Stephanie Louise Rice

Born on June 17, 1988 in Brisbane, Queensland
Stephanie Louise Rice OAM is an Australian swimmer. She currently holds the world record in the 200 m and 400 m individual medley, and won three gold medals at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Rice is trained by Michael Bohl from the St Peters Western Swimming Club in Brisbane. She was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia on 26 January 2009.

Stephanie Louise Rice quotes
“I'm looking forward to seeing how much faster I can go and edging myself closer to being the number one in the world.”

"Stephanie Rice: To me Michael Phelps is a huge inspiration and someone I really look up to."
-Stephanie Louise Rice

2006 Commonwealth Games, Melbourne
Rice was the gold medallist in the 200 metres and 400 metres individual medleys. In the 200 m she defeated Olympians Brooke Hanson and Lara Carroll to win the event in a time of 2:12.90, a personal best by 1.19 seconds.

2007 World Aquatics Championships
Rice won bronze in the 200 m and 400 m individual medleys. In the 200 m final, she recorded a time of 2:11.42, a second below the previous Australian record, behind American Katie Hoff in 2:10.13, and Kirsty Coventry of Zimbabwe, who claimed second place. In the 400 m final, Rice recorded a new personal best time of 4:41.19, shaving 0.54 sec off her previous best.

2007 Other events
Rice set a new personal best time of 4:40.79 in the 400 m individual medley at an Italian meet in June 2007,[citation needed] edging closer to the 4:40 barrier in the event.

At the 2007 Japanese Open Championships, Rice won silver behind Zimbabwean champion Kirsty Coventry in the 400 m individual medley. In doing so, she smashed her personal best time by 3.61 seconds, cracking the 4:40 barrier and setting a new Australian and Commonwealth record of 4:37.18.[citation needed]

Australian Olympic Trials
At the 2008 Australian Olympic trials, Rice broke the world record in both the 400 m and 200 m individual medleys. In the 400 m, she clocked 4:31.46, 1.43 seconds below American Katie Hoff's mark of 4:32.89. (Hoff retook the world record at the U.S. Olympic Trials, on 29 June 2008, with a time of 4:31.12.) In the 200 m, she clocked 2:08.92 seconds, taking almost a second off the previous record held by China's Wu Yanyan.

2008 Beijing Olympics
In Beijing, Rice won three gold medals (each in world record time) in the 200 m and 400 m individual medleys and in the 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay. In winning the 400m individual medley, Rice won her first Olympic medal, Australia's first gold medal of the games and its 400th Summer Olympic medal. Recording a time of 4:29.45, she reclaimed the world record from Hoff, bettering the mark by 1.67 seconds, and became the first woman to break the 4:30 mark in the event. (Kirsty Coventry also went under 4:30 in taking the silver.) Her second gold medal of the games came on 13 August in the 200 m individual medley with a new world record time of 2:08.34. Rice prevailed after being neck and neck with Coventry throughout the last 50 m, who once again followed Rice to beat the old world record. On 14 August she won her third gold medal as part of the 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay team. She led off the team and Australia were in second place at the end of her leg.

Photo 'scandal'
Rice made headlines in Australia when several media outlets published pictures from her Facebook page that showed Rice having fun with fellow swimmers, including Sullivan. One of the photos, from a costume party, showed Rice dressed as a policewoman in a skimpy outfit (Sullivan was dressed as a sumo wrestler). Though the photos were relatively innocent, they seemed to portray Rice as a "party girl," and Swimming Australia responded by asking her to take them down. But as internet photo scandals go, Rice's proved harmless. "It was a bit disappointing," Rice said. "But I wasn't too upset over it. I think that it was taken the wrong way, and everyone knew that the media was twisting it around."

Awards
* 2008 Telstra Australian Swimmer of the Year.
* Swimming World Magazine named her as (female) World Swimmer of the Year as well as Pacific Rim Swimmer of the Year

Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold 2008 Beijing 200 m individual medley
Gold 2008 Beijing 400 m individual medley
Gold 2008 Beijing 4×200 m freestyle relay
World Championships (LC)
Bronze 2007 Melbourne 200 m individual medley
Bronze 2007 Melbourne 400 m individual medley
Commonwealth Games
Gold 2006 Melbourne 200m individual medley
Gold 2006 Melbourne 400 m individual medley
Pan Pacific Championships
Bronze 2006 Victoria 200 m individual medley
Bronze 2006 Victoria 400 m individual medley

Birthday: 6/17/1988
Nickname: Steph, Ricey
Birthname: Stephanie Rice
Hookups: Eamon Sullivan
Hometown: Brisbane, Australia
Assets: Great body, sexy voice, awesome ass, great face and body, virgin
Vices: virgin
Sign: Gemini
Height: 5'10
Job: Swimmer
Hobbies: Swimming, partying
Country of Origin: Australia
Stroke(s): Medley, freestyle, butterfly
Club: St Peters Western Swimming Club

Stephanie Louise Rice

Born on June 17, 1988 in Brisbane, Queensland
Stephanie Louise Rice OAM is an Australian swimmer. She currently holds the world record in the 200 m and 400 m individual medley, and won three gold medals at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Rice is trained by Michael Bohl from the St Peters Western Swimming Club in Brisbane. She was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia on 26 January 2009.

Stephanie Louise Rice quotes
“I'm looking forward to seeing how much faster I can go and edging myself closer to being the number one in the world.”

"Stephanie Rice: To me Michael Phelps is a huge inspiration and someone I really look up to."
-Stephanie Louise Rice

2006 Commonwealth Games, Melbourne
Rice was the gold medallist in the 200 metres and 400 metres individual medleys. In the 200 m she defeated Olympians Brooke Hanson and Lara Carroll to win the event in a time of 2:12.90, a personal best by 1.19 seconds.

2007 World Aquatics Championships
Rice won bronze in the 200 m and 400 m individual medleys. In the 200 m final, she recorded a time of 2:11.42, a second below the previous Australian record, behind American Katie Hoff in 2:10.13, and Kirsty Coventry of Zimbabwe, who claimed second place. In the 400 m final, Rice recorded a new personal best time of 4:41.19, shaving 0.54 sec off her previous best.

2007 Other events
Rice set a new personal best time of 4:40.79 in the 400 m individual medley at an Italian meet in June 2007,[citation needed] edging closer to the 4:40 barrier in the event.

At the 2007 Japanese Open Championships, Rice won silver behind Zimbabwean champion Kirsty Coventry in the 400 m individual medley. In doing so, she smashed her personal best time by 3.61 seconds, cracking the 4:40 barrier and setting a new Australian and Commonwealth record of 4:37.18.[citation needed]

Australian Olympic Trials
At the 2008 Australian Olympic trials, Rice broke the world record in both the 400 m and 200 m individual medleys. In the 400 m, she clocked 4:31.46, 1.43 seconds below American Katie Hoff's mark of 4:32.89. (Hoff retook the world record at the U.S. Olympic Trials, on 29 June 2008, with a time of 4:31.12.) In the 200 m, she clocked 2:08.92 seconds, taking almost a second off the previous record held by China's Wu Yanyan.

2008 Beijing Olympics
In Beijing, Rice won three gold medals (each in world record time) in the 200 m and 400 m individual medleys and in the 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay. In winning the 400m individual medley, Rice won her first Olympic medal, Australia's first gold medal of the games and its 400th Summer Olympic medal. Recording a time of 4:29.45, she reclaimed the world record from Hoff, bettering the mark by 1.67 seconds, and became the first woman to break the 4:30 mark in the event. (Kirsty Coventry also went under 4:30 in taking the silver.) Her second gold medal of the games came on 13 August in the 200 m individual medley with a new world record time of 2:08.34. Rice prevailed after being neck and neck with Coventry throughout the last 50 m, who once again followed Rice to beat the old world record. On 14 August she won her third gold medal as part of the 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay team. She led off the team and Australia were in second place at the end of her leg.

Photo 'scandal'
Rice made headlines in Australia when several media outlets published pictures from her Facebook page that showed Rice having fun with fellow swimmers, including Sullivan. One of the photos, from a costume party, showed Rice dressed as a policewoman in a skimpy outfit (Sullivan was dressed as a sumo wrestler). Though the photos were relatively innocent, they seemed to portray Rice as a "party girl," and Swimming Australia responded by asking her to take them down. But as internet photo scandals go, Rice's proved harmless. "It was a bit disappointing," Rice said. "But I wasn't too upset over it. I think that it was taken the wrong way, and everyone knew that the media was twisting it around."

Awards
* 2008 Telstra Australian Swimmer of the Year.
* Swimming World Magazine named her as (female) World Swimmer of the Year as well as Pacific Rim Swimmer of the Year

Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold 2008 Beijing 200 m individual medley
Gold 2008 Beijing 400 m individual medley
Gold 2008 Beijing 4×200 m freestyle relay
World Championships (LC)
Bronze 2007 Melbourne 200 m individual medley
Bronze 2007 Melbourne 400 m individual medley
Commonwealth Games
Gold 2006 Melbourne 200m individual medley
Gold 2006 Melbourne 400 m individual medley
Pan Pacific Championships
Bronze 2006 Victoria 200 m individual medley
Bronze 2006 Victoria 400 m individual medley

Birthday: 6/17/1988
Nickname: Steph, Ricey
Birthname: Stephanie Rice
Hookups: Eamon Sullivan
Hometown: Brisbane, Australia
Assets: Great body, sexy voice, awesome ass, great face and body, virgin
Vices: virgin
Sign: Gemini
Height: 5'10
Job: Swimmer
Hobbies: Swimming, partying
Country of Origin: Australia
Stroke(s): Medley, freestyle, butterfly
Club: St Peters Western Swimming Club

Sophie Charlene Akland Monk

Born 14 December 1979
Sophie Charlene Akland Monk is an English-Australian pop singer, actress and model. She was once a member of female pop group Bardot and has since established a solo career with the release of an album, Calendar Girl. More recently, she turned her hand to acting, appearing in films such as Date Movie and Click.

Monk's professional music career began in 1999 when she responded to an advertisement at the recommendation of her mother which requested girls with vocal and dance experience. The advertisement was for the Australian television series, Popstars, a TV talent show which aimed to create a successful new girl group. Monk, who has been trained in classical and pop singing and has been performing since she was eight years old, drove all night to audition. In one audition, she performed a rendition of Marilyn Monroe's famous "Happy Birthday, Mr. President", working on her previous experience as a Monroe impersonator at Warner Bros. Movie World. After numerous rounds of singing and dancing workshops, Monk was selected as a member of the group, which was named Bardot.

Bardot became the first Australian act to debut at the #1 position with both its debut single, "Poison", and self-titled debut album. Further singles "I Should've Never Let You Go" and "These Days" followed and in August, the group embarked on its first national tour. Bardot performed at the 2000 ARIA Awards at which they were nominated in three categories.

In July 2001, the group released "ASAP", the first single from their second album. Bardot now had more control over their music and image. The single peaked Top 5, as did follow-up single, "I Need Somebody", their most successful single since "Poison". The second album, Play It Like That debuted at #16, achieving gold status. Monk co-wrote the album track "Feel Right" with fellow bandmate Sally Polihronas. In 2002, final single, "Love Will Find A Way" completed Bardot's string of consecutive Top 20 hits and the group embarked on its second national tour. In May, the group disbanded.

Soon after Bardot's split, Monk began work on her solo career, re-signing a solo contract with Warner Music. She travelled overseas to work with some well-known producers including hit maker Rob Davis (famous for co-writing Kylie Minogue's "Can't Get You Out Of My Head") and this resulted in two tracks, "Inside Outside", Monk's debut solo single and the album track "Don't Push It". Sophie performed her new single for the very first time in September on the grand final edition of the AFL Footy Show at Rod Laver Arena. "Inside Outside" was released 28 October 2002 and after a week of busy promotion, debuted in the Top 5, spending a total of 12 weeks in the ARIA Top 50, receiving gold status. Monk also co-wrote the B-side "Luv Me" (in dedication to her long-term boyfriend of the time) with producer Shane Monopoly. Adding to her growing profile was her role as model and spokesperson for Expozay Swimwear. Second single, "Get The Music On", became another Top 10 hit, spending 10 weeks in the Top 50. The single's B-side "Shake" was also co-written by her.

In May 2003, Monk released her debut solo album, Calendar Girl, which surprised many by mixing contemporary pop-dance and funk with classical opera interludes, Monk having been classically trained growing up. Despite heavy promotion including TV advertising and in store appearances, the album debuted at #35 which was seen as a disappointing result. The album's final single, the ballad "One Breath Away", was re-recorded and mixed for single release, peaking at #23 in July, spending only 9 weeks in the Top 100. Despite beginning work on new material in early 2004, including songs with dance act Rogue Traders, Monk parted ways with Warner Music. The material created during these sessions has yet to surface.

Sophie Monk has since established herself in Hollywood. Although most of her roles have been reasonably small, she did play Marilyn Monroe for a high-budget telemovie The Mystery Of Natalie Wood (2004) and starred in the music video "Always" for rock group blink-182.

In February 2006, she starred in her debut feature role as the flirtatious and seductive 'best man' Andy in the spoof comedy Date Movie. A scene in the film sees Monk act out a parody of the infamous Paris Hilton burger advertisement, somewhat ironic now since her ex-fiancee started dating Hilton in 2008.

June 2006 saw the release of the Adam Sandler film Click, a story about a universal remote control. The film debuted at #1 on both the US and Australian box office charts. Monk plays a small role in this film; Stacey, David Hasselhoff's flirtatious, bimbo secretary who she described in an interview as "... kind of a floozy that kind of just works there because she gets around a bit. Another serious character."

In 2007 she appeared in HBO's Entourage episode "The Day Fuckers", which included a sex scene with Vincent Chase. Also in 2007, Monk played the role of Cynthia Rose in the dark comedy Sex and Death 101, written and directed by Daniel Waters. The film stars fellow Australian actor Simon Baker, and Winona Ryder, and received a straight-to-DVD release on 5 March 2008.

Monk has also appeared in an array of commercials and advertisements including Primus Telecom, Diet Vanilla Coke, LG Mobile and 3 Telecommunications. Monk was also the face for the launch of the Biofit Bra by Pleasure State, for which she went on a promotional press tour of Australia. Monk recorded an update of Salt-N-Pepa's "Push It" for the promotion, and a music-video style commercial to accompany it was played throughout Myer stores in Australia. The cover was produced by Benji Madden, Monk's fiancee at the time, and was released as a promo single in Myer stores.

Monk also a co-presenter with Perez Hilton at the 2007 MTV Video Music Awards in Sydney. Monk also hosted the 2007 AFI Awards, but was heavily criticized for not handling the gig well.

Monk appeared in a series of reality television styled commercials for MTV to help promote Snoop Dogg for Australian Citizenship. The humorous commercials, that were shot in Bondi Beach, featured Monk living with Snoop and trying to help him adjust to an Australian way of life. His constant cussing at inappropriate times as well as not holding back on conversations of a sexual nature often put him in an awkward position, particularly in one that features Monk's parents coming to visit for dinner.

In August 2008 she was photographed eating KFC fast-food, despite previously producing several anti-animal cruelty ads and attacking people who eat KFC because of animal-cruelty

Sophie Monk Quotes

"I play Adam's secretary and then end up in bed with him. It's really bizarre working with him because he's always been my favorite comedian. I used to have 'Adam Sandler' nights back home.”

"I end up in bed with Adam Sandler. It's so surreal it's hysterical "

"There's no doubt in my mind that going vegetarian has made me feel better not only physically but also because I learned about the suffering of animals who are raised and killed for food. I feel good knowing that I'm not contributing to that."

"There's no doubt in my mind that going vegetarian has made me feel better not only physically but also because I learned about the suffering of animals who are raised and killed for food. I feel good knowing that I'm not contributing to that."

"It’s good 'cause no one knows me, that’s why I love it, I can have freedom and privacy and all that kind of stuff. I forget when I come here and then we had cameras following us yesterday, you forget, it’s bizarre, because I get so used to being able to look like a bogan and go out. But apart from that I love Sydney, it’s my favourite. Comparing Los Angeles to Sydney. "

"It was so fun, yeah. It was just like being at school with a handy-cam. They just let us go and would say "If you want to put anything in that’s funny, just go for it." It was good. It was really, really fun. A nice little introduction for me. On working on Date Movie."

- Sophie Monk

Filmography
Actress:

1. The Legend of Awesomest Maximus (2009) (post-production) .... Princess Ellen
... aka National Lampoon's the Legend of Awesomest Maximus (USA: alternative title)
2. Hard Breakers (2009) (post-production) .... Lindsay Greene
3. Murder World (2009) (completed)
... aka Pearblossom (International: English title: new title) (USA: working title)
4. The Hills Run Red (2009) .... Alexa
5. Spring Breakdown (2009) .... Mason Masters
6. Spring Break '83 (2009) .... Brittney
7. "Entourage" .... Juliette (1 episode, 2007)
- The Day Fuckers (2007) TV episode .... Juliette
8. Sex and Death 101 (2007) .... Cynthia Rose
9. Click (2006/I) .... Stacy
10. Date Movie (2006) .... Andy
11. Blink 182: Greatest Hits (2005) (V) .... Love Intrest (segment "Always")
12. London (2005/I) .... Lauren
13. Pool Guys (2005) (TV) .... Janet
14. The Mystery of Natalie Wood (2004) (TV) .... Marilyn Monroe

Birthday:12/14/1979
Nickname:Bardot
Birthname:Sophie Charlene Akland Monk
Hookups:Benji Madden,
Ryan Seacrest
Hometown:Gold Coast, Queensland
Assets:Amazing Body
Vices:Chocolate
Sign:Sagittarius
Height:5'6
Job:Model/ Actress
Hobbies:Shopping
Country of Origin:Australia
Sexiness
Sophie Monk has that hot buxom blonde thing going on. With a bangin' body that's easy on the eyes, we don't mind giving this hottie high marks in the sex appeal category.
Official Website:http://sophie-monk.net/