The Dishing Diva

Model Claudia Schiffer showed off her growing baby bump as she did the school run.

The 39-year-old recently announced that she is five-and-a-half-months pregnant with her third child and gave a glimpse of her baby bump while taking her children to school in London.

Schiffer and husband Matthew Vaughn have two children already – Caspar, six, and Clementine, five.

Talking about the pregnancy, the couple recently said in a statement: “We are delighted with the news and can’t wait to add to our family.”

Former Liberian president Charles Taylor presented Naomi Campbell with a blood diamond at a dinner hosted by Nelson Mandela, his Hague war crimes tribunal heard.

Taylor, 61, has pleaded not guilty to 11 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity related to the 1991-2001 civil war in neighbouring Sierra Leone.

Prosecutor Brenda Hollis said Taylor obtained diamonds from Sierra Leone rebels and took to South Africa to sell or exchange them for weapons.

She said: “From among those diamonds that you took to South Africa, after this dinner that you attended you sent your men to Ms Campbell’s room to provide her with a large — diamond.”

But Taylor denied the allegation. “That is totally incorrect,” he said.

Hollis said: “That diamond that you sent to Naomi Campbell was one of the diamonds that you had been given by the junta in Sierra Leone.”

To which he replied:”Total nonsense.”

Hollis said the gift was made after a dinner hosted by Mandela in 1997, when he was president. The dinner was attended by celebs Quincy Jones and Mia Farrow, who was listed as a witness. Campbell allegedly told Farrow of the diamond gift the following day.

Kate Moss and Naomi Campbell have taken to the water to learn synchronised swimming.

Moss was said to have turned Campbell onto the sport and to have kept up practice for her underwater swim ballet moves in Thailand, where she has been holidaying.

The moves include the egg-beater, which requires a scissor-like action with the legs, and the scull thrust, which defies description.

An observer at Moss’s £3,000-a-night villa in Phuket said: “Kate has spent five days’ solid preparing for this synchronised swimming display. Underwater music was piped through her hotel pool, allowing her to practise her moves and refine the art of water ballet. Sporting a nose clip and floral swimming cap – worn ironically – she had a hotel worker download an online handbook so she could learn all the moves.”

The source continued:”Kate has perfected all the basic sculling moves and twirls, plus the eggbeater – basically treading water – but has really struggled with the crane, which requires a great deal of core strength.”

Moss invited Campbell and others to her villa to show off her movies. “The only blip in the evening was when a rather tipsy Kate tried to jump back in the pool at midnight for an impromptu solo performance. Boyfriend Jamie Hince had to physically hold her back. But Kate reckons it’s been amazing for her bum and tum, and has really firmed her up,” said the source.

Model Kate Moss is reportedly packing her bags and leaving the UK to live in France.

The 35-year-old is said to have put down a deposit on a £20million apartment in Paris and is buying the new pad for her seven-year-old daughter Lila and boyfriend Jamie Hince.

The apartment is in an area called the Golden Triangle and is near to Chanel’s flagship store and features six bedrooms and views of the Eiffel Tower.

A source said: “Kate has told model agency bosses she wants to be at the heart of the fashion world. She loves Paris and always stays at the Ritz whenever she’s in town.

“After 34 years in London, Kate feels it’s time for a break – and cannot wait to immerse herself in the Parisian way of life. She found a gorgeous penthouse apartment in the most fashionable part of town – and immediately put an offer in, and paid the requisite deposit to hold it.

“The plan is for her and Lila to move in the spring. Initially, it will be used as a weekend getaway but she then has the option to move there full-time. Jamie has also been invited but will keep his place in the UK.

“Similarly, Kate will of course keep a base in London, in addition to her Cotswolds home – she doesn’t want to lose touch with her roots, or her mates from home.

“The apartment has been completely renovated by interior designer Ed Tuttle – although Kate has told friends she wants to update it even more with a

Model Cindy Crawford’s alleged extortionist has reportedly turned himself in to police.

Crawford, 43, and husband Rande Gerber were left shocked when 26-year-old Edis Kayalar allegedly tried to extort US$100,000 from them by threatening to release a photo of their daughter Kaya, then seven, bound and gagged.

It is claimed Kayalar, who could face two years in prison if convicted, has since turned himself in to police in Stuttgart, Germany, according to website Gossip Cop.

Kayalar reportedly got hold of the photo from the couple’s nanny and threatened to sell it to tabloids if he was not paid.

Supermodel Claudia Schiffer has said she would consider bringing out her own fashion collection.

The 39-year-old admitted she would like to follow in the footsteps of fellow models Elle Macpherson, Cindy Crawford and Kate Moss and create her own line.

She said to UK newspaper Daily Telegraph: “I have been approached so many times over the last 20 years, but it has never been the right time.

Schiffer added: “Now, I would consider it but it would have to be the right thing. They would need to be clothes that I would want to wear.”

Model Kate Moss has reportedly been teaching her daughter Lila and pal Sadie Frost’s daughter Iris how to be models.

It is claimed the 35-year-old star threw a model-themed birthday party for Sadie’s daughter Iris’s eighth birthday and showed the girls, including her own daughter Lila, seven, how to model.

A source said: “Kate had been teaching Iris and Lila Grace how to model and how to walk the catwalk properly in preparation for the party.

“They could hardly have a better teacher. All of the girls at the bash wanted to be Kate. She brought along lots of clothes for them and the girls had their hair and make-up done especially.

“Kate also presided over all of the accessories to make them look as catwalk-ready as possible.

“She was teaching them how to master her famous hip swagger and her ‘I don’t care look’. It went down so well that Iris and Lila Grace now both want to be models like Kate.”

Supermodel Naomi Campbell is heading to Tanzania for a charity project organised by the UK’s first lady Sarah Brown.

Naomi, 39, is an ambassador for Sarah’s White Ribbon Alliance charity, which raises the awareness of infant mortality.

Sarah, the wife of UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown, is patron of the charity and Naomi is planning to visit orphanages and raise money by auctioning off her entire Hermes bag collection.

A pal said: “Naomi has found peace in her life.”

Naomi is dating Russian billionaire Vladislav Doronin and has reportedly said that she would love to “be a mum”.

The pal added: “I wouldn’t be surprised to hear the sound of tiny feet very soon.”

SOURCE: Splash News

Supermodel Christie Brinkley is anguished that her divorce battle is bouncing back into a New York court.

Brinkley divorced Peter Cook more than 18 months ago in a nasty battle that brought his infidelity onto the public radar.

Cook, an architect, is now alleging Brinkley is in contempt of court for failing to hand over a passport belonging to their son Jack, 14, in time for a class trip to Egypt last November.

The couple must now appear before a court. But her representative indicated this was the last thing Brinkley wants.

Amy Jacobs said: “She’s really upset and embarrassed that this is going back to court. She absolutely did not want to go to court. Peter is literally dragging her to court. She had chosen to look the other way for quite some time when he violated the confidentiality agreement by talking to Barbara Walters and other media outlets.”

Steven Kuhn, a lawyer for Cook, says he had no other recourse.

Peter Caronia, a lawyer for Brinkley, said his client’s timing was off. He said: “Ms Brinkley ran to her dearest friend’s side who had just lost her mother and made the passport available to Mr Cook a few hours after the agreed upon delivery time. Mr Cook refused to drive five to 10 minutes out of his way to pick the passport up from Ms Brinkley’s residence.”

Source: Splash News

Model and TV presenter Tyra Banks is to ditch her weave and embrace her “natural hair” for the next season of her show.

The 35-year-old former model has her own chat show The Tyra Banks Show and she revealed in a press statement that the fifth season of the show will be taking a more natural stance.

She said in a statement: “This season on The Tyra Show we’re taking it to the next level and getting more real than ever before by encouraging women everywhere to own and rock what they’ve got and be proud!”

Tyra added in the statement: “For the season five premiere, I will be doing just that – no fake hair, I’m rocking my REAL hair. This will all be going down on September 8, 2009, which we’re declaring National Real Hair Day!

“We welcome everyone to go natural with me!”

Source: Splash News