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>> you've got to be careful. >> i want you to put me in your runway shows. i want to be seen. if i'm steady saying you're not showing me, not representing me, it's turning them off because i have a voice and i'm not afraid to say something. >> that's why it's critical for essence magazine to exist. we've been here for years, in the beginning it was very difficult to find anyone. literally susan taylor, the beauty director at the time would look for women on the street. she discovered oppose her on a city bus. we would go to college campus looking for models because there wasn't enough diversit...

♪ mama said knock you out all right, the sport of mixed martial arts is no less than full combat, and it's only for really the toughest of the tough. >> punching, kicking, kneeing, elbowing, takedowns, throws, wrestling. i'm like, ah, i'm hurting now. so may or may not come as a surprise one of the most well known athletes in the sport is a woman. we are "aup we are "up all nightline" with abc's julie foudy. >> rowdy ronda rousey is no ordinary woman. in fact rousey is the hottest fighter in this often bloodsport. one of the most vicious sports in the word. mixed martial arts. where fighte...

♪ mama said knock you out all right, the sport of mixed martial arts is no less than full combat, and it's only for really the toughest of the tough. >> punching, kicking, kneeing, elbowing, takedowns, throws, wrestling. i'm like, ah, i'm hurting now. so may or may not come as a surprise one of the most well ♪ mama said knock you out i'm going to knock you out ♪ ♪ mama said knock you out all right, the sport of mixed martial arts is no less than full combat, and it's only for really the toughest of the tough. >> punching, kicking, kneeing, elbowing, takedowns, throws, wrestling. i'...

Athlete that wants to win. >> reporter: the all-star goalie led the u.s. team to olympic gold. hope has learned selling tickets is more than just good sport when image is everything. being known as the bad girl of soccer hasn't hurt. she doesn't believe in niceties or humilities from tirades with teammates or baring it all for the espn body issue like her or not, star power has helped bring women's soccer into the big time. with it cash and face recognition. >> to be tough. to be strong. to not care what people think. all of a sudden there are dollar signs after that. big dollar signs. and tha...

What they've endured as the plane went down. >> plus a runaway train devastates a town in canada. dozens are dead. thousands were forced from their homes. what investigators think went wrong. >> history making wimbledon, the uk's andy murray becomes the first brit to take the trophy in a long, long time. now his hometown is giving him a special celebration. >> and the sports world's best bodies are baring it all. going to open pages on espn magazine new body issue in "the skinny," this monday, july 8th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." yep, good morning, everyone. i'm t...