Australian sportswoman Ellyse Perry has played for both the Australian cricket and football teams. She’s the youngest person ever to represent Australia in cricket and when Ellyse kicked off her media career as a host on Football Stars of Tomorrow, she showed she had what it takes to capture people’s attention off the football pitch too.
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Beau Ryan
Rugby player Beau Ryan can look pretty scary in a scrum, but for his frequent TV appearances he has to scrub up, and the ladies most certainly aren’t complaining about it.
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Stephanie Rice
Olympic swimmer Stephanie Rice won three gold medals at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. She’s now planning to utilise her fame and her looks to launch her own swimwear range and recently appeared on Celebrity Apprentice.
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Michael Clarke
Australian cricketer Michael Clarke, nicknamed Pup, is the only Test batsman to ever achieve four double centuries in a calendar year. And he looks just as good in black tie as he does in cricket whites.
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Sally Fitzgibbons
Pro surfer Sally Fitzgibbons is the first person to ever hold the US and Australian Open surf titles at the same time. She’s sponsored by Roxy, Red Bull, Uge Footware and Firewire Surfboards – meaning she’s photographed as much on a board as she is on a red carpet.
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Sally Pearson
Olympic hurdler Sally Pearson won the 2012 Olympics 100 metre hurdles. Her manager predicted millions in sponsorship deals as a result of her win, but this failed to materialise, somewhat surprisingly given how photogenic she is.
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Torah Bright
Torah Bright is perhaps the most famous female snowboarder in the world. Crowned TTR World Tour Champion and winner of the Nippon Open and World Superpipe Championship, Torah is equally at home on the slopes as she is backstage at fashion shows in New York.
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Adam Ashley-Cooper
Adam Ashley-Cooper was the only player in the 2011 Rugby World Cup to play all 560 minutes of the games without a single rest. He might be six foot and ninety kilos but this indestructible sportsman has been known to also pull out all the stops when called on to collect an award.
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Lolo Jones
Olympic hurdler Lolo Jones is the US record holder for the 60m hurdles but is perhaps more famous for her semi-nude photography shoot for ESPN magazine and for her media appearances, including on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno.
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Tom Brady
Tom Brady is almost better known these days as the husband of supermodel Gisele, but the NFL player is one of only two football players to win the coveted Most Valuable Player award multiple times. Since marrying a supermodel, his off the football field fashion has taken a leap forward and he’s become something of a style icon.
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They may spend most of their time sweating in Lycra, but these ten sports stars are as capable of winning on the red carpet as they are of winning a gold medal.