Lingerie Fighting Championships’ Teri London is a former Beyonce backup dancer
December 9, 2015 by admin
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LAS VEGAS, NV – AUGUST 07: Fighters (L-R, front row) Kris “The Raven” Blackwell, Allie “Babydoll” Parks, Holly “The Lotus” Mei, Vivian “The Valkyrie” Voss, Shelly “Aphrodite” DaSilva, Jenny “Bloody” Valentine and MaiNe “Main Event” Morgan, (L-R center row) Riley “Nuclear” Norris, Chloe “Ladykillah” Cameron, Teri “Feisty Fists” London, Lauren “The Animal” Erickson and Feather “The Hammer” Hadden, (L-R, back row) Cali Cat, Sheila “Crash” Cardinal, Jessie “El Toro” Santos and Jenevieve “The Sorceress” Serpentine pose during their weigh-in for “Lingerie Fighting Championships 20: A Midsummer Night’s Dream” at The Ainsworth at the Hard Rock Hotel Casino on August 7, 2015 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The live, pay-per-view event is scheduled to feature eight bouts at the Hard Rock on August 8.
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If fighter Teri “Feisty Fists” London looked familiar when your watched Lingerie Fighting Championships’ “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” pay-per-view earlier this fall, well, you’ve got a LOT of range when it comes to your pop culture fanhood.
The 5’3″ Muay thai specialist in the black and maroon lace has also been seen in (slightly) more clothing as a backup dancer for the likes of Britney Spears and Beyonce Knowles, the latter of whom featured London in her 2011 video for “Run the World (Girls).”
But if the Lingerie Fighting Championships just seems like a low-brow way for the Orlando native to earn a little cash by showing off her assets, you might reserve your judgment of the LFC.
This is no sports bar “foxy boxing.” These women train hard and hit harder.
London lost her debut fight at LFC 19 before rebounding in August to beat Lauren “The Animal” Erickson in August 2015 at “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” (aka LFC 20).
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Androgynous Model Rain Dove on Her Controversial Lingerie Photos: ‘Victoria’s …
December 9, 2015 by admin
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With her short hair and androgynous looks, Rain Dove doesn’t fit the mold of the typical Victoria’s Secret model – but she thinks it’s time for the lingerie retailer to break that mold.
“The first thing you put on in the morning is your lingerie, and you have to look at yourself and tell yourself that you’re beautiful, and that’s really hard to do when even a simple catalog can’t confirm that you’re wearing something appropriately or look good enough,” Dove, 26, tells PEOPLE.
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So the model – who says she is regularly told she is not feminine enough – did a photo shoot wearing Victoria’s Secret lingerie to prove that everyone is beautiful, even if society seems to tell them differently. Dove juxtaposed her photos with edited images featuring actual Victoria’s Secret models to show that sexiness is subjective.
“I decided I’m not going to wait for the big moment when Victoria’s Secret would say this is acceptable,” she says. “I figured I would just do a photo shoot, and show people that I’m not afraid to do this, and they shouldn’t be either. They shouldn’t be ashamed of their bodies.”
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Dove hopes the brand will continue to diversify the type of women they feature in their advertisements and their annual fashion show.
“Victoria’s Secret should highlight real women that actually purchase their clothing,” she says. “I would love for them to start featuring more real bodies and diverse women. Victoria’s Secret has the ability to tell people, ‘It’s okay,’ when they wake up in the morning. They have the ability to change lives.”
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And if Victoria’s Secret sees the photos and wants to give her her own set of angel wings, she would gladly accept them.
“I’ve always wanted to be a Victoria’s Secret angel,” she says. “I think it would be great, but I wouldn’t want to do that unless Victoria’s Secret was able to embrace me as a whole person – my lifestyle, my sexuality, and the ability to wear lingerie, while also wearing a suit.”