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Miranda (given Name)
Miranda is a feminine given name of Latin origin, meaning "worthy of admiration". There are several variants. People * Miranda (born 1984), Colombian singer, winner of ''La Voz Colombia'' * Miranda Carter (born 1965), English writer and biographer * Miranda Chartrand (born 1990), Canadian singer * Miranda Connell (born 1938), English actress * Miranda Cooper (born 1975), English pop singer * Miranda Cosgrove (born 1993), American actress and singer * Miranda Devine, Australian columnist and writer * Miranda Fenner (1979–1998), American female youth who was murdered * Miranda Gibson, Australian environmental activist and school teacher * Miranda Grell, British Labour party politician found guilty of making false statements against her political opponent * Miranda Grosvenor, bored fan in the US who made a full-time hobby of calling stars * Miranda Hart (born 1972), English actress and comedian * Miranda Hill (1836–1910), English social reformer * Miranda Jarrett, pen name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Feminine
Femininity (also called womanliness) is a set of attributes, behaviors, and roles generally associated with women and girls. Femininity can be understood as socially constructed, and there is also some evidence that some behaviors considered feminine are influenced by both cultural factors and biological factors. To what extent femininity is biologically or socially influenced is subject to debate. It is conceptually distinct from both the female biological sex and from womanhood, as all humans can exhibit feminine and masculine traits, regardless of sex and gender. Traits traditionally cited as feminine include gracefulness, gentleness, empathy, humility, and sensitivity, though traits associated with femininity vary across societies and individuals, and are influenced by a variety of social and cultural factors. Overview and history Despite the terms ''femininity'' and ''masculinity'' being in common usage, there is little scientific agreement about what femininity and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Murder Of Miranda Fenner
Miranda Colleen Fenner (December 26, 1979 – November 15, 1998) was an American youth who was murdered while working at a video store in Laurel, Montana. The murder case received wide media attention and is one of the highest-profile murder cases in Yellowstone County history. Fenner's murder was featured on the Discovery Channel's ''Sensing Murder'' and the ''Montel Williams Show''. Zachary David O'Neill confessed to killing her in March of 2017, a fact first publicized in July 2019 when he pled guilty to her murder. Murder On November 15, 1998, 18-year-old Miranda Fenner was working at The Movie Store, a locally owned video rental store in Laurel, Montana. At around 8:15 p.m., a passing motorist noticed a woman attempting to crawl out the doorstep of the video store. The motorist stopped and called 911. The woman, discovered to be Fenner, had been stabbed multiple times in the head and neck, and her throat had also been slashed. Fenner was transported via Life Flight ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miranda Lee
Miranda Lee (born Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia) is a popular Australian writer of over 75 romance novels. She published her novels in Mills & Boon's since 1990. Biography Miranda Lee was born in Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia. She is the daughter of a school teacher and a dressmaker, she was the youngest of four children. She worked as programmer until her marriage, they had three daughters. In 1990, she published her first novels in Mills & Boon. She is the sister of Emma Darcy (Wendy Brennan). Bibliography Single Novels *''After the Affair'' (1990) *''An Obsessive Desire'' (1990) *''The Reluctant Lover'' (1991) *''Scandalous Seduction'' (1991) *''Asking for Trouble'' (1991) *''A Daring Proposition'' (1992) *''A Date with Destiny'' (1992) *''Knight to the Rescue'' (1992) *''Beth and the Barbarian'' (1993) *''A Very Secret Affair'' (1995) *''A Haunting Obsession'' (1995) *''Rendezvous with Revenge'' (1996) *''Night of Shame'' (1997) *''Two-Week ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miranda Lambert
Miranda Leigh Lambert (born November 10, 1983) is an American country singer and guitarist. Born in Longview, Texas, she started out in early 2001 when she released her self-titled debut album independently. In 2003, she finished in third place on the television program '' Nashville Star'', a singing competition which aired on the USA Network. Outside her solo career, she is a member of the Pistol Annies formed in 2011 alongside Ashley Monroe and Angaleena Presley. Lambert has been honored by the Grammy Awards, the Academy of Country Music Awards and the Country Music Association Awards. Lambert has been honored with more Academy of Country Music Awards than any artist in history. Lambert's second and major-label debut album ''Kerosene'' (2005) was certified Platinum in the United States and produced the singles "Me and Charlie Talking", "Bring Me Down", "Kerosene" and "New Strings". All four singles reached the top 40 on the ''Billboard'' Hot Country Songs. Her second album, ''C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miranda Kwok
Miranda Kwok is a Canadian-American screenwriter, actor, and television producer best known as the creator, showrunner, and executive producer of the Fox drama series '' The Cleaning Lady'', which premiered on January 3, 2022. Kwok won the 2023 Gracie Awards for her work on the show, in the Writer Scripted – Drama (TV – National) category. Studies and early work Kwok began her studies in the arts at the age of ten when she attended the Claude Watson School for the Arts in Toronto, Canada. She majored in visual arts and minored in drama and dance. She made her television debut at the age of thirteen and has performed in several leading, supporting, and guest-starring roles in film, television, and theatre. Kwok continued her education at Earl Haig Secondary School, where she completed the Claude Watson Arts Program as well as the Academy Program for the intellectually gifted. She also completed an Honors Bachelor of Arts in philosophy and psychology at the University of T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miranda Krestovnikoff
Miranda Krestovnikoff (born 29 January 1973)'' Who's Who'' is a British radio and television presenter specialising in natural history and archaeological programmes. She is an accomplished musician, and also a qualified scuba diver which has led to co-presenting opportunities in programmes with an underwater context. Education Krestovnikoff went to the Abbey School, Reading, Berkshire, before taking up a place at the University of Bristol to study zoology. Whilst at Bristol, she became interested in film-making of wildlife and the environment and gained work experience at the BBC's renowned Natural History Unit. Natural history presenter After graduating, Krestovnikoff worked her way up with the BBC and various Bristol-based wildlife production companies to a position of researcher. Her first presenting role was in the Fox Television programme ''World Gone Wild'' in 1999. Since 2000, she has presented a number of programmes in the field of diving. ''Water Warriors'' was a Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victoria's Secret Angel
Victoria's Secret is an American lingerie, clothing, and beauty retailer known for high visibility marketing and branding, starting with a popular catalog and followed by an annual fashion show with supermodels dubbed Angels. As the largest retailer of lingerie in the United States, the brand has struggled since 2016 due to shifting consumer preferences and controversy surrounding corporate leadership's business practices. Founded in 1977 by Roy and Gaye Raymond, the company's five lingerie stores were sold to Leslie Wexner in 1982. Wexner rapidly expanded into American shopping malls, growing the company into 350 stores nationally with sales of $1 billion by the early 1990s when Victoria's Secret became the largest lingerie retailer in the United States. From 1995 through 2018, the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show was an essential part of the brand's image featuring an annual runway spectacle of models promoted by the company as fantasy Angels. The 1990s saw the company's furth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miranda Kerr
Miranda May Kerr (; born 20 April 1983) is an Australian model and businesswoman. Kerr rose to prominence in 2007, as one of the Victoria's Secret Angels. Kerr was the first Australian Victoria's Secret model and also represented the Australian department store chain David Jones. Kerr has launched her own brand of organic skincare products, KORA Organics, and has written a self-help book. Kerr began modelling in the fashion industry when she was 13, winning the 1997 '' Dolly'' magazine model search competition. Since 2008, Kerr has consistently ranked on the ''Forbes'' list of highest earning models. Kerr was previously married to English actor Orlando Bloom, with whom she had her first son. Since 2017, she has been married to Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel with whom she has two children. Early life Kerr was born in Sydney, and raised in Gunnedah, New South Wales. She is the daughter of Therese and John Kerr. Her mother was 17 years old when she gave birth. She has a brother, Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miranda July
Miranda July (born Miranda Jennifer Grossinger; February 15, 1974) is an American film director, screenwriter, singer, actress and author. Her body of work includes film, fiction, monologue, digital presentations and live performance art. She wrote, directed and starred in the films ''Me and You and Everyone We Know'' (2005) and '' The Future'' (2011) and wrote and directed ''Kajillionaire'' (2020). She has authored a book of short stories, ''No One Belongs Here More Than You'' (2007); a collection of nonfiction short stories, ''It Chooses You'' (2011); and the novel ''The First Bad Man'' (2015). Early life July was born in Barre, Vermont, in 1974, the daughter of Lindy Hough and Richard Grossinger. Her parents are both writers who taught at Goddard College at the time. They were also the founders of North Atlantic Books, a publisher of alternative health, martial arts, and spiritual titles. Her father was Jewish, and her mother was Protestant. July is the cousin of American ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susan Holloway Scott
Susan Holloway Scott is an American author of historical fiction who also writes under several pen names. She has also written historical romance novels under the pen names Miranda Jarrett and Isabella Bradford. Biography Susan Holloway Scott was born in Washington, D.C. and grew up in northern New Jersey. Scott attended art school before enrolling at Brown University, where she earned a B.A. in art history. After finishing school, Scott worked in university relations for Brown University, the University of Pennsylvania, and Bryn Mawr College. Scott's first book, a historical romance called ''Steal the Stars'', was published in 1992 by Harlequin Books under the pen name Miranda Jarrett. Since then, Scott has written over fifty historical novels and novellas under several names, and has been published by Harlequin Books, Pocket Books, Penguin Books, Ballantine Books, St Martin's Press, and Kensington Books. Her books have been published in eleven languages in sixteen fore ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miranda Hill
Miranda Hill (Wisbech 1836–1910) was an English social reformer. Biography Hill was a daughter of James Hill (died 1872), a corn merchant, banker and follower of Robert Owen, and his third wife, Caroline Southwood Smith (1809–1902), a teacher and a daughter of Dr Thomas Southwood Smith, the pioneer of sanitary reform. The family were brought up in reduced financial circumstances, after their father went bankrupt in 1840 (for a second time), necessitating them to leave their home Bank House, South Brink, Wisbech. To earn her living, Miranda became a governess, and later became a teacher as did some of her sisters and half-sisters. Her half-brother Arthur an engineer and coal merchant was four times mayor of Reading. The Kyrle Society Hill founded the influential Kyrle Society in 1875/1876, named after John Kyrle (1637–1724) for his creative philanthropy. The Society through its four committees provided art, music, books and open spaces to the working class poor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miranda Hart
Miranda Katherine Hart Dyke (born 14 December 1972) is an English actress and writer. Following drama training at the Academy of Live and Recorded Arts, Hart began writing material for the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and making appearances in various British sitcoms, including '' Hyperdrive'' (2006–2007) and '' Not Going Out'' (2006–2009). Hart reached a wider audience with her self-driven semi-autobiographical BBC sitcom '' Miranda'', which is based on her earlier BBC Radio 2 radio series ''Miranda Hart's Joke Shop'' (2008). The television sitcom ran for three series and several Christmas specials from 2009 to 2015, and earned her three Royal Television Society awards, four British Comedy Awards and four BAFTA nominations. From 2012 to 2015, she appeared as Camilla "Chummy" Fortescue-Cholmondeley-Browne in the BBC drama series '' Call the Midwife''. She made her Hollywood debut in the action comedy film '' Spy'' (2015). Hart has also written four books: ''Is It Just Me?'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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