As expected, the glamorous third wife of French President Nicolas Sarkozy stole the show from him and Queen Elizabeth when the First French Couple visited Windsor Castle on Wednesday. From her Christian Dior outfits to her controversial nude photos, Carla Bruni was the talk of a royalty-obsessed nation that compared the 40-year old former supermodel to two global icons of beauty and style - Princess Diana and Jacqueline Kennedy.

Health officials in mainland China express alarm over reports that a company in Southern China was recycling condoms as hair bands, which they say could pass over the sexually transmitted diseases to whoever will use the recycled condoms, report said Tuesday. Latest report shows that in Dongguan and Guangzhou cities in Guangdong southern province, Chinese-made recycled products such as headbands and rubber bands made of used condoms were seen being openly sold in local markets and beauty shops.

According to the Beer Institute the state of Colorado officially became the largest beer producing state in the country. The Colorado brewing industry produced over 23. 3 million barrels or 724. 5 million gallons of beer. This makes the state tops in production, edging out second place California and other large states such as Texas and New York. A recent study commissioned by the Beer Institute and the National Beer Wholesalers Association (NBWA) also found that the beer industry, made up of brewers, beer importers, beer distributors, brewer suppliers, and retailers, directly and indirectly contributes $12. 4 billion annually to Colorado's economy. The industry's economic impact includes 67,918 jobs - paying $3 billion in wages - as well as $1. 6 billion in federal, state, and local taxes.

Men in Riccione, Italy are strongly protesting over the opening of a women-only beach on the Adriatic coast of Italy but the women are simply loving the new concept. Beach 134 at the Riccione resort features "No Men" signs and also no children are allowed to enter. This way the women are encouraged to keep their children at home or leave them with their father to devote some time to them.

Thailand on Friday holds the tenth annual Miss Tiffany Universe pageant. The beauty contest which brings on stage the most beautiful transvestites from all over the nation, is one of the country's most watched event with millions of viewers. Started as a transsexual cabaret in Pattaya, a resort town about 68 miles southeast of Bangkok, the show has evolved into a full fledged national competition, whose winner like any traditional beauty contest is beset with loads of prizes and contracts with advertising firms.