Michelle Kwan
When Michelle Kwan was 8 years old she and her older sister Karen started to train skating. As kids they skated for 3 to 4 hours every day in the early morning. The Kwans could only afford to pay for a couch for the first two years, but Michelle Kwan and her sister where lucky in the fact that someone at the L.A figure skating club sponsored them train at the Ice Castle International Training Center.
at the age of 11 Michelle Kwan went pro when she entered the United States Figure Skating Championships in the Jr level. The year after that Michelle Kwan applied for senior level and by 94 Michelle Kwan was the winner of the 1994 Junior Championships.
That year Michelle Kwan made it on to the USA Olympic team as an alternate, though Michelle Kwan finished 2nd place in the U.S Championship she didn't get a higher spot on the 1994 Olympic team because that spot was giving to the previews years U.S championship winner Nancy Kerrigan. Oddly Tonya Harding was also on the US Olympic team that year.
Later that year Michelle Kwan was the sole American skater in the World Championship due to Kerrigan dropping out and Harding having to deal with her trial dealing with her boyfriend breaking Kerrigan's leg the year before.
In 1998 Michelle Kwan made on to the 1998 US Olympic skating team where she won the silver medal.
four years later Kwan made it onto the US Olympic team again. This time she was the lead spot on the team but this year Michelle Kwan only one the bronze medal.
even thought Michelle Kwan hasn't won gold in the Olympics it should be noted that Michelle Kwan if looking at all pro skating championships has the most medals in US skating history with 9 US Championship medals, 5 world championships and 2 Olympic medals.
In 2006 Michelle Kwan was named public diplomacy ambassador by Condoleezza Rice and the role was extended under Obama administration.
Michelle Kwan has also played herself in episodes of the Simpsons and Family Guy
Da Niang Dumpling changes its logo to a sexy young lady
Recently, Chinese netizens were amazed to find that Da Niang Dumpling (大娘水饺), China’s largest instant dumpling chain enterprise, has changed its logo from an elderly woman to a sexy young woman.
See the following the comparison of the old and new logos.
Founded in 1996, Da Niang Dumpling now has 200 plus franchised restaurants across China, and has successfully set up franchised outlets too in foreign cities like Jakarta and Sydney.
Responding to the current change of the logo, the company stated that they have been re-packaging their brand since 2010, and it is time now to change the logo in order to conform to the trend of the times as the old logo has been used for 16 years.
The company also added that the new logo is an extension of the old one, and it focuses on the back view of slim young woman now, which contains the fashion element.
But Chinese netizens do not understand how it conforms to the trend of our times by changing a smile face of an affable aunt to a sexy and slim young lady.
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