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Katarzyna
Katarzyna is a Polish given name, equivalent to English "Catherine". Its diminutive forms include Kasia, Katarzynka, Kasieńka, Kasiunia, Kasiulka; augmentative – Kaśka, Kacha, Kachna. Individuals named Katarzyna may choose their name day from the following dates: February 2, February 13, March 9, March 22, March 24, April 1, April 6, April 17, April 29, April 30, May 21, September 4, September 15, November 25, or December 31. Notable people Nobility * Joanna Katarzyna Radziwiłł, Polish noble lady * Katarzyna Barbara Radziwiłł, Polish-Lithuanian szlachcianka * Katarzyna Branicka, Polish noblewoman * Katarzyna Juszczak, Polish-born Italian judoka and freestyle wrestler * Katarzyna Karolina Radziwiłł, Polish noble lady * Katarzyna Kostka, Polish noble lady * Katarzyna Lubomirska, Polish szlachcianka * Katarzyna Ostrogska (1560–1579), Polish noble lady * Katarzyna Ostrogska (1602–1642), Polish szlachcianka * Katarzyna Potocka, Polish noble lady * Katarzyna Sobie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
America's Next Top Model, Cycle 10
The tenth cycle of ''America's Next Top Model'' was the fourth season of the series to be aired on The CW network. The promotional catchphrase of the cycle is "New Faces, New Attitude, New York." The promotional song was "Feedback" by Janet Jackson. A few major changes were made this season. The show was moved back to New York, after being housed in Los Angeles since cycle 4. The number of contestants was also increased to 14, after being maintained at 13 since cycle 5. Finally, the judging panel, unchanged since cycle 5, was also altered; Twiggy was replaced by model Paulina Porizkova due to the former's scheduling conflicts. The prizes for this cycle were: * A modeling contract with Elite Model Management * A fashion spread and cover in '' Seventeen'' * A 100,000 contract with CoverGirl cosmetics The international destination for this cycle was Rome, Italy, the franchises' second of three visits to Italy throughout the current seasons. The winner of the competition was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katarzyna Potocka
Katarzyna is a Polish given name, equivalent to English "Catherine". Its diminutive forms include Kasia, Katarzynka, Kasieńka, Kasiunia, Kasiulka; augmentative – Kaśka, Kacha, Kachna. Individuals named Katarzyna may choose their name day from the following dates: February 2, February 13, March 9, March 22, March 24, April 1, April 6, April 17, April 29, April 30, May 21, September 4, September 15, November 25, or December 31. Notable people Nobility * Joanna Katarzyna Radziwiłł, Polish noble lady * Katarzyna Barbara Radziwiłł, Polish-Lithuanian szlachcianka * Katarzyna Branicka, Polish noblewoman * Katarzyna Juszczak, Polish-born Italian judoka and freestyle wrestler * Katarzyna Karolina Radziwiłł, Polish noble lady * Katarzyna Kostka, Polish noble lady * Katarzyna Lubomirska, Polish szlachcianka * Katarzyna Ostrogska (1560–1579), Polish noble lady * Katarzyna Ostrogska (1602–1642), Polish szlachcianka * Katarzyna Potocka, Polish noble lady * Katarzyna Sobies ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katarzyna Karolina Radziwiłł
Katarzyna is a Polish given name, equivalent to English " Catherine". Its diminutive forms include Kasia, Katarzynka, Kasieńka, Kasiunia, Kasiulka; augmentative – Kaśka, Kacha, Kachna. Individuals named Katarzyna may choose their name day from the following dates: February 2, February 13, March 9, March 22, March 24, April 1, April 6, April 17, April 29, April 30, May 21, September 4, September 15, November 25, or December 31. Notable people Nobility * Joanna Katarzyna Radziwiłł, Polish noble lady * Katarzyna Barbara Radziwiłł, Polish-Lithuanian szlachcianka * Katarzyna Branicka, Polish noblewoman * Katarzyna Juszczak, Polish-born Italian judoka and freestyle wrestler * Katarzyna Karolina Radziwiłł, Polish noble lady * Katarzyna Kostka, Polish noble lady * Katarzyna Lubomirska, Polish szlachcianka * Katarzyna Ostrogska (1560–1579), Polish noble lady * Katarzyna Ostrogska (1602–1642), Polish szlachcianka * Katarzyna Potocka, Polish noble lady * Katarzy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katarzyna Łaniewska
Katarzyna Janina Łaniewska-Błaszczak (20 June 1933 – 7 December 2020) was a Polish theatre and film actress, opposition activist in the Polish People's Republic, and a political activist since 1989. Biography Both of Katarzyna Łaniewska's parents came from Łódź. Her father was an activist of the co-operative movement and a Polish legionnaire during World War I, who was considered a "dangerous element" by the Nazis and murdered at Auschwitz after he was denounced by a colleague of Belarusian origin. Along with her mother and siblings, she survived the Warsaw Uprising, and was sent to the transit camp in Pruszków. Łaniewska and her family returned to Warsaw on 17 January 1945. After the war, she joined the "harcerstwo" (polish version of Scouting). In 1955, she graduated from the Theatre Academy in Warsaw, and made her debut in the same year. She was president of the Warsaw branch of the Association of Polish Stage Artists (ZASP) and from 1992 to 2006 served on the S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katarzyna Kobro
Katarzyna Kobro (26 January 1898 – 21 February 1951) was a Polish avant-garde sculptor and a prominent representative of the Constructivist movement in Poland. A pioneer of innovative multi-dimensional abstract sculpture, she rejected Aestheticism and advocated for the integration of spatial rhythm and scientific advances into visual art. Born in Moscow to a family of mixed German and Russian heritage, Kobro immigrated to Poland in the 1920s where she produced most of her work. Together with her husband, Władysław Strzemiński, she worked on the concept of Spatiality by incorporating spatial composition as well as prefabricated elements and industrial or man-made products into sculpture. Early life Katarzyna Kobro was born on 26 January, 1898 in Moscow, in what was then the Russian Empire, to a multicultural family. Her father, Nikolai Alexander Michael von Kobro, came from a family of Baltic Germans from present-day Latvia, and her mother, Evgenia Rozanov, was Ru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katarzyna Figura
Katarzyna Małgorzata Figura (Polish pronunciation: ; born 22 March 1962) is a Polish film, theatre and television actress. She is sometimes billed as "Kasia Figura", as in ''Prêt-à-Porter'', Robert Altman's 1994 film. Career Figura was born in Warsaw, Poland. She graduated from the National Academy of Dramatic Art in Warsaw and continued her studies at the Parisian Conservatoire d'Art Dramatique. She is one of the most recognized and popular actresses in the contemporary Polish film industry. She often played blond bombshells, prostitutes, and wives of rich men. Recently, she has changed her image radically in favor of more mature characters, very often sorrowful and embittered. Katarzyna Figura still appears in TV shows. For many years, she has been featured in single episodes of popular sitcoms, and has regularly appeared in the show ''Witches'' (since 2005). In 2004, she made her come-back to theater after a long-term absence. Her role in ''Alina to the West'' by Pawe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katarzyna Kozyra
Katarzyna Kozyra (born 1963) is a Polish video artist. She studied German studies at the University of Warsaw (1985–1988). In 1993, she also graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw where she studied sculpture and Hochschule für Graphik und Buchkunst in Leipzig. Kozryra received a ''Paszport Polityki'' award in 1997 as the most promising artist in Poland. She has exhibited internationally since 1997, at venues including Brown University and Carnegie International in the U.S. Her art was involved in a 1999 censorship incident in Poland. Her photo portrait of Slawomir Belina in a Warsaw exhibition in 2000 was also controversial for its alleged eroticism, as his anus was in the centre of the composition. Since 2003 Kozyra has received a DAAD grant, and has developed a new form of performance involving operatic singing. In 1999, she represented Poland in the 48th Venice Biennale where she won an honorable mention and commendation for video installation "Men’s Bathho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katarzyna Tomicka
Katarzyna Tomicka (c.1517–1551) was a Polish noblewoman, known as the sister-in-law and opponent of her sister-in-law queen Barbara Radziwiłł. Katarzyna was born in Iwno, the third daughter of podkomorzy of Kalisz, Jan Tomicki h. Łodzia and sister-aunt of the Court Marshal and Bishop of Kraków, Piotr Tomicki h. Łodzia. She died in Wilno. Her sons initiated the so-called "Calvinist lineage" of the Radziwiłł family. The male line expired in 1669. Marriage and issue Katarzyna married Mikołaj "Rudy" Radziwiłł around 1542 and had three children: * Mikołaj Radziwiłł, married Aleksandra Wiśniowiecka h. Korybut and later Zofia Helena Hlebowicz Połońska h. Leliwa * Krzysztof Mikołaj "the Thunderbolt" Radziwiłł, was married to Katarzyna Sobek z Sulejówka h. Brochowicz, Princess Katarzyna Ostrogska, Katarzyna Tęczyńska h. Tópor and Princess Elizaveta Ostrogska Princess Elizaveta Ostrogska (1539–1582), also known as ''Elżbieta'' or ''Hal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katarzyna Juszczak
Katarzyna Juszczak married Schillaci (born 4 March 1972 in Wrocław) is a retired amateur Polish-born Italian judoka and freestyle wrestler, who competed in the women's heavyweight category. She achieved top eight finishes in the 72-kg division at the World Championships (2002 and 2005), and also participated in two editions of the Olympic Games (1992 and 2004) under different banners. She is the mather of the Italian judoka and paralympic Champion Carolina Costa. Biography Starting her sporting career as a judoka for AZS-AWF Wrocław, Juszczak made her official debut at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, where she competed in the women's 72 kg division. She ousted Ecuador's María Cangá in her opening match, before losing out to eventual Olympic champion Kim Mi-jung of South Korea by a powerful ippon within ten seconds. Twelve years after her last Olympics, Juszczak qualified for her fresh Italian squad in the women's 72 kg class at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katarzyna Rogowiec
Katarzyna Rogowiec (born 14 October 1977) is a Polish Paralympian. She won two gold medals at the 2006 Winter Paralympics in Turin in cross-country skiing, and also competes at the highest levels in biathlon (current world champion). Rogowiec hails from the Polish mountain folk ( pl, górale). She was born in Rabka-Zdrój, Poland. She is an economist by training, and lives in Kraków, while training in Nowy Sącz. She won three silver medals at the 2003 World Championships, and was the world champion in biathlon in the 12.5 km Individual at the 2005 World Championships. When she was three years old,Participants Kilimanjaro 2008 – Against the Odds she suffered a debilitating accident at harvest, when a [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katarzyna Branicka
Countess Katarzyna Branicka, Katarzyna Potocka, née Branicka Korczak coat of arms (1825–1907) was a Polish noblewoman and art collector. Through her paternal grandmother, Aleksandra Branicka, she was a putative great-grandchild of Catherine the Great. She had two sisters and four brothers, the eldest of whom was the French exile, financier and philanthropist, Count Xavier Branicki.Władysław Konopczyński, "Franciszek Ksawery Branicki”, Dictionary of National Biography, vol. II, Kraków: Polish Academy of Learning – Skład Główny w Księgarniach Gebethner i Wolff. 1936, p. 398. She married Count Adam Józef Potocki on 26 October 1847 in Dresden Dresden (, ; Upper Saxon: ''Dräsdn''; wen, label=Upper Sorbian, Drježdźany) is the capital city of the German state of Saxony and its second most populous city, after Leipzig. It is the 12th most populous city of Germany, the fourth .... Chopin dedicated his Waltz in A-flat major to her. It was the last ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
