Nastia Liukin, the all-around gymnastics Olympic gold medalist, is banking on her new fame and branching out from athletics into fashion.  The petite eighteen-year-old blonde is set to appear in CoverGirl ads this fall as well as on the trendy hit show "Gossip Girl."  She is also serving as a celebrity endorsement for Beacon Street Girls, a tween social network website that sells fashion and beauty items to young girls.  She's also starring in Vanilla Star jeans' "Smart Girls Rock" ad campaign.  Nastia will even be launching her own line of jeans and tops through Vanilla Star.  She also might design a line of activewear for GK, the company that makes her own leotards.

Also, the fashionista within Nastia will be emerging this week in New York for the biggest event in fashion.  Nastia will be attending several of the shows this coming week at New York Fashion Week.  She has announced that she has a front row seat at Peter Som's show, but I suspect she will also be sitting front row at the other shows, such as Isaac Mizrahi and Cole Haan, that she is scheduled to attend.