le maitre couturier:
SHARAPOVA HAS BEEN ELECTED AS MOST BEAUTIFUL ATHLETE OF THE DECADE BY AN AMERICAN SITE. SECOND PLACE FOR KOURNIKOVA; I DON'T KNOW NOTHING ABOUT IVANOVIC BUT IT LOOKS CRAZY IF SHE ISN'T IN THE TOP 5.
May be she has less chance because she is not blonde. You have also to play great tennis to be famous in fashion.
As Kournikova stops playing pro tennis, she seldom reaches the first place in a ranking. But people know her and sometimes she is second.
If Sharapova continues to improve her tennis, she will be always number 1. If you want to be famous, play great tennis. It is the secret of fashion. When you play poor tennis nobody needs you and people forget you for ever because they think about new talents.
The best athletes of Russian always support their country.
The former U.S. figure-skating champion; Kwan reminded the children that hard work and persistence are a large part of the success of athletes like herself or Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin or former Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova — both Russian natives.
"Keep on working hard, and your dreams — such a great thing — will come true," Kwan said "A lot of my dreams came true."