Sweet 16 of Love(Spring 2007)....Champion Crowned....Miss Salma Hayek.

Well, we started with 16 beautiful and talented ladies....slowly working our way to crown a champion. The votes have been cast, counted, and recorded...and your Spring 2007 Sweet 16 of Love champion is the buxom beauty from below in Mexico...Salma Hayek. Thoughts/Recollections:

1. There was some serious static from some regarding a couple of the initial entries. Again, it needs to be reiterated that attention to generation gaps, differences in aesthetics, and overall ability was the only given. Yes...there were a number of ladies that should have/could have/would have been on any list like this one...but one can't have an all-star tourney....as the inaugural event. It leaves no where to go.

2. The most surprising aspect was that a number a ladies participated. Though, we are pleased to have the fairer gender as readers....I wasn't expecting them to be as involved with this particular exercise. It proved to be the difference in many cases. Also, the voting public was almost equally split with regards to Miss Johansson....with people really liking her...and those who really don't like her. Who knew?

3. I voted in all matches...with most of my votes tending to lean with the majority. In the final match, however, I voted for Mrs. Loren.

4. As for our champion...Miss Hayek is one of my personal favorites...and has been for a while. She exudes a sense of purpose with an innate physical beauty that is rarely matched. She's accomplished in her chosen field...i.e. acting/producing/directing...and resists the whole Julia Roberts/Cameron Diaz/Jennifer Lopez 'look at me' crowd. In short, she is magnificently beautiful, abundantly talented, and wonderfully appropriated....and she is our champion.

5. The following are three video clips...one from a Letterman interview...and two from movies that I dig(I wanted to use a clip from Fools Rush In, as it is my favorite Salma Hayek movie, but alas, it could not be found). For those who are faint of heart...or have congestive heart problems...proceed with caution(also, there is bit of rough language at the end of the second clip...apologies all around.). Ladies and gentlemen...Miss Salma Hayek.