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Actress Elizabeth Hurley had one. So did supermodel Claudia Schiffer. Ex-Spice Girl Victoria Beckham and singer Toni Braxton had two each. TV mom Patricia Heaton had four. They're so popular among the upper class in Brazil that the only way you won't get one in Rio de Janeiro, as the joke goes, is if your doctor gets stuck in traffic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Too Posh To Push? | 4/19/2004 | See Source »

...term “metrosexual” first became popular when David Beckham dubbed himself a member of this elusive breed in a British men’s magazine. The fact that a popular, heterosexual male could be in touch with his feminine side and still be married—to the former lead singer of the Spice Girls—gave metrosexuality the legitimacy it needed. This legitimacy was further cemented by the success of the TV show “Queer Eye For The Straight Guy,” in which five gay men makeover a heterosexual...

Author: By Brian A. Finn, | Title: Metrosexualizing Our Identity | 3/25/2004 | See Source »

METROSEXUAL A heterosexual with hair gel, as popularized by Queer Eye for the Straight Guy and British soccer god David Beckham. By year's end it was already...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Year In Buzzwords | 12/29/2003 | See Source »

...attended an exclusive New York City prep school and played lacrosse in Connecticut. "Do you know how hard it was to come back to my neighborhood in penny loafers with khaki pants and a blazer?" Dash asks. And he recently produced comeback singles for the former Posh Spice, Victoria Beckham, whose British girl-band, the Spice Girls, briefly ruled the late-'90s airwaves...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Entrepreneurs: Dashing Diversification | 12/8/2003 | See Source »

...tourist dollars flowing again, the government initiated a nearly $200 million recovery scheme. Dubbed the Relaunch Hong Kong promotion, the three-month-old campaign has already wooed Chinese basketball titan Yao Ming, soccer superstar David Beckham and their respective teams. The campaign has collaborated with airlines and hotels to offer special discounts. United Airlines, which has just announced a resumption of its regular flight schedule, is offering a five-day air-and-hotel package from the U.S. starting at $499. Cathay Pacific and Singapore Airlines have a joint six-night, eight-day Hong Kong and Lion City package...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Global Life: Alive and Kicking | 9/22/2003 | See Source »

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