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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Materialistic and superficial [/quote]

Most rich, show-biz people are.

Figure skating is also a sport that rewards the superficial. What skaters do is amazing, and it takes a ton of strength, flexibility, dedication, and practice to get to the Olympic level, especially in a country like the US where there is a lot of competition. But it's also a judged sport where people wear skimpy and dramatic costumes while competing to self-selected music and doing choreography. There's a ton of superficiality in the sport, and the skaters who play into that do better than those who ignore it (or have the bad luck of having the "wrong" appearance in a sport that wants women to be pretty, delicate princesses who can also do triple jumps while smiling and not losing a false eyelash.

It has the guts and risk of, say, Olympic snowboard halfpipe, but then you also have to have the looks and makeup skills of a Moulin Rouge showgirl.

I am not surprised that a figure skating champion would grow up to be a 40-something woman who wears a pound of makeup daily, reps Botox, has extensions and highlights, and overpacks for a job. It's what she knows. Probably a relief to know she doesn't have to do all that AND perform a triple-triple and then wait for it to be evaluated in the kiss & cry.[/quote]

Sad she hasn't grown up[/quote]

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