PLAYBOY MAGAZINE December 1998 Mbox2481 Katarina Witt David Duchovny Gore Vidal

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Perhaps, that’s what got her a place in Playboy magazine as well. She became the face of the magazine not once but twice in the years 2000 and 2002, respectively. And while she had this heavy-built and bold figure, she graced the cover of the magazine in the most feminine and sexy poses. It is really hard to be an elite athlete and feminine at the same time. Well, Gabby’s stunning look conveys both attractiveness and athleticism. She accepted to pose nude for Playboy in 2001. 1. Romy Tarangul, Nicole Reinhardt, Katharina Scholz, Petra Niemann Muther, Christopher (11 January 2014). "The ice rink becomes the runway for female figure skaters". The Boston Globe. So there I was thinking this could be my last ever performance should I lose and I would have to go and do something I didn't like. In 1988, Witt started a professional career – rare for East German athletes. She spent three years on tour in the United States with Brian Boitano, also an Olympic champion. Their show, "Witt and Boitano Skating", was so successful that for the first time in ten years, New York's Madison Square Garden was sold out for an ice show. Later, she continued at Holiday on Ice in the United States and in western Europe. She also became an actress in the film Carmen on Ice (1989), which expanded upon her gold-medal free program in Calgary. In 1990, she received an Emmy Award for her role in this film. As a professional she was never as successful competitively as an amateur, often placing last of four or five women in her appearances at the two biggest professional championships (Challenge of Champions and World Professional Championships in Landover), but continued to receive great acclaim as an entertainer and show skater.

At Calgary as there was no professional circuit in the Eastern Bloc and I wanted to perform on such a circuit in the west, the authorities said to me that I had to win gold if I was to get my wish. Torrie Wilson is considered to be one of the most beautiful WWE Divas of all time. She is also considered to be one of the most influential female wrestlers of the time. Gabrielle is known just as much for her professional beach volleyball playing as she is for her modeling career. She has been on countless glamorous and sports magazine covers. Sable also has quite the acting career under her belt. She appeared in films including Corky Romano, Ariana’s Quest, The Final Victim, and Sins of the Realm. She has also appeared in various television shows, including Relic Hunter, First Wave, and Pacific Blue. Ashley Massaro found herself in the WWE after she won the WWE Diva Search in 2005. That said, she was not particularly successful in the world of professional wrestling.Who can forget the successful match between Playboy and WWE called the ‘Bunnymania’ Lumberjill match? The highly successful event had some of the most stunning WWE divas teaming up with other athletes to fight against their opponents. Berkow, Ira (20 April 1994). "AT DINNER WITH: Katarina Witt; Firepower Off the Ice". The New York Times . Retrieved 31 October 2021. München 2018 Candidate City". www.muenchen2018.org. Archived from the original on 27 July 2011 . Retrieved 11 November 2015. In 1987, Witt won her third World title. Although Witt finished fifth in compulsory figures, which meant that Thomas could finish second in both the short and long programs and still retain the World title, Thomas' 7th place in the short program (due to a small hand down on her double axel) put the two skaters on a level playing field ahead of the free skate. In fact, five skaters entered the long program in strong contention for the gold: Kira Ivanova, Witt, Thomas, Elizabeth Manley, and Caryn Kadavy, all needing to only win the long program (or win the long program and beat Ivanova by two places in the long program in the case of Manley and Kadavy) to win. Skating last and under immense pressure with both Kadavy and Thomas having earlier turned in brilliant performances, Witt landed five triple jumps, including a clean triple loop jump which was most crucial of all to win. Earlier, Thomas had two footed her triple-loop attempt, and while Kadavy had done two successful triple loops, she had also popped several triple or double-axel attempts. Even on a night of brilliant skating by a majority of the notable competitors, Witt convincingly earned both the best technical and artistic marks of the night, was ranked first by seven of the nine judges, and reclaimed her World title to an appreciative crowd.

During her tenure in the WWE, she was popular for her catchphrase, “This is for all the women who want to be me and all the men who come to see me”. In 1994, Witt published her autobiography Meine Jahre zwischen Pflicht und Kür ( My Years between Compulsories and Freestyle). In 1995, Witt was inducted into the World Figure Skating Hall of Fame. Her farewell from show skating tour took place in February and March 2008. First on our list of female athletes who posed for Playboy list is Torrie Wilson. The wrestling diva graced Playboy’s cover and became a legend in May 2003. The wrestler’s first shoot with Playboy became a big deal. Not only did it give the fans a chance to see Torrie’s athletic body at its best, but it also gave rise to some of the most controversial storylines in the WWE world. Katarina Witt ( German pronunciation: [ˈkataʁiːna vɪt], audio ⓘ; born 3 December 1965) is a German former figure skater. A two-time Olympic champion, Witt is regarded as one of the greatest ladies' singles figure skaters of all time. [1] Her Laureus profile states "she is remembered most for her overall athleticism, her charismatic appeal and her glamorous image on the ice." [1]Witt made her first appearance in a major international competition at the 1979 European Championships, finishing 14th at the event. At the 1981 World Championships, she placed 1st in the short, 3rd in the long, and 2nd in the combined free skate, missing a medal due to low placement in figures. She placed on a major podium for the first time in 1982, winning silver at both the European and World Championships. She had a great shot at winning the 1982 World Championships, which she only required winning the long program to do. However, she stepped out of three jumps, including the legendary triple flip, the complex element she was the very first woman to accomplish, and a relatively easy double axel, which cost her the long program win and the overall gold medal. The eventual winner of the competition was Elaine Zayak, who landed six triples. The next season, she won her first European title but finished off the World podium in fourth place, because she was 8th in compulsory figures despite winning the combined free skating. Had she placed 1st in the long program instead of 2nd (on a 5–4 split) to Sumners, she would have jumped to the silver over both Leistner and Vodorezova. Her free skate with a triple flip and five triples was technically superior to Sumners', and many believed she should have taken the crucial 1st place in this phase.

Christy Hemme is not just a former wrestler and wrestling announcer. She had also recorded various pieces of music, most notably Society Box, which was featured on a wrestling program. Witt successfully defended her World title in 1985. Here, she was solid and clean in all three phases, placing 3rd to her two main competitors, Kira Ivanova and Tiffany Chin, in the compulsory figures, convincingly winning the short program even over the clean skates of Ivanova and Chin. In the long program, she was put under pressure by Ivanova who made a strong bid for the gold with a clean three-triple long program including a difficult triple loop, but Witt trumped her with a four-triple long program, highlighting her superior artistry to Ivanova's and overtaking her by six judges to three in the long program as well as overall. The judges left room for Chin to win the long program and event, but unfortunately she fell on a double axel and did not complete a triple salchow in her performance, settling for the bronze medal. Witt's longstanding gold-medal dominance of the sport was finally disrupted when in an upset she placed second to American Debi Thomas, the new United States Champion, the following year. At those Worlds, she did win the long program over Thomas's clean skate with identical content, scoring two 6.0s for artistic impression, but a combination miss which left her 4th in the short cost her the gold. This was also the first time since 1980 she would lose the short program phase at a World Championship. To win, she would have needed the final skater, Chin, to place between her and Thomas in the long program, but this did not occur. She had been considering making the 1986 World Championships her final event, but stung by the loss, Witt vowed to regain her title and skate on to Calgary.

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Her spirit was unbreakable, and so was her strength. She wasn’t only willing to take on women in the ring but also men who were double her size. She had this courageous and fearless stance since day one. The 44-year-old chair of Munich's bid for the 2018 Winter Olympics became the first woman ice skater since Norway's Sonja Henie (1928, 1932, 1936) to win successive Olympic golds while competing for East Germany in 1984 and 1988. Although her wrestling career was rather short-lived, she did also appear on an episode of Smallville in 2007. She was also one of the WWE Divas to appear in Timbaland’s music video Throw it on Me. She also appeared in Rev Theory’s music video for Hell Yeah. German sailor, Petra Niemann, brought home a Silver medal at the 2006 Sailing World Championship, she won several national championship titles and participated in three Olympic Games (2000, 2004, 2008). She has displayed this on many fronts since she retired from the rink - acting both on film and stage, making her debut on the latter last year in the English 15th century morality play 'Everyman' playing the 'Beauty'.