Chinese Use Unauthorized Celeb Pix to Sell Condoms

LONDON - It's not unusual for celebrities to lend the faces or bodies to endorse a product in another country, but British model and TV personality Kelly Brook said she did not authorize a picture of her to appear on a brand of Chinese condoms.

The 29-year-old appears in a lusty pose clad only in a gold bikini on 12-pack boxes of safe-sex devices for the Chinese Eyesome company, but her representatives said the image was used without her consent.

In addition to boxes with Brook's photo, the company apparently used an old pic of American Beauty actress Mena Suvari on boxes for another line of condoms.

British newspapers are reporting that the image of Brook seems to be one taken early in her career.