenter *Christa B. Allen (born 1991), American child actress *Christa Anbeek (born 1961), Dutch theologist, professor and rector of the Remonstrants seminary *Christa Bäckman (born 1962), Swedish archer *Christa Bauch (born 1947), German professional bodybuilder *Christa Beran (1922–1992), Austrian Righteous Among the Nations *Christa Blanke (born 1948), German Lutheran theologian and animal welfare activist *Christa Bonhoff, German opera singer *Christa Borden (21st century), Canadian pop singer *Christa Bortignon (born 1937), Canadian masters athlete *Christa Brosseau, Canadian chemist *Christa Calamas (21st century), former Secretary of the Florida Agency for HCA *Christa Campbell (born 1973), American actress and model *Ch ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Female
Female (Venus symbol, symbol: ♀) is the sex of an organism that produces the large non-motile ovum, ova (egg cells), the type of gamete (sex cell) that fuses with the Sperm, male gamete during sexual reproduction. A female has larger gametes than a male. Females and males are results of the anisogamous reproduction system, wherein gametes are of different sizes, unlike isogamy where they are the same size. The exact mechanism of female gamete evolution remains unknown. In species that have males and females, Sex-determination system, sex-determination may be based on either sex chromosomes, or environmental conditions. Most female mammals, including female humans, have two X chromosomes. Female characteristics vary between different species with some species having pronounced Secondary sex characteristic, secondary female sex characteristics, such as the presence of pronounced mammary glands in mammals. In humans, the word ''female'' can also be used to refer to gender i ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Christa Bonhoff
Christa Bonhoff is a German contralto and mezzo-soprano singer. Early life Bonhoff was born in Westphalia. Education Bonhoff studied singing at the Hochschule für Musik Hamburg with Annie Schoonus. Career Already as a student she joined the choir NDR Chor and worked as a guest for the Hamburgische Staatsoper. She has concentrated on singing in oratorios. She was the soloist in recordings of Bach's ''Christmas Oratorio'' (2002) and ''St John Passion'' (2006) with the conductor Michaela Prentl, the SebastianChor, Hubert Nettinger as the Evangelist, Gerlinde Sämann, Thomas Hamberger and Tim Hennis. In 2002, she founded together with Monika Frimmer, Dantes Diwiak and Peter Kooy a quartet ''Tanto Canto'' to sing rarely performed music a cappella, with piano or with ensemble. The quartet recorded in 2005 excerpts from the collections ''Augsburger Tafel-Confect'' (short for: ''Ohren-vergnügendes und Gemüth-ergötzendes Tafel-Confect'', in English: ''Augsburg Table Confe ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Christa D'Souza
The Hon. Christa Claire D'Souza (born 1960) is a British journalist who contributes to ''British Vogue'', ''The Guardian'', ''The Sunday Times'' and other publications. Career D'Souza has written for publications such as ''The Guardian'', ''Daily Mail'', ''The Times'', ''The Daily Telegraph'', '' Vanity Fair'', the ''Evening Standard'', and '' W'', in addition to her current role as contributing editor of ''British Vogue''. D'Souza was previously Editor-at-large of ''Tatler''. D'Souza is currently a contributing writer tGet the Gloss In her articles, D'Souza often probes body issues such as ageing, weight-control, anorexia, food and diet, cosmetic surgery, and her own battle with cancer. D'Souza's articles have been praised for their humour and honesty and are often autobiographical and controversial in their subject matter – taking ''Vogue'' "where it's never been before" by publishing a three-page article entitled ''Poo, the Last Taboo''. D'Souza also specialises in intervi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Christa Dichgans
Christa Dichgans (1940-2018) was a German painter, associated with the Pop Art movement. Biography Dichgans was born in Berlin, Germany in 1940 and studied painting at the Hochschule der Künste, Berlin and the German National Academic Foundation (Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes). In 1966 she received a scholarship from the German National Academic Foundation and moved to New York City, returning to Europe to live in Rome the following year. From 1972 on she lived in Berlin and La Haute Carpénée in the south of France. Between 1984 and 1988, she worked as assistant to Georg Baselitz at the Hochschule der Künste, Berlin. Dichgans died in 2018 in Berlin. Public collections Her work is held in a number of public collections including: *Kirchliches Museen Würzburg *Kunstmuseum Bonn *Kunstverein Schloß Wertingen *Neue Nationalgalerie. Berlin *Sammlung des Deutschen Bundestages, Berlin *Städtische Galerie Viersen See also * List of German painters This is a list ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Christa Deguchi
Christa Deguchi ( 出口 クリスタ ''Deguchi Christa,'' born 29 October 1995) is a Canadian judoka. Switch to representing Canada In 2017, Deguchi switched to representing Canada from where she was born, Japan. Deguchi's dad is from Canada and this allowed her to compete for the country. In 2012, Deguchi was approached to represent Canada, before she competed for Japan but she refused. Realizing her best bet to make the Olympics would be competing for Canada, Deguchi eventually agreed to represent Canada. Career Deguchi participated at the 2018 World Judo Championships, winning a bronze medal. This made her the first female judoka representing Canada to win a World Judo Championships medal. She won her first gold medal in the 2019 world championship In 2021, she won the gold medal in her event at the 2021 Judo Grand Slam Antalya held in Antalya, Turkey. In August 2022, competing in her first major multi-sport event, the 2022 Commonwealth Games, Deguchi won the gold medal, ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Christa L
Christa may refer to: * Christa (given name), a female given name * Janusz Christa (1934-2008), Polish comics author * ''Swedish Fly Girls'', a 1971 film also known as ''Christa'' * 1015 Christa, an asteroid See also * Christ (other) * Christa-Elizabeth * Christe * Christi * Christo (other) * Christy (other) * Crista * Christia * Krista {{disambiguation, surname ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Christa Czekay
Christa Czekay, née Elsler (20 March 1944 in Waldenburg – 14 June 2017) was a West German sprinter who specialized in the 200 and 400 metres. Biography She won a bronze medal in 4 × 400 metres relay at the 1969 European Championships along with teammates Antje Gleichfeld, Inge Eckhoff and Christel Frese. She won a silver medal in the same event at the 1971 European Indoor Championships, this time with Gisela Ahlemeyer, Gisela Ellenberger and Anette Rückes Anette Rückes (born 19 December 1951 in Bad Marienberg, Rhineland-Palatinate) is a West Germany, German athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres. She competed for West Germany in the 1972 Summer Olympics held in Munich in the 4 x 400 metre .... She competed for the sports club MTV Peine during her active career. References 1944 births 2017 deaths Sportspeople from Wałbrzych Athletes from Lower Silesian Voivodeship West German female sprinters European Athletics Championships medalists {{Ge ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Christa Cowrie
Christa Cowrie (born 1949) is a German Mexicans, German-Mexican photographer, who began her career in photojournalism but is best known for her work documenting Mexico’s dance the theater events. Cowrie arrived in Mexico in 1963 and began her career in 1975 with the Excélsior newspaper. In 1977, she was one of the founders of the Unomásuno newspaper, also working to found one its supplements, focusing on ecological journalism. Her work began to shift towards photography dance and theater in the mid 1990s working with the Escuela Nacional de Pintura, Escultura y Grabado "La Esmeralda", Centro Nacional de las Artes. The archive she has created with this institution is one of the most important in Mexico documenting dance and theater. Her work has been recognized with membership in the Salón de la Plástica Mexicana. Life Cowrie was born in Hamburg, Germany in 1949 and moved to Mexico in 1963. She studied photography with Lázaro Blanco. Career Cowrie began her professional care ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Christa Collins
Christa Larson Collins (born July 4, 1979) is a Swedish American singer, dancer, model, and songwriter. She was the first artist signed to Disney Records as a child. She is a designer for limited edition hair accessories and feather fascinators and participated in Season 1 of ''The X Factor'', making it to the judges houses before being eliminated. Born in Iowa, she expressed an interest in becoming a Marine biologist as a child. Christa is shy when she's not performing. Christa Larson is the youngest daughter of Michael Larson and the late Denise DeCero Larson. As a small child Christa lived in St. Louis, but after turning down the opportunity to be on Broadway she, her parents, and her older sister moved to California. Christa began modeling when she was 6. Career In Disney As Disney's first child recording artist and a prototype for a multimillion-dollar marketing campaign, launched by a newly formed Disney Records, Christa Larson released ''Minnie 'n Me: Songs Just For Girls ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Christa Castro
Christa Castro is a Honduran politician. She serves as Honduras's Minister of Communication and Government Strategy. References Living people Government ministers of Honduras Women government ministers of Honduras Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) 21st-century Honduran women politicians 21st-century Honduran politicians {{Honduras-politician-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Christa Campbell
Christa Campbell (born December 7, 1972) is an American actress and producer. Campbell is best known for her roles in '' 2001 Maniacs'', '' Mozart and the Whale'', '' Lonely Hearts'', ''The Wicker Man'', ''Cleaner'', ''Day of the Dead'', '' Lies & Illusions'', '' The Mechanic'', ''Drive Angry'', '' Straight A's'', ''The Big Wedding'', and '' The Iceman''. In 2011 Campbell partnered up with producer Lati Grobman to form Campbell-Grobman Films, which has produced numerous films such as ''Texas Chainsaw 3D'', '' Straight A's'', and '' The Iceman''. Campbell-Grobman Films Founded by executives Campbell and Lati Grobman, Campbell-Grobman Films has produced seven films, including ''Texas Chainsaw 3D'' and '' The Iceman'', starring Michael Shannon and Winona Ryder Winona Laura Horowitz (born October 29, 1971), professionally known as Winona Ryder, is an American actress. Originally playing quirky roles, she rose to prominence for her more diverse performances in various genre ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Christa Calamas
Christa Calamas is a Florida lawyer. She was the former Secretary of the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (ACHA). She was appointed by Jeb Bush. She also served as Assistant General Counsel to Governor Bush, she also served as the Assistant General Counsel at AHCA. Calamas currently serves as the Staff Director for the Florida House of Representatives' Health and Human Services Committee. Calamas received her bachelor's degree from Eckerd College, her master's degree from the University of Dundee, and her Juris Doctor from the University of Florida The University of Florida (Florida or UF) is a public land-grant research university in Gainesville, Florida. It is a senior member of the State University System of Florida, traces its origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its .... References Alumni of the University of Dundee Florida Republicans Eckerd College alumni University of Florida alumni Living people Year of birth missing (livi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |