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Sunday Funnies: World awash in supermodels

Heidi KlumOne of our more commented-on stories, We're too sexy ... per Victoria's Secret's CEO, received some very funny ones. The best one, that I thought showed the wildest mis-characterization of the worlds population, was "supermodels only make up 7% of the world."

Obviously a few decimal places were left out, otherwise we would have 500 million supermodels. I'm not sure anyone has an exact count, but the number is likely less than a hundred, perhaps two. However, this might explain the rash of UFO sightings -- beings from other planets surely would be eager to travel from light years away to do 'meet and greets' in a world where better than 1 in 15 people were supermodels!

I don't know how our readers are doing with their investments, but there are some that clearly need to get a grip on percentages. The following gem of a coment was sent to my colleague Zac Bissonnette's after his post: Congress grills overpaid executives:

"I personally do not feel that any CEO of publicly traded company should receive more than 300% of the lowest paid permanent employee. Private companies they should receive what ever they can."

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Gisele Bundchen dumps the dollar, demands payment in euros

Brazilian top model Gisele BundchenBloomberg News reports that Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bundchen refuses to be paid in dollars. In addition to landing undefeated (9-0) New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady -- although that relationship could be on the rocks -- she is one savvy currency trader.

Gisele Bundchen is proving to be a shrewd analyst of the U.S. dollar's weakness. When Bundchen signed a contract in August to represent Pantene hair products for Procter & Gamble Co. (NYSE: PG), she demanded payment in euros. She'll also get euros for the deal she reached last October with Dolce & Gabbana SpA in Milan to promote the Italian designer's new fragrance.

"Contracts starting now are more attractive in euros because we don't know what will happen to the dollar," Patricia Bundchen, the model's twin sister and manager in Brazil, said in a telephone interview in September from Sao Paulo.

Those Bundchens are smart cookies! Too bad I can't say the same for Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson and his strong dollar policy.

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Last updated: November 11, 2009: 08:20 AM

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