April 22nd, 2007, 11:43
ThailandтАЩs tennis star to wed former Miss Universe
Daily Times of Pakistan
BANGKOK: ThailandтАЩs tennis hero Paradorn Srichaphan is engaged to a former Miss Universe and the couple are expected to tie the knot in Bangkok later this year, reports said on Saturday. ??Paradorn, 28, and Natalie Glebova, a 25-year-old Canadian beauty, have тАЬdeveloped a special relationshipтАЭ and they will announce their engagement at a news conference in Bangkok on Tuesday, the English-daily Nation said. The couple will tie the knot by the end of this year in тАЬone of the most celebrated weddings of 2007,тАЭ the paper said, while the Thai-language Daily News said the wedding would likely take place in November. Paradorn, the former world number nine, and Glebova were first seen together last year when she kissed him as a reward for beating BritainтАЩs Tim Henman in the quarter-finals of the Thailand Open, the Nation said. ??Glebova, who won the 2005 Miss Universe title in the pageant held in Thailand, is also popular here. She has visited a temple-turned-hospice for AIDS patients and has worked as a тАЬbrand ambassadorтАЭ for the kingdomтАЩs Singha beer. Paradorn was long AsiaтАЩs top-rated menтАЩs player before sliding out of the worldтАЩs top 50 for the first time in five years in 2006. He has also become a staple of gossip magazines as he used to date ThailandтАЩs pop diva Tata Young. afp
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Daily Times of Pakistan
BANGKOK: ThailandтАЩs tennis hero Paradorn Srichaphan is engaged to a former Miss Universe and the couple are expected to tie the knot in Bangkok later this year, reports said on Saturday. ??Paradorn, 28, and Natalie Glebova, a 25-year-old Canadian beauty, have тАЬdeveloped a special relationshipтАЭ and they will announce their engagement at a news conference in Bangkok on Tuesday, the English-daily Nation said. The couple will tie the knot by the end of this year in тАЬone of the most celebrated weddings of 2007,тАЭ the paper said, while the Thai-language Daily News said the wedding would likely take place in November. Paradorn, the former world number nine, and Glebova were first seen together last year when she kissed him as a reward for beating BritainтАЩs Tim Henman in the quarter-finals of the Thailand Open, the Nation said. ??Glebova, who won the 2005 Miss Universe title in the pageant held in Thailand, is also popular here. She has visited a temple-turned-hospice for AIDS patients and has worked as a тАЬbrand ambassadorтАЭ for the kingdomтАЩs Singha beer. Paradorn was long AsiaтАЩs top-rated menтАЩs player before sliding out of the worldтАЩs top 50 for the first time in five years in 2006. He has also become a staple of gossip magazines as he used to date ThailandтАЩs pop diva Tata Young. afp
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