Word: kournikova
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...apathy, there are some female athletes who have achieved fame and great financial success. Women like Maria Sharapova, Mia Hamm, and Danica Patrick have all become marketing icons, far outshining their peers—in some cases, peers who are actually better players. They, along with others like Anna Kournikova, have used more than just their athletic ability to gain this fame: They’ve also used their looks...
...lauded for their marketability (see: Beckham, David), when female athletes venture outside the immediate realm of athletic competition, they are criticized for diverting attention from the substance of their respective sports. Female athletes are simultaneously acclaimed and derided for their good looks, as was the case with Kournikova. Her appealing physique was largely responsible for making her so popular, but it led to a backlash from people who hated that she was famous for it. Instead of anyone suggesting that the people who drooled over her in the first place were in the wrong, Kournikova was the one chastised...
...Tennis star Anna Kournikova out and about in Hollywood
...Anna Kournikova by any means necessary,” said Warner, before taking outing a camera with a telephoto lens to capture his heroine’s movements. “If it means I have to go see three shitty tennis matches beforehand, whatever,” he added...
...ogling, Kournikova lost both of the matches she competed in—Boston won both the mixed doubles and the women’s doubles events by a score of five points to four. While Kournikova did display some of the quality that let her rise to the number one women’s doubles ranking, it was not enough to spare the Capitals from the Lobsters’ claws...