National Figure Skating Championship, Minneapolis (United States), February 16, 1991. Tonya Harding, 20, 1.55 meters for 47 kilos, sets off on the ice. Stocky, muscular, fast, powerful: she is a racing car. The young athlete native of Portland takes off and achieves a triple axel before landing firmly on her edges. The crowd, in jubilation, offers him a standing ovationand applauds, sports commentators rejoice. The first American to achieve the feat of this somersault and to land the perfect score of 6.0, she makes history. Her look is also a date: the traditional nude tights, a turquoise blue leotard with a neckline flooded with rhinestones sewn with a skirt of petals, a ponytail of a dubious blond, a tousled firecracker fringe with a lot of lacquer reinforcement. , an outrageous make-up under her Brooke Shields eyebrows and red varnished claw nails. It heralds the start of a long series of high-end stage outfits.
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