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Madalina brings back with the subtle undulation of her body the memory of the ancient caryatids. Bearing on the shoulders not the burden of the ledge of the old temples burning in the hot marble of the Acropolis, but the sensual weight of her own body, sculpted as history flows along. From the naked body of the ancient amazons, heaving like warriors on the backs of the agitated horses, going through the caress of the heavy furs in which the obedient bodies would find shelter during the long north winters, and all the way to the black shine of the panther skins hunted during hot nights, which reveal it, by covering it.

If she calls you at a vibrant midnight, when sirens break free, with hysteric horns and obscure shouts, don’t hesitate. Jump in your tuxedo, pull the braces over your shoulders, put on a felt hat and run in her arms. From there the world is seen totally different and you can taste during an ineffable moment the universal explosion of your lives.

Hello…

Roxana, who won the Casino Girl award for 2008, is blonde, sensual and has a “million” promises for you. To make the best of your chance, you have to try: either on two – her eyes – or on 19, maybe 20 – the lucky number of youth – or on a million good thoughts, now as the year is just beginning. With your soul full of so many lucky ideas, a handful of seashells, of almonds and a small, white pearl, you can look for her in the lively warmth of the gaming room. Roxana shares the luck around, guessing in the perfect circle of the ball, always seeking her peace on black or on red. And you can feel the subtle trembling of the body in the restlessness of the surprise. In the anxiety to read the lucky number. And you would like her to guess your line of fortune, your ticket to chance. You open your palm, discreetly, and she chooses the pearl from among the seashells and almonds. She looks at you for a moment and then sends it in its round path to find your fortune. On two… blue.