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HOT shoes!

nice pics thanx 4 sharing

Searched more and found this picture. She looks pretty!!!



Eric Benet and Manuela Testolini arrive at the MusiCares Person of the Year tribute in honor of Neil Diamond on February 06 2009, in Los Angeles.
[Edited 8/12/09 14:11pm]

she aint going nowhere.


and wtf? she looking old!

DesireeNevermind said:

i was just about to say that! maybe next to Prince's 40+ years she looked young

thanks for posting the pics! LOVE eric benet, btw! hot.

her pictures sometimes do her no justice ... at her recent launch she is flawless and gorgeous in person.

she is pretty,in a natural,pretty curly hair,nice skin color,big brown eyes,she is not wearing alot of makeup,u can tell if u just seen her roll out of bed she would still be pretty!and she is tiny!

The cream gown looks like something she might have worn in her Prince years but the purple # deffinately does not.

I noticed, since leaving Prince, she has shown a more earthy almost hippy-girl style. She once wore a marigold colored dress that I thought was cute, this purple # is not so cute.

When I see her in that extra curly hair and relaxed fitting clothes I wonder how much of her true self she cut off in order to land her dream man. To all women under 30, if you change yourself to please a man and keep him (or steal him as the case may be) you will live to regret it. Being an actress 24/7 is no way to live.

Now for those of you who are over 30 and still haven't figured this out ( I won't mention any names) you deserve the pain you wind up in .

DesireeNevermind said:

My thoughts exactly, but the shoes are nice.

She looks pretty in the cream dress picture. What the heck does he do for money nowadays anyway? Or is he living off P's money too?

Serena said:

He's living off of Halle's money. Remember she had to pay that cheatin' bastid.
I think he got child support too b/c Halle adopted his daughter. but I'm sure he's tapping into that purple account from time to time. Mani smart but I doubt she's smart enough to keep the piggy banks totally separate.


those shoes are

DesireeNevermind said:

Oh yeah, I forgot about Halle's payout. But does dude DO anything now besides get his picture taken at whatever event needs F-listers on their red carpet?

I agree on the shoes, those are hot!

Serena said:

I don't think his records are selling and he seems to have given up on acting (film that is) so it's beyond me where any additional paper might be coming from.

Honestly though, I don't see these two every making babies. Just something about the body language seems a tad dishonest and very business like.

Years ago I met a girl who was an almost model going out with an almost basketball player (they both worked oversees) and she said she got paid to show up at events as part of the whole beautiful people scenery. This may be true with these two, I have no clue, just an idea.

moussemaker said:

I think her hair looks best on this photos. My dd has curly hair like this... I am going to show her Mani's picture... she thinks curly hair is ugly and wants bone straight hair.

utopia7 said:

yeah, I always thought she was not very photogenic. Some pics she looked very beautiful and others she looked down right homely. I always thought she must be very pretty in person. P would not have chosen her as his wife if she was homely.

dollwoman said:

How'd ya like to be the one trying to sell this couple?!

"Hey, I can get you Eric Benet & Manuela Testolini for your event!!"

"Uhhhhh...who da fuck is that?!?"

"He's a sexaholic who used to fuck Halle and she's a homewrecking wench who used to fuck Prince!"

"Awww shit, we need bodies on the carpet. Ok, what the hell, how's $50 for both of 'em?"

^ and that's for the BET awards.

Serena said:

in spite of my morals of not suppporting cheaters etc. I did buy his CD, the one before the latest. He still tours... smaller shows. I think he is making his own money. And I don't get the impression that he is living large (multi millionaire)... just the 1 millionaire lifestyle range. I think both of them aer living 1 millionaire lifestyle. Which is not extravagant... many executives are millionaries. That means 1 lexus not 6, 1 million dollar house not 10 million.
He and she could do very well living off their settlements if they don't go hog wild. Notice these appearances are should not realy cost them a lot of money. And the clothes are very nice but I doubt they are Ralph Lauren one of a kind designs.

They seem to be doing ai'right.

DesireeNevermind said:

I see what you mean.

I know she was trying to help artist in third world countries make a living off of their craft, which I think is commendable.

This dress could very well be of the finest silk and then tye-dyed for the third world's version of the jet set. I don't know. She is a cute lady and this dress will not land her on the "who wore it best" page of People of Us. I think there were not a lot of them made.

Having done tie dye at camp I know that each garment is an original and none will look quite like this one.

prodigalfan said:

Ahhh, ok, thanks! I never hear about him still working, only see red carpet pics. But, it's not like I go look for his music either...

dollwoman said:

Serena said:

I've only ever liked his song "True to Myself"

i love that long curly hair!i have long curly hair.but mine dont look pretty like that.

love those purple shoes!!!!!

lladygold said:

all about the product. i got that hair too and it takes some work. i think straight hair looks better on her.