My family on holiday in Hawaii

  Mika, Misa Saemi, Mariko Ai, Naomi Chinatsu, Marie I. Lulu, Arika At the office, each finalist is checking in front of the mirror how she looks from 3 different angles for stage performance and also for further photos session in a swinsuit. （オフィスにて、ファイナリストの鏡チェックをしたのよ。ステージや、この先にあるフォトセッションで自分がどのように見られるのか、3つのアングルでチェックしたの。ちなみに、これらの水着はMaria.Hのものよ。） (Bikinis by Maria H.)

Ann Halleway in Armani Prive THE EVENING GOWN COMPETITION toward the end of the finale on May 11Th when the winner will be selected. Beyonce in Elie Saab Drew Barrymore in Dior Haute-Couture Eva Mendez in Christian Dior Renee Zilveger in Carolina Herrera Vintage Elie Saab Haute-Couture J. Mendel Oscar de la Renta Vera Wang Eva Longoria in Reem Acra THE OPENING look Versace, for the retro look as a tableau Special thanks to fashion-reporter Sena Wakabayashi !

It was nice on Saturday to be training with 11 girls chosen by Calvin Klein team after they applied on the Secret Obsession website.  here are some pictures received from Nagisa with a thank you note in… French! For 5 hours, I taught them: walking, turning, posing, self-introducing, perfuming, make-up and hair styling, fashion tips about how to dress-to-impress. It was fun! See the video of the day, coming up soon, at www.secretobsession.jp (土曜日にCalvin Klein,Secret Obsessionの企画で選ばれた11人の女の子達がオフィスに来てくれて、トレーニングをしたの。Nagisaさんから写真とフランス語でメッセーを頂いたのよ。頂いた写真を載せるわね。 5時間程のトレーニングだったわ。ウォーキング、ポージング、自己紹介、パフォーマンス、メイクアップやヘアスタイリング、ファッションコーディネートも教えたの。とても楽しかったわよ!!） ビデオが後ほどアップされるので、チェックしてね！ www.secretobsession.jp

Mother held for fatally slamming 4-month-old baby on floor

Wednesday 14th January, 03:50 AM JST

NAGOYA —

A 27-year-old woman was arrested Tuesday for slamming her 4-month-old baby onto the floor of their home in Nisshin, Aichi Prefecture, late last year, resulting in her death last week, police said. Ikuko Kitagawa, an employee of a welfare institution, has told investigators that she ‘‘acted on impulse’’ after becoming upset as the baby girl did not stop crying, police said. According to investigations, Kitagawa is suspected of slamming the head of her second daughter on the floor where Japanese-style futon bedding was laid on the morning of Dec 22. The baby died of acute subdural hematoma last Friday. 　(愛知県警愛知署は１３日、生後４カ月の次女を床にたたきつけて死亡させたとして傷害致死容疑で、同県日進市栄の福祉施設職員北川育子容疑者（２７）を逮捕した。「泣きやまず衝動的にやってしまった」と話しているという。 調べでは、北川容疑者は昨年１２月２２日午前１０時２０分ごろ、次女があやしても泣きやまないことに腹を立て、自宅寝室の布団が敷かれた床に、次女の頭をたたきつけるなどした疑い。次女は今月９日、搬送先の病院で急性硬膜下血腫で死亡した。) © 2009 Kyodo News. All rights reserved.

JUST NOW AT THE OFFICE….

We were quite early morning on Wednesday at the Yoyogi park in Harajuku, Tokyo, with finalists Mitsuyo and Emiri, for a magazine tie-up with MAQUIA. We are running to test the new system launched by AU mobile provider called “Karada manager “. It records how many calories you burn, how many kilometers you walked or ran. Keep recording your daily diet and exercise routines, it is amazing! We are wearing adidas, very stylishhhhh! See more information HERE! In the afternoon we moved to Hiroo studio to shoot 8-pages about hair and make-up, styling and attitude. A before and after story showing the results after a 3 days class with MUJ. Sunao as always is doing my hair for the shoot. (you can book Sunao at Tony&Guy in Harajuku at 03-3797-6121) Cannot be away from my computer for too long…. Long hours since early morning!…. Aki my sweet and talented make-up artist is giving me a shoulder massage so that I can keep going without the pain in my back from the stress. My son Ben in the background working on his Mac Book.