Venus Williams

After finishing an injury plagued 2003 season ranked 11, Williams rebounded into the top 10 for a year end #9 ranking in 2004, but for the first time since 1997, she failed to qualify for the WTA Tour's annual Year Ending Championships in Los Angeles. She was photographed as a representative of the "groovy '70s". Recently, Willams' results have steadily declined. Benitez appeared in the 1999 Pirelli Calendar that featured "Women Through the Decades". Williams' older sister, Yetunde Price, was killed by gunshots in the Compton area as she and a male driver passed by inside a car, on the morning of September 14, 2003. Benitez also has modelled for Victoria's Secret. She lost to her sister Serena, 6-4, 4-6, 2-6. The Mexican model has also done advertising campaign work for Dolce & Gabbana, Macy's, Episode, I-N-C, J.Crew, Oscar de la Renta, Rena Lange, Nine West, Valentino, and Jones New York.

In 2003, Williams played at the 2003 Wimbledon finals despite suffering an abdominal injury. After signing with Elite Model Management, she then managed to appear on the covers of many fashion magazines, including Vogue, Elle, Glamour, Mademoiselle, Harper's Bazaar, and Marie Claire. When Venus and Serena won the 1999 French Open doubles title, they became the first pair of sisters to win a doubles title in the 20th century. In 1996, she appeared on the cover of Vogue Italy three times; April, August and September. In 2002 and 2003 Venus achieved five singles major finals but lost all of them to her sister Serena. Modelling opportunities opened up for Benitez soon after, first in Mexico, where she started out her career, and then in the United States and Europe. Open in singles and defended both titles in 2001. With Linda Evangelista as one of her childhood idols, Benitez decided to follow her dream – modelling.

In 2000 she won the Wimbledon championship and the U.S. Benitez got her modeling start after winning a model search in Costa Rica in 1995. She has garnered many important championships, including two Gold medals at the Sydney Summer Olympics in 2000, the Fed Cup, the 1999 French Open doubles (with sister Serena as her partner) and 5 other doubles and 2 mixed doubles grand slams, the Oklahoma City Tennis championship, the Italian Open, and the Hamburg Open. Elsa Benitez (born on December 8, 1977 in Sonora, México) is a Mexican supermodel. Venus turned professional in the 1990s and went on to have a very lucrative tennis career. Nationality: Mexican. Venus as a young girl became one of California's top young tennis players, and she and her sister Serena shared the top seed as California's best young players for a long time. Ethnicity: Mexican.

Their father Richard used to take all five of his daughters to the courts in hopes that someday at least one of them would reach sporting glory and move them into a better place. Hair: Brown. There, they sometimes had to dodge bullets while practicing tennis at local public courts. Eyes: Hazel. When the Williams sisters (who are five in total) were young, they were moved to Compton, California. Shoe Size: 7 (US); 39 (EU). She is the daughter of Richard and Oracene Williams and the sister of another tennis champion, Serena Williams. Dress Size: 8 (US); 38 (EU).

1 tennis champion who was born in Lynwood, California, United States. Measurements: 36-24-35 (US); 91-61-89 (EU). Venus Ebone Starr Williams (born June 17, 1980) is an former World No. Weight: 123 lbs (56 kg). 2003: Australian Open. Height: 5'11" (180 cm). 2002: Wimbledon.

2001: Australian Open. 2000: Summer Olympics-Sydney. 2000: Wimbledon. Open.

1999: U.S. 1999: French Open. 1999: Hannover. 1998: Zurich.