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August 5, 2008: "Holly Valance's Says No To Surgery"
Holly Valance has ruled out having plastic surgery. The former 'Neighbours' star - who is famed for her svelte figure - insists she is not tempted to go under the knife to maintain her lithe looks. She said in an interview with Britain's FHM magazine: "Turning 25 hurt a little bit. My mum has got really good perspective though. She is 52, looks incredible and says, 'Shoot me if I get anything done!' I like that. "If my mum is not chopping and tucking and pumping anything into her lips, I'm not going to either. I think I will grow old gracefully." Holly also revealed she is not planning on wearing provocative outfits when she gets older. She said: "I'm afraid I will be hanging up my hot pants at 35. I don't think I'm as fit and trim as Madonna, so I doubt I will still be prancing around in hot pants at that age!" *** Actress, Singer Holly Valance pictures (pic) and photo gallery, Albums covers pictures. Birth name: Holly Rachel Vukadinovic. Born: May 11, 1983 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Height: 5' 8" (1.73 m). Holly Valance biography (bio): Valance was born Auckland, New Zealand to a Serbian father and a British mother. She is related to the late British comedian Benny Hill — Hill's cousin was her grandfather (cousins twice removed). Holly was educated at the Star of the Sea College, a Roman Catholic high school located in Melbourne. Music career: Holly's first single as a recording artist was Kiss Kiss, released in 2002. Kiss Kiss is her version of the original song Şımarık by Turkish superstar Tarkan. The video for Kiss Kiss was notable in that Valance appeared to be dancing naked. In fact, she was dancing whilst wearing flesh colored underwear; the footage was then digitally retouched adding strategically placed lighting effects. Her début album Footprints was released on October 14, 2002. Kiss Kiss debuted at #1 in both the Australia ARIA charts and UK Singles Charts in (April-May 2002). Kiss Kiss scored Holly 4 ARIA nominations. Her next single, Down Boy peaked at #2 in the UK and at #3 in Australia, while her album Footprints debuted and peaked at #9 in the UK and at #15 in Australia. Her third single Naughty Girl peaked at #3 in Australia and at #16 in the UK. The first single State of Mind from her next album of the same name debuted and peaked at #8 in the UK and at #14 in Australia, but the album didn't get into the top 50 of either country. Desire was, according to some rumours, to be the 2nd official single coming out of Holly's second album and she even made a few performances for the promotion but it would get cancelled due to poor album sales. Following legal problems with her manager/boyfriend, and poor sales from the album "State of Mind," Valance was dropped from her recording company. She signed a £3 million deal with the hair products company Schwarzkopf Live to front the new line aimed at an early teen to early 20s market. Valance was seen modelling Cosmic Blue, Sahara True Blonde, Hypnotic Red as well as XXL dresses and XXL hats (each colour has a strapline which referenced other popular culture artists). The adverts could be seen across the United Kingdom at bus stops, shopping malls, on buses and in magazines. During this time, Valance appeared on Har Mar Superstar's album "The Handler" singing on tracks "Body Request" and "Back the Camel up". In 2002, she won the British GQ Award for "Woman of the Year Film and television career: From 1999 to 2002 Holly played the role of Felicity "Flick" Scully on Australian soap Neighbours. In 2004 Valance returned to acting, this time in the United States, appearing in episodes of the television series CSI: Miami and Entourage, and in 2005 she appeared in an episode of CSI: NY. She then guest-starred in Prison Break in 2006 as Nika Volek, a role which she continued to portray in the show's second season. She also had a small role in an episode in the second season of US TV show Entourage. She appeared in the National Lampoon comedy Pledge This!, alongside popular American socialite Paris Hilton, and DOA: Dead or Alive, an adaptation of the popular video game Dead or Alive, where she played Christie. She'll be working on the new Luc Besson feature called "Taken" starring Liam Neeson in Paris in March and an Australian drama later on in the year within Australia. Valance is also set to play a Bosnian Muslim in a new movie titled 'The Tourist', a true story set in the Balkan war. She also served as the promotional face of Australian collect call company 1800-Reverse and the UK equivalent. Recent rumours reported she was offered a role on the popular US TV show Ugly Betty and an appearance in a future Justin Timberlake music video. Legal action: In 2003 she fired her then-manager Scott Michaelson (who owns Biscayne Partners Pty Ltd) by fax, 15 months before her contract was due to expire. Biscayne Partners Pty. Ltd. sued Valance Corp., won their case and were awarded damages by the Supreme Court of New South Wales. During the trial Valance's mother, Rachel Stevens, claimed that Michaelson was negligent in his duties as a manager, which forced her to take over from his role as manager. Former Neighbours co-star Kym Valentine also gave evidence that Valance "said she was feeling bad, a bit stressed out, because she was leaving Scott" and that "she said the solicitors for her record company would get her out of the contract and would be faxing him the paper work (from the UK) to do so." Valance denied that she told Valentine this conversation in court, even though she had signed an affidavit where she stated she had no recollection of the conversation. Justice Clifford Einstein said, "I have given close consideration to the question of whether or not the circumstances presently before the Court which do, it seems to me, show a calculated disregard of the rights of Biscayne as well as a cynical pursuit of benefit". The court subsequently ordered Valance Corp. pay $350,000 to Biscayne Partners Pty. Ltd. Of this amount, $47,264.56 was "from shares Ms Valance and Mr Michaelson had bought together on the London Stock Exchange", though the court did not award in favour of Biscayne getting a percentage of sales of her album, State of Mind. |
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