10 Hottest Blogging Babes To Watch in 2008
She would have (should have?) been #1 on this countdown, but Wakatsuki Chinatsu, Japan’s top blogger, who in late November declared that she would take a break from blogging only to change her mind [ja] shortly thereafter, has decided to call it quits for real this time.
As we welcome in the New Year, here are the girls leading the blogosphere! Ten amazing ladies to keep your eye on! They’re HOT for reasons other than looks: they’ve got BRAINS and they KNOW what to write that appeals to the public! GONE is Wendy Cheng (XiaXue) who no longer seems interested in blogging as well as Michelle Malkin, whose blog seems to have gotten less personal and more LLC. BACK is LaShawn Barber, who had the courage to re-invent her A-List blog. Keep in mind that these women have worldwide followers, and for more of the planet’s best and brightest lady bloggers, just look in my sidebar’s blogroll!
Going from ten to one, in at #10 - KIMBERLY! With Wendy Cheng seemingly disinterested in blogging. (She could possibly go the way of Ambra Nykola…) I began wondering, who in the Blogosphere has been hacking away in the background, pounding out article after article, right up there with XiaXue and SPG in “reality posting” and sharing personal details while offering photography, tech tips, etc. The answer came immediately: Malaysia’s own Kimberlycun!
Kimberly always put out top-notch material, and well-worthy of your consideration! She blogs: “Once upon a time, a palm reader said that I was fickle minded and had an innate hunger for power. Duh, I’m a woman, hello? “
GEN-SI French rapper Gen-Si makes the cut because (a) she’s talented, gorgeous and (b) had the courage to upload her career in progress, text, pictures, mp3s and videos. Although that busy career keeps her from updating her blog as frequently as she’d like, look for great stuff from Gen-Si in 2008.
8 (tie) LaShawn Barber - Talk about a “180″ - renowned A-lister LaShawn Barber went from politics to music in a bold move to take her blog where she wanted it to go. The result is delightful.
Kaori Manabe is a popular model/actress/”celebrity blog queen”, perhaps best known outside Japan for her role in the 2001 film Waterboys. Her blog gained fame for its frequent updates, endless blathering on trivial topics, and plentiful photos of Manabe-chan.
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7 BABES-A-BLOGGING
The babes line up. Say the Babes: “7 Babes-a-Blogging consists of 6 regular bloggers and one monthly guest blogger – to be chosen by our readers.”
Click HERE if you wanna be a babe…
Liz Benjamin is to New York as Michelle Malkin is to the USA: when it comes to politics at the State Capitol, Liz has all the news, views and interviews! Just as the Metroland photo is black and white, Liz reports the facts, just like that, in black and white!
Minya Oh, aka Miss Info - Formerly a writer and reporter for BET, Chicago native Miss Info made a name for herself as an on-air radio personality at the New York hip hop and R&B station Hot 97. Whether on radio, on television, or in magazine, Miss. Info is making a blend of wit, news, and good ol’ gossip her multi-media trademark. Minya is a regular castmember of VH1’s top-rated weekly pop-culture show “Best Week Ever,” has appeared on Ego Trip’s “Race-o-Rama” series, and launched her own monthly advice column, “Ask Miss Info” in Vibe Magazine. Her first book, the colorful hip hop fashion history book, Bling Bling: Hip Hop’s Crown Jewels, is available from Rolling Stone/Hyperion Press.
Miss Izzy aka Isabella Chen aka Sarong Party Girl is “explicit material” personified: a cute bundle of sweet and sour, an angel who might just tread on everyman’s soul. What I like the best about Izzy is her honesty, and the way she made her mark on the blogosphere. Always a serious player, this philosopher-nymph hybrid shares her enjoyment of life, arts and the art of life with anyone who clicks on her weblog!
Shoko-tan’s blog. Shōko Nakagawa (中川翔子 Nakagawa Shōko) is another Japanese entertainer turned blogger. Her official blog, Shokotan * Blog, opened in 2004, and by April 2006 it had received a total of 100 million hits. As one might expect from her personality, there are very many otaku-style entries, and she updates it extremely regularly, perhaps because of a compulsive streak in her personality, or perhaps, as she admitted in an interview, because she uses it as a kind of notepad. In the month of April 2005, there were 600 updates, and on January 28, 2006, there were 70 updates, a record number for a single day. It is likely that she holds the record for the greatest number of blog updates by an idol. She has become known as the “New Queen of the Blog”, after the original “Queen of the Blog”, Kaori Manabe. Due to her blog’s popularity, in September 2005, Koma Books released a compilation of her blog entries, also entitled Shokotan * Blog. Shoko is also known for loving cosplay, and buys up many clothes at auction.
This girl swings many ways… like Isabella, Tila Tequila aka Tila Nguyen, the self-proclaimed “MySpace sex symbol” has done everything she can think of to get noticed! I can’t help but suspect that Tina saw what XiaXue was able to accomplish via blogging, and kicked it up a buncha notches!
First place was to have been a tie, but now the top spot belongs to Chinese actress Xu Jinglei. The competition pulled out: Asiajin reports that Wakatsuki Chinatsu, Japan’s top blogger, who in late November declared that she would take a break from blogging only to change her mind [ja] shortly thereafter, has decided to call it quits for real this time.
Xu Jinglei made news when she appeared on Technorati (which has been screwed up ever since it allowed MySpace pages to place in the rankings as “blogs” when they clearly are not, but that’s another story, and Technorati remains “broken.”) Look for the link to her blog in my sidebar’s blogroll.
Chinatsu Wakatsuki started out as a typical bikini model and later became a TV talk show personality… Gravure idol, talento and blog queen Wakatsuki Chinatsu (若槻千夏) announced some time ago that she would be taking time off from blogging. Wakatsuki’s official blog, “Maaboudoufu wa Nomimono Desu” (マーボー豆腐は飲み物です) [ja], made famous in part for her tendency to write about celebrity figures and her own love life [ja], has attracted more hits than any other on the popular Ameba hosting service. The blog hit a record [ja] in 2007 when it drew more than 7500 comments [ja] in a single day. That’s probably more than twice as many I’ve racked up on all my blogs total ever since I began to blog!
