The 36 pics you need to see this week

Let’s kick off this week’s gallery with some clever – and funny – pictures from the Bald Archy prize. It’s a parody of the well-known Archibald prize and we have some of the 2012 finalists.

Also in this week’s pics – the uniforms Australia’s Olympic athletes will wear in June, the transgender beauty pageant contestant who was disqualified for being born a boy, Madonna‘s (very) hot pants and what does Lady Gaga look like without makeup?

The finalists of the Bald Archy were announced. Here's Karl and Lisa by James Brennan. It's called Breakfast of Champions.

Here's A Spoonful Of Sugar by Morag Rasmussen.

Kevin Rudd (or The Happy Little Vegemite) by Val Johnson.

Dr Geoffrey Edelsten and his wife, Brynne. It's called Venus and Handbag and it's by Vincent de Gouw.

The first look at Australia's Olympic uniform. It's come under a bit of criticism for being much the same as previous uniforms.

This is the British team's uniform - designed by Stella McCartney. It's also come under fire for its spin on the Union Jack (which was intended to be a stylish upgrade.)

Madonna hit the stage in Miami in some hot pants.

Meanwhile, the video clip for her latest song, Girls Gone Wild, has been banned from being seen by under-18s on YouTube.

Lady Gaga posted this photo of her face - sans makeup - via Twitter.

The first look at Anna Sophia Robb as Carrie Bradshaw in The Carrie Diaries (The Sex and the CIty prequel)

Hunger Games star Jennifer Lawrence covers Germany's Interview magazine. (Photoshopped image.)

78-year-old Joan Collins covers Ponystep magazine. It's a culture and fashion mag and this month it's covering British icons. (Photoshopped image.)

Ricky Martin appeared on the cover of Spanish Vanity Fair with his twin sons. Matteo and Valentino were born in 2008 with the help of a surrogate. (Photoshopped image.)

Victoria Beckham covers Harper's Bazaar. In the interview she said she bases all of her designs on her own figure. She's a size 6. (Photoshopped image.)

15 years after Titanic was released, Kate Winslet hit the red carpet for the premiere of the 3D version.

And here she is at the premiere in 1997.

Andrej Pejic appeared in this Battle of the Sexes shoot - in Givenchy, Alexander McQueen and Proenza Schouler. (Photoshopped image.)

Pejic plays the feminine lead. (Photoshopped image.)

Angelina and Brad are in Australia! (Sort of). They're part of Madame Tussauds Sydney which is due to open in May.

Introducing picnic pants!! Now who said fashion wasn't practical? They're made by Acquacalda.

23-year-old transgender Miss Universe Canada contestant Jenna Talackova was disqualified after it was discovered she had undergone sexual reassignment surgery. She's considering legal action.

Apparently Forever 21 hates knee caps. (Photoshopped image.)

These are pictures from their online store. (Photoshopped image.)

And, well, we're struggling to find the knee caps. (Photoshopped image.)

These images? They're PAINTINGS!

They're by artist Mary Ellen Johnson.

And they're making us all very hungry.

Wow.

Good enough to eat?

Julia Gillard was in Sth Korea for the Nuclear Security Summit. At the summit, world leaders - including Barack Obama - talked about the threat of nuclear terrorism and how to prevent it.

The Pope met Fidel Castro during a three-day visit to Cuba.

Bill Gates tweeted this picture with the caption: A mother and her newborn under a bed net - currently, one of our best tools against malaria...

Would nail polish sway your election vote? Welcome to the world of the US election campaign. This is campaign nail polish - care of the Obama camp.

Tony Abbott announced his Nanny Plan. He wants the childcare rebate to be extended to cover in-house nannies.

Watch out! Crown Princess Mary accompanied the Duchess of Cornwall on a visit to the set of the TV series, The Killing. Is that thing loaded?

Apparently not. The Duchess was reportedly fascinated by the replica gun.

These incredible pictures are taken of US soliders aboard a military plane en route to Afghanistan.

They're at the U.S. Transit Centre in Manas, 30 km outside Kyrgyzstan's capital Bishkek.

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