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Originally posted by Honeykiss1974
I wonder whatever happened to that black figure skater from France? Man, i can not think of her name, but she was really good. I think in the last Winter games, she refused to accept the silver medal or something to that affect. Shoot, now I'm gonna have to do a net search for her.
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I have NO idea how to spell it, but that was Surya Bonaly. She was an AMAZING athlete and she felt like she got stiffed. repeatedly. She used to do a backflip on the ice.
The problem is that she just wasn't as graceful as they like. If she had been white it might not have been a problem, but that wasn't going to cut it for her.
I always remember her because her Mom was white and used to give that girl ATROCIOUS make-up- just pastel pinks and all kinds of awful mess on her face. You could tell they didn't know how to handle "our" complexions. Poor girl!
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