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Ex-Miss Italy Hopeful To Anchor Al-Jazeera News |
2006-04-15 |
A former Miss Italy beauty pageant contestant is set to grace Arab network al-Jazeera's upcoming 24-hour English-language news channel. Milan-born Barbara Serra, chosen by the Doha, Qatar-based network as a news anchor earlier this month, says she has no qualms with the network's reputation as al-Qaeda's preferred channel for propaganda messages. "It's true they have aired the material [first], but it makes news. That's why the BBC and Sky would pick up the items (video and audio messages from Osama-bin Laden and his deputy, Ayman al-Zawahiri) immediately afterwards," she said in an interview with Milan-daily Corriere della Sera published on Thursday. Serra who has broadcasting experience with the BBC and Sky, became the first, and to date the only, second-language English speaker to present a flagship news programme on British television as an anchor for private station, Channel Five. |
Posted by:Fred |
#7 yeah, it would take about a gallon to be able to endure sleeping with the people (plural) who will make her a star. I hope she makes oodles of money, because I'm guessing 80 proof costs more than $3 per gallon over there. |
Posted by: 2b 2006-04-15 22:16 |
#6 About $3/gallon. |
Posted by: Rich Saudi 2006-04-15 21:41 |
#5 I don't know, what's a soul worth these days, anyways? |
Posted by: 2b 2006-04-15 21:36 |
#4 How do I get me one of those dark-haired beauties? I mean, how much does she cost? |
Posted by: Rich Saudi 2006-04-15 21:33 |
#3 If she lives over there it will be in Qatar or Dubai, which will pretty much leave her alone. She'll dress some 'conservatively' but I suspect that won't bother her. And she's going to be driven around anyway as befits a 'star'. Lovely cheeckbones. |
Posted by: Steve White 2006-04-15 14:06 |
#2 Ms Serra has (TV) stars in her eyes and hasn't done the slightest bit of research into what it will be like for a western woman to live in an islamsist society. Good luck, dudette. |
Posted by: Thinemp Whimble2412 2006-04-15 10:16 |
#1 what good is it to be ex-Miss Italy if you have to put a bag over your head? |
Posted by: 2b 2006-04-15 00:42 |