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LOS ANGELES -- Jul. 26th, 2001 -- Danni Ashe, the world's Most Downloaded Woman and the only person in history to have been downloaded over a billion times, today spoke out on the recently announced Australian and British challenges to her Guinness World Record.

Ms. Ashe is primarily known for her immensely popular website (www.danni.com) and has been officially recognized by both Guinness World Records, and Alexa Research, as the world's most popular online personality.

Ashe was in Sydney, delivering the opening keynote address at Internet World Australia, when she first heard news of her new competitors. "There's been a great deal of misinformation and confusion I'd like to clear up for everyone's benefit. Guinness World Records is currently refusing to award new 'download' titles due to their self confessed inability to measure website statistics. I've put them in touch with three highly respected independent third-parties but they don't seem ready to move forward in this area." Said Ashe, responding to rumors that the August 1st attempt on the title by Australian challenger Sarah Jane (www.sarahjane.com.au) might result in a new world record. Sarah Jane's target of 70,000 downloads in a single day is still significantly less than Ashe's 841 million downloads, officially recognized by Guinness last August.

A BBC owned radio station in the UK is also making a lighthearted attempt to challenge Danni's record by promoting 72-year-old English actress Kathy Staff as their contender (www.bbc.co.uk/fivelive). A she has decided to let the public decide who they'd most like to download, and has built a website that allows anyone to see all three women and cast a vote for their favorite.

"Until Guinness World Records decides to get involved again, I will remain the official record holder. This vote is a chance for Americans, Britons and Australians to show Guinness that people care about the title and want their voice to be heard."

About Danni Ashe: Ashe is one of the preeminent female Internet CEO's and has been featured on the front page and covers of such American media institutions as The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, The Industry Standard and eCompany Now, as well as in the pages of Time, U.S. News and World Report, Yahoo! Internet Life, numerous other newspapers and magazines on television and radio. She has testified before Congressional committees regarding Internet issues and is a popular speaker worldwide on issues of streaming technology, marketing and convergence.

Danni.com is a soft adult content entertainment site, is owned and operated by Danni Ashe. Created by Ashe herself in 1995 with $8,000 worth of computer equipment and a crash study in the HTML Manual of Style, the site and its creator have been the focus of numerous articles focusing on the fact that she and the popularity of her site provide one of the few web-based business models for consistent growth and profitability.