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By By Val Castronovo, Matthew Cooper, Lina Lofaro, Desa Philadelphia, Hope Reeves, Elizabeth Rudulph, Alain Sanders and Josh Tyrangiel

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NAME ANANOVA

ADDRESS ananova.com

JOB Virtual news anchor: reads news aloud on your computer

THE LOOK Green hair for street cred, trustful eyes for hard-news cred

STATS Forever 28 y.o., 5 ft. 8 in.; partial to Oasis and The Simpsons

BIRTHDAY April 19

[NAME] Mya

[ADDRESS] mya.com

[JOB] Reads your e-mail in eerie Hal-like voice via cell phone

[THE LOOK] Smart but spooky, like pantsuited ghost of Sharon Stone

[STATS] Turned on by "surfing the net for personal information," says p.r.

[BIRTHDAY] June 2000

[NAME] WEBBIE TOOKAY

[ADDRESS] elite-illusion2k.com

[JOB] Virtual model, does runway and pitches stuff on TV

[THE LOOK] Multiethnic with hips, designed to be more "real" than real models

[STATS] Unreal. Extremely punctual; won't do tobacco or fur

[BIRTHDAY] December 1999