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Former Victoria's Secret model Karolina Kurkova has discovered the secret to success as a professional beautiful person: You have to have a personality. Ok, great. Now, once you've got one of those, how do you show it to people? With the internet of course! Kurkova explains, "It's important to use Twitter and social media now. It is no longer enough to just look beautiful and be in great shape. You need to be interesting." [Vogue UK]