Mary Portas 6th most influential person in fashion. Portas' first book, "Windows – the Art of Retail Display", was published in five languages by Thames & Hudson. Her second book, "How to Shop with Mary, Queen of Shops", was published by BBC Books in 2007 to accompany the television series. The book was co-authored by Peter Cross, Josh Sims and Melanie Rickey. Her third book, "Mary Portas, Shop Girl, a memoir", was published by Doubleday in 2015. Since 2005, Mary has written a weekly column "Shop!", for the "Daily Telegraph" magazine, reviewing shops across the country. She started writing the column in
Beauty Queen (TV series) Beauty Queen (TV series) Beauty Queen is a Philippine television drama series broadcast by GMA Network. Directed by Joel Lamangan, it stars Iza Calzado, Katrina Halili and Maggie Wilson. It premiered on October 18, 2010 on the network's Telebabad line up replacing "Endless Love" and worldwide on October 20, 2010 on GMA Pinoy TV. The series concluded on February 4, 2011 with a total of 80 episodes. It was replaced by "I Heart You, Pare!" in its timeslot. According to AGB Nielsen Philippines' Mega Manila People/Individual television ratings, the pilot episode of "Beauty Queen" earned a 9.5% rating. While the