"County of Artois The County of Artois (, ) was an historic province of the Kingdom of France, held by the Dukes of Burgundy from 1384 until 1477/82, and a state of the Holy Roman Empire from 1493 until 1659. Present Artois lies in northern France, on the border with Belgium. Its territory has an area of around 4000 km² and a population of about one million. Its principal cities are Arras (Atrecht), Calais (Kales), Boulogne-sur-Mer (Bonen), Saint-Omer (Sint-Omaars), Lens and Béthune. It forms the interior of the French département Pas-de-Calais. Originally a feudal county itself, Artois was annexed by"
"Carmen Silvera Carmen Dorothy Blanche Silvera (2 June 1922 – 3 August 2002) was a British comic actress, who was born in Canada of Spanish descent, she moved to Coventry, England, with her family when she was a child. She appeared on television regularly in the 1960s, and achieved mainstream fame in the 1980s as her starring role in British television programme, ""'Allo 'Allo!"" as Edith Artois. During World War II, Silvera was evacuated to Montreal and narrowly escaped death when, at the last minute, her name was taken off the passenger list of troopship SS Athenia that was sunk"
"worn by celebrities like Rihanna and Beyoncé. She uses her mother's maiden name for her brand. Jean is a mother of two, and resides in Rome with her children. Stella Jean Stella Jean (; born 1979) is a Haitian-Italian fashion designer who lives and works in Rome, and who is considered to be Giorgio Armani's protégé. Jean's work often merges classical Italian tailoring with African and Caribbean themes and imagery from Haiti, in a cultural fusion of her own identity. Jean was born and raised in Rome to a Haitian mother, Violette Jean, and an Italian father, Marcello Novarino in"
"Stella Jean Stella Jean (; born 1979) is a Haitian-Italian fashion designer who lives and works in Rome, and who is considered to be Giorgio Armani's protégé. Jean's work often merges classical Italian tailoring with African and Caribbean themes and imagery from Haiti, in a cultural fusion of her own identity. Jean was born and raised in Rome to a Haitian mother, Violette Jean, and an Italian father, Marcello Novarino in 1979. She studied political science at Sapienza University of Rome, before dropping out to model for Egon von Fürstenberg, fashion designer and ex-husband of Diane von Fürstenberg. It is"
"Stella Bloch Stella Bloch or Stella Coomaraswamy (18 December 1897 – 20 January 1999) was an American artist, dancer and journalist. She headlined as a dancer in Rochester, New York. She also worked as an artist and her work is in several collections. Bloch was born in Tarnów in Austria-Hungary's kingdom of Galicia & Lodomeria (now Tarnów, Poland), because her mother Charlotte returned from New York City to give birth on 18 December 1897. Her family was Jewish. Stella was brought up on East 54th Street in Manhattan with her mother; her aunt and uncle, Bernard and Pauline Offner and"
"and Katharine Hepburn were collectors of Bloch's work. Stella Bloch Stella Bloch or Stella Coomaraswamy (18 December 1897 – 20 January 1999) was an American artist, dancer and journalist. She headlined as a dancer in Rochester, New York. She also worked as an artist and her work is in several collections. Bloch was born in Tarnów in Austria-Hungary's kingdom of Galicia & Lodomeria (now Tarnów, Poland), because her mother Charlotte returned from New York City to give birth on 18 December 1897. Her family was Jewish. Stella was brought up on East 54th Street in Manhattan with her mother; her"
"Stella Marks Stella Lewis Marks MVO, RMS, ASMP (November 27, 1887 – November 18, 1985) was born in the City of Melbourne, Australia. She was an artist, active in Australia, the United States of America, and Great Britain. She is best known as a portrait miniaturist, although she also made larger works in oils, charcoal, and pastels. She was a member of the Royal Society of Miniature Painters, Sculptors and Gravers, and the American Society of Miniature Painters. In the early 20th century, she painted a number of well-known personalities, particularly in America, before moving to the UK in 1934."
"Stella Ashcroft Stella Ashcroft (born 27 July 2002) is an artistic gymnast from New Zealand, specialising in the vault, beam and floor events. In 2018 she competed at the Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast, Australia. Ashcroft is from Christchurch, New Zealand. In 2016 she won a bronze medal at the Pacific Rim Championships. In 2017, she won gold, silver and bronze medals at the Junior Commonwealth Gymnastics Championships in Namibia. In 2018 Ashcroft received a New Zealand Racing Board Scholarship. In 2018 she competed at the gymnastics World Cup in Melbourne, Australia, her first event as a senior athlete."
"Stella Ashcroft Stella Ashcroft (born 27 July 2002) is an artistic gymnast from New Zealand, specialising in the vault, beam and floor events. In 2018 she competed at the Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast, Australia. Ashcroft is from Christchurch, New Zealand. In 2016 she won a bronze medal at the Pacific Rim Championships. In 2017, she won gold, silver and bronze medals at the Junior Commonwealth Gymnastics Championships in Namibia. In 2018 Ashcroft received a New Zealand Racing Board Scholarship. In 2018 she competed at the gymnastics World Cup in Melbourne, Australia, her first event as a senior athlete."
"Alexandra Stewart Alexandra Stewart (born June 10, 1939) is a Canadian actress. Born in Montreal, Quebec, Alexandra Stewart left for Paris, France, in 1958, to study art. Within a year, she made her film debut in ""Les Motards"", and has since then enjoyed a steady career in both French- and English-language films. Besides her cinema career, she regularly appeared on television in shows such as ""Les Jeux de 20 heures"" and ""L'Académie des neuf"". She has also appeared in the 1981 cartoon ""Space Stars"" and had cameos in """", ""The Saint"" and ""Danger Man"" (TV Series) . Notably, she is"
"and aimed at helping trade workers in disadvantaged communities in Africa. In April 2014 she was selected by the Victoria and Albert Museum in London to exhibit several outfits in its ""Glamour of Italian Fashion 1945-2014"" exhibition. Her brand is based in Rome but is stocked in specialty boutiques worldwide. Such as Matches Fashion, The Corner, Moda Operandi, Farfetch, United Arrows, and Alara Lagos. Stella Jean's designs reflect her Creole heritage, and she often works with Haitian and African artisans, incorporating their work into her fashions. Through her use of native craftspeople, she seeks to support struggling countries and communities"
"Stella Maxwell Stella Maynes Maxwell (born 15 May 1990) is a Belgium-born New Zealand model known for being a Victoria's Secret Angel and the face of Max Factor. Maxwell was born in Brussels, Belgium to Northern Irish parents, Stella Maynes and former Diplomat Maurice Maxwell. She has three older siblings. Maxwell was raised in Belgium until she was 13 years old, where she attended the European School, Woluwe. She then moved with her family to Canberra, Australia, where they stayed for one year before moving to Wellington, New Zealand when she was 14. She attended Queen Margaret College and the"
"of Dalom Queen. Pamtengo radio is promoting Southern African music in London. LOVE HAS AN OWNER,(2015) was her first full afro gospel album.She is currently busy working on her new album. Stella Kavendjii Stella Tjazuko !Naruses is a popular Namibian musician. She was born in Omaruru, Namibia and raised in the township of Mondesa, Swakopmund.STELLA is one of the many impressionable artists of the Namibian music breeds, but an individual in her own right. She is praised for her wildly inventive presentations in music and respected for her down-to-earth personality. With her grace, beauty, charm, and gift for entertaining, STELLA"
"Stella Mwangi Stella Nyambura Mwangi (born 1 September 1986), also known by the stage name STL, is a Kenyan-Norwegian singer, songwriter and rapper. Mwangi writes a lot of her music about the situation in her home country Kenya, and about discrimination both Stella and her family had to go through after moving to Norway in 1991. Her work has been used in films such as """" and ""Save the Last Dance 2"", and also in TV-series such as """" and ""Scrubs"". She has won several awards including; the Kisima Awards, Clops Awards and Jeermaan Awards, she is one of the"
"Stella (singer) Stella is the stage name of Stella Huang (), born December 17, 1980, as Stella Ng, a singer-actress and former model who has become a pop star in much of the Chinese-speaking world, including Hong Kong and Taiwan. Though born in Singapore, she has primarily resided and worked in Taiwan in recent years. Apart from her duties as a recording artist, she also acts for a variety of television serials in Taiwan and Singapore. Some of her serials have included a lead role as Sam in MediaCorp's ""Beautiful Trio"" with award-winning veteran actresses Huang Biren and Ivy Lee,"
"Carlos Stella Carlos Stella (born 1961 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine composer. Self-taught in composition, Stella studied piano at the Buenos Aires National Conservatory of Music and in 1985 he was invited by Krzysztof Penderecki to the Cracow Academy of Music. Back in Buenos Aires he received other scholarships from the Fondo Nacional de las Artes and the Fundación Antorchas and began to work for the Teatro del Sur with director Alberto Félix Alberto. He lives in Berlin, Germany, since 1999. His style is notable for combining multiple elements of heterogeneous musical traditions like gagaku, Noh and kabuki, sequences"
"Edith Artois Edith Melba Artois (Edith spelled Édith in French), also referred to as Madame Edith, is the fictional main antagonist character in the BBC sitcom ""'Allo 'Allo!"", which ran from 1982 to 1992. The character was played by Carmen Silvera. Little is known about Edith's family, except that she married childhood sweetheart Rene Artois, aged 16. She is the only child of Fanny La Fan, and her stepfather is Ernest LeClerc. It is hinted at that either Ernest or his brother, Roger is her father. She loves Rene, but he prefers their waitresses/servants: Yvette, Maria and Mimi. When Edith"
"Beverly Jo Scott Beverly Jo Scott (born May 15, 1959), also known as B. J. Scott, is an American-born singer-songwriter living in Brussels, Belgium. Born in Deer Park, Alabama, Beverly Jo Scott grew up nearby in Bay Minette, where, as a teen, she began singing. She moved to New Orleans, Louisiana, then to California and, ultimately, in 1982, to Europe after a trip to Brussels, Belgium, resulted in her living there. In Europe, she has regularly performed in France and Germany at festivals and large music halls. She has been developing Planet Janis, a tribute show to the late Janis"
"and ""Piper"". In July 2014, AMBI Group announced it had optioned the rights to Stella's screenplay ""O.O.B.I."", which in June 2014 won the award for Best Screenplay at the third edition of the Italian Contemporary Film Festival in Toronto. Stella has been a spokesperson for various commercial products (primarily clothing and cosmetics) and for several charitable causes. Stella often visits Italian television talk shows to promote her acting projects and interests. She has also been a prank victim on Italian television's ""Scherzi a Parte"", and she acted in the music video for the song ""Eternal woman"" by the Belgian band"
"Lara Fabian Lara Sophie Katy Crokaert (born 9 January 1970), better known as Lara Fabian, is a Canadian-Belgian singer, songwriter, musician, actress and producer. She sold over 20 million records worldwide as of September 2017 and is one of the best-selling Belgian artists of all time. She was born in Etterbeek, Brussels to a Belgian father and a Sicilian mother. Since 1996 she holds a Canadian citizenship alongside the original Belgian. As of 2015 she lived in Walloon Brabant province in Belgium just outside Brussels. She has since moved back to Montreal. Fabian is the only child of Pierre Crokaert,"
"artist to receive this honorary degree after Auguste Rodin in 1906. Stella joined dealer Leo Castelli's roster of artists in 1959. Since 2014, he has been represented worldwide in an exclusive arrangement shared by Dominique Lévy Gallery and Marianne Boesky Gallery. Frank Stella Frank Philip Stella (born May 12, 1936) is an American painter, sculptor and printmaker, noted for his work in the areas of minimalism and post-painterly abstraction. Stella lives and works in New York City. Frank Stella was born in Malden, Massachusetts, to parents of Italian descent. His father was a gynecologist, and his mother was an artistically"
"Lola Marois Lola Marois, born 5 November 1982, in Paris, also known as Lola Marois-Bigard and Lola Bigard, is a French singer and comedian. Marois's father was a fashion photographer; her mother was a writer. She grew up in Spain, Los Angeles and Paris, where she earned a degree in literature with a minor in theater, and a DEUG in modern literature. She then took a Cours Florent at the Oscar Sisto Academy. She made her theatrical debut at 12 playing more than 10 pieces of Parisian theater from baroque to contemporary. Next, she played comic roles in the Théâtre"
"Amanda Strang Amanda Strang () also known as Amanda S is a French actress, singer, presenter and former fashion model based in Hong Kong. She appeared in 2001 movie ""Martial Angels"" and was a presenter on the food related television show ""Market Trotter"". In 2011 she opened her own French pâtisserie ""petiteAmanda"" in Hong Kong. Strang was born in 1980 in Tahiti, French Polynesia to a French father and a Taiwanese mother. Being raised in Hong Kong, she moved with her family to India at age nine before starting to model and subsequently entering the film industry. Over the course"
"Her album ""À côté du soleil"" was released a few months later. On this album, Lara Fabian wrote the song ""Faire semblant"". In 2008, she came out with her latest album, ""Je te dirais que tout est beau"". The video clip Le Parfum, appeals the French public. This video was shot in one of the most paris prestigious hotel, the champs elysees plaza hotel. Cristina Marocco Cristina Marocco (born 21 March 1972 in Turin, Italy) is an Italian singer and actress. Cristina Marocco's father had Sicilian origin; some believe that one of his grandparents came from Morocco; for this reason"
"Stella Ruiz White Stella Ruiz White (also known as Stella Ruiz or Estella White; born August 13, 1975 in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines) is a former international fashion model and an actress, singer, musician, concert producer and entrepreneur from the Philippines. She achieved recognition from her role in the action movie, Sambahin Mo Ang Katawan Ko (1995). She was nominated as Best Newcomer for this role by Star Awards in 1996. Stella is the daughter of Patricia Ruiz and Ernest Eugene White. At age 14, she was discovered by Renee Salud and became a runway and commercial model. Stella"
"Bélgica Castro Bélgica Castro Sierra (born 6 March 1921) is a prominent Chilean actress who has participated in more than 100 plays. Currently, she is the country's longest-living actress. She has won numerous awards, including the 1995 National Prize for Performing and Audiovisual Arts. Bélgica Castro, the daughter of Spanish anarchist parents, was born in Concepción and studied in Temuco. In 1940, she traveled to Santiago to study Spanish at the of the University of Chile, where she joined the theater group Cadip. Then, along with other young artists led by , she founded the in 1941. Hired by the"
"and the United States. Juliana Areias Juliana Areias (often referred to as The Bossa Nova Baby) is a Brazilian singer-songwriter based in Australia. She is best known for her Bossa Nova-style and her album Bossa Nova Baby, released in 2015. She has toured internationally and also recorded six albums with Márcio Catunda. Areias was born in São Paulo and exposed to music from a young age. As a teenager, Areias met Ruy Castro, a journalist known for documenting much of the early Bossa Nova movement. She attributes Castro and her direct exposure to the movement as her inspiration to become"
"Cristina Marocco Cristina Marocco (born 21 March 1972 in Turin, Italy) is an Italian singer and actress. Cristina Marocco's father had Sicilian origin; some believe that one of his grandparents came from Morocco; for this reason he was called ""Marocco"", which means ""Morocco"" in the Italian language. Cristina Marocco became famous as an actress in her home country. She met Marc Lavoine and recorded with him the song ""J'ai tout oublié"", which became a huge hit in France and 2001. Marocco worked then on her first album, and her first single from this album, ""Appelle-moi"", was released in May 2003."
"and preserve their ancestral arts and traditions. She works with industry to generate commercial enterprise and self-sustaining local communities, focusing on women’s empowerment. She began her partnership with Ethical Fashion Initiative in 2013 when she extended her reach into a wider range of ethical produced items like bespoke Bogolan (mud-cloth) from Mali and Jewelry from Haiti. Stella Jean is a self-taught Italian-Haitian designer. Her desire is to make ethically sound clothes by helping the less advantaged women in the world. By doing so she will be able to create bold and colorful clothing inside and out. Her designs have been"
"over the years, with various themes and titles, such as ""Pinups, Parasols, and Pianos"", ""East Meets West, a Rising Sun"", and ""House of Pop and Soul"". In April, 2015, Stella's painting, ""Houses of the Holy VI"" was selected by Saatchi curator Rebecca Wilson in her top 10 choices for works for the Saatchi Art ""Big and Bold"" collection. Her most recent international exhibit, entitled ""7"", opened March 19, 2016 at Abbozzo Gallery in Toronto, Ontario. Stella Michaels Stella Michaels is an American painter and musician, born and raised in New York City who is also a curator at Stray Kat"
"Stella Getz Stella Getz (born 10 October 1976) is a Norwegian singer and former popstar. Born in Nigeria, she grew up in Trondheim. Her single, the Eurodance-song ""Friends"" from 1993 became a big hit in Norway and other countries in Europe. The music video went often on MTV and she became popular especially in Germany. Here, she toured with names like Dr. Alban and 2 Unlimited. Her other singles were ""Dr. Love"", ""Yeah Yeah"", ""All in All"", and ""Ta-di-di-boom"". In 1994, her debut album, ""Forbidden Dreams"" was released. In 1995, Stella Getz was engaged to the Norwegian popstar Espen Lind."
"Stella Getz Stella Getz (born 10 October 1976) is a Norwegian singer and former popstar. Born in Nigeria, she grew up in Trondheim. Her single, the Eurodance-song ""Friends"" from 1993 became a big hit in Norway and other countries in Europe. The music video went often on MTV and she became popular especially in Germany. Here, she toured with names like Dr. Alban and 2 Unlimited. Her other singles were ""Dr. Love"", ""Yeah Yeah"", ""All in All"", and ""Ta-di-di-boom"". In 1994, her debut album, ""Forbidden Dreams"" was released. In 1995, Stella Getz was engaged to the Norwegian popstar Espen Lind."
"Italy), Museo d'Arte Classica (Zola Predosa, Italy), and The West Collection (Oaks, Pennsylvania). She is represented by the Victoria Miro Gallery in London and Galleria Monica De Cardenas in Milan and Zuoz. Chantal Joffe Chantal Joffe (born 5 October 1969) is an English artist based in London. Her often large-scale paintings generally depict women and children. In 2006, she received the prestigious Charles Wollaston Award from the Royal Academy. Chantal Joffe was born in St. Albans, Hertfordshire. Her younger brother is contemporary artist and novelist Jasper Joffe. Their mother, Daryll Joffe, is also an artist, painting in watercolours. Joffe completed"