When a performer is known by a single name, you know they have made it in to the pure putaface limelight. Beyonce Knowles first came to public attention as part of the mega selling girl group Destiny’s Child, where her good voice and very sexy looks were quickly noticed. Her first solo record scored 5 grammy awards and a number of singles. She has starred in movies, made a number of albums, and is a well known celeb. In part, her fame comes from her very curvy body and her willingness to show off her curves very publicly. While she hasn’t been caught in any embarrassing shots, she has certainly not shied away from the camera lenses either, using the paps to further her career. She recently married rapper Jay-z, so maybe her putaface ways will change.

Taylor Swift has moved quickly from quirky teen that few outside of Nashville knew about to a total phenom in less than a couple of years. This 19 year singer and songwriter has done impressive things in the last two years, including releasing a couple of top selling albums, getting nominated for Grammy Awards, winning the breakthrough video of the year award, and Swift’s songwriting peers at the Nashville Songwriters Association International honored her with their Songwriter/Artist of the Year Award. Her relationship to Joe Jonas (of the Disney Jonas Brothers fame) and some key appearances in Disney production (current and future) have also helped to raise her profile. Her music, while considered country, is certainly showing strong cross over appeal. It also helps that Taylor Swift is a very photogenic teen, and she knows how to work all the media, with myspace and other mediums being used to promote her and her music. Check out these albums from Taylor Swift!

Some girls have to learn how to be a putaface, others come about it all so naturally you would think they were born to it. Lily Allen is one of those girls who just has it all figured out, and knows exactly how to play the media like a fiddle.

Walk around with your boobs hanging out? Check! Go shopping in public wearing really weird outfits and even weirder hats? Check! Get totally sloshed on another celebs boat and run around topless? Check! Bad mouth every other performer and putaface? Check! Do cover songs of the people you bad mouth? Check and check!

While she has a reasonable career in music (mostly in the UK) it has been her public no-nos and paparazzi pleasing flashing and weirdness that have really raised her to the top of public awareness, and has given this girl a special place above and beyond most of the Paris Hilton wannabes.

More of Lily Allen on wikipedia.

Britney Spears is the proof that a true Putaface is a natural thing, a deep down desire to show off and get your picture taken, no matter what the circumstances. This girl has always known how to seduce the camera, from starting out as a tween on the Mickey Mouse Club to driving around Los Angeles spaced out on whatever and wearing see thru tops, she has done it all in order to get herself noticed. Her naughty schoolgirl look as a wild 16 year old in her video Hit Me Baby One More Time launched her into the sphere of major stardom, and her well chronicled marriage, repeat pregancies, divorce, and mental vacation have all been well documented, often with pictures that I am sure his putaface would wish would disappear. Her new album called Circus is pretty much a reflection of her wild last couple of years, and it’s nice to see her back to her smoking hot putaface self.

More stuff on Britney Spears here!

Lucy Lui is a very well known asian actress, best known for her roles in movies like Kill Bill and Charlie’s Angels. She got her start on an episode of 90210, and made plenty of appearances over the next few years as “the asian girl” on TV shows like ER, LA Law, Nash Bridges, and NYPD Blue. Her breakout role was that of Ling Woo on Ally McBeal, where her smouldering and predatory sensuality implented her on the American public’s mind. Most recently, she has appeared in Cashmere Mafia and Dirty Sexy Money, plus as a voice over in Kung Fu Panda

Bai Ling ( in chinese 白靈 ) is one of those rare asian girls that has made a name for herself around the world, even though she is often considered a B-movie babe rather than a true A-lister. Her career has had it’s high points (such as appearing in the cult classic Brandon Lee Movie “The Crow”) to lower points (filming scenes for a Star Wars movie and getting cut out in the editting room). Bai Ling has also not been shy to use all of her assets to get attention, appearing nude in Playboy and offering up the paparazzi a seemingly endless selection of nipple slips and sexy shots. She has used the Putaface method to keep her name in the news and keeping her face in front of the public, all the while picking up roles here and there and moving forward with her career. Most interestingly, while she is 37 years old, this asian girl continues to dress in a very provacative manner and manages to look really good doing it!

See more Bai Ling movie clips here.

Being a Putaface isn’t reserved just for adults these days. Many of the younger stars, especially the girls coming out of the Disney camp, have learned how to seduce the camera with a single look. High School Musical star Vanessa Hudgens learned how to do it, and Miley Cyrus, aka Hannah Montana, has done the same.

Daughter of well known country music star Bill Ray Cyrus (he of Achey-breaky heart fame), Miley has taken her Disney role of Hannah Montana and turned herself into a whole industry, last year doing a concert tour where half the show is is Hannah Montana, and half the show she is herself. Her most recent album, Breakout, is doing very well on the charts. Miley is also well known for having appeared in a questionable photoshoot where she appeared to be nearly naked, and having sent some sexy pics of herself from her cell phone (common with Vanessa, I guess). Overall, this girl is a true putaface and will likely turn up the heat even more when she turns 18.

Can you say “massive putaface”?   Sort of an appropriate term for Jessica Alba, being that she is a latina and all, even if she isn’t particularly proud of her heritage and whatnot.  This girl popped on the scene a few years back, starring in the  TV show Dark angel for a while that mostly create to allow us to enjoy her tight butt and sexy smile.   Her role in the Fantastic Four and Sin City has raised her profile to mega star, and her recent marriage has disappointed many.  Now a new mom, she appeared on the cover of OK magazine with her new daughter, once again showing that a putaface runs 24 hours per day!   Find more Jessica Alba stuff here!

According to Wikipedia, Shakira is Colombian singer-songwriter, musician, record producer, dancer and philanthropist who has been a major figure in the pop music scene of Latin America since the mid-1990s. She is a native Spanish speaker and also speaks fluent English, Portuguese, Italian, and some Arabic. In 2001, she broke through into the English-speaking world with the release of Laundry Service, which sold over thirteen million copies worldwide. Shakira is the highest-selling Colombian artist of all time, having sold more than 50 million albums worldwide, according to BMI. She has also won numerous awards worldwide, including two Grammy Awards, eight Latin Grammy Awards, fifteen Billboard Music Awards, three MTV Video Music Awards, a People’s Choice Award and receiving a Golden Globe nomination. She is also the only artist from South America to reach the number-one spot on the Billboard Hot 100, the Australian ARIA chart, the United World Chart and the UK Singles Chart. Additionally, she is one of the only artists to have 10 Spanish singles chart on the Billboard Hot 100.

What she really is now is money in the bank, apparently she is about to sign a big deal with Live Nation for $50 million or more. Read about it here!

Okay, this one might catch you a little off guard, it sort of surprised me.  Emma Watson, aka Hermione from the Harry Potter movies has turned 18, and surprise, she is the new “face” for Chanel, replacing Keira Knightly after a six month test run of appearances and such at events done up in Chanel’s best.

I hate to say it though, honestly, this picture shows her wearing way too much makeup and hiding her delicate curves.  Hopefully the house of Chanel will find her something nicer to wear and a makeup person with a little more restraint.  She’s 18, not 81!

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