The Victoria Secret Fashion Show wasn’t able to enthrall that many viewers this year, pulling in just 3.3 million folks when it aired on Sunday night.
Airied on ABC, the skimpy spectacle drew ire in November when marketing chief Ed Razek dismissed calls for TRANSEX LISBOA plus-sized and ‘transexual’ models, advocating for the show to stay a ‘fantasy.’
Sunday’s viewing was the latest low over a five-year period, according to Nielsen. It also secured a .9 rating among adults 18-49, Quartzy
The Victoria Secret Fashion Show only pulled in 3.3million viewers on Sunday
Airied on ABC, the skimpy spectacle drew ire in November when marketing chief Ed Razek dismissed calls for plus-sized and ‘transexual’ models
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Halsey, who performed at the show, voiced her disdain with remarks made by Razek.
Sunday’s viewing was the latest low over a five-year period, according to Nielsen
Halsey, who performed at the show, voiced her disdain with remarks made by Razek
Just under two decades ago, the Victoria Secret Show was pulling in more than almost four times the viewers that it pulled on Sunday.
Victoria Secretly has taken a hit as the market becomes more saturated and people turn away from the brand’s pricey bras.
Parent company L Brands also has plans to shut down 20 stores because of low sales.
‘As a member of the LGBTQ+ community, I have no tolerance for a lack of inclusivity. Especially not one motivated by stereotypes,’ she said on Instagram
British pensioner Peter Hambrook spent nine months in a Portuguese prison after three kilos of heroin were planted in his case
A British pensioner spent nine months in a ‘hellish’ Portuguese prison and feared he might die there after three kilos of heroin were planted in his luggage.
Last May, computer consultant Peter Hambrook, 68, from Richmond, south-west , was on a stopover from Mozambique to Amsterdam when a team from Portugal’s national anti drug-trafficking unit swooped on him as he collected his bag from the airport carousel.
Inside the canvas lining, they discovered enough of the class A drug to make 38,400 doses.
Days earlier, the father-of-one had been asked by a former colleague to go to Amsterdam for a £500-a-day contract.
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But after arriving, he was informed he would need to travel onwards to Mozambique and buy gifts, including straw hats and African carvings, for an associate in Amsterdam.
In Mozambique, a colleague known only as ‘Jack’ lent him a case to carry the gifts — and it was a decision that would change Peter’s life forever.
Peter was hauled into custody and accused by authorities of knowingly smuggling heroin and being paid up to £10,000 for doing so.
The case given to Peter Hambrook, which contained three kilos of heroin in the lining
Peter Hambrook maintained his innocence and said he ‘had no idea’ drugs were in the lining
For his part, Peter, who is now writing a book about his fight for innocence, said he ‘had no idea’ the drugs were contained within his luggage.
After being formally charged, he was transferred to EP TRAVESTIS LISBOA, a high-security prison containing some of Portugal’s most dangerous criminals, including murderers, rapists and paedophiles.
He says four days went by before he could call his wife, Jean and 17-year-old daughter Lucy, to tell them of his plight.
Speaking to , Peter said: ‘It was hell.It’s the worst thing I’ve ever experienced — I never thought that I’d get out.’
Conditions inside the prison were ‘awful’, with open toilets in the cells, no air conditioning or heating and ‘appalling’ food.
Peter Hambrook described conditions inside the prison as ‘hellish’ and the food ‘appalling’
Peter Hambrook said of his time at EP Lisboa: ‘It’s the worst thing I’ve ever experienced’
He said he barely left his cell for fear of being targeted by other prisoners and lost 20 kilos during his time in captivity.
Speaking about his experience, he said: ‘Last year the UN came and closed a downstairs wing where there were rats running around to be closed.
‘They had a riot in another wing earlier this year.
‘We would have to go through a bit of the basement to get out to the patio area and the place heaved with the smell of sewers and you’d have to hold your breath to go through.
The prison cells at EP Lisboa contained open toilets and ‘heaved with the smell of sewers’
‘There were around 11 strikes by the prison guards while I was there and some lasted up to 12 days at a time.
‘Breakfast was a couple of rolls and some brown stuff that was supposed to be coffee but I think was chicory.
‘One day you got butter with the rolls and another day jam but never both.
‘Lunch was so appalling I asked for vegetarian food immediately.I remember seeing a piece of skin served up as meat and there was still hair from the pig sitting on it.
‘There’s a limit to how much you can damage a vegetable.
There was no air conditioning or heating, while many of the windows in the cells had gaps
‘There was an open toilet in the cells, although most inmates put up a curtain so there was a degree of modesty and two beds with probably about two only feet between each.
‘There’s no air conditioning and no heating but the big problem is the windows in the cells invariably had glass missing and the gaps were blocked up with things like cardboard.
‘During the time I was in the prison there were 12 deaths and only four were natural causes.’
Peter however remained hopeful that he would be acquitted, given that he was never paid any money, there were no phone messages linking him to smuggling the drugs or fingerprints.
‘The judge that acquitted me said I was the first person in 23 years he had come across accused of drug trafficking who had been found not guilty,’ said Peter.
‘There is justice in Portugal — but it moves excruciatingly slowly.’
A 72-year-old drug smuggler who had £1million of cocaine on a cruise has revealed he shares a Portuguese cell with ‘rats as big as rabbits’.
Roger Clarke has pleaded with Prime Minister to help secure his release from the notorious EP Lisboa jail.
Three judges convicted retired chef Clarke and his ex-secretary wife Sue, 71, of drugs trafficking on a Caribbean liner after a one-day trial last month.
They were told they will serve their eight-year sentences in Portugal instead of being kicked out of the country and sent back to Britain.
Now Clarke has complained for the first time about the harsh conditions in the jail, and claimed he lost six-stone and had a suspected heart attack.
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Roger Clarke (pictured with wife Sue) has pleaded with Prime Minister Boris Johnson to help secure his release from the notorious EP TRAVESTIS LISBOA jail
The officers headed straight for cabin 469, waking its occupants, pensioners Roger and Sue Clarke (pictured)
Police pictures (right and left) show the Clarke’s suitcases being taken apart to show the hidden cocaine in the couple’s cabin on the cruise ship
Now Clarke has complained for the first time about the harsh conditions in EP Lisboa jail (pictured), and claimed he lost six-stone and had a suspected heart attack
He also said he and his wife were ‘innocent’ and he has sent a letter to Mr Johnson begging him to look into the couple’s case.
Clarke told the : ‘The conditions here are really disgusting, no air conditioning, no heating and in many cells not even any lighting.
‘I’ve been a little lucky as I’m now on F wing which has single cells with a shower and toilet, mind you it’s pot luck if and when you get hot water.
‘Rats are a menace, some are as large as rabbits, cockroaches by the millions and all sorts of other horrible bugs.’
He added: ‘F wing is where anyone from another country, such as embassy people, are shown which is why it’s kept a lot cleaner than other wings.’
Cocaine worth around £1million was discovered by police in the lining (pictured above) of suitcases Mr Clarke had taken on a luxury cruise from the Caribbean
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Portuguese police acting on a tip-off from Britain’s NCA discovered 9lbs of cocaine hidden inside the lining of four suitcases Clarke had taken from the island of St Lucia
Clarke wants to be moved to the mixed-sex Funchal Prison on the island of Madeira with Sue, who is currently in Lisbon’s Tires Women’s Prison.
The pair, originally from Kent but who lived in Guardamar, Spain, were arrested on board cruise liner Marco Polo on December 4, 2018.
Portuguese police acted on a tip-off from Britain’s National Crime Agency and found 9lbs of cocaine hidden inside the lining of four suitcases Clarke had been handed at St Lucia.
Sue is currently serving her eight-year sentence in Lisbon’s Tires Women’s Prison (pictured)
But Clarke wants them to both be moved to the mixed-sex Funchal Prison on the island of Madeira (pictured)
Sue and Roger Clarke’s Villa in Guardamar, Spain, where they were the life and soul of local bars and members of a golf club before their arrest and conviction for drug trafficking
Clarke, from Bromley, Kent, claimed after his arrest a mysterious UK-based Jamaican businessman called Lee had asked him to negotiate the exotic fruit sales during cruise ship stopovers in the Caribbean and bring back the suitcases ‘as a sideline’ [File photo]
On Friday — the same day estranged wife Amber Heard obtained a domestic violence restraining order against him in Los Angeles — Johnny Depp was 6K miles away headlining the Rock in Rio Lisboa music festival.
Portugal must have been a welcome sight for the three-time Oscar nominee — turning 53 next month — whose 30-year-old bride of 15 months accused him of throwing an iPhone at her face last Saturday.
The Black Mass actor puffed on a cigarillo and strummed his rhythm guitar onstage the Bela Vista Park while rocking his distinctively eccentric, disheveled style.
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Rough week: On Friday — the same day estranged wife Amber Heard obtained a domestic violence restraining order against him in LA — Johnny Depp was 6K miles away headlining the Rock in Rio Lisboa music festival
Wife-beater? Portugal must have been a welcome sight for the three-time Oscar nominee — turning 53 next month — whose 30-year-old bride of 15 months accused him of throwing an iPhone at her face last Saturday
Healing power of music: The Black Mass actor puffed on a cigarillo and strummed his rhythm guitar onstage the Bela Vista Park while rocking his distinctively eccentric, disheveled style
Johnny’s spirits were likely raised by the devoted legion of female Portuguese fans front row raising signs like, ‘My heart is beating for you’ and ‘love you always.’
Depp even managed to crack a smile alongside frontman Alice Cooper, lead guitarist Joe Perry, bassist Robert DeLeo, and drummer Matt Sorum.
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The Kentucky-born musician and TRAVESTIS PORTO his super-group bandmates performed covers of songs by The Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, and David Bowie.
But the Hollywood Vampires have also enlisted Paul McCartney, Perry Farrell, Dave Grohl, and Kesha for their Sunset Strip gigs.
They waited since 10 a.m.: Johnny’s spirits were likely raised by the devoted legion of female Portuguese fans front row raising signs like, ‘My heart is beating for you’ and ‘love you always’
Five guitarists? Depp even managed to crack a smile alongside frontman Alice Cooper, lead guitarist Joe Perry, bassist Robert DeLeo, and drummer Matt Sorum
Glorified cover band: The Kentucky-born musician and his super-group bandmates performed covers of songs by The Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, and David Bowie
Rotating line-up: But the Hollywood Vampires have also enlisted Paul McCartney, Perry Farrell, Dave Grohl, and Kesha for their Sunset Strip gigs
Boozy band: Their self-titled album — which dropped September 11 — benefitted MusiCares and was dedicated to their ‘dead, drunk friends’
Hitting the road? It’s unclear whether the nineties heartthrob will be joining the band for Germany’s Hessentag Festival in Herborn happening Sunday, but their tour runs through July 25
Their self-titled album — which dropped September 11 — benefitted MusiCares and was dedicated to their ‘dead, drunk friends.’
It’s unclear whether the nineties heartthrob will be joining the band for Germany’s Hessentag Festival in Herborn happening Sunday, but their tour runs through July 25.
Earlier on Friday, the cameras were rolling as Johnny and the gang charitably helped the Starkey Hearing Foundation put hearing aids in their patients at the Four Season Hotel Ritz Lisbon.
The Golden Globe winner was all smiles despite his growing personal turmoil, including the death of his mother Betty Sue Palmer a week ago.
PR moment: Earlier on Friday, the cameras were rolling as Johnny and the gang charitably helped the Starkey Hearing Foundation put hearing aids in their patients at the Four Season Hotel Ritz Lisbon
Damage control? The Golden Globe winner was all smiles despite his growing personal turmoil, including the death of his mother Betty Sue Palmer a week ago
Friday also marked the 17th birthday of Depp’s eldest daughter Lily-Rose, who was spotted flying out of LAX on Thursday.
The Mortdecai star also has a 14-year-old son Jack with his ex-partner of 14 years, French actress Vanessa Paradis.
Johnny, Lily, and Vanessa will all appear in Kevin Smith’s horror-comedy Yoga Hosers, which hits US theaters July 29.
Meanwhile, a bruised Amber was seen solemnly exiting Los Angeles Superior Court by the side of her attorney Samantha Spector.
Happy birthday? Friday also marked the 17th birthday of Depp’s eldest daughter Lily-Rose, who was spotted flying out of LAX on Thursday
The new face of Chanel No. 5: The Mortdecai star also has a 14-year-old son Jack with his ex-partner of 14 years, French actress Vanessa Paradis
Acting with Daddy: Johnny, Lily, and Vanessa will all appear in Kevin Smith’s horror-comedy Yoga Hosers, which hits US theaters July 29
Judge Carl H. Moor agreed that Depp must stay 100 yards away from Heard, but he rejected her plea to keep him away from her Yorkshire Terrier, Pistol, due to lack of evidence.
‘During the entirety of our relationship, Johnny has been verbally and physically abusive to me,’ The Danish Girl actress wrote in her declaration.
‘I endured excessive emotional, verbal, and physical abuse from Johnny, which has included angry, hostile, humiliating, and threatening assaults to me whenever I questioned his authority or disagreed with him. I live in fear that Johnny will return to [our house] unannounced to terrorize me, physically and emotionally.’
Shocking sight: Meanwhile, a bruised Amber was seen solemnly exiting Los Angeles Superior Court by the side of her attorney Samantha Spector
‘I live in fear of Johnny’: Judge Carl H. Moor agreed that Depp must stay 100 yards away from Heard, but he rejected her plea to keep him away from her Yorkshire Terrier, Pistol, due to lack of evidence
No prenuptial agreement: A source connected to Depp told TMZ that ‘Amber is an affront to real victims of domestic violence’ and points out how she never filed a police report
A source connected to Depp told that ‘Amber is an affront to real victims of domestic violence’ and points out how she never filed a police report.
According to legal docs, the bisexual beauty wants their house, Range Rover, spousal support, and attorney’s fees.
The Rum Diary duo — who met in 2009 — had no prenuptial agreement, but it’s very unlikely she’ll receive half of his $400M fortune due to the brevity of their marriage.
The troubled father-of-two reprised his role as ‘Mad’ Hatter Tarrant Hightopp in Alice Through the Looking Glass, which hit US/UK theaters Friday.
‘This cannot be good’: The troubled father-of-two reprised his role as ‘Mad’ Hatter Tarrant Hightopp in Alice Through the Looking Glass, which hit US/UK theaters Friday
A brothel owner who employed murdered transgender woman Mayang Prasetyo has described her as a ‘divine, beautiful, gentle’ person who suffered at the hands of her abusive ice addict husband.
Ms Prasetyo and her husband Marcus Volke were both employed as prostitutes at Ivan Gneil’s Pleasure Dome brothel until 2012 and the owner claimed the other female staff were scared of Volke after he brought a gun to work.
Mr Gneil told Daily Mail Australia he knew Ms Prasetyo for about five years, as he revealed how he heard Volke had become violent towards her.
‘Marcus was just your average sort of boy. Other girls here said he had started to become violent. He was asked to leave here and the reason, I believe, was because he brought a gun in,’ Mr Gneil said.
The owner told how the managers at the brothel had expressed concerns that Volke had ‘become a bit aggressive towards them before he was asked to leave’.
‘He was known to be violent towards transsexuals when he was with them. Marcus was also definitely a drug user. He was on ice, we just don’t tolerate it here,’ Mr Gneil added.
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Ms Prasetyo, originally from Indonesia, worked for about five years at the Melbourne brothel
Brothel owner Ivan Gneil (right) has revealed he employed both Marcus Volke (left) and Mayang Prasetyo (centre) at the Pleasure Dome in Melbourne. He claimed the other female staff were scared of Volke after he bought a gun to work
Mr Gneil employed Ms Prasetyo, originally from Indonesia, for about five years at the Melbourne brothel. She met Volke at the establishment and he worked there for around two and a half years before they both left to work privately in 2012.
The remains of Ms Prasetyo were found cooking inside a Teneriffe apartment — in Brisbane’s inner-city — on Saturday night.
Volke fled the scene when police showed up at the couple’s home and was later found with his throat slashed and a knife in an industrial bin nearby.
‘I’m truly shocked by the news, absolutely devastated. When you don’t see anyone for a while (in this industry) you just assume they’ve gone overseas, so it was horrific to think what Mayang went through.
Volke worked at the Pleasure Dome as a male prostitute for around two and a half years before he and Ms Prasetyo both left to work privately in 2012
Mr Gneil laughed off claims that the couple met on a cruise ship and said they met at his brothel
‘I couldn’t imagine anyone killing someone and chopping them up but I guess I should have seen it coming,’ Mr Gneil said.
He last spoke to Ms Prasetyo on Facebook two months ago and said ‘she seemed absolutely fine’.
‘She was healthy and took a lot of pride in her appearance. It’s unfortunate when they [transsexuals] go and work illegally, they call it privately, they become removed from friends and it’s a downward spiral,’ he added.
Mr Gneil laughed off claims that the couple met on a cruise ship and said they met at the brothel, even though he didn’t know they were dating at the time.
Volke also worked under the name of Heath and advertised on online escorting sites
Ms Prasetyo has been described as a ‘divine, beautiful, gentle’ person by her former employer
Parts of Ms Prasetyo’s body were found strewn across the couple’s new Teneriffe apartment
Ms Prasetyo finished working at the brothel the day after Volke left.
Ms Prasetyo’s mother on Thursday revealed she forgives her daughter’s killer after it was revealed Volke was a male prostitute and covered up his secret life by telling close friends and family he was a chef.
Speaking through an interpreter, Nining Sukarni — the mother of Ms Prasetyo — said on Wednesday she had already forgiven her son-in-law.
The mother of Ms Prasetyo says she has forgiven Volke for the murder of her daughter
Mayang Prasetyo was found dismembered in a Brisbane apartment she shared with her husband on Saturday
‘I have forgiven. I have no demands whatsoever or revengeful feeling. Because I love Marcus just like I love Maya,’ she told .
Ms Sukarni said she had met Volke when the couple came to visit her at her Lampung home in rural Indonesia in 2013.
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‘They loved each other. We have already considered him as part of the family. I love him,’ she said
Ms Sukarni described Ms Prasetyo — who her mother refers to as Febri Andriansyah — as ‘cheerful, friendly and loud’ and a ‘good son’.
She said when they came to visit in August last year Volke had cooked with Ms Prasetyo and the visit passed without incident.
‘He was kind and loving, shy and reserved. In our eyes he was kind. I never suspected anything,’ Ms Surkarni said.
The 27-year-old was known as Febri Andriansyah, according to her Indonesian passport
But Kaisey Bloom — a long-term friend of the transgender escort — paints a very different picture of the couple’s life together, saying Volke was a bully and shamed his wife.
Ms Bloom told The Courier Mail Ms Prasetyo was abused by her husband — not just physically but mentally as well.
‘She told me he would get really nasty and would often bring up her past gender disclosure and use it against her,’ she said.
These revelations come after friends of the couple revealed the truth about Marcus Volke’s double life to Daily Mail Australia and also criticised a Brisbane newspaper for its portrayal of victim Mayang Prasetyo.
Interior designer Alex Devantier, who knew the couple well, told Daily Mail Australia Volke had never worked as a chef but used it as a cover story to avoid telling his family and close friends the truth about his life as Heath the male prostitute.
Ms Prasetyo, 27, was described as ‘happy, cheerful person’ and an ‘angel’ by friends.
Mr Devantier said that the front page headline featuring the term ‘shemale’ was extremely offensive to both her and the transgender community.
He asked The Courier Mail to donate profits from Tuesday’s edition to the Gender Centre — a not-for-profit which raises awareness of transgender issues — and Ms Prasetyo’s family.
Media outlets have previously reported the 28-year-old was a chef and had met Ms Prasetyo on an international cruise ship
He worked under the name Heath and was registered as a private escort in Melbourne
It comes as Queensland detectives appealed for friends and associates of the couple to come forward as police continue their investigation into the murder-suicide.
‘We would like to make an appeal for anyone who may have known the couple — either individually or together, to contact police,’ Detective Senior Sergeant Tom Armitt said.
‘As part of our investigation, we would like to speak to either close friends or other associates of the pair — we would like to know the nature of their relationship with the couple, and gather information about how the couple interacted.
‘This information is important in order to present a background about the pair’s relationship and its dynamic to the Queensland Coroner.’
It has also been revealed Ms Prasetyo travelled as a man named Febri Andriansyah on an Indonesian passport.
‘They were leading double lives because of the lives they were leading,’ Mr Devantier said.
‘Marcus wouldn’t even tell his closest friends of the life he was leading.
‘They lied to their families, so their families didn’t realise what they were actually doing.’
In an online advertisement under the name Heath XL, Volke describes himself as a ‘young sexy Australian boy, very friendly and easy going’.
The ad went onto to say: ‘I can be your companion for an hour or as long as u want, for a dinner, a hot session, holidays or more’.
Queensland Police removed a toxic-labelled container on Monday, following the discovery of Ms Prasetyo’s body parts found boiling in chemicals in a Brisbane apartment on Saturday night
Emergency services remove her body from the DoubleOne 3 Apartments in Commercial Road
Queensland Police made the grisly discovery of a woman’s body parts just after 9pm on Saturday night
Mr Devantier met Volke and Ms Prasetyo — who were married in Europe in August 2013 — four years ago in Melbourne and introduced them.
‘Mayang left the agency because she was so popular that all the other transsexuals hated her and that’s why she asked me to build her own website to get away from those who were jealous of her achievements,’ Mr Devantier said.
‘They both went into private escorting. I actually helped Marcus register as a private escort in Melbourne and then with his advertising.’
Mr Devantier, from Townsville, said he was in shock over the tragedy.
‘I still don’t believe he [Volke] did it. I can’t believe he did it. If he did do it, sometimes you can’t judge it, you can’t pick it,’ Mr Devantier said.
‘They were a loving and beautiful couple, and never a bad word from either of them about each other.
‘I looked after Mayang’s escort website and I was in communication with her all the time.
‘There was never any hostility towards each other.’
The grisly death is being treated as a murder-suicide after Volke fled the scene and was later found in an industrial bin with his throat cut
Ms Prasetyo’s remains were found at an apartment on Commercial Road and Volke’s body was found on Dath Street
Mr Devantier and Ms Prasetyo’s other friends have called on The Courier Mail to donate its profits from Tuesday’s edition which labelled the transgender escort as a ‘shemale’.
When he saw the front page of the News Corp newspaper, TRAVESTIS LISBOA Mr Devantier said he was disgusted.
He has asked for the donation to be made to the Gender Centre, which helps raise awareness of transgender, issues and Ms Prasetyo’s family back in Indonesia for her funeral costs.
‘We need to make the community aware of the difference between a post-op and pre-op transgender person, a transvestite, a cross dresser, et cetera,’ he said.
‘[Ms Prasetyo’s] family have just lost their sole source of income and money for putting the family’s second eldest and third eldest child — both girls — through high school and that was who she was to them, the breadwinner.’
Mr Devantier also urged people to a sign a change.org petition asking for The Courier Mail to ‘publicly apologise for articles relating to Mayang Prasetyo’.
At the time of publication, the petition had amassed almost 25,000 signatures.
Mr Devantier said Ms Prasetyo — who was a pre-operation transsexual — was months away from becoming a woman anatomically.
‘She said she knew from 10 years old that she believed she was a woman and I believe she was not far from her goal — it would have been months,’ he said.
New images of Mr Volke have emerged, revealing a baby faced teenager who was following in his father’s footsteps and pursuing his life’s passion, karate, reported.
Rob Sinclair, a former friend of Mr Volke, described the killer as an intelligent every-day guy who was a nutrition enthusiast.
‘Karate was his life passion for a very long time,’ he told The Courier-Mail, adding that the pair used to train together,’ Mr Sinclair said.
‘He had a bit of a rough-and-tumble upbringing. There wasn’t much room for being too emotional. Marcus, to me, seemed to be … normal is the word I would use to describe him, to be honest, the kind of guy you’d meet on the street and have a conversation with.’
A transgender activist has demanded an apology from an club over a player’s Instagram story.
Jaycee Tanuvasa called out West Tigers star Shawn Blore for imposing a photo of his teammate Michael Chee Kam over transsexual dancer Antony Sua with laughing face emojis.
Ms Tanuvasa and Sua are members of LGBTQIA+ dancing group House of Iman, which was profiled on the cover of magazine in February this year.
A transgender activist has asked an NRL club to apologise for a social media post shared by a player. Pictured: Jaycee Tanuvasa (centre) and the House of Iman group on Viva Magazine
Jaycee Tanuvasa (pictured) has called out Tigers player Shawn Blore for imposing a photo of his teammate Michael Chee Kam over trans dancer Antony Sua with laughing face emojis
Ms Tanuvasa is the self-described ‘mother’ of The House of Iman, which is a competitive ballroom troop that practices vogue, a form of dance popular with the transgender community.
‘I am not going to allow the trans and homophobic behaviour from the members of your team slide,’ Ms Tanuvasa wrote on Twitter.
‘Queer lives are not a joke! This behaviour is not okay! It’s dangerous for my community especially for queer people in NRL who are mostly closeted.
‘What are your policies around homophobia and transphobia behaviour from the team? This is cannot be allowed.’
Ms Tanuvasa tweeted a screenshot of an Instagram story shared by footballer Shawn Blore, in which he imposed a photo of fellow player Antony Sua’s head on a transgender dancer with laughing face emojis
Ms Tanuvasa told NZ Herald she wanted Blore (pictured) to apologise and the NRL to state what they were doing to support the LGBTQIA+ community
Ms Tanuvasa told the she wanted the NRL to state what they were doing to support the LGBTQIA+ community.
‘I’m not trying to ridicule these boys’ careers, I just want some ownership of their behaviour and TRAVESTIS LISBOA for them to understand that this is not okay,’ she said.
‘People are already making fun of us, already bully us for who we are.
‘When you see Pacific Island leaders, male leaders, perpetuate that, what that does is validate those violent behaviours towards us and encourages it even more. Any mockery of our authentic lives will continue to add to the violence of us in our daily lives.
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‘If they are laughing at us, then a lot of young people will say, ‘these lives are not worthy of anything else other than laughter and ridicule’, and it has been true.’
The transgender performer said the post, which imposed Chee Kam’s (pictured) face on a photo of her dance group, made fun of transgender people which can cause others to be violent towards them
Blore joined the West Tigers halfway through 2020 and is signed on until the end of the 2023 season. Pictured: Blore is tackled by Jazz Tevaga of the Warriors in July 2020
Blore, 20, joined the West Tigers halfway through 2020 and is signed on until the end of the 2023 season.
An NRL factsheet on called ‘LGBTI-Pride in League’ states ‘The NRL supports Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex (LGBTI) people.’
‘In 2018 the NRL continues to provide ongoing training and education support to our elite players and staff members.
‘Education occurs via a series called ‘Theatre Sports’ — where actors demonstrate real-life scenarios and appropriate ways to act, speak and learn from.’
In a statement to , the Wests Tigers said: ‘The club has addressed the matter with both players involved — who removed the posts straight away — and remain inclusive as a club in all aspects of equality.’
Angel the transexual, whose ‘bashing’ prompted an outpouring of sympathy, actually fell out of a TREE
Police said New Zealander Anahera ‘Angel’ Rangitaawa, 33 suffered ‘unexplained’ head injuries
Family and friends pointed blamed unknown perpetrators and vented on social media
Aunt Esther Topfer suggested she was targeted because of her transgender
Police investigations later revealed she was not beaten, but fell out tree
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A New Zealand transgender woman, whose family sparked an outpouring of sympathy online when they thought she was bashed, actually sustained her injuries after falling from a tree.
Police said Anahera «Angel» Rangitaawa, 33, was found near the Copthorne Hotel in Palmerston North, http://TRAVESTIS-LISBOA.BEAUTY near Wellington, in the early hours of Sunday morning.At first police said they could not explain the critical injuries to her face, skull and other parts of her body when she was taken to Wellington Hospital and placed in an induced coma.
But what Angel’s family first suspected was a targeted attack because of her gender, actually turned out to be something much less sinister when police confirmed she had fallen from a tree.
Anahera «Angel» Rangitaawa was taken to a Wellington hospital with sever head injuries after she fell from a tree she tried to climb.
Her family, including aunt Esther Topfer, was of the belief that the woman had been attacked by a gang of men and took their frustration to Facebook
Esther Topfer, the woman’s aunt, made the incredible accusation that she was the victim of a targeted assault and even suggested that the area which she was found, Palmerston North, was the ‘transbash capital of New Zealand.’
In a post on Facebook, Ms Topfer alleged ‘Angel’ was attacked by three men. ‘I am saddened and appalled that in the 21st Century ignorant, judgmental and evil people can smash a person to within an inch of their life for being who they are,’ she wrote.
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A police spokeswoman, when contacted by Daily Mail Australia, could not confirm why the family came to that assumption, however investigating officer Detective Johnny Oram said ‘it appeared the victim’s injuries where not suspicious’ confirming she fell from a tree she tried to climb.
The transgender woman is out of a coma, but remains in a serious but stable condition in a Wellington Hospital.
While Ms Topfer kept update’s of Angel’s condition coming through on Facebook, followers, friends and family of the transgender woman made their feelings known, calling her unknown and now non-existent attackers ‘bastards.’
‘My heart is aching while reading of the horrible injuries these bastards have put upon her.I am so sorry this happened to you girl, my prayers are with you and your loved ones xo,’ Nikki Lee Carlson wrote.
Beck-Lee Briggs wanted the ‘perpetrators’ to feel the full force of the law. ‘Praying the strength she had to live a life true to herself also gets her through this.And that the perpetrators are removed from our streets asap. Sending love to her and her family.’
Others accused New Zealand police of not doing their job properly by not being able to explain what happened to the transgender woman. ‘Unexplained’ is typical police hype downplay,’ one commenter wrote.
When Ms Topfer was informed that her niece fell, she publicly apologised but defended her outrage saying ‘that was the initial details they (police) were given.’
‘I would like to thank you all for the outpouring of sincere kindness that you have all shown in this near tragic event.Love and best wishes, Esther,’ she wrote.
This is the incredibly rare moment a baby boy was born inside his amniotic sac during an emergency caesarean.
Businesswoman Janaina Fernandes Costa, 34, gave birth to son Lucas Fernandes de Lisboa Costa at the Hospital Ana Costa, in the south-eastern Brazilian state of Sao Paulo.
Footage shows baby Lucas still inside his amniotic sac after the mother-of-three underwent the emergency procedure because of gestational hypertension — high blood pressure during pregnancy.
Baby Lucas is born inside his amniotic sac during the emergency caesarean at the Hospital Ana Costas in Brazil (left). Doctors film the incredibly rare moment as they lift the baby out of his mother (right)
Surgeons then cut open the fluid-filled sac as tiny hands and feet can be seen wriggling inside.
One doctor, Guilherme Pereira Martins, who recorded the moment, claimed that a baby born inside its amniotic sac is rare and occurs once in every 80,000 natural births.
However during a caesarean, the chance depends on the dexterity and patience of the surgeon.
Dr Martins added: TGATAS PORTO ‘As this is a manoeuvre of a certain technical difficulty and does not pose any risk to the baby, the hospital’s resident doctor and I opted to try to do the fetal extraction without breaking the amniotic membranes — and we did it.’
Doctors prepare to cut open the amniotic sac (left). Baby Lucas wriggles free after surgeons burst the fluid-filled sac (right)
Ms Costa said: ‘At the time I couldn’t see anything.I only noticed the movements and heard the comments.
‘I saw how animated the nurses and doctors were, as they were recording and taking photos.
She added: ‘After the effects of the anaesthetic passed, the obstetrician explained everything to me.
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‘I only saw he was born in the sac on the video. I thought it was the most beautiful thing and I was emotional.’
Doctor Martins added that mother and son were doing well at home and Lucas has joined his two older sisters.
The amniotic sac is a bag of fluid inside a woman’s uterus where the unborn baby floats and moves.
The fluid helps to cushion the baby and is made up of predominantly water which starts to fill within days of conception.
Angel the transexual, whose ‘bashing’ prompted an outpouring of sympathy, actually fell out of a TREE
Police said New Zealander Anahera ‘Angel’ Rangitaawa, 33 suffered ‘unexplained’ head injuries
Family and friends pointed blamed unknown perpetrators and vented on social media
Aunt Esther Topfer suggested she was targeted because of her transgender
Police investigations later revealed she was not beaten, but fell out tree
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A New Zealand transgender woman, whose family sparked an outpouring of sympathy online when they thought she was bashed, actually sustained her injuries after falling from a tree.
Police said Anahera «Angel» Rangitaawa, 33, was found near the Copthorne Hotel in Palmerston North, near Wellington, in the early hours of Sunday morning.At first police said they could not explain the critical injuries to her face, skull and other parts of her body when she was taken to Wellington Hospital and placed in an induced coma.
But what Angel’s family first suspected was a targeted attack because of her gender, actually turned out to be something much less sinister when police confirmed she had fallen from a tree.
Anahera «Angel» Rangitaawa was taken to a Wellington hospital with sever head injuries after she fell from a tree she tried to climb.
Her family, including aunt Esther Topfer, was of the belief that the woman had been attacked by a gang of men and took their frustration to Facebook
Esther Topfer, the woman’s aunt, made the incredible accusation that she was the victim of a targeted assault and even suggested that the area which she was found, Palmerston North, was the ‘transbash capital of New Zealand.’
In a post on Facebook, Ms Topfer alleged ‘Angel’ was attacked by three men. ‘I am saddened and appalled that in the 21st Century ignorant, judgmental and evil people can smash a person to within an inch of their life for being who they are,’ she wrote.
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A police spokeswoman, when contacted by Daily Mail Australia, could not confirm why the family came to that assumption, however investigating officer Detective Johnny Oram said ‘it appeared the victim’s injuries where not suspicious’ confirming she fell from a tree she tried to climb.
The transgender woman is out of a coma, but remains in a serious but stable condition in a Wellington Hospital.
While Ms Topfer kept update’s of Angel’s condition coming through on Facebook, followers, friends and family of the transgender woman made their feelings known, calling her unknown and now non-existent attackers ‘bastards.’
‘My heart is aching while reading of the horrible injuries these bastards have put upon her.I am so sorry this happened to you girl, my prayers are with you and your loved ones xo,’ Nikki Lee Carlson wrote.
Beck-Lee Briggs wanted the ‘perpetrators’ to feel the full force of the law. ‘Praying the strength she had to live a life true to herself also gets her through this.And that the perpetrators are removed from our streets asap. Sending love to her and her family.’
Others accused New Zealand police of not doing their job properly by not being able to explain what happened to the transgender woman. ‘Unexplained’ is typical police hype downplay,’ one commenter wrote.
When Ms Topfer was informed that her niece fell, she publicly apologised but defended her outrage saying ‘that was the initial details they (police) were given.’
‘I would like to thank you all for the outpouring of sincere kindness that you have all shown in this near tragic event.Love and TGATAS LISBOA best wishes, Esther,’ she wrote.
LISBON, June 7 (Reuters) — Portugal’s leading charity Santa Casa de Misericordia de Lisboa (SCML) is considering whether to take a stake in struggling small bank Caixa Economica Montepio Geral and has hired advisers to assess the risks, its CEO said.
Montepio shares soared last week on expectations that SCML was about to buy into the loss-making bank, TRAVESTIS PORTO which has been hit by bad loans as a result of the country’s debt crisis.
However, Pedro Santana Lopes told SIC television that nothing has been decided yet even though the government had indeed suggested that «social economy» entities like SCML, which is also a lottery operator, buy into Montepio and reinforce its capital.
Santana Lopes said the government’s aim was not to rescue Montepio, but to reorganise the way charities work with the financial sector, giving them a say in a private-sector bank, adding that there was no need for any hurried decision.
«We will only enter if the risk has been well measured … SCML is studying the (Montepio) file as the authorities have requested, but we are a private entity and … if the risk is considered inequitable, SCML will not enter,» he said.
«We have started the process, hiring financial and legal consultants, auditors, and they will do this work for us, which we will study and decide.»
He said that the Montepio Mutual Association, which owns the bank and is in the process of changing its statute to allow new shareholders, has offered to sell a stake of around 10 percent.
Montepio’s shares rallied as much as 77 percent in the last two days of May but have since pulled back.They were down 4.3 percent on Wednesday, but were still 10 percent higher than before the rally. (Reporting By Sergio Goncales, writing by Andrei Khalip, editing by Axel Bugge and Susan Fenton)