Maria Sharapova - one for the whole country

TV host Oprah Winfrey regained the crown of the richest celebrities on magazine Forbes. Last year, it pushed the first place Angelina Jolie, but this year the actress dropped by 18 line, and "Queen of TV", earning $ 315 million in the last 12 months, again at the top. Singer Beyonce Knowles came second, adding to his fortune of $ 86 million due to the world tour, selling CDs, clothing lines and countless advertising contracts from Nintendo to L'Oreal. "Bronze" in the ranking of the most powerful celebrities went to director James Cameron, earned on the success of "Avatar," $ 210 million. The most successful debutant ranking was a new pop queen Lady Gaga. Just appeared in the firmament of show business, it is for the year soared to fourth place, ahead of such giants as Madonna (№10) and U2 (№7). 106-day tour plus contracts with corporations such as Virgin Mobile and Polaroid brought her $ 62 million dollars. Russian tennis player Maria Sharapova was the only one of our compatriot, was in the rating. Her earnings over the past year has not changed much - $ 22 million - but it fell on the Forbes list of ten positions to 86th place. The main profit-tennis player brings beauty advertising contracts. Maria Sharapova represents brands such as Canon, Prince, Tiffany, TAG Heuer and Land Rover.