Posh and Becks are the top role models for schoolchildren, a study revealed yesterday.More than half of teachers said pupils wanted to be like David Beckham. And almost a third said kids copy Victoria.
Other idols were Chelsea ace Frank Lampard, actress Kiera Knightly, Dr Who star David Tennant, and heiress Paris Hilton.
Kids copy their hairstyles, clothes and behaviour, a survey by the Association of Teachers and Lecturers found.
Shadow schools minister Nick Gibb said; “It tells you something about our schools when Paris Hilton is a role model but not JK Rowling.”
£6,000 engagement ring blown away
A hopeless romantic saw his engagement plans vanish into thin air – after a balloon containing a £6,000 diamond ring was blown away.
Luckless Lefkos Hajji wanted to surprise his girlfriend Leeanne, so he told a florist to put the sparkler inside a helium balloon. But as he left the florist shop a gust pulled it from his hand and the balloon soared into the sky. The floor fitter then spent two hours chasing the ballooin in his car – but eventually gave up hope.
Lefkos, of Hackney, said: “I had been planning the proposal for ages. I thought I would give Leeanne a pin so I could literally pop the question. But I had to tell her the story – she went absolutely mad. Now she’s refusing to speak to me until I get her a new ring.”
Lefkos commented: “I couldn’t believe it. I just watched as it went further and further into the air. I felt like such a plonker.”
Lefkos is hoping that someone will find the balloon and return the ring to its rightful owner.
In other news…
* Get your own back celebrity style is the premise of a new reality TV show where famous faces try to make fools out of photographers by acting out false stories and seeing if they get printed. The show, Pop Fiction, hosted by Ashton Kutcher, sees Avril Lavigne attempt to trick the press into thinking she’s pregnant by going shopping in LA with a pillow under her top, and Paris Hilton showing how she’s changed by buying a spiritual book with a ‘personal guru’. You might have noticed these stories in the press in the last couple of weeks…you might have been fooled…keep your eyes peeled…you may be fooled again…
* Bebo founders bank £420 million selling their 3 year old site to AOL. Bebo – ‘blog early blog often’ – was set up in July 2005 by two students studying at Imperial College. The couple now live in San Francisco, and dream of building an Atlantic version of the Channel tunnel.
* Hollywood film bosses are spinning out the Harry Potter phenomenon by splitting the seventh and final book into two films. The first part of the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is due to hit our screens in November 2010, with the second part following in May 2011.
* The dress that Amy Winehouse wore during her recent Grammys performance has sold on ebay for £1,950. Winehouse auctioned the black Dolce and Gabbana dress to raise funds for breast cancer charity The Lavender Trust. Fifty-seven bids were made for the dress.
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