Celebrity crushes
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BY SHEILA KIMANI, GEOFFREY KORIO and CAROLINE
| Jun 22, 2012
BY SHEILA KIMANI, GEOFFREY KORIO and CAROLINE NYANGA
Celeb-ville is indisputably endowed with its fair share of stylish fashionable dudes and sassy dudettes. With those traits, it need not be gainsaid that they have caught the eyes of many a fan, as well as fellow celebs. So we got our celebrities confessing:
Celeb: Daddy Owen
Celebrity crushes: Tanya and Miss Karun of Camp Mulla.
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What makes Tanya special: ‘Besides being a simple person with a down-to-earth demeanour, she is social, concerned, intelligent and always willing to give a helping hand.’
What he would buy Tanya as a present: A nice pair of shoes.
Celeb: Octopizzo
Favourite celeb chic: Christina Fernandes
What he adores about her: ‘She is beautiful, supportive, the mother of my daughter and basically, my all. She was my crush and I eventually found and loved her!’
Where and how did you win over her heart: At Lake Elementaita. ‘We used to visit the serene spot and have fun and nature walks as we bonded with nature.’
Celeb: Jaguar
Favourite celeb chic: Size 8
What he likes about her: ‘She is real. She is my kind of a girl. I have her back, anytime.’
Who is your celebrity crush? Alicious. ‘She is hot; whoever said the beautiful ones aren’t yet born should see her!’
Where would you take her out on a date? ‘I’d take her to an exotic location in Dubai, do her shopping and drive her around in Limos! Given the chance, I would treat her like a queen.’
Celeb: Eric Omondi
Favourite celeb chic: Angela Angwenyi
Why does she win over your heart? ‘She has a loveable personality, ever-smiling and doesn’t try too hard to impress.’
Any other celebrity crush? Rihanna
Where would you take her for a romantic date? ‘That would be Sunset Beach Hotel, Kisumu. It is absolutely magical, just at the foot of the lake.’
Celeb: Kenzo
To-die-for celeb: Ann Kiguta
Why she is his dream lady: Her mature personality and charm;
“She gets me believing that she truly understands what she wants in life and how to go about it.”
Ideal first date spot: In Kiambu, within Amaru Gardens.
Celeb: DJ Kaytrixx
His to-die-for celeb: Anita Ndelu (Teens Republik) and Brenda Wairimu.
What he likes about them: They are fun to hang out with and both have great attitudes.
Celeb: Juliani
Celebrity who makes his heart throb: Brenda Wairimu.
Where he’d take her for hot date: ‘That’s for me to know and for her to find out.’
Celeb: Khalligaph
His celebrity crush: Sheila Mwanyigha
What you like about her? She has it all; aura, a figure and sex appeal.
Celeb: Colonel Moustapha
His celebrity crash: Miss Karun of Camp Mulla and Rihanna.
Why them? Rihanna has everything a man wants and Miss Karun is the new hot chic on the block.
Celeb: Trapee
Head-over-heels for: Caroline Mutoko and Lauryn Hill.
What he likes about them: ‘Caroline knows what she’s worth. I dreamed of marrying Lauryn Hill. I was almost there.’
Celeb: Eko Dydda
His admiration: Eunice Njeri
What he likes about her: ‘She is real and does her music from the heart.’
Celeb: Marya
Celebrity crushes: Drake and Chipmunk
What do you like about them? ‘These guys just make my body tingle.’
Celeb: Brenda Wairimu
Celebrity crush: Eminem. ‘He is the best lyricist I’ve known and I wouldn’t mind being in a recording studio doing a track together. He will be in awe and fall in love with me.’
Celeb: Amani
Celebrity crush: Fally Ipupa
Why her heart boils for him: ‘He is very talented, hot and hilarious. I like guys who can make me laugh and having already interacted with him a while back, I really like him.’
Preferred date location: Fally and I would go to a concert to watch an artiste that we both love.
Celeb: Size 8
The guy she finds hot: Jaguar, Nick Mutuma and Ian Mugoya. Got a serious crush on Will Smith.
What she likes about Will Smith.
‘He is tall, handsome and very talented.’
Ideal venue for romantic date: Enjoying the sunset on a private cruise in the Nile would be my ideal first date with him.
Celeb: Avril
Celebrity crush: Biko Adema.
What she likes about him: ‘He has that bad boy aura that is just breath-taking.’
Celeb: Sugar
Her to die-for dudes: Bamboo, Trippa and Benoit (Camp Mulla)
What you like about them: They are sweet…
Date Location: China Plate, Chancery Towers.
Celeb: Choku
Celebrity crush: Dr Willy Mutunga
What she likes about him: ‘Despite his age, he is still remains fresh and hot.’
A date with him: Art Café in Westgate.
Celeb: Qty
Celebrity crush: 9con and Usher
What she likes about them: ‘I love the way 9con talks, his dressing and he seems romantic. Usher is romantic, cute and I love his music.’
Celeb: Wahu
Hot Celeb Dudes: Nameless and 2Face.
On date location: Barbados with Nameless.
Celeb: Susan Anyango
Celeb crush: Thomas of Boomba Clan, Trey Songz and Nicholas Cage.
Celeb: Serah Ndanu
Celeb crush: Emukule Ekirapa and Ashton Kutcher.
Celeb: Pierra
Celeb crush: William Levy and Errol Barnet (CNN reporter)
Hot date location: Seven Seafood and Grill, Nairobi.
Celeb: Xtatic
Celebrity crush: J Cole
What she likes about him: ‘His style. He is real and has good music.’
Hot date location: Safari on the Mara
Celeb: Tanya
Celebrity crush: David Beckham
What she likes about him: His British accent. ‘He is just on another level.’
Celeb: Joey Muthengi Celebrity crush: J Cole
What you like about him: ‘I met him at the Big Brother Africa launch in South Africa and I could barely breathe.’
Celeb: Kendi
Her hottest male celeb: Jua Cali
What she likes about him: ‘Let’s just say that his personality is a turn-on. On top of this, the kind of attention he attracts whenever I walk with him is enormous.’
Hot date stop: The Stanley.
Celeb: Trapee
His female crush: Janet Mbugua. ‘She is hot but still down-to-earth.’
Where he would take her on a date: Maasai Mara would be ideal.
Celeb: Frasha
Celeb crush: ‘Had a crush on my wife and many others. But she won over my heart.’