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Goodbye Natalie Gulbis, Pinup-Babe, we hardly knew ye
Thursday November 1, 2007 | 13:50:06 228 words, 5155 views
This is what I loathe about the modern-day athlete. They’re not so much people as they are “brands.” They’re mostly just symbols working hand in hand with business trying to get us to buy more cereal, toilet paper and hamburgers. Natalie Gulbis, now that she has actually won a golf tournament, is being “re-vamped – and devamped” – according to Jeffrey Kelly of the Richmond Times Dispatch by her new “branding agency” in Richmond. Gulbis, of course, pushed her considerable physical gifts on her previous calendars, provocatively posing in skimpy swimsuits and sexy dresses. So provocative, in fact, the USGA banned one of her calendars at the U.S. Women’s Open. Now that she’s in the public eye – and millions of Google image searches – she’s all of a sudden getting modest. No need to shed those clothes to get a little PR. Her new calendar will feature “game face” shots of her winning her first LPGA title at the Evian Masters in France. Can’t wait to see that. Her new image, according to Circle S Studios, will be an “All-American girl who eats well exercises and works hard.” How exciting. Natalie eats well. “…Sometimes the media can start to control your brand, and we’re trying to take control of the brand,” Circle S President and managing partner Susan Hogg told the newspaper. Forget the person. The brand is what sells. Comments:
Comment from: BV [Visitor]
Boy oh boy....I'm really looking forward to a calendar full of "game face" photos. I don't often agree with ya Tim, but in this case you are dead on the money. Well, maybe now that Wie is 18 and hasn't won anything.......*wink*
Comment from: Kiel Christianson [Member]
Well, she should have never switched her
PR to Circle S from Circle Je... oh, never mind. Seriously. She eats well and exercises? So does my mom. Anyone want to buy a calendar?
Comment from: BV [Visitor]
Only if your mom is posing in swimsuits and lingerie (ala Natalie), Kiel......otherwise, no dice! ;)
Now that Gulbis has won, she wants credility, thus keeping her clothes on.
Give her a year or two after she fails to win another tournament, she will start stripping again.
Is it me or does anyone else think she's had some, how do you say, augmentation work done? Or do her sports bras just over-emphasize her front load?
Yeah, I think it has something to do with the way she walks. Natalie likes to, shall we say, thrust her way into the limelight.
Wife agrees with me.
Tim,
I never really found her calendar exciting or sexy. I think she looks her best out on the golf course in her full "battle gear". Perhaps it has to do with how much better she looks compared to her competitors. I don't think her personality and poise doesn't fully translate on TV or print until you meet her in person (I walked 18 holes w/ er at the 2006 Samsung volunteering for Golf Channel). Let's see how the new calendar looks first.
"Give her a year or two after she fails to win another tournament, she will start stripping again."
I guess Michelle Wie is stripping right now, then. How many years without a win? Leave a comment: |
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