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Maxim 2011 Hot 100: Melanie Iglesias, Olivia Munn, and more

Posted in Pics on May 5th, 2011 by Jody – 2 Comments

Maxim 2011 Hot 100

Earlier this week, Maxim posted their Hot 100 list for 2011. Included in the list are seven ladies who are of partial Asian descent:

100. Melanie Iglesias – part Filipina (view Maxim gallery) (view Half-Asians gallery)
81. Gabrielle Union – part Filipina (view Maxim gallery) (view Half-Asians gallery)
75. Nicki Minaj – quarter Indian
70. Arianny Celeste – quarter Filipina (view Maxim gallery) (view Half-Asians gallery)
54. Vanessa Hudgens – half Filipina (view Maxim gallery) (view Half-Asians gallery)
51. Nicole Scherzinger – half Filipina (view Maxim gallery) (view Half-Asians gallery)
2. Olivia Munn – half Chinese (view Maxim gallery) (view Half-Asians gallery)

A couple of thoughts:

One, how is Melanie Iglesias all the way at the bottom at #100? My guess is they lowballed her because they didn’t want to over-rate one of their own (she is the reigning Maxim Hometown Hotties champion), but really she should be ranked much higher – and I’m not the only one who thinks so.

And two, how is there only one half-Asian in the top 50? At least they have Olivia Munn all the way up at #2, though I would have put her in the #1 slot ahead of Rosie Huntington-Whiteley (i.e. the naked girl on the cover depicted above). Oh well, Olivia, maybe next year!

Pictures of these seven ladies from various Maxim photoshoots, after the jump.

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Gabrielle Union

Posted in Pics on January 19th, 2011 by Jody – 3 Comments

Gabrielle Union

The other day, a Eurasian friend of mine was wondering out loud about how often you find couples that consist of an Asian man and a black woman. The pair that immediately came to my mind was a fictional one: on the ABC television series FlashForward which aired last year, the character played by John Cho was engaged to be married to a character played by Gabrielle Union. But then I did some research and discovered that Ms. Union has Filipina ancestry. So I guess she and John turned out to be just another Asian couple after all. :D

Gabrielle Monique Union is an actress from Omaha, Nebraska. She has starred in many television series and films in the last decade, the most memorable being her role as a rival cheerleader to Kirsten Dunst and Eliza Dushku in the cheerleading movie Bring It On.

She has been romantically linked to a number of professional athletes: she dated Jason Kidd in high school, was married to former NFL running back Chris Howard for five years, and is now dating Dwyane Wade.

You can learn more about Gabrielle at Wikipedia and IMDb, and you can follow her on Twitter and Facebook.

Pictures and video after the jump.

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