Research Paper On Lina Navratilova

Nina Tsiotsias is a creative fashionista whose passion lies with vintage clothing. At sixteen, Nina began modeling with NEXT models and thrived in the world of fashion, gaining valuable experience in front of and behind the camera. A muse to the iconic Garren, Nina's style is 100% authentic. Her intuitive nature inspires her to create confident cool-girl looks that prove irreplicable. You will find Nina to be resourceful, inventive and a quick learner. She was recently published in the Summer 2017 issue of Venice magazine. She continues to model and style as she prepares for the soft launch of her vintage shop "Uniform Violation".

Gender inequality in professional tennis is a real and alarming issue, from the pay gap between mens' and womens' tennis players to the low media coverage of women's professional tennis. This issue even goes as far as how differently tennis commentators discuss and analyze mens tennis as opposed to how they discuss and analyze womens tennis. When commentators discuss men's tennis they solely focus on the skill of the players, but when they discuss women's tennis they place more importance on the appearance of the female players, rather than their skill. This instance of gender inequality in professional tennis is further exacerbated by the differences in advertisements for male tennis players and female tennis players. The advertisements involving male tennis players display their athleticism and tennis abilities, whereas the advertisements including female tennis players are appearance-focused, with the females often wearing little clothing. This is corroborated by the popular belief that focusing on the physical appearance of female athletes is the only way in which generating money from women's professional sports is distinctly possible (Fink, 2015, p. 338). Female professional tennis players train just as hard as the men do, thus the gender inequality that exists in the sport is not necessarily a result of how women perform on the court. It is rather a result of how society perceives women playing in professional sports overall, which the mass media is partially to blame

The author of The Colonel, Michael Hogan, details how a certain Army Colonel influenced his life through the sport of tennis. Hogan begins by indicating how mainstreamed tennis is today, to the point an average adolescent could not imagine tennis as a ‘rich man’ sport. In the fifties, when Hogan was a child, tennis was a sport reserved for mostly men at country clubs and private resorts. Women had competed at international competitions such as Wimbledon for a several years, but many of them were amateurs (oftentimes paid little). Fortunately for female tennis players, Billie Jean King’s assertiveness, in 1967, and the Virginia Slim tournaments, in the seventies, influenced tennis to include women in professional tennis (such as Chris Everts

People pretend it doesn’t exist, but racism is still here and much alive.  Tennis prides itself on being innovators. That’s why tennis awards equal prize money, television and media coverage to both male and female tennis players. The fact remains that tennis wouldn’t be true innovators until it stops racism. Serena and Venus William’s two African American sisters began tennis when they were young and soon started having massive success. The success the two sisters had brought inspiration and influenced other young African Americans to join the game.

Althea has seen prejudice and discrimination in the entirety of her lifetime despite the many titles and awards she was given. Her life began with the Great Migration and lasted till the Civil Rights Movement. Even though people were prejudice and discriminated against her, she overcame those obstacles. Althea will be remembered as one of the best in tennis for her outstanding performance.

History has referred to her as "the Jackie Robinson of tennis" for breaking the color barrier. On August 22, 1950, Althea Gibson, an American sportswoman, became the first African-American woman to be a competitor on the world tennis tour. She was the first to win a 'grand slam' title in 1957. She was a pioneer in both amateur tennis and professional golf forging a road for future greats to include Tiger Woods and Venus Williams. She was also the first black woman on the LPGA tour.

Purpose Statement: The purpose of my speech is to inform my audience about the history of tennis and about tennis itself.

Serena Williams is the number one women’s tennis player in the world. Her outstanding skills have earned her 50 million dollars through just prizes; that is more than any other athlete in the world (“Serena Williams Fast Facts”). Her fast reflexes, amazing skills, and outgoing personality have made her known as a powerful woman and an inspiration to many young girls. This African-American woman is almost six feet tall and is made of steel. With her long, muscular legs and her quick arms, no wonder she is number one!

An example of a female athlete being ridiculed for portraying society’s idea of non-femininity is Martina Navratilova. Martina was the first female tennis player who began to play tennis more as a power sport than a sport of technique. Subdued by an oppressive communist system that controlled the Czech Tennis Federation, she was seen to be playing in the style of men instead of playing women's tennis. As she did not fit into society's image of how a woman should look, behave and play tennis, she was ridiculed and branded as the proverbial ‘bad egg’ when compared to her contemporaries. Additionally, she was branded as a lesbian, which caused more hardship for her as she was forced to face a world which was much more homophobic at that time than it is now. Her sexual orientation is not a prime issue; it was something that was used against her and something that was assumed simply because she did not portray the feminine image that is expected of women.

During her lifetime Helena touched notable people like John L. O'Sullivan, ex-Ambassador to Portugal and P. B. Randolph, a leading member of the Rosicrucian society("Helena Petrovna Blavatsky"). Her dear friend and partner Colonel Olcott paid tribute to her prior to her death, saying "HPB's enthusiasm was aflame at which all our Theosophists lit their torches, an example which stirred one's blood like the sound of a war trumpet! It is no wonder that I have loved her as a friend, prized her as a teacher, and for evermore kept her memory sacred" (Wilson). People then and now remained very divided on their opinion of Madame Blavatsky. Some held her in high regard as a holy guru and others saw her as a fake and a fraud (Kalnitsky, 178).Kalnitsky, Arnold (2003). Aside from touching the lives

April 21, 2012: Frida Giannini, the Gucci creative director, hosted three events in Shanghai. The day started with a morning cocktail party for Chinese actress Li Bing Bing at the historic Wai Tan Yuan. At the event, Gucci’s new advertising campaign starring the Chinese superstar was unveiled. The campaign, shot in London, was run in China beginning in May to promote the 46 Gucci stores in 32 cities. Wai Tan Yuan was then the location of Giannini's first Gucci fashion show in China. 600 invited guests were presented with her Fall/Winter 2012-2013. The collection has not been shown anywhere else outside of Milan. Following the fashion show was a private party dubbed "Gucci Club" on the Rock Bund, with three floors and themes within each. Guests

They are persons in your life that when you meet them, you wish to be with them forever, and that's what I used to feel with my big friend Fabiola Lizeth Bonilla. She was a really proud Honduran girl. Proud of their food and culture and lived there for 17 years, then she moved to the United States of America and got in love with the country. Fabiola was an amazing person, she didn't like to see someone sad, and if I'm not wrong, her favorite hobby was to make all her friends happy.

She is the Captain of her tennis team and is constantly working to try to improve her abilities.

Furthermore, King went on to boycott the difference in pay between males and females in tennis. She was the first female tennis player to win more than $100,000 in a season, yet male players were still making three times this amount. The movement resulted in the first female tennis tour and the creating of WomenSports Magazine and the Women’s Sports Foundation. After retiring, she continued to advocate for gender equity.

Florence Nightingale was born in Florence, Italy, she was named after the city of her birth. Her mother and father had her when they were vacationing in Italy. She was born on May 12, 1820. Her parents were William and Frances (also known as Fanny) Nightingale. Her father was a wealthy landowner and inherited an estate in Derbyshire, England. Her mother and father both committed themselves to the rush of active social lives. She had a sister, Frances Parthenope Verney,Florence would call her Parthe, Parthenope was also named after her birth place.