Female Athletes that Turn us On
Even sportsminded people can't hide or even run on how vanity works on a human being. Just recently, I happened to stumble on yahoo's feature on the best looking females in sports. Can't help myself to think of posting it on this blog for, the moment I've read the article I came to the thought that even those people who should watch for skills and abilities in sports of an athlete can't help themselves to notice how good looking or bad looking an athlete is.
Though we should be looking for their capabilities to win their field of sports, here we will be featuring their abilities to attract attention from their audience (everyone including men and women in simple workwear apparels,those who are wearing corporate uniforms or even those people in medical scrubs and tall scrub pants too who are fond of watching and updating sports events) merely through their looks.
So here ladies and gentlemen are the list of the best looking females who are wearing team wear or sportswear uniforms.
10. Jennie Finch
Jennie Lynn Finch is an American softball player who pitches for the USA national softball team and the Chicago Bandits. She helped lead Team USA to win the gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics and a silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Time magazine described her as the most famous softball player in history. On July 20, 2010 Finch officially announced her retirement from softball to focus on her family. In 2003, she received more votes than Anna Kournikova in an ESPN online poll as the most attractive female athlete. In 2004, People magazine named her as one of its "50 Most Beautiful People", the only female athlete in the list. Finch has modeled swimwear for the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition in 2005.She was offered lucrative contracts to disrobe for Playboy and Maxim magazine but turned them down.
9. Malia Jones
Jones was born in Loma Linda, California, although she returned to Kailua, Hawaii, at the age of two. Jones is of Hawaiian, Spanish-Filipino, German and English descent. She began to surf competitively in her early teens, and at age 15 won the girls division of the United States Amateur Surfing Championship. While competing, Surfing Magazine spotted her and asked her to model for their swimsuit issue, and thus a second career was born. Since then, she has appeared on the cover of over a dozen magazines, and has been named one of the "50 Most Beautiful People" by People magazine, and one of America's "10 Sexiest Athletes" by Esquire. She has also been a Sports Illustrated swimsuit model. Jones has done TV commercials for American Express, Capri Sun, Coca-Cola, Corona Beer, and VO5 shampoo. Jones was also a consultant for the Disney movie Lilo & Stitch. She also designs a line of swimwear for Mambo Graphics sportswear.
8. Daniela Hantuchová
She is a Slovak professional tennis player. She turned professional in 1999 and had her breakthrough year in 2002, when she won her first Tier I tournament and ended the year in the top ten. She is currently coached by Larri Passos. As of October 11, 2010, Hantuchová is ranked World No. 30 in singles. She appeared in the 2009 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition alongside Maria Kirilenko and Tatiana Golovin in a pictoral entitled Volley of the Dolls.
7. Lokelani McMichael
She is an American triathlete, surfer and model. In October 1995, she became the youngest female to finish the Hawaii Ironman. The achievement also put her into the Guinness Book of World Records as the youngest woman ever to finish the Ironman. McMichael has been featured in GQ, Shape, Triathlete, Runner's World and several other magazines.
6. Jamie Sale
Sale is a Canadian pair skater. With then husband and partner David Pelletier, she is a 2002 Olympic Champion and the 2001 World Champion. Salé & Pelletier's Olympic gold medal was shared with the Russian pair Elena Berezhnaya and Anton Sikharulidze after the 2002 Olympic Winter Games figure skating scandal. At 5-feet-1 this fetching brunette is one of sport's most graceful female beauties. She became a mother in 2007 with the birth of a son. Jamie tours with David in "Stars on Ice," even though they have reportedly decided to divorce.
5. Ana Ivanovic
Ivanovic is a former World No. 1 Serbian tennis player. As of October 11, 2010, she is ranked World No. 29 on the WTA rankings. She won the 2008 French Open and was the runner-up in singles at the 2007 French Open and the 2008 Australian Open. On September 8, 2007, Ivanovic became a UNICEF National Ambassador for Serbia, alongside Aleksandar Ðordevic, Jelena Jankovic and Emir Kusturica. She takes a special interest in the fields of education and child protection. Ivanovic visited a primary school in Serbia during her inauguration and said: "I'm also looking forward to going into the classroom and meeting many kids."
4. Anna Rawson
An Australian professional golfer and model. She currently plays on the LPGA Tour. She got her break into a modeling career at age 16, when she was a finalist in the Australian "Dolly" Magazine cover contest. This opened up modeling opportunities on the catwalk, in print ads, magazines, and on television. In 1999 as an amateur golfer in Australia Rawson was the South Australian and Victoria Junior Champion plus the winner of the Jack Newton International Junior Classic. She was the leading qualifier for the 1999 and 2000 Australian Amateur Championship and was a member of the 1999 Australian National Squad. Rawson turned professional at the end of 2004, played a full season on the Future Tour and missed the cut at the 2004 LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament. She finished third at the Ladies European Tour 2005 qualifying tournament and was a season 2006 LET rookie. On December 5, 2007, Anna notified fans via her Myspace page that she had been invited to join the LPGA tour. In 2008 she qualified for a full time tour card via Q school for the 2009 tour.
3. Francesca Piccinini
A true Italian beauty and one of the world's best-known volleyball players, Francesca was on the team that won the 2002 world championships and has represented Italy in the last three Olympics. She participated on the Italian volleyball team in the 2000 Sydney Summer Olympics and the 2004 Athens Summer Olympics. Known for her spiking skills, her full 5-foot-11 frame, and occasionally posing nude for Italian magazines. Francesca Piccinini’s girl-next-door looks, sex appeal and athletic ability make her a crowd favorite when she takes the court for Team Italy. She has had parts in a couple of movies and has been featured in modeling shoots.
2. Maria Sharapova
Sharapova has won 22 WTA singles titles, 3 WTA doubles titles and 3 Grand Slam singles titles, including 2004 Wimbledon, 2006 US Open and 2008 Australian Open. She was also runner-up at the 2007 Australian Open. She has also won the year-ending Sony Ericsson Championships in 2004. The Women's Tennis Association has ranked her World No. 1 in singles on 4 separate occasions. She regained this ranking for the fourth time on May 19, 2008. She became the World No. 1 for the first time on Aug 22, 2005. She is currently ranked World No. 19. Sharapova's public profile extends beyond tennis, as she has been featured in a number of modeling assignments, including a feature in Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. Also she has been featured in many advertisements including Nike, Prince, Canon and many more, also being the face of many fashion houses, primarily Cole Haan. Sharapova was the most searched-for athlete on Yahoo! in both 2005 and 2008. Since February 2007, she has been a United Nations Development Project Goodwill Ambassador, concerned specifically with the Chernobyl Recovery and Development Programme. In July 2008, as a result of her success both on and off court, she was the world's highest-paid female athlete, earning US $26 million. In January, 2010, she signed an eight-year Nike contract, worth 70 million dollars. In August 2010, Maria Sharapova was once again named the world's highest-paid female athlete by Forbes magazine, earning $24.5 million.
1. Danica Patrick
Patrick is an American auto racing driver, currently competing in the IndyCar Series, the ARCA Racing Series presented by RE/MAX and Menards, and the NASCAR Nationwide Series, as well as a model and advertising spokeswoman. Patrick was named the Rookie of the Year for both the 2005 Indianapolis 500 and the 2005 IndyCar Series season. With her win in the 2008 Indy Japan 300, Patrick became the first woman to win an Indy car race. She placed 3rd in the 2009 Indianapolis 500, which was both a personal best for her at the track and the highest finish by a woman in the event's history. Patrick was featured on the cover of the June 6, 2005 issue of Sports Illustrated, making her the first Indianapolis 500 driver on the cover since Al Unser, in victory lane, following his upset fourth victory in 1987. After her participation in the 2005 Indianapolis 500, she was asked by Playboy to have her pictures taken to be published in a future edition of its magazine. She declined the offer, but she did participate in a "20 Questions" interview with Jason Buhrmester for the magazine's July 2007 issue. She had also previously posed for FHM, appearing in the April 2003 issue. She was on the cover of the September/October 2006 issue of travelgirl magazine and the October 2006 issue of American Libraries. Patrick appears in the February 15, 2008 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. She is featured in a 4-page photo spread. Whew!
Though we should be looking for their capabilities to win their field of sports, here we will be featuring their abilities to attract attention from their audience (everyone including men and women in simple workwear apparels,those who are wearing corporate uniforms or even those people in medical scrubs and tall scrub pants too who are fond of watching and updating sports events) merely through their looks.
So here ladies and gentlemen are the list of the best looking females who are wearing team wear or sportswear uniforms.
10. Jennie Finch
Jennie Lynn Finch is an American softball player who pitches for the USA national softball team and the Chicago Bandits. She helped lead Team USA to win the gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics and a silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Time magazine described her as the most famous softball player in history. On July 20, 2010 Finch officially announced her retirement from softball to focus on her family. In 2003, she received more votes than Anna Kournikova in an ESPN online poll as the most attractive female athlete. In 2004, People magazine named her as one of its "50 Most Beautiful People", the only female athlete in the list. Finch has modeled swimwear for the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition in 2005.She was offered lucrative contracts to disrobe for Playboy and Maxim magazine but turned them down.
9. Malia Jones
Jones was born in Loma Linda, California, although she returned to Kailua, Hawaii, at the age of two. Jones is of Hawaiian, Spanish-Filipino, German and English descent. She began to surf competitively in her early teens, and at age 15 won the girls division of the United States Amateur Surfing Championship. While competing, Surfing Magazine spotted her and asked her to model for their swimsuit issue, and thus a second career was born. Since then, she has appeared on the cover of over a dozen magazines, and has been named one of the "50 Most Beautiful People" by People magazine, and one of America's "10 Sexiest Athletes" by Esquire. She has also been a Sports Illustrated swimsuit model. Jones has done TV commercials for American Express, Capri Sun, Coca-Cola, Corona Beer, and VO5 shampoo. Jones was also a consultant for the Disney movie Lilo & Stitch. She also designs a line of swimwear for Mambo Graphics sportswear.
8. Daniela Hantuchová
She is a Slovak professional tennis player. She turned professional in 1999 and had her breakthrough year in 2002, when she won her first Tier I tournament and ended the year in the top ten. She is currently coached by Larri Passos. As of October 11, 2010, Hantuchová is ranked World No. 30 in singles. She appeared in the 2009 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition alongside Maria Kirilenko and Tatiana Golovin in a pictoral entitled Volley of the Dolls.
7. Lokelani McMichael
She is an American triathlete, surfer and model. In October 1995, she became the youngest female to finish the Hawaii Ironman. The achievement also put her into the Guinness Book of World Records as the youngest woman ever to finish the Ironman. McMichael has been featured in GQ, Shape, Triathlete, Runner's World and several other magazines.
6. Jamie Sale
Sale is a Canadian pair skater. With then husband and partner David Pelletier, she is a 2002 Olympic Champion and the 2001 World Champion. Salé & Pelletier's Olympic gold medal was shared with the Russian pair Elena Berezhnaya and Anton Sikharulidze after the 2002 Olympic Winter Games figure skating scandal. At 5-feet-1 this fetching brunette is one of sport's most graceful female beauties. She became a mother in 2007 with the birth of a son. Jamie tours with David in "Stars on Ice," even though they have reportedly decided to divorce.
5. Ana Ivanovic
Ivanovic is a former World No. 1 Serbian tennis player. As of October 11, 2010, she is ranked World No. 29 on the WTA rankings. She won the 2008 French Open and was the runner-up in singles at the 2007 French Open and the 2008 Australian Open. On September 8, 2007, Ivanovic became a UNICEF National Ambassador for Serbia, alongside Aleksandar Ðordevic, Jelena Jankovic and Emir Kusturica. She takes a special interest in the fields of education and child protection. Ivanovic visited a primary school in Serbia during her inauguration and said: "I'm also looking forward to going into the classroom and meeting many kids."
4. Anna Rawson
An Australian professional golfer and model. She currently plays on the LPGA Tour. She got her break into a modeling career at age 16, when she was a finalist in the Australian "Dolly" Magazine cover contest. This opened up modeling opportunities on the catwalk, in print ads, magazines, and on television. In 1999 as an amateur golfer in Australia Rawson was the South Australian and Victoria Junior Champion plus the winner of the Jack Newton International Junior Classic. She was the leading qualifier for the 1999 and 2000 Australian Amateur Championship and was a member of the 1999 Australian National Squad. Rawson turned professional at the end of 2004, played a full season on the Future Tour and missed the cut at the 2004 LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament. She finished third at the Ladies European Tour 2005 qualifying tournament and was a season 2006 LET rookie. On December 5, 2007, Anna notified fans via her Myspace page that she had been invited to join the LPGA tour. In 2008 she qualified for a full time tour card via Q school for the 2009 tour.
3. Francesca Piccinini
A true Italian beauty and one of the world's best-known volleyball players, Francesca was on the team that won the 2002 world championships and has represented Italy in the last three Olympics. She participated on the Italian volleyball team in the 2000 Sydney Summer Olympics and the 2004 Athens Summer Olympics. Known for her spiking skills, her full 5-foot-11 frame, and occasionally posing nude for Italian magazines. Francesca Piccinini’s girl-next-door looks, sex appeal and athletic ability make her a crowd favorite when she takes the court for Team Italy. She has had parts in a couple of movies and has been featured in modeling shoots.
2. Maria Sharapova
Sharapova has won 22 WTA singles titles, 3 WTA doubles titles and 3 Grand Slam singles titles, including 2004 Wimbledon, 2006 US Open and 2008 Australian Open. She was also runner-up at the 2007 Australian Open. She has also won the year-ending Sony Ericsson Championships in 2004. The Women's Tennis Association has ranked her World No. 1 in singles on 4 separate occasions. She regained this ranking for the fourth time on May 19, 2008. She became the World No. 1 for the first time on Aug 22, 2005. She is currently ranked World No. 19. Sharapova's public profile extends beyond tennis, as she has been featured in a number of modeling assignments, including a feature in Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. Also she has been featured in many advertisements including Nike, Prince, Canon and many more, also being the face of many fashion houses, primarily Cole Haan. Sharapova was the most searched-for athlete on Yahoo! in both 2005 and 2008. Since February 2007, she has been a United Nations Development Project Goodwill Ambassador, concerned specifically with the Chernobyl Recovery and Development Programme. In July 2008, as a result of her success both on and off court, she was the world's highest-paid female athlete, earning US $26 million. In January, 2010, she signed an eight-year Nike contract, worth 70 million dollars. In August 2010, Maria Sharapova was once again named the world's highest-paid female athlete by Forbes magazine, earning $24.5 million.
1. Danica Patrick
Patrick is an American auto racing driver, currently competing in the IndyCar Series, the ARCA Racing Series presented by RE/MAX and Menards, and the NASCAR Nationwide Series, as well as a model and advertising spokeswoman. Patrick was named the Rookie of the Year for both the 2005 Indianapolis 500 and the 2005 IndyCar Series season. With her win in the 2008 Indy Japan 300, Patrick became the first woman to win an Indy car race. She placed 3rd in the 2009 Indianapolis 500, which was both a personal best for her at the track and the highest finish by a woman in the event's history. Patrick was featured on the cover of the June 6, 2005 issue of Sports Illustrated, making her the first Indianapolis 500 driver on the cover since Al Unser, in victory lane, following his upset fourth victory in 1987. After her participation in the 2005 Indianapolis 500, she was asked by Playboy to have her pictures taken to be published in a future edition of its magazine. She declined the offer, but she did participate in a "20 Questions" interview with Jason Buhrmester for the magazine's July 2007 issue. She had also previously posed for FHM, appearing in the April 2003 issue. She was on the cover of the September/October 2006 issue of travelgirl magazine and the October 2006 issue of American Libraries. Patrick appears in the February 15, 2008 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. She is featured in a 4-page photo spread. Whew!
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