Manila Philippines - Meet Alekhine Nouri. At 7 years old, he is the Philippines’ youngest chess master, having won a key World Chess Federation-sanctioned competition for his age group last month in Thailand.
“I’d like to play Sergey Karjakin,” Alekhine told The Wall Street Journal, referring to the world’s youngest child to win a “Grandmaster” title at 12 years and seven months old. “I want to be a super [Grandmaster],” added Alekhine, who was named in honor of Alexander Alekhine, one of the world’s greatest chess players who became the fourth World Chess Champion in 1927.
Alekhine’s father, Hamed, and mother, Roda, decided in December to move their family–Alekhine has an older brother–from Escalante City in the central Philippine province of Negros Occidental to metropolitan Manila to give the 1st grader a better chance at developing his potential. Within six months, Alekhine became a FIDE Master—the highest norm Alekhine can earn in age group competitions–and was granted an athletic scholarship by the Far Eastern University FEU.PH -2.00% in Manila as a member of the school’s elementary chess team.
Japanese fashion magazine model Masako Mizutani is stunningly beautiful.
Her goddess-like appearance and smart style have enchanted people
across Japan and her official blog, where she mainly shares cosmetic
product recommendations, has earned her a steady fan base of both men
and women looking for beauty tips.
What’s really stunning about
this Japanese Aphrodite, however, is that in addition to being a model,
Mrs. Mizutani is a 46 year old housewife with a 23 year old daughter.
Mrs.
Mizutani became an instant celebrity in 2009 after appearing on a
Japanese television variety program where she shared the secrets of her
age-defying looks.
Now, it seems like her beauty has led her to a
big international break. After being introduced on a Taiwanese news
site, images of Mr. Mizutani began appearing on Chinese microblogging
sites as “Japan’s Lady of Eternal Youth,” and soon her popularity in the
country exploded to the point where a Chinese fan-made blog about her
has reached over 10,000 followers.
However, it seems that upon
hearing the secret to her eternally young visage—spending roughly 5
hours a day on skin care and makeup—some Chinese internet users were
turned off, citing the peculiarly popular-in-China Helena Rubenstein
quote: “there are no ugly women, only lazy ones.”
