The Fresno Bee from Fresno, California • 45

Books Mass 13 SECTION Vr i i for "sS Kids got tiie SCHOOL BLUES How you can make going to school a pleasurable experience for your child Page E5 DAVE BARRY 2 MISS MANNERS 2 PARENTING 2 BESTSELLERS 3 CALENDAR 7 iij Fun Games E7 JU THE FRESNO BEE SUNDAY OCTOBER 25 1998 THE 11 MOST DEAUTIFUL PEOPLE IN THE VALLEY A's -i x- -t A a i 7 -4 ft 4 1 1 jf ilj 'v 1 V-- rT H- ilk 'V' 'I -v 'V- i a i jy v' i i 1 mfl f- Ki 1 V- 1 -J-T -q 1 -f Jy PAMELA PLEIYS model actress cattle tender and former stock-car racer -'v to -vVes: I 1 is A -Vl ke- -i v- "rr vT i ic-nrr- -f V- NV si AAtfiui JAIME HIPP water-polo goalie TOMMY MOIREAL photographer for Vida en el Valle gray eyes to tease and tempt audiences with a naughty playfulness definitely the mistress of her mystique and she has parlayed it into a beauty title (Mrs California 1992) and several television gigs Her beauty secrets: a good face-scrubbing every morning and night little makeup and lots of sunscreen and a hat to protect against those nasty rays Best feature: her smile She says it allows her to focus on other people Plenys is an extrovert and an optimist She has made the most of her feminine side because her husband cardiologist Rimvydas Plenys has accepted all the things she likes to do: hunt fish work cattle She used to race stock cars too Plenys mqjored in criminology at California State University Fresno worked as a matron for the UJS Marshals Service and was a reserve Fresno County Sheriffs Deputy "It was refreshing to find a man who didn't say You cant do that' He was impressed that I could ride and rope and shoot He opened doors for Tommy Monreal Monreal beams more than he actually smiles He draws from something bright and right inside his body and lights up his world The comers of his mouth turn up His mouth parts His white teeth gleam His brown eyes blaze "I feel sd good inside that it just comes Monreal says "I dont think how hard it is to move or walk We all have problems in our own way I dont concentrate on weaknesses There are too many Please see Marvelous Page E8 bingo on the polo Jaime a 17-year-old senior at Edison High School has made a name for herself as a standout water-polo goalie She was selected last summer for the national youth team which could be a stepping stone to the Olympics someday Sure her dream Jaime says But she obsess about it or anything else including her looks Jaime was bom and raised in Fresno but she owns the mellow mentality of the California coast Ask her about her best feature and she wrinkles her nose shrugs her shoulders and finally says: "Since tall have to go with my legs the most Jaime stands 6 feet her parents are tall too Heredity also blessed her with good skin grateful but beyond that she gives little thought to being a face "I like to concentrate on pretty or ugly or anything Tm just satisfied with how I am right an optimist about life and why not? "It helps me feel good about myself I like to be in a good mood Why waste your time being mad when you can be having Pamela Plenys Plenys plays the beautiful blonde role well so surprising when she stops sipping a frothy cafe mocha and says slyly: "Fm basically a spirit in a This Fresno woman knows how to make life and interviews interesting At 5-foot-10 47-year-old Plenys works as a fashion model using her expressive Eleven men and women brighten these pages today with their beautiful faces They have caressed the camera and come to you as an anointed group: Hie 11 Most Beautiful People in the Valley We are not kidding We can joke about Bill and Monica the Yankees and Padres But never about beauty Our inspiration gushes forth from People magazine which gets slick and glossy every year in choosing The 50 Most Beautiful People in the World This year's list included hunk-of-the-month Matt Damon vampire slayer Sarah Michelle Gellar and Leonardo Now about our choice of numbers: No argument 11 is in every sense of the wend odd These lists usually end evenly punctuated by that roundest of digits: 0 But we have a good reason for being different So many fine-looking men and women populate this Valley that our 1 extra represents all those who might have been picked if our judges had known about them And speaking of judges who were they? a secret Oh one more thing: Our no-name judges were looking for more than pretty faces in selecting Hie 11 Most Beautiful People in the Valley Jaime Ilipp Jaime bops through life with the blond natural good looks of a Southern California beach girl People ask her all the time if she surfs or plays water polo The surfing will happen someday But SWATHE CRUMP owner of a custom clothes arts and gifts shop Story by Mary Lou Aguirre Doug Hoagland and Donald Munro Photos by Kurt Hegre THE FRESNO BEE 1.