Romanian model: Sanziana Buruiana

, wants to improve the country’s image and has started a new political party for beautiful people.

Buruiana wants to heavily tax overweight citizens – at a rate of €10 ($13) per kilo overweight – and punish anybody making ‘dumb blonde’ jokes.

‘Anyone like that needs to be put in prison,’ said the 23-year-old.

Other key planks of her policy platform include a €100 ($130) fine for infidelity, and a law insisting that only models in bikinis are allowed to work as tourist guides, something she suggests would boost Romania’s popularity as a travel destination.

I totally dig the idea of tourist guides in bikini – but, I wonder what the kind of tourist information the blonde guides would give…?

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Princess Leia Organa Solo

A Star Wars obsessed primary school teacher has called his daughters Princess Leia and Skywalker.

Luke Skywalker

37-year-old Peter Hygate decided to name them Emily Rose Princess Leia and Bethany Violet Skywalker. The fan from Ashford, Kent, even had the Star Wars theme tune played at his wedding.

The primary school teacher from Ashford in Kent, United Kingdom said he became obsessed with the movie when he watched it as five-year-old in 1977.

When he got married to wife Jo the Star Wars theme tune was played as they went up the aisle and he has a vast collection of Star Wars memorabilia.

Princess Leia Organa Solo (born as Leia Amidala Skywalker) is a fictional character in the Star Wars universe.

Luke Skywalker is the main protagonist of the Star Wars films.

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Marilyn Monroe

The apparently undying appetite and endless market for images of Marilyn Monroe now extends to inside the bombshell’s body.

A set of three Monroe Chest X-rays from a 1954 hospital visit sold Sunday for $45,000 at the Hollywood Legends auction at Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino in Las Vegas.

Julien’s Auctions, which sold the X-rays, estmated that they would only fetch a total of about $3,000.

Other Monroe-abilia that sold included a chair from her last photo shoot that went for $35,000.

The auction included items from other actresses, including a pair of earrings worn by Kate Winslet in “Titanic” that sold for $25,000 and a dress Audrey Hepburn wore when she starred opposite Fred Astaire in the musical “Funny Face” that fetched $56,250.

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Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson has earned over $1 billion (£670 million) since his death a year ago, it has been claimed.

According to Billboard, the revenue raised by the Jackson estate since the Michael Jackson passed away on June 25, 2009 has come from a range of sources.

It estimates that $429m has been raised through music sales, including albums, singles and downloads. Approximately $392m has been earned through cinema, TV and DVD/Blu-ray revenues from the rehearsal movie This Is It, released four months after Jackson’s death.

Music publishing accounts for $130m of the figure, based on earnings from the Mijac publishing company administered by Warner/Chappell and Jackson’s share of Sony/ATV.

Despite the cancellation of the ‘This Is It’ tour, the dates raised an estimated $6.5m through non-returned tickets kept as souvenirs, with merchandising, memorabilia exhibits, video games and retail sales less AEG’s share bringing the total figure from licensing and touring to $35m.

Finally, Sony Music Entertainment’s ten album deal with the Jackson estate covering old and unreleased material covers a further $31m for the past 12 months.

RIP Michael Jackson.

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