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I just said to my hubby tonight that I've never seen an ugly figure skater in the Olympics either, women or men. Don't know why because I know it's based on talent, not looks.
I think a lot of them are not attractive, average at best. Some, like Tonya Harding, are not attractive at all.
Like my 60 year old girlfriend. Seriously, she is in awesome shape, and can put many 30 year olds to shame, and is physically in better shape than many of them. A lifetime of exercise and good eating helps. But then, I'm 66 and can walk most millennials into the ground, and I would let them pick the terrain, the length of the trek, and how many days we would go out. But we just live that kind of lifestyle.
Many good looking people come from wealthy parents of course. Lots of money in the skiing snowboarding folks. I live in a wealthy area and people just look much better than in poor neighborhoods. Just the way it is. Skiing isn't a poor person's sport. Never was.
Long time skier here. Yes, that is noticable. The process of becoming a world class athlete typically starts when a person begins to walk. The Parents encourage them. Eventually they become involved in a coached sport. Most Olympic Winter sports are not part of a school curriculum so the parents end up paying all the bills for coaching, practice, and travel. Imagine how many kids would play football if the parents had to pony up $400 for an annual pass to the field and $1000 for a coach? Or any other popular Summer sport. So there is one filter. Mostly rich kids move up in Winter sports.
Coaches are human, so guess which ones they select to help the most? The nicest, most polite, enthusiastic, attractive ones. These are the kids that progress and get to the top ranks. If the do not progress through high school they and the parents give up and move on to something else.
Participating in world class competition is expensive so commercial endorsements are essential. Guess who the corporations select to support? Of course, the ones who can model for their products.
That is what you see in the Olympics.
Ugh, how unfair. They're clearly discriminating against ugly dark haired women! After all, these skiers and snowboarders aren't selected based on their skills, only on their good looks and light hair.
No, it's not quite that...but as others have written, to get endorsement money it certainly doesn't hurt to be gorgeous TOO. And you can get better a lot faster with endorsements behind you to help with all your costs for equipment, training, travel, etc. So, as usual, there does happen to be a hidden component of attractiveness, EVEN in the Olympics unfortunately. It's called "sports modelling" - yeah, I made that up, but it's only a step removed from "spokesmodel".
Just like musicians could be ugly in the past, or at least didn't have to be gorgeous - but that was before videos came around and looks / dance ability started to trump actual musical ability.
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