Serena Williams uncorked on Vanity Fair. Speaks candidly on life, love and pregnancy

It took six tests to convince her she’s pregnant 

Alex and Serena looking so COOL in their Vanity Fair shoot 

A non-morning person dragged off to breakfast in Rome and a hung over guy seeking the solace of early morning coffee and the quietude of working alfresco is what it took.
Neither had met the other before, knew nothing of each other’s craft, nor particularly cared, yet cupid struck the unsuspecting pair of Serena Williams and Alex Ohanian two years ago, poolside at breakfast in the Cavalieri hotel, Rome.
Fast forward from that chance meeting early in the morning on May 12, 2015.
The pair are definitely an item, engaged to be married later in the year and expecting their first child. 

Serena won Grand slam no. 23 in Melbourne, Australia while she was eight weeks pregnant, never dropping a set.

How about the pregnancy that took all by surprise, what with Serena having just won her record 23rd Grad slam title just weeks earlier?
According toVanity Fair, it took six pregnancy tests to finally convince Serena Williams she really had a baby growing inside of her.
Despite the vomiting and enlarged breasts, world number one female tennis player Serena Williams was certain she wasn’t pregnant.
It was only at the urging of her friend Jessica Steindorff did the sporting ace agree to take a pregnancy test in early January, mainly to shut her friend up. The truth prevailed. Serena indeed was pregnant.

Serena Williams gave a candid interview on love, life and her pregnancy in a new interview with Vanity Fair

The tennis superstar  who showed off her burgeoning bump in a glamorous nude cover shoot for Vanity Fair, didn’t think there was a chance she was actually pregnant when she began feeling different physically while practicing in January for the Australian Open.
At 35-year-old, and gunning for record grand slam titles to add to her already loaded trophy chest, Serena who is engaged to Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian, had thrown up and noticed her breasts felt enlarged while she was hitting tennis balls one morning to prepare for the tournament.
Her pal, Jessica Steindorff, threw down a suggestion she might just be late and suggested she take a pregnancy test.
“I’ll take it just because (a) to prove you wrong and (b) because it’s fun, whatever,” she recounted for Vanity Fair scribe Buzz Bissinger. “It’s like a joke. Why not?”
But the test came back positive, leaving Williams stunned.
“(I) did a double take and my heart dropped,” she said. “Like literally it dropped.”

Serena Williams was victorious in Australia when she beat big sister Venus for her record open era title

But apparently that wasn’t enough proof to convince Williams she really was pregnant. Steindorff ran to a pharmacy and picked up five more pregnancy tests for Williams. Each confirmed that the tennis great was expecting.
The baby on board didn’t affect Williams’s performance at the Open a week later. The tennis icon, who’s won a record 23 Grand Slam titles, not only won the tournament, but did so without losing a set in seven matches.
Serena looked gorgeous, baring it all for Vanity Fair

Williams and Ohanian, 34, plan to get married this fall after the baby arrives, according to the Vanity Fair feature, which features a cover of Williams cradling her bump.
During her wide-ranging interview with the magazine, Williams discussed how she and her friends were originally annoyed by Ohanian when they first met him in Rome in May 2015, because he decided to sit down next to them by the pool at their hotel even though there was ample seating in the area.
”This big guy comes and he just plops down at the table next to us, and I’m like, ‘Huh! All these tables and he’s sitting here?'” she recalled.
But they quickly hit it off, and a year and a half later Ohanian proposed, at the same hotel where they first met.
Tennis superstar Serena Williams who is expecting a child this fall with fiance, Alexis Ohanian made a splash at the New York MET Gala, a couple of months back

Serena looked gorgeous, baring it all for Vanity Fair

Pregnant Serena clowns her way through a red carpet photoops

“I knew it was coming. I was like, ‘Serena, you’re 35, you’re ready. This is what you want,'” she remembered.
Williams, who is the younger sister of fellow tennis star Venus, revealed in April that she was five months pregnant when she accidentally made a Snapchat photo of her baby bump public after intending to only send it to her friends.
Despite the radical changes to her personal life, she’s not ready to call game, set, match on her tennis career and hopes to return to competing in tournaments as soon as January.
“I don’t think my story is over yet,” she said

Pregnant Serena clowns her way through a red carpet photoops

Rachael Dorrian, 24, aka GI Jane goes on a rampage leaving devastation in her wake: Soldier nicknamed GI Jane after becoming the face of female squaddies in Afghanistan hurt a man and woman with ONE punch

Photo: Rachel Dorrian
Lance Corporal Rachael Dorrian, 24, hit a man and woman with a single punch having been thrown out of a nightclub in Manchester

 
GI Jane, the face of female squaddies in Afghanistan hit a man and woman with ONE punch after she was ejected from a night club

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Uplifting: Miracle Twins!: The incredible story of a girl born weighing less than a baby's bottle, the length of a ballpoint pen and skin so thin her organs could be seen through it

Adelaide twin who was same length as a pen at birth now healthy 5 year old
Lily Cobbing (far left) was the same length of a ballpoint pen (bottom right) when she and her sister, Summer Cobbing (left), were born at just 27 weeks in an Adelaide hospital in June 2010 (top right). Born three months early, Lily's skin was see through and her ears and eyes had not fully formed yet. Although the odds were stacked against her, Lily fought hard to survive and is now five-years-old and attending school with her sister.

Lily Cobbing survived with the love of her healthy twin, Summer
 Only 390 grams when she was born three months early
Her organs were visible through her skin and her ears hadn't fully formed
 Twin sister, Summer, weighed twice as much when she was born

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Larry Elison makes 1 Billion overnight - Beomes 6th richest person after earning $1.3 Billion Overnight

Photo: Reuters
Larry Elison becomes 6th richest person after earning $1.3 Billion Overnight

Former Bank chief 'is filmed snorting lines as he entertains four naked rent boys at hot-tub party in his back garden'

Photo: Sunday Mirror 
Disgraced former bank boss Paul Flowers was filmed snorting lines

'Crystal Methodist Minister' reverend Paul Flowers was filmed snorting lines as he ­entertained four naked rent boys at hot-tub party in his back garden'

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Romanian woman Strong ARMS her husbnd privates with bare hand s- Rips them off

Photo: CEN
Marinela Benea, 40, tore off her husband's left testicle after he refused to do the housework on International Women's Day.

Love rat who married his mistress in Dominican Republic responds and he's got the marriage certificate to prove it

The love 'rat' who married his mistress in Dominican Republic while his girlfriend was in 'labor' claims wedding was a month later - he's got the marriage certificate to prove it 

Wedding: Adonis, pictured with his new wife Julia

Woman took date's BMW after one night stand to avoid 'walk of shame'

Natalie Kopman was arrested by police after she drunkenly sneaked off in her date's BMW as he slept in a bid to dodge a 'walk of shame'

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Natalie Kopman leaving Burnley Magistrates Court Photo: Cavendish 

Cheating Man escapes Through Neighbor's Balcony

A Man makes a quick escape through neighbors balcony to avoid being caught when the woman's husband returned home unexpectedly

...this man looked rather prepare for this escape, per chance a repeat offender?
CEN Get-away: The semi-naked man makes a quick escape  The clip was filmed by two flatmates, who were taking a walk in the garden, and who did not realize until later that the man had come from their apartment.

Woman Stops traffic on Houston highway for two hours by dancing NAKED on the roof of an 18-wheeler

A woman brought traffic to a stop on a Houston highway dancing  naked atop a big rig. The unidentified driver climbed on top of the vehicle after crashing into another car on Highway 290.

Police were called to the scene after witnesses said a pedestrian had been hit by a car.

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Photo: Cypress Radio

A woman brought traffic to a standstill on a Houston highway by dancing on the roof of a big rig, naked

Stranger Than Fiction - Lost and Found Families

Jenny Thomas is one of 16 individuals featured on the new TLC series, Long Lost Family, which helps reunite people with their relatives
This season the 40-year-old from Rochester, New York, learns that she worked with her biological mother Nita Valdez 10 years ago

A woman who spent more than 15 years trying to find her birth mother 
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From Russia With Love-Rippling abs and lashings of fake tan: Bodybuilders flock to annual Siberian contest

Russia famously produces body building stars with impressive physiques, but out there in Siberia, you bring your A game (go hard or go home)

 Competitors showed off rippling bodies maintained by months of grueling preparation in a fitness championship
  Rigorous gym routines and strict diets, liberal application of layers and layers of fake tan

'While women showcased their muscles in skimpy two-pieces, eye-catching jewelery and lucite heels, the male competitors stuck to simple black briefs - and a layer of faux glow.

Photo: Reuters

Men and women in Siberian Russia take to the stage to compete with their impressive physiques in a local bodybuilding competition

Joey Feek - Gone now but forever in our hearts

 Photo: This Life I live
Joey Feek passed away at the age of 40 Friday afternoon with her husband Rory writing; 'My wife's greatest dream came true today. She is in Heaven. The cancer is gone. The pain has ceased'

79 year old Man 'Cracks' His Wife, 68 Head - A case of persistent Spousal Abuse?

This  lady 68, had her head struck repeatedly with a walking stick during an 'argument' by her husband, 79, of several years.
...is this a case of abuse that has been festering for several years
...what if he had successfully cracked her head open
...is she still safe in that environment
...culprit promises not to strike her again (oga, we are watching you)

The lady with the broken cane used in assaulting her

Cancer sufferer, 97, who was being kicked out of her home of 66 years DIES

The eviction out of home of 66 years and 'stress' of having nowhere to go, seems to have caused the death of cancer sufferer Marie Hatch, 97, 

...this callous eviction could have been avoided and handled differently without all this pain
 
 Photo: Adela Meadows
Marie Hatch, 97

Meet the world's youngest billionaire, Alexandra Andresen, 19

The teenage horse rider who has become the world's youngest billionaire: Norwegian dressage competitor makes Forbes list of world's richest people aged just 19


Photo: Instagram/Alexandra Andresen
Alexandra Andresen

Burn Survivor Shalom Blac's Makeup Tutorials Are Inspiring People Everywhere

Burn Survivor Shalom Blac - Inspiring People Everywhere
"People began to stare at me, or look at me in a nasty way," she recalls. "One of my neighbors, we used to play together, came in my house and when he saw me ran away crying." 
"I was bullied very badly in middle school; I always had a scarf and a wig on, so people wouldn't know I was bald,"
"I started young, just so I wouldn't get made fun of at school,"
 "...a chance to share my passion with others —or better yet, inspire someone to love who they see in the mirror."
...you are fearfully and wonderfully made
...an inspiration to all
...a beautiful woman in our eyes

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TheGuardian-UK Reports on Nigerian Weddings- featuring Toolz, Demuren and more - Go big or Go home - The Perfect Wedding

Whether the budget is 3m naira or 50m, Nigerian nuptials are loud, flamboyant and often come with their own hashtag.

"The bride’s dress is important, but even more so is that her “make-up is on fleek”, says Sage.
“We’re seeing a lot of smokey eyes and ‘vampy’ dark lips at the moment,”
Tolu Oniru ‘Toolz’ and her pilot fiancé Tunde Demuren were main the feature in this article on the  grandness of Nigerian weddings ......
Here is a snippet of the article


 Bridal party ‘squad goals’ Photograph: Tolu Oniru

The year of the undiscovered model. The Jumoke Orisagun and Felicia Ogah effect on streeet hawking

The year of the undiscovered model. Ciara took this photograph in Lagos traffic yesterday and shared it with 10 million people on instagram

...yesterday Ciara 'discovered ' another elegant looking street hawker
....a month ago it was Jumoke (now busier than a bee)
...last year it was Felicia Ogah (now a super model)

 

Video - Ty Bello is one of Kemi Adetiba’s “King Women”

Kemi Adetiba Presents TY Bello as the Third Woman in Her Series, "King Woman"

 ...third "King Woman" is TY Bello
...TY talks about finding God at an early age
...charity and willingness to help and work with a perfect stranger


Photo: TY Bello
TY Bello's love for her craft willingness to help an work with a perfect stranger and intuition led to the discovery and meteoric rise to the worlds consciousness of Olajumoke Orisaguna. This is just one of such projects.
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