podium girls
neeb
Posts: 4,473
I don't want to appear to be reinforcing stereotypes here, and of course there's nothing wrong with women dating/marrying men who are shorter than they are, but it does seem weird that in more than half of the podium presentations I see the podium girls are unnaturally tall women who dwarf the winner and have to stoop to do the cheek-kissing bit. A lot of cyclists are shorter-than-average men, so why hire podium girls who are considerably taller-than-average women? I know it shouldn't look weird if I have my politically-correct hat on, but it still does... 
0
Comments
-
Not only do pro-cyclists tend to be below average height, don't models tend to be above average height.Do Nellyphants count?
Commuter: FCN 9
Cheapo Roadie: FCN 5
Off Road: FCN 11
+1 when I don't get round to shaving for x days0 -
don't models tend to be above average height
Yup, I guess that's the problem - you can't become a model unless you're tall, so when they try to hire models for podium girls they can't get any of a normal height.
I noticed in one of the recent races (Dauphine, Tour de Swiss?) that they had models for the yellow jersey presentation but normal-looking women who presumably weren't models for the stage winner's presentation. I thought the latter looked far more natural and the women were often equally or more attractive.0 -
from a politically correct point of view as long as they are cute with a sexy bum who cares 0
-
And 3" heels and 2" of upswept hair adds to the difference ...__________________
......heading for the box, but not too soon I hope!0 -
Not to mention that the girls are in high heels and the riders are heels down / toes-up in their SIDIs.
Its why they give the riders a small crate to stand on for the podium photos.'This week I 'ave been mostly been climbing like Basso - Shirley Basso.'0 -
This thread could benefit from photographic evidence. How's this for a start?
Winner: PTP Vuelta 20070 -
Ahhh, one picture more than a thousand words
0 -
Correct me if i am wrong, but George Hincapie was not fussed about the hight of his podium girl, he married his...i think.0
-
I've just realised what it is in my subconscious that freaks me out about really tall podium girls stooping to kiss really short cyclists... it's snow white! !
0 -
Well, at 5' 5'', i 'm glad that there is still some hope for my career change to that of professional cyclist.Two wheels good,four wheels bad0
-
Im 5' 6'', theres still hope for me yet.... 0
-
At 6'5 it'd freak the bejesus out of me Purveyor of sonic doom
Very Hairy Roadie - FCN 4
Fixed Pista- FCN 5
Beared Bromptonite - FCN 140 -
I wouldn't care one jot if they were taller than me - merely being there would mean that I'd won a stage or race, plus I'd get kisses from someone other than my wife!0
-
Ieuanllan wrote:I wouldn't care one jot if they were taller than me - merely being there would mean that I'd won a stage or race, plus I'd get kisses from someone other than my wife!
0
