Kerri helped lead the 1996 Olympic gymnastics team to get the gold medal, and may I add it was the first time for the U.S. Woman Olympic Gymnastics to ever win the gold medal. Yes I know that you are thinking “oh big deal there is a first for everything” I know because that is what I thought the first time I heard about her. “What is it that makes her so great?” you might ask, “Well was it her good sportsmanship?” No “Was it her good form?” No. Than what is so great about her? It all came down to her they needed a very high score, it was the last event which was vault and she was the last person up and they were depending on her score to get the gold medal, it was all going good in tell she missed her hands on the vault and fell and sprained her ankle very bad.
For instance the newest comer to the club (some would argue) would be Bristol Palin, the daughter of Sara Palin. Bristol has been a part of the cast of this 2010 season of Dancing with the stars. Sara Palin the ex-governor of Alaska, ex-vice presidential candidate of 08 for the republican-party and now a new “Reality T.V. Star” mom, with her own show Sara Palin’s Alaska. Has proven that no matter how you feel about her, you can’t help but admit she has star power.
A brief biographical statement about Oprah; At 18, she won the Miss Black Tennessee pageant and a year later became the first black woman to anchor the evening news in Nashville. Winfrey further honed her broadcast skills in Baltimore before moving to Chicago to host a daily talk show in 1984. She was so popular that the series (A.M. Chicago) was renamed in her honor and became a national hit in syndication in 1986. Oprah quickly became a household name, a wildly successful yet still accessible woman who struggled with her weight and talked about surviving sexual molestation. But hosting a talk show wasn't all Winfrey had in mind.
Jennifer Lopez Jennifer Lopez was born on July 24, 1969, in the Castle Hill section of the Bronx.Her Father was a computer technician.Her mother was a Kindergarden teacher.Jennifer was the middle child of three sisters.All of jennifers sisters are musically talented. Although Jennifers mother was scared by her decission to pursue a Musical career,Jennifer still went after her dream. After high school she moved out and began on her quest to become a star. She got her start on " In Living Color" After two years on living color she went to dance for Janet Jackson. Just when you think her career is doing amazing as it is it takes off more, Jennifer Lopez then stars in her first major film called "My Family ".
Hassiba Boulmerka an Algerian competitor, who competed in the 1992 games in Spain states that she wins give her confidence for all women in her country. She is a strong woman who believes every woman who wants to compete should do it. She states that even though some people may not approve of her competing, she has her friends and family supporting her. In document 10, Ali Kabir, a sportswriter talks about the rise and fall of Pakistan’s men field hockey team. He believes that the 2000 Olympics reflected their social values and from national pride to self-promotion.
It is obvious that Misty-May Treanor greatly deserves the awards and gold medals she has earned by playing the sport she loves the most. She has definitely put in everything she has into volleyball, and she has a great amount of talent at the sport. Forrest 7 Works Cited Donald, L. “Misty May-Treanor, U.S. Olympic Athletes.” usavolleyball.org. N.p., n.d. Web.
She realized she had a special gift when she starred in a play called Annie. One of her first appearances was on the show Star Search. She appeared on this show at the age of eleven. Aaliyah had made all of her dreams come true in 1995. At age 15 she released her first R & B album, “Age Ain't Nothing But a Number.” Her album sold quickly.
Emily Carr who painted about Canada’s natural beauty got recognized as one of Canada’s finest artists, Mary Pickford a Canadian woman became “America’s Sweetheart” by conquering Hollywood, The Edmonton Grads was declared the world champion in women’s basketball, Women athletes like Ethel Catherwood and Bobby Rosenfeld won gold medals for Canada in the Olympics in 1928. Many such accomplishments made women of the 1920s more respected and confident. It also helped to change the typical perspective of women in the eyes of the society. The 1920s was a
While others were drooling over Shon Jonsen’s young athletic abilities, I was in awh over Anastasia Valeryevna (Nastia) Liuikin’s beauty and her ability to present herself so well. Born in Moscow on October 30, 1989, her family quickly moved to the United States for a better opportunity for two year-old Nastia. Since 2005, Nastia has been on U.S. National team at the level of Senior International Elite, preforming in the Olympics and other International/Regional/National competitions. I look up to her because of her style, pose, humbleness, dedication, and the way she presents herself. I think after I saw her in the 2008 Olympics I collected everything and anything that had her on it!!
It is showing that because you came together and helped women get a voice and let them be heard by getting the the right to vote. It benefited the world tremendously and I am very fortunate to be part of such a great country to where I can vote, be able to get a wonderful job because I was able to get an education at a great school so I could succeed and start working my way up the ladder of success in