The fashion model was born in the late 19th century, a product of the Industrial Revolution. Her role did not exit, as at that time, there were simply no clothes to sell. Fashion had been the reserved for the aristocracy and its influence reached no further than the palace wall. Up until the 19th century, fashion had been prescribed by the client and made to order by dressmakers. Once clothes and designs were available forselling, then the fashion model became a necessity.
Muhammad Ali
Muhammad Ali can be described as a boxer and a sporting icon in his own words as “The Greatest”. Ali once said that it wasn’t boasting if you could back it up, and he surely did that in a career spanning 27 years where he ‘floated like a butterfly’ and ‘stung like a bee’.
He was also one of the richest sportsmen in history earning and amassing a fortune of 65 million dollars by early 1980’s. But Ali started as a normal Afro-American guy who achieved much in later life when he realized that he was in possession of fast legs and hands and an equally fast mouth. He was never afraid of obstacles that came his way in the form of racism, and became stronger in spirit with every impediment he faced in life.
Ali started learning Boxing so he could beat up the person who stole his bike, when he was 12. Later in his later in his career Ali commented that “boxing is a lot of white men watching two black men beat each other up”. Ali was directed towards learning boxing by Louisville police officer Joe E. Martin. Ali’s last amateur loss was to Kent Green of Chicago, who could say he was the last person to defeat the champion until Ali lost to Joe Frazier in 1971 as a professional. Muhammad Ali went on to win six Kentucky Golden Gloves titles, two national Golden Gloves titles, an Amateur Athletic Union National title, and the Light Heavy Weight Gold Medal in the 1960 Olympics in Rome beating Zibigniew Pietrzykowski of Poland. He later turned professional.
Susanthika Jayasinghe
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Susanthika Jayasinghe is a Sri Lankan athlete who became the first Sri Lankan women to receive a model in World Athletic Championships and Olympic Games. Thus she brought Sri Lanka its 2nd Olympic medal since 1948 London Olympics.Her achievements are so remarkable considering her humble beginning and often insurmountable circumstances she had to face during her sports career. She is affectionately known by her fans as “Susi”. Susanthika’s achievements are more remarkable as she is the only Asian women to win a medal at 200m sprint in any Olympics as of 2008.
Susanthika came in to prominence in 1994 Asian Games where she was placed second in the 200m sprint event. After this she acquired accolade after accolade for her athletic performances, culminating in 1997 World Athletic Championships, where she won the silver medal for 200m sprint. After this, she set her eyes on a more glamorous achievement, a gold medal in the forthcoming 2000 Sydney Olympics.
Despite all this “Susi” had obstacles on her way such as accusations, that she was using performance enhancing drugs, which Susanthika claimed was rigged and that charges against her were fabricated by a Sports Ministry official. She was suspended from athletics for this but was later cleared of her charges. Sometime later she went to USA to train under American coach, Tony Campbell.
Historical Places
TOOTH RELIC IN KANDY (DALADA MALIGAWA)
PERADENIYA BOTANICAL GARDEN IN KANDY
Understanding Diabetes
Numbers of diabetes patients are increasing alarmingly in Sri Lanka during past few years. Overall prevalence, which was 6.5% in year 2000, has risen up to 10.2% by 2006. Condition is worsened among urban population were nearly one in 5 persons is suffering from the disease. Therefore it is very important to pay a special attention to over come this problem by all of us.
