Away from the fashion, the presence of young British model Dudley O'Shaughnessy -- hot property following his appearance in a Rihanna music video, and named "male model of the year" at the event's awards -- caused the biggest stir.

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Miss O'Hara said former model Ms Halstead had been beaten by Mr Sweeney.

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Chief Executive Michael O'Hanlon took this model oversees, expanding to international health care concerns from Uruguay to the United Kingdom that needed cash to acquire things like a CAT scan.

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Chance O'Hara, 63, said US former model Melissa Halstead had been beaten by her boyfriend, John Sweeney.

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"Parents certainly will most dearly protect the interests of their children and her imposition of a one size fits all model will deny that parental choice, " said Mr O'Doherty.

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And then I came across a shot of singer Karen O (whose hairdo and bold clothes have often been compared with those of '60s model Peggy Moffitt), wearing a simple striped T-shirt with her angular bob, somehow looking both retro and modern at the same time.

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